Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016
Latest action. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 162.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Highlights:
The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016 provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Secret Service, and other DHS programs.
The bill decreases discretionary funding for DHS compared to the FY2015 funding level.
Within the DHS budget, the bill increases funding compared to FY2015 levels for:
Departmental Management and Operations,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
the Coast Guard,
the U.S. Secret Service, and
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The bill decreases funding below FY2015 levels for: U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The bill includes immigration provisions that:
limit funding for the Administration's executive actions on immigration while a federal court injunction is in place,
bar sanctuary cities from receiving certain DHS grants, and
restrict funding for the release from custody of immigrants who fall within certain DHS priority categories.
Also included in the bill are provisions that restrict or prohibit the use of funds for:
TSA badges that resemble law enforcement badges,
the transfer or release of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, and
allowing the trafficking or the import of property confiscated by the Cuban government.
Full Summary:
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2016
Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
TITLE I--DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS
Provides appropriations for:
the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management,
the Office of the Under Secretary for Management,
the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
Analysis and Operations, and
the Office of Inspector General.
Requires DHS to submit a Comprehensive Acquisition Status Report and the Future Years Homeland Security Program with the President's FY2017 budget.
The summary continues for 123 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House without amendment" stage on July 21, 2015. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on July 21, 2015: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 162.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 114th Congress (2015-16), 329 of the 10,233 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.2 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
John Carter (R-TX) introduced it on July 21, 2015. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on July 21, 2015, 4069 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 4069 days ago, on July 21, 2015.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 114th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2017 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers