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An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1370| House 
| Updated: 12/22/2017
Michael T. McCaul

Michael T. McCaul

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (8)
Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Clay Higgins (Republican)John Katko (Republican)Kristi L. Noem (Republican)Filemon Vela (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)

Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law). (This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.) Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that: permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay; provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities; permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children; provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending. (Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted. DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.) TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald . Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles. TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska. TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018. (Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements. (Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress. DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs. (Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans. (Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) (Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018. Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution. DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS (Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS (Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. (Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.)

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Timeline
Mar 6, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 8, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 8, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 22, 2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.
May 22, 2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.
May 22, 2017
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
May 23, 2017
Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 23, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4480-4483)
May 23, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1370.
May 23, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4480-4481)
May 23, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4480-4481)
May 23, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 24, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Nov 6, 2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Nov 6, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Nov 6, 2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7029-7030)
Nov 6, 2017
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 7, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2017
Presented to President.
Dec 21, 2017
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
Dec 21, 2017
Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in the Senate. (CR S8235)
Dec 21, 2017
Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.
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Dec 21, 2017
Point of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 306 of the CBA against the measure raised in Senate.
Dec 21, 2017
Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 8. Record Vote Number: 324.
View Vote
Dec 21, 2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8235)
Dec 21, 2017
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 670, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1370 and offered a motion. (consideration: CR H10394-10403)
Dec 21, 2017
Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.
Dec 21, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1370.
Dec 21, 2017
On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708). (text: CR H10394-10397)
View Vote
Dec 21, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 22, 2017
Signed by President.
Dec 22, 2017
Became Public Law No: 115-96.
  • March 6, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 6, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • March 8, 2017
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.


  • March 8, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • March 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.


  • May 22, 2017
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.


  • May 22, 2017
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.


  • May 22, 2017
    Committee on the Judiciary discharged.


  • May 23, 2017
    Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.


  • May 23, 2017
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4480-4483)


  • May 23, 2017
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1370.


  • May 23, 2017
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4480-4481)


  • May 23, 2017
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4480-4481)


  • May 23, 2017
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • May 24, 2017
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • November 6, 2017
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.


  • November 6, 2017
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.


  • November 6, 2017
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7029-7030)


  • November 6, 2017
    Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.


  • November 7, 2017
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2017
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2017
    Presented to President.


  • December 21, 2017
    Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.


  • December 21, 2017
    Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in the Senate. (CR S8235)


  • December 21, 2017
    Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.
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  • December 21, 2017
    Point of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 306 of the CBA against the measure raised in Senate.


  • December 21, 2017
    Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 8. Record Vote Number: 324.
    View Vote


  • December 21, 2017
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8235)


  • December 21, 2017
    Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 670, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1370 and offered a motion. (consideration: CR H10394-10403)


  • December 21, 2017
    Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.


  • December 21, 2017
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1370.


  • December 21, 2017
    On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708). (text: CR H10394-10397)
    View Vote


  • December 21, 2017
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • December 22, 2017
    Signed by President.


  • December 22, 2017
    Became Public Law No: 115-96.

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • S 115-1103: Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017
  • HR 115-4708: Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act
  • HRES 115-670: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R.1370) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4667) making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from December 22, 2017, through January 7, 2018.
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An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-1370| House 
| Updated: 12/22/2017
DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law). (This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.) Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that: permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay; provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities; permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children; provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending. (Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted. DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018 Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.) TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald . Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles. TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska. TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018. (Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements. (Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress. DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act (Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps. Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs. (Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans. (Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund. TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP) (Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018. Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution. DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS (Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS (Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines. (Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.)

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Timeline
Mar 6, 2017
Introduced in House
Mar 6, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 8, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 8, 2017
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 22, 2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.
May 22, 2017
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.
May 22, 2017
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
May 23, 2017
Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 23, 2017
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4480-4483)
May 23, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1370.
May 23, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4480-4481)
May 23, 2017
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4480-4481)
May 23, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 24, 2017
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Nov 6, 2017
Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Nov 6, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Nov 6, 2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7029-7030)
Nov 6, 2017
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 7, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 21, 2017
Presented to President.
Dec 21, 2017
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
Dec 21, 2017
Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in the Senate. (CR S8235)
Dec 21, 2017
Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.
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Dec 21, 2017
Point of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 306 of the CBA against the measure raised in Senate.
Dec 21, 2017
Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 8. Record Vote Number: 324.
View Vote
Dec 21, 2017
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8235)
Dec 21, 2017
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 670, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1370 and offered a motion. (consideration: CR H10394-10403)
Dec 21, 2017
Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.
Dec 21, 2017
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1370.
Dec 21, 2017
On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708). (text: CR H10394-10397)
View Vote
Dec 21, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 22, 2017
Signed by President.
Dec 22, 2017
Became Public Law No: 115-96.
  • March 6, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • March 6, 2017
    Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


  • March 8, 2017
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.


  • March 8, 2017
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.


  • March 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.


  • May 22, 2017
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.


  • May 22, 2017
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.


  • May 22, 2017
    Committee on the Judiciary discharged.


  • May 23, 2017
    Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.


  • May 23, 2017
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4480-4483)


  • May 23, 2017
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1370.


  • May 23, 2017
    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4480-4481)


  • May 23, 2017
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4480-4481)


  • May 23, 2017
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • May 24, 2017
    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.


  • November 6, 2017
    Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.


  • November 6, 2017
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.


  • November 6, 2017
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7029-7030)


  • November 6, 2017
    Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.


  • November 7, 2017
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2017
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.


  • December 21, 2017
    Presented to President.


  • December 21, 2017
    Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.


  • December 21, 2017
    Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in the Senate. (CR S8235)


  • December 21, 2017
    Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.
    View Vote


  • December 21, 2017
    Point of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 306 of the CBA against the measure raised in Senate.


  • December 21, 2017
    Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 8. Record Vote Number: 324.
    View Vote


  • December 21, 2017
    Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8235)


  • December 21, 2017
    Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 670, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1370 and offered a motion. (consideration: CR H10394-10403)


  • December 21, 2017
    Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.


  • December 21, 2017
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1370.


  • December 21, 2017
    On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708). (text: CR H10394-10397)
    View Vote


  • December 21, 2017
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.


  • December 22, 2017
    Signed by President.


  • December 22, 2017
    Became Public Law No: 115-96.
Michael T. McCaul

Michael T. McCaul

Republican Representative

Texas

Cosponsors (8)
Daniel M. Donovan (Republican)Clay Higgins (Republican)John Katko (Republican)Kristi L. Noem (Republican)Filemon Vela (Democratic)William R. Keating (Democratic)Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican)Bennie G. Thompson (Democratic)

Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

Crime and Law Enforcement

Related Bills

  • S 115-1103: Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017
  • HR 115-4708: Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act
  • HRES 115-670: Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R.1370) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4667) making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, for disaster assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes; and providing for proceedings during the period from December 22, 2017, through January 7, 2018.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computers and information technologyCongressional oversightCrime victimsCriminal justice information and recordsDepartment of Homeland SecurityGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment information and archivesHuman traffickingTransportation safety and security