To require the Secretary of the Interior to assemble a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United States and the Freely Associated States through the development of action plans aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, and for other purposes.
Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other purposes.
H.R. 2017, the Continuing Appropriations Act, would provide funding to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2012. Specifically, this legislation includes: $8,769,518,000 for U.S.
To require energy audits to be conducted for any single-family and multifamily housing purchased using federally related housing loans, and for other purposes.
The bill would direct the Secretary of Defense to “provide for the deployment” of at least 10,000 National Guard members along the U.S./Mexico border. The National Guard would aid U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities in exchange for state funding and the ability to count border security against a unit’s military training requirement.
To utilize the National Guard to provide support for the border control activities of the United States Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
Securing Knowledge, Innovation, and Leadership Act
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase competitiveness in the United States, and for other purposes.
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
This bill is a 677 page compilation of existing bills that would redefine immigration policy in support of open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens. Among numerous provisions, it would:
Use “environmental protection” as an excuse to prevent federal and state agencies from patrolling large areas of the border
Suspend Operation Streamline, which was a zero tolerance program along the southern border, where violators were detained and prosecuted for federal immigration offenses, rather than immediately released back to their home country to try again.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes.