Homeland+Security

Homeland Security
Members:

Bryce Thompson
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The Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security jurisdiction includes border security programs including efforts to achieve operational control of the border; Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the U.S. Coast Guard; border smuggling and trafficking of drugs, human, currency, weapons and other illicit materials; security screening and facilitation of international travelers and commerce; the U.S. VISIT program; and global supply chain security.

__**BILLS**__ 4. S. 1741, FHA title I insurance program has not improved there program and standards since 1992. Which leads to the fact that they need to improve/upgrade.

Agree: They would keep up with how many loans are actually needed in present day. They would be helping the economy improve. Disagree: Some people might want the economy like it was before. Some people might say the amount of loans if fine and we don't need to improve anything.

5. S. 129, Federal Workforce Flexibility Act of 2003, sponsored by Sen. Voinovich, a bill to provide for reform relating to federal employment. Requires agencies, in entering into a contract to procure property or services in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts, to use specified competitive procedures. Allows agencies to enter into a contract to procure property or services in connection with such reconstruction efforts using other than full and open competition only upon the written approval of the President or the President's designee. Requires congressional notification when procedures other than full and open competitive procedures are to be used. Instructs agencies that enter into a contract for the procurement of property or services in connection with such reconstruction efforts through the use of other than full and open competitive procedures to publish in the Federal Register or Federal Business Opportunities and otherwise make available to the public specified information concerning the contract seven days before it is finalized.

Agree: It will be easier to find businesses to help with work. You could probably hire a business for less money than a union. Disagree: Maybe not as hard working with what they are suppose to be doing. People you hire might not be safe or experienced with the field of work as well as a union.

Cole Montgomery Counter-terrorism and Intelligence

Since the September 11 attacks the Government has issued a standing committee, "Homeland Security." We try to protect the borders from illegal aliens trying to get into America.

7. S. 1567, Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act, sponsored by Sen. Fitzgerald, a bill to amend title 31 of the United States Code to improve the financial accountability requirements applicable to the Department of Homeland Security. SB 1567, as amended, Oropeza. Windshield: GPS device. Existing law prohibits any person, except as specified, from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material, placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon the vehicle which obstructs or reduces the driver’s clear view through the windshield or side windows. This bill would additionally exempt from these provisions a portable Global Positioning System (GPS), which may be mounted in a 7-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver or in a 5-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest to the driver, if specified conditions are met. People may vote for this because some people could have bad sight and need a bigger screen to see. Some people may vote against this for the sake of more car crashes because people are not paying attention. This bill was not passed.

8. S. 1683, Federal Law Enforcement Pay and Benefits Parity Act of 2003, sponsored by Sen. Voinovich, a bill to provide for a report on the parity of pay and benefits among federal law enforcement officers and to establish an exchange program between federal law enforcement employees and state and local law enforcement employees. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and appropriate congressional committees and subcommittees on a comparison of classifications, pay, and benefits among Federal law enforcement officers; and recommendations for ensuring the elimination of disparities in such classifications, pay, and benefits. This bill was not passed. Some people could vote for this because they think that all of the people that work in the FBI and other Federal offices do the same job and all need the same pay. People could vote against this because they think that all the Federal people do different jobs and are different difficulty So therefor they should get higher or lower pay.

Johnny Lit Transportation Security