2005-12-06 H.R. 4437: Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 2005-12-06 H.R. 4437: Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 Public contracts Administrative procedure Federal employees Social security Medical care Canada Data banks Federal advisory bodies Treaties Buy American Fines (Penalties) Fraud Government paperwork Injunctions Budgets Business Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Executive departments Government information Indians Minorities Minority business enterprises Public lands Trade Damages Economic policy Children Civil rights Education Emergency management Families Governmental investigations Hazardous substances Higher education Infrastructure Job training Labor Law Natural resources Research centers Science policy Technology Finance International affairs State and local government Child abuse Drug abuse Executive reorganization Violence Politics and government Government employees Medicine Telecommunication Administrative fees Administrative remedies Counterfeiting Customs administration Forfeiture Forgery Government liability Laboratories Limitation of actions Searches and seizures Surety and fidelity Virgin Islands Urban areas Presidents Federal-local relations Federal-state relations International cooperation Small business Technological innovations Women Immigration Criminal justice Illegal aliens Sentences (Criminal procedure) Smuggling Armed forces Defense policy Compensation (Law) Economic impact statements Animals Building construction Colleges Congressional investigations Relocation Texas Law enforcement officers Advice and consent of the Senate Inspectors general Misconduct in office Presidential appointments Firearms Right of privacy Cost accounting Cost effectiveness Evidence (Law) Criminal investigation Aliens Visas Immigrants Recruiting of employees Refugees Congressional veto Detention of persons Forced labor Sanctions (International law) Federal-Indian relations Identification devices Criminal justice information Prisoners Mexico New Mexico Transportation Urban affairs Women in business Legal fees Arrest Citizenship Drug law enforcement Drunk driving Electronic data interchange Foreign policy Latin America Radar California Civil liberties Government publications Conspiracy Gangs Alien labor Police Communication satellites Arizona Boundaries Infrastructure (Economics) Family violence Prisons Dogs State-sponsored terrorism Terrorism Airline passenger traffic Aviation safety Right-of-way Department of Justice Judicial review Marriage Passports Ethics Identification of criminals Security measures Cameras Intelligence activities Caribbean area Western Hemisphere Imprisonment Prosecution Deportation Right of asylum Radiation Naturalization Strategic planning Destruction of property Oaths Entrepreneurs Money laundering Rape Wife abuse Indian law enforcement Fingerprints Teleconferencing Police training Lawyers Prostitution Witnesses Slavery Stalking Drone aircraft Repatriation Nuclear terrorism Emergency medicine Electronic surveillance Central America Employers' liability Admission of nonimmigrants Lighting Amnesties Mandatory sentences Border patrols Criminal aliens Federal-territorial relations Military civic action Federal law enforcement officers Allegiance Drug traffic Federal preemption Federal aid to law enforcement Death Government statistics Child sexual abuse Encryption Public-private partnerships Social security numbers Mortality Clothing Department of Homeland Security Landowners Central Americans Economies of scale vote H.R. 4437: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 2005-12-06 Referred to House Judiciary 2005-12-06 Referred to House Homeland Security 2005-12-06 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. 2005-12-08 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15. 2005-12-08 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 109-345, Part I. 2005-12-13T22:13:00-05:00 Committee on Homeland Security discharged. 2005-12-13T22:13:00-05:00 Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for a period ending not later than Dec. 14, 2005 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(e), rule X. 2005-12-13 Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Ways and Means for a period ending not later than Dec. 14, 2005 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(t), rule X. 2005-12-13 Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged. 2005-12-14T23:30:00-05:00 Committee on Ways and Means discharged. 2005-12-14T23:31:00-05:00 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 192. 2005-12-14T23:32:00-05:00 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 610 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4437 with 2 hours of general debate. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. 2005-12-15T08:15:00-05:00 Rule H. Res. 610 passed House. 2005-12-15T15:57:00-05:00 Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 610. 2005-12-15T16:15:00-05:00 Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4437 with 2 hours of general debate. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. 2005-12-15T16:15:00-05:00 House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 610 and Rule XVIII. 2005-12-15T16:15:00-05:00 The Speaker designated the Honorable Charles F. Bass to act as Chairman of the Committee. 2005-12-15T16:15:00-05:00 GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with two hours of general debate on H.R. 4437. 2005-12-15T16:15:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Carter amendment. 2005-12-15T18:45:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gohmert amendment. 2005-12-15T18:54:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sam Johnson (TX) amendment. 2005-12-15T19:03:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Renzi amendment. 2005-12-15T19:12:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Castle amendment. 2005-12-15T19:25:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gingrey amendment. 2005-12-15T19:35:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Campbell (CA) amendment. 2005-12-15T19:41:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment. 2005-12-15T19:54:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-15T20:06:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Castle amendment. 2005-12-15T20:07:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Brown-Waite amendment. 2005-12-15T20:19:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Hunter amendment. 2005-12-15T20:28:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hunter amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. DeFazio demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-15T20:52:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 610, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio amendment. 2005-12-15T20:52:00-05:00 UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. 2005-12-15T20:57:00-05:00 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4437 as unfinished business. 2005-12-15T21:28:00-05:00 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 621 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4437. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. 2005-12-16T07:49:00-05:00 Rule H. Res. 621 passed House. 2005-12-16T12:38:00-05:00 Considered as unfinished business. 2005-12-16T15:10:00-05:00 The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. 2005-12-16T15:10:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goodlatte amendment. 2005-12-16T15:12:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Goodlatte amendment the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Sensenbrenner demanded a recorded vote and made a point of order that a quorum was not present. The Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day and the point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn. 2005-12-16T15:25:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Filner amendment. 2005-12-16T15:26:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hayworth amendment. 2005-12-16T15:33:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sensenbrenner amendment. 2005-12-16T15:40:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment. 2005-12-16T15:51:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stearns amendment. 2005-12-16T16:02:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stearns amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Stearns demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-16T16:10:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sensenbrenner amendment. 2005-12-16T16:11:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sensenbrenner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that ayes had prevailed. Ms. Lofgren demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-16T16:24:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Velazquez amendment. 2005-12-16T16:25:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Norwood amendment. 2005-12-16T16:35:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Norwood amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that ayes had prevailed. Mr. Norwood demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-16T16:46:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Tancredo amendment. 2005-12-16T16:47:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Nadler amendment. 2005-12-16T16:55:00-05:00 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4437 as unfinished business. 2005-12-16T17:05:00-05:00 Considered as unfinished business. 2005-12-16T18:47:00-05:00 The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration. 2005-12-16T18:47:00-05:00 UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and which further proceedings had been postponed. 2005-12-16T18:47:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Myrick amendment, as modified. 2005-12-16T19:33:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Shadegg amendment. 2005-12-16T19:44:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Shadegg amendment. 2005-12-16T19:54:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Westmoreland amendment. 2005-12-16T20:01:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Westmoreland amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson-Lee demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-16T20:13:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gonzalez amendment. 2005-12-16T20:15:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Gonzalez amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Gonzalez demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-16T20:24:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bradley (NH) amendment. 2005-12-16T20:25:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sullivan amendment. 2005-12-16T20:35:00-05:00 POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sullivan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sullivan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day. 2005-12-16T20:46:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ryun (KS) amendment. 2005-12-16T20:47:00-05:00 DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 621, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Royce amendment. 2005-12-16T20:57:00-05:00 UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed. 2005-12-16T21:08:00-05:00 The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4437. 2005-12-16T21:53:00-05:00 The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. 2005-12-16T21:54:00-05:00 The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. 2005-12-16T21:54:00-05:00 Mr. Reyes moved to recommit with instructions to Homeland Security (Select). 2005-12-16T21:55:00-05:00 DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Reyes motion to recommit with instructions, equally divided and controlled. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back with an amendment which inserts a complete new text entitled "Border Security and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005". 2005-12-16T21:56:00-05:00 The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. 2005-12-16T22:05:00-05:00 On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 198 - 221 (Roll no. 660). 2005-12-16T22:23:00-05:00 pass On passage Passed by recorded vote: 239 - 182 (Roll no. 661). 2005-12-16T22:31:00-05:00 The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4437. 2005-12-16T22:31:00-05:00 Received in the Senate. 2005-12-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 2006-01-27 S. 2611: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (109th Congress) S. 2611: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 S. 2454: Securing America's Borders Act (109th Congress) S. 2454: Securing America's Borders Act H.Res. 621: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4437) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. (109th Congress) H.Res. 621: Providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 4437) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. H.Res. 610: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4437) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. (109th Congress) H.Res. 610: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4437) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. 109 H.R. 4437: Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (109th Congress) 4437 h Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen enforcement of the immigration laws, to enhance border security, and for other purposes. HouseBill LegislativeAction VoteAction OfficialTitle ShortTitle