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HR 1590 - United States International Leadership Act of 2004
Posted by on June 23, 2004
H.R.4053
Passed 356-56 Burgess voted NO
Title:To improve the workings of international organizations and multilateral institutions, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] (introduced 3/29/2004) Cosponsors: 6
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Related Bills: H.R.1590
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2004 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
6/23/2004--Passed House, without amendment. (There is 1 other summary)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
United States International Leadership Act of 2004 - Title I: United States International Leadership - (Sec. 102) Directs the President, through the Secretary of State and the relevant U.S. chiefs of mission, to seek to establish a democracy caucus at the United Nations (UN), the UN Human Rights Commission, the UN Conference on Disarmament, and at other broad-based international organizations.
States that a democracy caucus at an international organization should: (1) forge common positions on matters of concern before the organization and work within and across regional lines to promote agreed positions; (2) work to revise an increasingly outmoded system of regional voting and decision making; and (3) set up a rotational leadership scheme to provide member states an opportunity, for a set period of time, to serve as the designated president of the caucus, responsible for serving as its voice in each organization.
(Sec. 103) Requires the Secretary to ensure that a high-level Government delegation is sent annually to consult with key foreign governments to promote the U.S. agenda at international fora.
(Sec. 104) Directs the President, through the Secretary and the relevant U.S. chiefs of mission, to use U.S. influence to reform the criteria for leadership and, in appropriate cases for membership, at all UN bodies and at other international organizations and multilateral institutions so as to exclude nations that violate organization principles, or are subject to organization sanctions.
(Sec. 105) Amends the Foreign Service Act to direct the Secretary to establish training courses for Foreign Service officers, including appropriate chiefs of mission, and for Department of State civilian employees on the conduct of diplomacy at international organizations and other multilateral institutions and at broad-based multilateral negotiations of international instruments.
(Sec. 106) Declares that selection boards responsible for recommending Senior Foreign Service promotions shall consider whether the Service member has served in a position whose primary responsibility is to formulate policy towards or represent the United States at an international organization, a multilateral institution, or a broad-based multilateral negotiation of an international instrument. Makes such provision effective as of January 1, 2011.
States that Congress finds that: (1) The Department maintains a number of U.S. missions both within the United States and abroad that are dedicated to representing the United States to international organizations and multilateral institutions; and (2) the Department may be well served in developing persons with specialized skills necessary to become experts in this unique form of diplomacy.
Directs the Secretary to report on: (1) establishment of a new Foreign Service cone concentrating on service at international organizations and multilateral institutions or participation in multilateral negotiations of international instruments; and (2) alternative mechanisms for developing a core group of U.S. diplomats and other government employees experienced in conducting multilateral diplomacy.
(Sec. 107) Authorizes the Secretary to establish within the Bureau of International Organizational Affairs an Office on Multilateral Negotiations whose primary responsibility shall be to assist in the organization of, and preparation for, United States participation in multilateral negotiations, including the advocacy efforts undertaken by the Department and other U.S. agencies.
Title II: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 201) Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 to require the Secretary to report annually on U.S. and international efforts to obtain full membership for the Magen David Adom of Israel in the International Red Cross Movement.
(Sec. 202) Authorizes appropriations to: (1) combat the piracy of U.S. copyrighted materials; and (2) make a voluntary contribution to the Organization of American States for the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism to develop a port in the Latin American-Caribbean region as a model of best security practices.
H.Con.Res 460 - Regarding the security of Israel and the principles of peace in the Middle East
Posted by on June 23, 2004
H.CON.RES.460
Passed 407-9 Burgess voted YES
Title:Regarding the security of Israel and the principles of peace in the Middle East.
Sponsor: Rep DeLay, Tom [TX-22] (introduced 6/22/2004) Cosponsors: 3
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2004 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
6/23/2004--Passed House, without amendment. (There is 1 other summary)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
States that Congress: (1) strongly endorses the principles articulated by President Bush in his letter dated April 14, 2004, to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon which will strengthen the security and well-being of the State of Israel; and (2) supports continuing efforts with the international community to build the capacity and will of Palestinian institutions to fight terrorism, dismantle terrorist organizations, and prevent the areas from which Israel has withdrawn from posing a threat to the security of Israel.
H.R. 4548 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005
Posted by on June 23, 2004
H.R.4548
Passed 360-61 Burgess voted YES
Title:To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Goss, Porter J. [FL-14] (introduced 6/14/2004) Cosponsors: (none)
Committees: House Intelligence (Permanent Select); Senate Intelligence (Select)
House Reports: 108-558
Related Bills: H.RES.686
Latest Major Action: 6/24/2004 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
6/23/2004--Passed House, amended. (There are 2 other summaries)
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 - Title I: Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the conduct of intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); (2) Department of Defense (DOD); (3) Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) National Security Agency; (5) Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; (6) Departments of State, the Treasury, Energy, and Justice; (7) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); (8) National Reconnaissance Office; (9) National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; (10) Coast Guard; and (11) Department of Homeland Security.
(Sec. 102) Specifies that the amounts authorized and the authorized personnel ceilings as of September 30, 2005, for such activities are those specified in the classified Schedule of Authorizations, which shall be made available to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and the President.
(Sec. 103) Allows the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), with the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to authorize employment of civilian personnel in excess of the number authorized for FY 2005 when necessary to the performance of important intelligence functions. Requires notification of the congressional intelligence committees.
(Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations for the Intelligence Community Management (ICM) Account for FY 2005, for full-time personnel for elements within such Account, and for certain classified personnel. Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for the National Drug Intelligence Center.
Title II: Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2005 for the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability Fund.
Title III: General Provisions - (Sec. 301) Permits appropriations authorized by this Act for salary, pay, retirement, and other benefits for Federal employees to be increased by such additional or supplemental amounts as may be necessary for increases in such compensation or benefits authorized by law.
(Sec. 302) Specifies that the authorization of appropriations by this Act shall not be deemed to constitute authority for the conduct of any intelligence activity which is not otherwise permitted by the Constitution or laws of the United States.
(Sec. 303) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to replace the position of Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Administration with the position of Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Information Management, making such Assistant Director the chief information officer of the intelligence community (IC).
(Sec. 304) Requires the DCI to report to specified congressional committees on efforts of the Government of Pakistan to: (1) acquire, transfer, or combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs); (2) safeguard its nuclear weapons stockpile; (3) fight Al Qaeda and the Taliban, and dismantle terrorist networks operating in Pakistan; and (4) establish and strengthen Pakistani democratic institutions.
(Sec. 305) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the world has been made safer with the dismantling and removal of Libya's WMDs and the means to deliver them; (2) such action was the result of decades of U.S. and multilateral sanctions against Libya, U.S. resolve in the global war on terror, and the liberation of Iraq by U.S. and Coalition Forces; (3) the President and previous administrations should be commended for such actions; and (4) other countries such as Iran, Syria, and North Korea should follow Libya's example and voluntarily dismantle their WMDs and submit their nuclear programs to international inspections.
(Sec. 306) Expresses the sense of Congress that the apprehension, detention, and interrogation of terrorists are fundamental to the successful prosecution of the Global War on Terror.
(Sec. 307) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the IC should be revitalized by investing in IC missions, people, and capabilities; and (2) the efforts of the men and women of the IC should be recognized and commended.
(Sec. 308) Expresses the sense of Congress that the head of each IC element, including the CIA, FBI, and appropriate officials in the Departments of Defense, State, and the Treasury, should make available upon appropriate congressional request any information and documents in connection with any congressional investigation of the Office of the Iraq Oil-for-Food Program of the United Nations.
(Sec. 309) Directs the CIA Inspector General to: (1) audit the evidence of any relationship existing before September 11, 2001, between the regime of Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda as referenced in any intelligence reporting of the CIA; and (2) report audit results to Congress.
(Sec. 310) Requires the DCI to submit to Congress an unclassified report on IC progress on the use of Open Source Intelligence.
Title IV: Central Intelligence Agency - (Sec. 401) Amends the Central Intelligence Agency Voluntary Separation Pay Act to repeal provisions which: (1) terminate such voluntary separation pay authority after September 30, 2003; and (2) require the DCI to remit to the Office of Personnel Management, for deposit in the Treasury, funds representing 15 percent of the final basic pay of each employee receiving such separation pay.
Title V: Department of Defense Intelligence Activities - (Sec. 501) Amends the National Security Agency Act of 1959 to establish the National Security Agency Emerging Technologies Panel to study, assess, and advise the DCI on the research, development, and application of existing and emerging science and technology advances on encryption, and other topics.
Title VI: Education - Subtitle A: National Security Education Program - (Sec. 601) Amends the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1992 to require the DCI to transfer specified amounts to the Secretary of Education, from amounts appropriated for the ICM Account for each fiscal year beginning with 2005, to carry out national security education scholarship, fellowship, and grant programs authorized under such Act. Revises the post-education service obligations under such Act to: (1) allow a delay in commencement of the service obligation of up to three years for scholarship recipients and up to two years for fellowship recipients; (2) require only a one-year service obligation for scholarship recipients (currently, one year for each year of scholarship assistance); and (3) allow such service obligation, with respect to scholarship recipients, to be served with the Department of State or Homeland Security (currently, only with DOD).
(Sec. 603) Requires the DCI to transfer funds from the ICM Account, beginning with the 2005 fiscal year, to carry out the grant program for the National Flagship Language Initiative (an Initiative for achieving advanced levels of proficiency in languages designated as critical to U.S. national security).
Amends the David L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 to require students receiving training under the above Initiative to enter into a service agreement with the IC element providing such training, or to reimburse the United States with respect to obligated service not completed. Authorizes the head of the IC element concerned to release an employee from the reimbursement obligation when equity or the interests of the United States so require. Directs the Secretary of Defense to take appropriate steps to increase the number of qualified educational institutions that receive Initiative grants to establish, operate, or improve activities designed to train such students.
(Sec. 604) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, as part of the national security education program, to award scholarships to U.S. citizens who: (1) are native speakers of a foreign language identified as critical to U.S. national security; and (2) are not proficient at a professional level in the English language, in order to enable such students to pursue English studies at U.S. institutions of higher education to attain professional proficiency. Requires such students to enter into a service agreement to work in a national security position in the area of study involved.
Requires the DCI to transfer funds from the ICM Account to the Secretary of Defense, beginning with the 2005 fiscal year, to carry out such student training program.
Subtitle B: Improvement in Intelligence Community Foreign Language Skills - (Sec. 611) Amends the National Security Act of 1947 to establish the position of Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Language and Education to oversee and coordinate requirements for foreign language education and training of the IC, and related duties. Requires specified reports from such Assistant Director to Congress.
(Sec. 612) Prohibits an individual from being appointed to a position in the Senior Intelligence Service in the Directorate of Intelligence or Directorate of Operations of the CIA unless the DCI determines that such individual: (1) is certified as having a professional speaking and reading proficiency in a foreign language; and (2) is able to communicate the priorities of the United States and exercise influence in that foreign language. Requires the DCI to report to Congress on any appointments that should be exempt from such language requirement.
(Sec. 613) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense and DCI to jointly establish a program to advance foreign language skills in languages that are critical to the capability of the IC to carry out U.S. national security objectives. Requires the Secretary and DCI to determine actions required to improve the education of IC personnel in such critical foreign languages. Authorizes the head of an IC element to enter into one or more educational partnerships with educational institutions to enhance such language study, with assistance provided to such institutions for providing such education. Outlines program and partnership requirements and limitations. Authorizes the DCI to assign IC employees in analyst positions requiring foreign language expertise as students at accredited professional, technical, or other institutions for training at the graduate or undergraduate level in foreign languages required to conduct the duties and responsibilities of such positions. Authorizes the DCI to reimburse the students for such education and training costs.
(Sec. 614) Directs the DCI to conduct a three-year pilot project to establish a Civilian Linguist Reserve Corps comprised of U.S. citizens with advanced levels of proficiency in foreign languages who would be available, upon a call of the President, to perform such service or duties with respect to such languages in the Federal Government as the President may specify. Requires the DCI to submit to Congress an initial and final report on the pilot project. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 615) Recodifies under Federal national security law provisions of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 which established the National Virtual Translation Center to provide for timely and accurate translations of foreign intelligence.
(Sec. 616) Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) study methods to improve the recruitment and retention of qualified foreign language instructors at the Foreign Language Center of the Defense Language Institute (including expediting lawful admission status for alien instructors); and (2) report study results to the intelligence and defense committees.
Title VII: Reform of Designation of Foreign Terrorist Organizations - (Sec. 701) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the designation of foreign terrorist organizations by the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) continue such designation until it is revoked or set aside (currently lasts for two years); (2) require the Secretary to review such designation if the designated organization files a petition for revocation within a prescribed period; (3) require the petitioner to submit evidence that circumstances causing such designation have changed; (4) require the Secretary to make a petition determination within 180 days, and to publish it in the Federal Register; (5) require the Secretary to review a designation if no review has taken place for an organization within a six-year period; and (6) authorize the Secretary to amend a designation if an organization changes its name, adopts a new alias, dissolves and then reconstitutes itself under a different name, or merges with another organization.
(Sec. 702) Amends the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 to require the inclusion, in annual State Department reports on terrorism, of information on terrorist groups that have or seek WMDs as well as groups that have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations.
Burgess Gets Defense Appropriations Funding for the 26th District
Posted by Michelle Stein on June 22, 2004
Today, Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-TX) voted in favor of the fiscal year (FY) 2005 Defense Appropriations Bill which passed the House of Representatives with a vote of 403-17.
In the multi-billion dollar FY 05 Defense Appropriations Bill, Congressman Burgess worked diligently to get specific funding requests in the directly benefit the local community.
“The third of thirteen appropriations bills, I am proud to bring back crucial funding to the 26th District,” stated Rep. Burgess. “The new funding will benefit the University of North Texas, Geneva Aerospace and Bell Helicopter just to name a few. North Texas will benefit from over $45 million of federal appropriations.”
The FY05 Defense Appropriations proposes over $416 billion and ensures that Congress continues to fund training and operations for our troops executing in the War of Terror. In addition to helping soldiers in action, this bill supports military families; improves the military medical care system; and will keep our military equipment current and ready for the future.
A breakdown of FY05 Defense Appropriations funds that Rep. Burgess assisted in appropriating includes:
$4 Million, Army for Center for Advanced Research and Technology (UNT)
$1 Million, Nave for the Unmanned Force Augmentation System (Geneva Aerospace)
$4 Million for procurement of AN/PVS-15 Night Vision Goggles
$7 Million, Army for Night Vision Fusion Research and Development
$1.5 Million, Army for Stoichiometric Explosive Detection System
$5 Million, Navy (Marine Corps) for ITAS-Improved Acquisition System
$5 Million, Navy for the Tailboom Heating H-1 Upgrade Program (Bell Helicopter)
Burgess Brings an Additional $4 Million to UNT’s CART
Posted by Michelle Stein on June 22, 2004
Today, Congressman Michael Burgess secured $4 million for the Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART) at the University of North Texas in Denton. The funding came under the fiscal year 2005 Defense Appropriations Bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives with a floor vote of 403-17.
The University of North Texas’s CART research provides a unique opportunity establishing an incubator for interdisciplinary research with experimentation in the materials, computer and engineering scientific fields.
The University’s goal is to provide the capabilities necessary to satisfy the growing technological and engineering needs of the North Texas region and for the talented faculty to advance research on projects of national importance associated with nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is the link to better products from stain-resistant pants and improved optics to creating lighter-weight, but strong security vests for our soldiers.
“The University of North Texas had the foresight to invest in nanotechnology research,” commented Rep. Burgess. “I was pleased to bring $3.1 million in funding to CART last November, but I am especially proud to have secured an additional $4 million for FY05.”
The CART facility serves as a focal point for basic and applied research and CART will be the first high-tech, entrepreneurial research and development park in Denton County, one of the fastest growing communities in the United States.
H.R. 4613 Department of Defense Appropriations, FY 2005
Posted by on June 22, 2004
H.R.4613
Passed 403-17 Burgess voted YES
Title:Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lewis, Jerry [CA-41] (introduced 6/18/2004) Cosponsors: (none)
Committees: House Appropriations
House Reports: 108-553; Latest Conference Report: 108-622 (in Congressional Record H6129-6444)
Related Bills: H.RES.683, H.RES.735, S.2559
Latest Major Action: 7/28/2004 Presented to President.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
6/22/2004--Passed House, amended. (There are 2 other summaries)
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force.
Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for operation and maintenance (O&M) of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guards. Appropriates funds for: (1) the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Account; (2) the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (3) environmental restoration for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and defense-wide; (4) environmental restoration at formerly used defense sites; (5) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; and (6) former Soviet Union threat reduction.
Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for procurement by the Armed Forces and reserve components of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) defense-wide procurement; and (2) certain procurements under the Defense Production Act of 1950.
Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY 2005 for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) by the Armed Forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.
Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for the Defense Working Capital funds and programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund.
Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) Department of Defense (DOD) medical and health care programs; (2) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (3) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense; and (4) the Office of the Inspector General.
Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account; and (3) national security scholarships, fellowships, and grants (using funds derived from the National Security Education Trust Fund).
Title VIII: General Provisions - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of appropriated funds.
(Sec. 8008) Authorizes procurement funds to be used for a multiyear procurement contract for the Lightweight 155mm Howitzer.
(Sec. 8010) Prohibits during FY 2005 the management by end strengths of DOD civilian personnel.
(Sec. 8011) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to initiate a new installation overseas without a 30-day advance notification to the congressional appropriations committees.
(Sec. 8018) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to establish, with host governments of NATO-member countries, an account for the deposit of residual amounts negotiated in the return of U.S. military installations to such countries.
(Sec. 8026) Authorizes DOD to incur obligations of up to $350 million for DOD military compensation, military construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the Government of Kuwait.
(Sec. 8028) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to establish a new federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Limits the Federal compensation to be paid to FFRDC members or consultants. Prohibits the use of FY 2005 FFRDC funds for new building construction, cost-sharing payments for projects funded by Government grants, absorption of cost overruns, or certain charitable contributions. Limits the staff years of technical effort that may be funded for FFRDCs from FY 2005 funds. Reduces by $40 million the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs.
(Sec. 8029) Provides Buy American requirements with respect to the DOD procurement of carbon, alloy, or armor steel plating.
(Sec. 8032) Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the amount of DOD purchases from foreign entities in FY 2005.
(Sec. 8035) Directs the President to include within each fiscal year budget the amounts requested for administrative activities of DOD, the military departments, and the defense agencies.
(Sec. 8038) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Indian tribes located in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota relocatable military housing units currently located at Grand Forks and Minot Air Force Bases that are excess to the needs of the Air Force. Requires the Operation Walking Shield Program to resolve any housing unit conflicts arising after such conveyance.
(Sec. 8043) Earmarks funds appropriated under this Act for the mitigation of adverse environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from DOD activities.
(Sec. 8044) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) to establish additional field operating agencies of DOD elements, except for those funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program; (3) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, unless specifically appropriated for such purpose; and (4) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2004, level.
(Sec. 8047) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to lease real and personal property at the Adak Naval Air Facility, Alaska.
(Sec. 8048) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts.
(Sec. 8055) Prohibits the transfer to any other department or agency, except as specifically provided in an appropriations law, of funds available to the Central Intelligence Agency for drug interdiction and counter-drug activities.
(Sec. 8062) Prohibits current fiscal year DOD funds from being obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or international organization defense articles or services for use in any United Nations (UN) peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation, or for any other international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation, unless specified congressional committees are given 15 days' advance notice.
(Sec. 8063) Authorizes the Secretary, to the extent authorized by law, to issue loan guarantees in support of U.S. defense exports not otherwise provided for, with a contingent liability limit of $15 billion. Requires quarterly reports to specified congressional committees.
(Sec. 8071) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for approving the license or sale of the F-22 advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government.
(Sec. 8072) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to waive limitations on the procurement of defense items from a foreign country if: (1) the Secretary determines that such limitations would invalidate cooperative or reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items procured in the United States for that country. Provides exceptions.
(Sec. 8073) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to support a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if credible information exists that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. Requires the monitoring of such information. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition under extraordinary circumstances (requiring a report to the defense committees on any such waiver).
(Sec. 8074) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to distribute surplus DOD dental equipment to Indian health service facilities and federally-qualified health centers.
(Sec. 8079) Provides for the crediting during the current fiscal year of certain refunds attributable to the use of Government travel or purchase cards or refunds for travel arranged by a Government-contracted travel management center.
(Sec. 8080) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used for a mission critical or mission essential financial management information technology system that is not registered with the DOD Chief Information Officer. Prohibits such a system from receiving a Milestone A or B approval, or full rate production approval, until the Chief Information Officer certifies to the defense committees that the system is being developed in accordance with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.
(Sec. 8082) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity specified armor-piercing ammunition, except to an entity performing demilitarization services for DOD.
(Sec. 8083) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to waive payment for the lease of non-excess DOD personal property to certain youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organizations.
(Sec. 8089) Reduces by $300 million the total amount of O&M funds appropriated in this Act, to reflect savings attributable to efficiencies and management improvements in the funding of miscellaneous or other contracts in the military departments.
(Sec. 8090) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for producing Arrow missile components in the United States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements.
(Sec. 8092) Makes Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds available to fund prior-year shipbuilding cost increases, allocating such funds among specified naval accounts.
(Sec. 8093) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to settle any and all admiralty claims arising out of the collision involving the U.S.S. GREENEVILLE and the EHIME MARU.
(Sec. 8096) Reduces the total amount appropriated in this Act for: (1) RDT&E by $270 million, to reduce cost growth in information technology development and modernization; and (2) O&M by $316 million, to reflect cash balance and rate stabilization adjustments in DOD Working Capital Funds.
(Sec. 8099) Appropriates funds for a grant by the Secretary of the Army to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry.
(Sec. 8100) Directs: (1) DOD and the Army to make future budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight Objective Force cannon and resupply vehicle program in order to field such system in FY 2010; and (2) the Army to ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will provide for no fewer than seven Stryker Brigade Combat Teams to be fielded no later than FY 2009.
(Sec. 8101) Appropriates funds to DOD for three specified grants by the Secretary.
(Sec. 8104) Requires the FY 2006 defense budget to include separate budget justification documents for costs of U.S. Armed Forces' participation in contingency operations for the military personnel, O&M, and procurement accounts.
(Sec. 8105) Prohibits funds from being used for RDT&E, procurement, or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system.
(Sec. 8106) Earmarks O&M funds for the Regional Defense Counter-terrorism Fellowship Program.
(Sec. 8108) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to convey to the Inland Valley Development Agency a specified portion of the former Norton Air Force Base, California, in exchange for the use of certain property adjacent to the San Bernardino International Airport in California for aeronautical purposes in furtherance of wildfire prevention and containment. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to such Agency certain parcels of property located adjacent to such former Base, to be held in trust for the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians.
(Sec. 8109) Reduces by: (1) $345 million the total amount of procurement and RDT&E funds appropriated in this Act, to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions; and (2) $967.2 million the total amount of Air Force O&M funds, to reflect cash balance and rate stabilization adjustments in the DOD Transportation Working Capital Fund (the latter with an equivalent offset).
(Sec. 8111) Prohibits the availability of funds from this Act for integration of foreign intelligence information unless such information has been lawfully collected and processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities.
(Sec. 8113) Allows the use of funds from this Act for the purchase of heavy and light armored vehicles for force protection purposes, notwithstanding price or other limitations normally applicable to the purchase of passenger vehicles. Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees identifying such purchases.
(Sec. 8116) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to convey to the city of Wooster, Ohio, the former Army Reserve Training Center in Wooster.
(Sec. 8117) Requires Ready Reserve members who are called or ordered to active duty in time of national emergency to be notified of their expected mobilization period at the time they are called or ordered. Allows the Secretary to waive such requirement in order to respond to a national security emergency or meet dire operational requirements.
(Sec. 8119) Reduces the total amount appropriated for: (1) O&M by $100 million, to reflect savings attributable to the offsetting of payments to contractors for the collection of unpaid taxes; and (2) RDT&E by $685 million, to decrease amounts budgeted in anticipation of the application of non-statutory funding set-asides.
(Sec. 8121) Appropriates funds to the Tanker Replacement Transfer Fund, as hereby established in the Treasury, for proceeding with a KC-767 tanker acquisition program.
(Sec. 8123) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees addressing how DOD is improving the dud rate of cluster munitions to meet existing DOD policies.
Title IX: Additional Appropriations - Chapter 1: Department of Defense - Military - Appropriates additional funds, to be designated for overseas contingency operations, to DOD for: (1) military personnel; (2) O&M; (3) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (4) procurement (including National Guard and reserve equipment); (5) Defense Working Capital Funds; and (6) the Defense Health Program.
Chapter 2: Department of State - Appropriates additional funds, with the same designation, to the State Department for: (1) diplomatic and consular programs; and (2) embassy security, construction, and maintenance.
Chapter 3: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Appropriates additional funds, with the same designation, for: (1) international disaster and famine assistance; and (2) migration and refugee assistance.
General Provisions, Title IX - (Sec. 9003) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer between appropriations up to $2 billion of the funds made available to DOD in this title. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.
Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004 to increase from $2.1 billion to $3 billion the amount of DOD working capital or military functions funds that the Secretary may transfer between such funds.
(Sec. 9007) Extends through FY 2004 the current rates of pay authorized for: (1) duty subject to hostile fire or imminent danger; and (2) the family separation allowance.
(Sec. 9008) Authorizes the Secretary to use O&M funds appropriated in this title to train, equip, and provide related assistance to military or security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, to enhance their capability to combat terrorism, and to support U.S. military operations there.
(Sec. 9009) Authorizes the use of DOD O&M funds appropriated in this title to fund the Commander's Response Program (urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan).
(Sec. 9010) Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to increase the amount authorized for military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries and international organizations.
(Sec. 9011) Allows DOD O&M funds appropriated in this title to be used to provide supplies, services, transportation, and other logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(Sec. 9012) Requires semiannual reports from the Secretary to Congress on U.S. military operations and DOD reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
(Sec. 9014) Reaffirms U.S. policy against the torture of prisoners of war and detainees.
(Sec. 9015) Requires the President to report to Congress detailing the estimated costs during FY 2006-2011 of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, or any related military operations in and around Iraq and Afghanistan, and the estimated costs of reconstruction, internal security, and related economic support to such countries. Authorizes the waiver of such requirement for purposes of national security.
(Sec. 9016) Requires the U.S. Government to take all necessary steps to guarantee full faith and credit with respect to the issuance of obligations (public debt) whose principal and interest are guaranteed by the Government.
(Sec. 9017) Directs the Secretary, with funds made available to DOD under Chapter 1 of this title, to provide to Congress a list of all contracts entered into by DOD for the provision of security, translation, and interrogation services in Iraq, Afghanistan, or Guantanamo Bay, and the amount of each contract.
(Sec. 9018) Prohibits funds made available in Chapter 1 of this title from being used in contravention of provisions of the Small Business Act which require a Federal contract bidder to include in such bid a plan which utilizes, to the fullest extent possible, certain small businesses as subcontractors.
H. Res. 658 - Recognizing National Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in the United States.
Posted by on June 22, 2004
H.RES.658
Passed 415-2 Burgess voted YES
Title:Recognizing National Homeownership Month and the importance of homeownership in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] (introduced 6/1/2004) Cosponsors: 4
Latest Major Action: 6/22/2004 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 2 (Roll no. 285).
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SUMMARY AS OF:
6/22/2004--Passed House, without amendment. (There is 1 other summary)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Declares that Congress: (1) supports the goals and ideals of National Homeownership Month (June 2004); and (2) recognizes the importance of homeownership in building strong communities and families in the United States.
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