WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Counterterrorism

S. 2787, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2787 would authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2009....

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H. Con. Res. 312, Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 - Cost per Average Family: $24933.15

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST

H. Con. Res. 312 would revise the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008, establish the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009, and set forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013....

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H.R. 5507, The Fully-Funded United States Military Redeployment and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act of 2008

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5507 would require the safe, complete, and fully-funded redeployment of United States Armed Forces and contractor security forces from Iraq and it would prohibit the establishment of any enduring or permanent United States military bases in Iraq....

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S. 2634, A bill to require a report setting forth the global strategy of the United States to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2634 would require a report setting forth the global strategy of the United States to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates....

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S. 2633, A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 2633 would provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq....

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H.R. 4930, The National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4930 would amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay....

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H.R. 4749, The National Bombing Prevention Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.79

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4749 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, and it would address terrorist explosive threats....

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H.R. 4231, The Rural Veterans Health Care Access Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4231 would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide mental health services to certain veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom....

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H.R. 4219, The Immediate Benefits for Wounded Warriors Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4219 would direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to assign a temporary disability rating to certain members of the Armed Forces upon separation....

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H.R. 4156, The Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $513.91

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4156 would make emergency supplemental appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....

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S. 2292, The National Bombing Prevention Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.91

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2292 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002, it would establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, and it would address terrorist explosive threats....

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S. 2248, An original bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and for other purposes

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2248 would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and it would modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act....

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S. 2243, The Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2007

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2243 would strongly encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, it would secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents, and it would denounce Saudi sponsorship of extremist Wahhabi ideology....

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S. 2237, The Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2237 would fight crime....

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H.R. 3938, The Bring Our Troops Home Responsibly Act of 2007

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3938 would repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243) and to require the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces in Iraq....

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H.R. 3887, The William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $7.96

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3887 would authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and it would enhance measures to combat forced labor....

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H.R. 3863, The Enhancing America's Security through Strategic Redeployment from Iraq Act

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3863 would provide a strategic approach to the war in Iraq to enhance the national security interests of the United States both at home and abroad, while ensuring the safety of the United States Armed Forces and ensuring stability in Iraq and the Middle East....

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H.R. 3773, The RESTORE Act of 2007

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3773 would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence....

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S. 2134, A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of planning for the redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq and to require the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and appropriate senior officials of the Department of Defense to meet with Congress to brief Congress on matters contained in the reports

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2134 would require the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress reports on the status of planning for the redeployment of the Armed Forces from Iraq and it would require the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and appropriate senior officials of the Department of Defense to meet with Congress to brief Congress on matters contained in the reports....

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H.R. 3687, The Safeguarding Families of Soldiers Act

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3687 would provide lawful permanent resident status to the immediate family members of military service personnel serving in Iraq or Afghanistan....

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H.R. 3674, The Iraqi Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement, and Security Act of 2007

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3674 would address the impending humanitarian crisis and security breakdown as a result of the mass influx of Iraqi refugees into neighboring countries, and the growing internally displaced population in Iraq, by increasing directed accountable assistance to these populations and their host countries, increasing border security, and facilitating the resettlement of Iraqis at risk....

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H.R. 3653, The Iran Human Rights Act of 2007

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3653 would hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its human rights record and it would support a transition to democracy in Iran....

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H.R. 3645, The Healthier Heroes Act

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3645 would implement recommendations of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors....

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H.R. 3620, The Homecoming Enhancement Research and Oversight Act

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3620 would provide for a comprehensive national research effort on the physical and mental health and other readjustment needs of the members of the Armed Forces and veterans who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and their families....

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H.R. 3547, The Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression Act

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3547 would increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, it would deter and punish violent gang crime, it would protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, it would revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, and it would expand and improve gang prevention programs....

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