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Week Ending January 7, 2005

House Resolution 10 providing amounts for interim expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the first session of the 109^th Congress.

BRIEF

  The would provide interim funding for the newly formed Committee on Homeland Security (CHS). The CHS was originally a select committee and when it was transformed for this 109^th Congress to a permanent committee funds were not included. Until Congress can meet to establish permanent funding the Committee will continue with the interim amounts.

  According to bill supporter Rep. John B. Larson D-CT-1^st) the Committee has produced a 90 page comprehensive plan to eliminate the threat to the US from al Qaeda. The plan reportedly played a large role in the introduction of the War on Terror Act (HR 5291), “designed to implement a series of initiatives and defeat terrorists and enemies.”

   The Committee also produced the report ‘America at Risk: Closing the Security Gap. The report identifies security gaps and shortcomings in homeland security efforts and recommends actions. One other report from the Committee is, ‘Transforming the Southern Border: Providing Security and Prosperity in the Post-9/11 World.

Sponsor: Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-OH-18^th)

Vote: Passed House without objection (Jan. 4, 2004)  

Cost to the taxpayers: $1,396,480.26 for January 3, 2005 through March 31, 2005. $465,493.42 cents would be available to the Committee monthly. ## All Rights Reserved. No reproduction or distribution without written permission from TheWeekInCongress.com.