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Introduced in the House as H.R. 5005 by Dick Armey (R-TX) on June 24, 2002; Committee consideration by House Homeland Security (Select), House Agriculture, House Appropriations, House Armed Services, House Energy and Commerce, House Financial Services, House Government Reform, House Intelligence (Permanent Select), House International Relations, House Judiciary, House Science, House ...
On November 25, 2002, the Homeland Security Act established the Department of Homeland Security to consolidate U.S. executive branch organizations related to "homeland security" into a single Cabinet agency. The Gilmore Commission, supported by much of Congress and John Bolton, helped to solidify further the need for the department. The DHS ...
As one review said "And don't be fooled by names like Tom Skerritt and Scott Glenn; Homeland Security is a bland and fairly tasteless bullet-point history lesson on how the 9/11 attacks happened, how a bunch of generic TV characters deal with it, and how many soaring musical strains can be employed while the rah-rah chest-thumping speechifying ...
The United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act is a bill that would authorize the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and its mission and direct the CBP in the United States Department of Homeland Security to establish standard procedures for addressing complaints made against CBP employees and to enhance training for CBP officers and agents.
Homeland security is an American national security term for "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" [1] to the "national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the U.S. to terrorism, and minimize the ...
The SAFETY Act is an act that was enacted in the US as Subtitle G of Title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. [1] It creates an exclusive federal cause of action for claims against the provider of a "qualified anti-terrorism technology" (QATT) where the QATT was deployed to protect against, in response to, or to recover from an act of terrorism. [2]
In the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005,(Pub. L. 108–334 (text)) President Bush gave: $28.9 billion in net discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security; $419.2 million in new funding to enhance border and port security activities; $2.5 billion for Project BioShield
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act may refer to several appropriation bills passed by the United States Congress: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 (Pub. L. 108–90) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub. L. 108–334) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (H.R ...