House of Representatives
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Dennis Kucinich
U.S. House: Representative
Democratic
Next Election Year: 2010
Education:
MA, Speech Communications, Case Western Reserve University, 1974
BA, Speech Communications, Case Western Reserve University, 1973
Profession:
Consultant, Publicly Owned Electric Systems, 1979-present
President, Marketing and Communications Firm, 1985-1995
Instructor, Communications and Political Science, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University, 1991-1994
Professor, Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1982-1992
Communications Entrepreneur, Software and Public Relations, 1982-1992
Clerk of Courts, Cleveland Municipal Court, 1976-1977
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(2009) HR 2847 Employment, Infrastructure, and Transportation Appropriations
Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (217/212)
Summary: -Appropriates $90.83 billion, including the following (Div. A, Titles 1-3):-$70.88 billion for infrastructure and jobs investment, including, but not limited to, the following:-$37.3 billion for the Department of Transportation;
-$23.3 billion for the Department of Education;
-$2 billion for the Department of Energy;
-$2 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency;
-$1.25 billion for the Department of Labor; and
-$1.18 billion for the Department of Justice; -$19.5 billion for surface transportation extension; and
-$454 million for unemployment and "other emergency needs," $354 million of which is offset by rescissions of appropriations to the Converter Box Program and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC. -Authorizes $12.12 billion in additional appropriations for surface transportation extension (Div. A, Title 2).
-Decreases the maximum limitation on the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase "troubled assets" under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) by $150 billion (Div. A, Sec. 1701).
-Establishes the Education Jobs Fund within the Department of Education, for which $23 billion is appropriated for the creation and retention of education jobs and for supporting early childhood, elementary, secondary, or postsecondary educational services or for modernization, renovation, and repair of school facilities, and specifies that funds cannot be used for a state's rainy day fund or to pay any debt obligations (Div. A, Chapter 5).
-Extends funding for several federal highway, transit, and transportation projects through September 2010, including but not limited to certain projects authorized under the Safe Accountable Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA-LU); the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Div. A, Sec. 2002).
-Extends the eligibility period for Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act (COBRA) continuation coverage so that it ends on June 30, 2010 rather than December 31, 2009, and extends the maximum duration of assistance from 9 months to 15 months (Div. A, Sec. 3302).
-Specifies that certain employees whose work hours are reduced and are otherwise eligible may still apply for or continue COBRA benefits (Div. A, Sec. 3302).
-Reinstates the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) budget rule, a rule that applies to bills or joint resolutions that affect direct spending or revenue relative to the baseline and that requires such bills to be budget-neutral (Div. B, Secs. 102-103).
-Requires PAYGO legislation to make reference to the bill's estimated budgetary effects, as shall be provided by the Congressional Budget Office, before the bill is voted on "if timely submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the chairs of the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate," or if not "timely submitted" by the chairs, upon enactment (Div. B, Sec. 104).
-Requires the Office of Management and Budget to maintain and make public on every piece of PAYGO legislation two sets of scorecards, which shall measure the budgetary effects of such legislation over 5 years and over 10 years (Div. B, Sec. 104).
-Requires the Office of Management and Budget at the end of every Congressional session to publish and make public a PAYGO report, which shall include the following (Div. B, Sec. 105):-Current PAYGO scorecards on all PAYGO legislation;
-Any current policy adjustments;
-Information about any emergency legislation;
-Sequestration orders that show how direct spending will be adjusted to offset any costs shown on PAYGO scorecards; and
-Other data that would "enhance public understanding" of the above items. -Requires the Office of Management and Budget to calculate the uniform percentage of funds that are to be seized in order to balance spending, and specifies that any uniform percentage exceeding 4 percent shall result in Medicare spending reductions of 4 percent, as well as spending reductions in other nonexempt direct spending programs (Div. B, Sec. 106).
-Resolves that unique PAYGO scoring rules will apply to the following types of legislation (Div. B, Sec. 107):-Legislation that amends or supersedes Medicare physician fee schedules;
-Legislation that amends portions of the United States Tax Code governing estate and gift taxes;
-Legislation that affects the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); and
-Legislation affecting certain provisions of the Economic Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 or the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, as well as certain provisions of later statutes amending the aforementioned Acts. -Lists several federal programs and activities that would be exempt from payment reductions, including Social Security Benefits and Tier I Railroad Retirement Benefits, Veterans Programs, and Refundable Income Tax Credits (Div. B, Sec. 111). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2009) HR 3288 2009-2010 Omnibus Appropriations
Outcome: Conference Report Adopted (221/202)
Summary: -Appropriates $1.11 trillion dollars (not including rescissions, unspecified amounts, or advance appropriations for fiscal year 2010-2011) for fiscal year 2009-2010, including but not limited to the following allocations (Divs. A-E):-$512.84 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services;
-$157.9 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
-$77.4 billion for the Department of Transportation;
-$67.36 billion for the Department of Education;
-$46.98 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
-$28.31 billion for the Department of Justice;
-$25.66 billion for Science-related agencies;
-$23.69 billion for the Department of Defense;
-$15.94 billion for the Department of Commerce;
-$16.09 billion for the Department of Labor;
-$16.1 billion for the Department of State and related agencies;.
-$13.48 billion for the Department of the Treasury;
-$6.85 billion for the Judiciary; and
-$2.08 billion for the District of Columbia. -Appropriates $105.78 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010-2011, including, but not limited to, the following allocations (Div. D, Titles 1, 2 & 4):-$86.79 billion for grants to the states for Medicaid; and
-$16 billion for Social Security payments. -Rescinds $1.57 billion in unobligated balances of appropriations from past fiscal years (Divs. A-E).
-Appropriates $4.36 billion for the Federal Railroad Administration, including, but not limited to, $2.5 billion for high-speed rail projects (Div. A, Title I).
-Appropriates $11.79 billion for the Federal Transit Administration, including, but not limited to, $9.4 billion for formula and bus grants and $75 million for grants to reduce energy consumption and emissions by public transportation (Div. A, Title I).
-Appropriates $233 million for the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, including, but not limited to, $65 million for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, which includes grants for approved counseling intermediaries that provide foreclosure mitigation assistance in states and areas with high rates of foreclosure and default (Div. A, Title III).
-Appropriates $18.72 billion for NASA, including, but not limited to, $6.15 billion for space operations research and development (Div. B, Title III).
-Appropriates $16.34 billion for the renewal of section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts, including, but not limited to, $200 million for grants in housing revitalization, demolition and replacement programs like HOPE VI, and provides for the renewal of housing vouchers for the Family Unification, Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing and Non-elderly Disabled Vouchers programs (Div. A, Title II).
-Appropriates $8.58 billion for community planning and development programs, including, but not limited to, $335 million is authorized for housing assistance for individuals living with AIDS (Div. A, Title II).
-Appropriates $3.62 billion for state and local law enforcement activities (Div. B, Title II).
-Appropriates $10.55 billion for the Employment and Training Administration, including, but not limited to $4.11 billion for federal and state unemployment benefits, and $3.83 billion for employment and training services for unemployed and displaced workers (Div. D, Title I).
-Appropriates $6.39 billion for disease control, research, and training, including, but not limited to, $70.72 million in funds for screening and treatment of first response emergency personnel, residents, students, and others related to the attacks on September 11, 2001 (Div. D, Title II).
-Appropriates $300 million for International Assistance Programs "Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis" (Div. D, Title II).
-Appropriates $431.72 billion for Medicare and Medicaid (not including advance appropriations for fiscal year 2010-2011), including, but not limited to, $220.96 billion for state grants for Medicaid and $207.29 billion for the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund (Div. D, Title II).
-Authorizes up to $466.80 million in bilateral and multilateral funds for assistance to Iraq, provided that no funds are used to establish a permanent basing agreement between the United States and Iraq (Div. F, Sec. 7042).
-Authorizes up to $1.26 billion in funds for climate change and environment programs (Div. F, Sec. 7081).
-Specifies that an automotive dealership that is not lawfully terminated before April 29, 2009 has the right, through binding arbitration, to regain its franchising agreement or to be added as a franchisee by a manufacturer (Div. C, Sec. 747).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided under this Act for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or allied organizations, and requires the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an audit to determine if federal funds were misused by ACORN and if so, how to recover such funds and what steps ought to have been taken to prevent misuse (Div. A, Sec. 418; Div. B, Sec. 535).
-Prohibits the use of federal funds provided in this Act from being used to fund abortion services, unless a full-term pregnancy would endanger the mother's life, or in the case of rape (Div. B, Sec. 202; Div. C, Sec. 814; Div. D, Sec. 508).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act from being used to distribute needles or syringes for the prevention of blood borne illnesses in locations where the local public health board or local law enforcement authorities deem to be inappropriate (Div. D, Sec. 505).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act for activities that support the legalization of any schedule I controlled substance, unless there is significant medical evidence of the therapeutic advantages of the substance (Div. D, Sec. 510).
-Prohibits the use of funds to any federal agency that creates a database for monitoring of an individual's use of the Internet, with some exceptions, including, but not limited to, action taken for law enforcement, regulator, or supervisory purposes (Div. C, Sec. 727).
-Prohibits funds from being used to transfer a prisoner detained at the Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the U.S., unless the prisoner is being transferred for the purposes of prosecution or detainment during legal proceedings and the President has submitted a plan to Congress that includes the following (Sec. 14103):-Determination of any risk to the national security of the U.S. or the safety of inmate populations that is posed by the transfer of the prisoner and a plan for the mitigation of such risk;
-Costs associated with transferring the prisoner;
-Legal rationale and associated court demands for transfer; and
-Copy of a notification sent to the Governor of the State to which the individual will be transferred or, in the case of the District of Columbia, a copy of a notification sent to the the Mayor. -Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act to support or justify the use of torture by any U.S. Government employee (Div. B, Sec. 519; Div. F, Sec. 7069).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act from assisting or providing reparations to Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria including direct loans, credits, insurance, and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or any of its agents (Div. F, Sec. 7007).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act from directly financing governments whose head of state has been overthrown by a coup d'etat, with the exception of providing assistance in carrying out democratically-run elections (Div. F, Sec. 7008).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act for countries that have defaulted payments in excess of one year on loans granted by the U.S., unless the President determines that such assistance is in the best interests of the U.S. (Div. F, Sec. 7012).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act for assistance to any government that provides "lethal military equipment" to any country that supports international terrorism, as determined by the Secretary of State (Div. F, Sec. 7021).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act for programs that violate internationally recognized workers' rights or that provide financial incentives to U.S. companies to relocate their operations outside of the country if doing so would reduce the number of employees in the United States (Div. F, Sec. 7029).
-Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act for authorizing any guarantee, insurance, or credit to an energy producer or refiner that provides Iran with the ability to manufacture nuclear weapons, including providing, importing, or assisting Iran with producing large amounts of refined petroleum (Div. F, Sec. 7043).
-Requires the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations an annual report outlining the progress the Department of Defense has made in encouraging host countries to increase their share of the common defense burden with the United States, and specifies that the report shall include the following (Div. E, Sec. 118):-Efforts to secure cash and in-kind contributions for military construction projects;
-Efforts to achieve economic incentives offered by host countries to encourage private investment for the benefit of the U.S. Armed Forces;
-Efforts to recover funds due to be paid to the U.S. by host countries for assets imparted to host countries upon the cessation of U.S. operations at military installations;
-The amount host countries spend on defense; and
-For host countries that are members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the amount contributed to NATO by host countries as a percentage of the NATO budget. -Authorizes a cash award of up to 10 percent of basic pay to any employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation that maintains proficiency in a language deemed critical to their official duties (Div. B, Sec. 219). |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2009) HR 3435 Supplemental Appropriations for the "Cash for Clunkers" Program
Outcome: Bill Passed (316/109)
Summary: -Provides that the funds appropriated in this bill shall remain available until September 30, 2010.
-Mandates that $2 billion be transferred from the Department of Energy's Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program. |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2009) HR 2751 Trade-in Vouchers for Fuel Efficient Cars
Outcome: Bill Passed (298/119)
Summary: -Establishes the "Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Program" which authorizes electronic vouchers to be issued to participating dealers (Sec. 2).
-Grants a $3,500 voucher for trading in an old vehicle for a passenger vehicle with at least 4 miles per gallon more, a non-passenger truck with at least 2 miles per gallon more, or a large van or pickup truck with at least 1 mile per gallon more fuel economy than the vehicle being traded in (Sec. 2).
-Grants a $4,500 voucher for trading in an old vehicle for a passenger vehicle with at least 10 miles per gallon more, a non-passenger truck with at least 5 miles per gallon more, or a large van or pickup truck with at least 2 miles per gallon more fuel economy than the vehicle being traded in (Sec. 2).
-Requires that dealers who participate in the program do not sell, lease, or exchange the traded in vehicle and will ensure the vehicle gets crushed or shredded (Sec. 2).
-Defines an eligible trade-in vehicle as an automobile or work truck manufactured after 1984 that is still in drivable condition, has been owned by the same person and insured for at least one year and has a combined fuel economy of 18 miles per gallon or less (Sec. 2).
-Requires the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make information available to the public about how to determine if a trade-in vehicle is eligible for a voucher, how to participate in the program, and a list of new fuel efficient vehicles that meet the requirements of the program (Sec. 2).
-This bill was amended into the final version of HR 2346. |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2008) HR 7321 Automotive Industry Financing
Outcome: Bill Passed (237/170)
Summary: -Requires the President to designate one or more officials ("Car Czars") to be overseen by the Comptroller General in order to assess auto manufacturers' recovery plans and approve bridge loans (Secs. 3-4).
-Allocates $14 billion for bridge loans and long-term restructuring loans to American auto companies that submitted recovery plans to the government by December 2, 2008 (Secs. 4, 10).
-Requires participating auto manufacturers to submit a final restructuring plan to the President's designee by March 31, 2009, unless the designee chooses to postpone the deadline until April 30, 2009 (Sec. 6).
-Specifies that bridge loans to a manufacturer will only be approved if the submitted restructuring plan will allow for repayment of all government loans, produce more efficient vehicles, rationalize costs, raise private capital, and manufacture a product line that will be competitive in the U.S. market (Sec. 6).
-Transfers $7.01 billion from funds previously appropriated to the Department of Energy for direct loans to auto manufacturers producing advanced technology vehicles, and reserves $5000 million for tax incentives to produce efficient, low-emissions vehicles (Sec. 10).
-Authorizes the President's designee to inspect all records of an auto manufacturer receiving government loans, to review and prohibit any business transaction valued at greater than $100 million, and to cancel financial assistance or require more rapid repayment of loans if participating manufacturers fail to meet the requirements of this act (Sec. 11).
-Prohibits obligations from government financial assistance to auto manufacturers from being discharged due to bankruptcy under Title 11 of United States Code (Sec. 12).
-Imposes limits on bonuses and incentive payments to the 25 most highly compensated executives in each participating company (Sec. 12).
-Halts payment of dividends during the period that the government's loan is outstanding (Sec. 12). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2008) HR 3999 National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act
Outcome: Bill Passed (367/55)
Summary: -Provides that all bridges on Federal-aid highways and all highway bridges on public roads must be inventoried in order to identify those bridges that are structurally deficient, determine the cost of replacement of the deficient bridges, and assign a risk-based priority list for replacement or rehabilitation of the deficient bridges (Sec. 2).
-Provides that the Secretary of Transportation submit a report describing the process used to assign risk-based priorities to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this act (Sec. 2).
-Requires states to reevaluate bridges at least once every two years (Sec. 2).
-Requires that within two years of the enactment of this bill states devise a five-year performance plan to inspect all bridges within the state, to replace or rehabilitate structurally deficient bridges, and to update the plan annually (Sec. 2).
-Allows states that have demonstrated that there are no bridges within the state that are eligible for replacement to transfer the funds to other highway projects (Sec. 2).
-Authorizes $1 billion for the 2009 fiscal year to carry out the replacement and rehabilitation of structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System (Sec. 6). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2008) HR 6532 Restoring the Highway Trust Fund Balance
Outcome: Bill Passed (387/37)
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Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2008) HR 6052 Public Transportation and Alternative Fuel Grants
Outcome: Bill Passed (322/98)
Summary: -Specifies that grants for projects that involve designing, engineering, constructing, or acquiring property for additional parking facilities at end-of-line fixed guideway stations or at park-and-ride lots that serve commuter bus routes of more than 20 miles in length shall be for 100 percent of the net capital cost unless the recipient requests a lower percentage (Sec. 7). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2008) HR 6346 Price Gouging Prevention Act
Outcome: Bill Failed (276/146)
Summary: -Provides that the president may issue an energy emergency proclamation which states the geographic area covered, the gasoline or other petroleum based fuel covered, and the time period that the proclamation shall be in effect (Sec. 2).
-Subjects violators to a civil penalty of up to three times the amount of profits gained through price gouging, and prohibits the fine from exceeding $3 million (Sec. 3).
-Allows for civil penalties of up to $1 million for individuals who provide false information in regards to price gouging (Sec. 3).
-States that each day an individual is in violation of the law is to be considered a separate offense (Sec. 3)
-Allows for criminal penalties of up to $150 million for corporations and $2 million for individuals, or up to 10 years imprisonment, in addition to the civil penalties (Sec. 4). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2008) HR 6003 Amtrak Reauthorization
Outcome: Bill Passed (311/104)
Summary: -Requires the Secretary of Transportation to request competitive proposals for the financing, design, construction, and operation of a high-speed rail system achieving less than 2-hour express service between Washington D.C. and New York City (Sec. 502).
-Authorizes $1.5 billion to be used within ten years by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for upkeep and maintenance (Sec. 106).
-Authorizes $6.7 billion to be used within 2009 and 2013 for the Northeast Corridor State-of-Good-Repair Plan (Sec. 101).
-Authorizes $2.5 billion in capital investment grants to states for increasing ridership and quality of service, mandating that a grant can only pay for up to 80 percent of the project net capital cost (Sec. 301).
-Requires the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak, and the Surface Transportation Board to assess the rail transportation needs of communities and populations that are not well served by other forms of public transportation (Sec. 207).
-Authorizes $60 million to be used within 2009 and 2013 for the study and approval of a new rail tunnel alignment in Baltimore, Maryland (Sec. 104).
-Requires the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration to conduct a study on the use of biofuel blends containing ethanol, methanol, or other additives to power locomotives and other vehicles operating on rail tracks (Sec. 219).
-Requires Amtrak to evaluate improvements necessary to make existing stations accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities by February 1, 2009 (Sec. 211). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2007) HR 6 Energy Act of 2007
Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (314/100)
Summary: -Increases Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) to 35 miles per gallon by the year 2020 (Sec. 102).
-Requires a minimum standard of 27.5 miles per gallon for domestic passenger vehicles (Sec. 102).
-Requires an increase in the production of renewable fuels from 4.0 billion gallons to 36.0 billion gallons by 2022 (Sec. 202).
-Stipulates that all renewable fuel refineries built after enactment of this bill reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 percent of the current baseline (Sec. 202).
-Increases energy efficiency standards for certain household appliances, battery chargers, walk-in coolers and freezers, electric motors, light bulbs, and other devices (Title III).
- Establishes the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Worker Training Program to provide training to veterans, unemployed individuals, and workers impacted by energy and environmental policies (Sec. 1002). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2007) HR 6 Energy Act of 2007
Outcome: Concurrence Vote Passed (235/181)
Summary: -Raises the required fleet average fuel economy for domestic automobile manufacturers to at least 35 miles per gallon by model year 2020 (Sec. 102).
-Requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuels to be added to the gasoline supply by 2020 (Sec. 202).
-Increases energy efficiency standards for certain household appliances, battery chargers, walk-in coolers and freezers, electric motors, light bulbs, and other devices (Title III).
-Establishes a renewable energy and energy efficiency development program that will provide training to veterans, unemployed individuals, and workers impacted by energy and environmental policies (Sec. 1002).
-Makes bonds available for local projects to conserve energy (Sec. 1541).
-Requires retail electric energy suppliers to obtain 15 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020 (Sec. 1401).
-Lowers the income tax deduction for income from oil-related qualified production activities (Sec. 1561). |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2007) HR 3074 Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development
Outcome: Conference Report Adopted (270/147)
Summary: -Prohibits funds from being used to establish a cross-border motor carrier program allowing Mexican motor carriers to operate beyond commercial zones along the border between the United States and Mexico (Sec. 136).
- $195.00 million for replacing the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and $1.00 billion for bridge repairs in other states.
- $1.66 billion for the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak services.
- $39.69 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
(2007) HR 1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act
Outcome: Conference Report Adopted (371/40)
Summary: -Establishes the Urban Area Security Initiative to provide grants to assist high-risk urban areas in "preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism," and authorizes $5.3 billion to be appropriated through fiscal year 2012 [Title I (Sec. 101)].
-Establishes the State Homeland Security Grant Program to assist state, local, and tribal governments in "preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism," authorizes $950 million to be appropriated each fiscal year through 2012, and gradually decreases the minimum grant level per state from 0.375 percent of the total appropriated grant funds in fiscal year 2008 to 0.35 percent in fiscal year 2012 [Title I (Sec. 101)].
-Establishes the Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program to assist states in carrying out initiatives to improve international emergency communications and authorizes $400 million to be appropriated each fiscal year from 2009-2012 [Title III (Sec. 301)].
-Establishes the International Border Community Interoperable Communications Demonstration Project in no fewer than six border communities, three on each border, to help identify and implement solutions to cross-border communications and cooperation [Title III (Sec. 302)].
-Requires the secretary of homeland security to establish department-wide procedures by which to receive and analyze intelligence from state, local, and tribal governments and the private sector [Title V (Sec. 501)].
-Establishes the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group (ITACG) to improve interagency communications, creates an ITACG Advisory Council composed of representatives from federal agencies to set policies to improve communication within the information sharing environment, and establishes an ITACG Detail comprised of State, local, and tribal homeland security and law enforcement officers and intelligence analysts to work in the National Counterterrorism Center [Title V (Sec. 521)].
-Requires the director of national intelligence to disclose the aggregate amount of appropriated funds for the National Intelligence Program within thirty days of the end of each fiscal year [Title VI (Sec. 601)].
-Requires that the secretary of homeland security, in consultation with the secretary of state, determine that a country's participation in the visa waiver program will not compromise the security and law enforcement interests of the United States, the country has cooperated with the U.S. Government in counter-terrorism initiatives, the country has demonstrated a continuing sustained reduction in the rate of visa refusals, and there is demonstrated a low visa overstay rate, before allowing its participation in the visa waiver program [Title VII (Sec. 711 [c])].
-Exempts any passenger on a bus, train, plane, or ship who, in good faith, reports terrorist or suspicious activity, from civil liability [Title XII (Sec. 1206)].
-Authorizes funding levels for various efforts of Transportation Security Administration, including $1.99 billion for railroad security, $95 million for over-the-road bus and trucking security, and $36 million for hazardous material and pipeline security through fiscal year 2011 [Title XV (Sec. 1503[a])].
-Requires that, within three years of passage, the secretary of homeland security establish a system that screens 100 percent of cargo transported on passenger aircraft [Title XVI (Sec. 1602 [a])].
-Requires all maritime cargo to be scanned by non-obtrusive imaging equipment by July 1, 2012, and allows the secretary of homeland security to extend the deadline by two year increments if certain benchmarks are not met [Title XVII (Sec. 1701 [a])]. |
Kucinich's Vote
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(2007) H Amdt 600 Funding Reduction for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation Account, Amtrak and Other Services
Outcome: Amendment Rejected (94/328)
Summary: |
Kucinich's Vote
N |
(2007) HR 1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act
Outcome: Bill Passed (299/128)
Summary: -Provides that the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security will supply grants to states, urban areas, regions, or directly eligible tribes to be used to improve the ability for first responders to react to and prevent terrorist attacks.
-Appropriates funds to the Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration for the purpose of opposing terrorism.
-States that all cargo transported on passenger aircraft must be inspected.
-Establishes the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
-Establishes the State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative and the Homeland Security Information Sharing Fellows Program.
-Requires reports on the implementation of the 9/11 Commission's recommendations in regard to the detention and treatment of captured terrorists. |
Kucinich's Vote
Y |
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