Introduced after 9/11

Updated May 23, 2002

Enacted Bills

HR3162
Sponsor: Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Title: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001
Introduced: 10/23/01 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary; Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Education and the Workforce; Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Committee on Energy and Commerce; Committee on International Relations; Committee on Financial Services
Last Action: 10/26/01 - Became Public Law No. 107-56
Summary: The bill has the following provisions of concern to research universities:

Student records-allows the release of student records to appropriate federal officials, to aid in the investigation of terrorist activity, only if approved by a judge;
Business records-modifies the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expand the business records that may be accessed by the FBI as part of an investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities;
Biological agents and toxins-includes the explicit exemption for legitimate research purposes that was sought by AAU and the American Society for Microbiology;
Internet service provider responsibilities-incorporates new circumstances under which service providers, including universities, may be called upon to permit government agents, without a court order, to intercept the wire or electronic communications of persons regarded as computer trespassers.

Bio-terrorism

HR3016
Sponsor: Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin
Introduced: 10/3/01 - Referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce; Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 10/16/01 - Placed on the House Calendar; 11/6/01 - Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, H. Rept. 107-231, Part II
Summary: The bill would amend the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 with respect to the responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding biological agents and toxins, to broaden the biological weapons statute, to clarify the application of cable television system privacy requirements to new cable services, and to strengthen security at certain nuclear facilities.

HR3153
Sponsor: Rep. Rod Blagojevich (D-NY)
Title: State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act
Introduced: 10/17/01 - Referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce
Last Action: 10/29/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Health
Summary: The bill would provide the following: funding for grants to improve state preparedness; guidelines for the type of information that the federal government should provide to states; and the development of a communication system among federal agencies and departments.

HR3242
Sponsor: Rep. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL)
Title: Biological and Chemical Weapons Preparedness Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/7/01 - Referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Agriculture, Committee on Judiciary, and Committee on Science
Last Action: 11/16/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Health, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, Technology, and Standards
Summary: The bill would do the following: encourage and promote state and local community first-responder efforts; strengthen state and local medical and public health infrastructures; and develop and expand agricultural and farm community readiness.

HR3306
Sponsor: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Title: Deadly Biological Agent Control Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/15/01- Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Health, Subcommittee on Crime
Summary: The bill would set up a certification system for research facilities that possess dangerous biological agents and toxins.

HR3310
Sponsor: Rep. Greg Ganske (R-IA)
Title: Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001.
Companion bill is S1715 introduced by Sen. William H. Frist (R-TN)
Introduced: 11/15/01 - Referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Judiciary, Committee on Agriculture
Last Action: 12/03/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research
Summary: The bill would provide for the development of specific criteria that would enable measurements to be made of the progress made at the national, state, and local levels toward achieving the national goal of bioterrorism preparedness.

HR3448
Sponsor: Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin (R-LA)
Title: Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act of 2001
Introduced: 12/11/01 - Brought up on the House floor on the suspension calendar
Last Action: 12/11/01 - Senate appointed conferees and on 2/28/02 House appointed conferees
5/22/02 - House approved the conference report by a vote of 425 to 1.
Summary: The bill would: include public health measures to be undertaken by the federal government in collaboration with state and local governments; tighten the registration and certification requirements for laboratories that contain hazardous pathogens and agents such as anthrax and plague (called "select agents"); direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a "personnel screening protocol" in consultation with the Department of Justice; allow HHS to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities to address the cost of new security requirements; and add to the list of restricted persons who are prohibited from handling or using select agents people who are suspected of terrorist or criminal activity, or who participate in military or intelligence operations of a non-NATO foreign nation.

S1486
Sponsor: Sen. John Edwards (D-NC)
Title: Biological and Chemical Weapons Preparedness Act of 2001.
Companion bill is HR3242 introduced by Rep. Rod Blagojevich (D-IL)
Introduced: 10/3/01 - Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would do the following: encourage and promote state and local community first-responder efforts; strengthen state and local medical and public health infrastructures; and develop and expand agricultural and farm community readiness.

S1508
Sponsor: Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Title: Biological and Chemical Attack Preparedness Act
Introduced: 10/4/01 - Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would require states to develop public health disaster plans.

S1520
Sponsor: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Title: State Bioterrorism Preparedness Act
Companion bill is HR3153 introduced by Rod Blagojevich (D-NY)
Introduced: 10/9/01 - Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would provide the following: funding for grants to improve state preparedness; provisions for information provided by the federal government to the states; and the development of a communication system among federal agencies and departments.

S1661
Sponsor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Title: Deadly Biological Agent Control Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/8/01 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Summary: The bill would affect research facilities in the following ways: any individual who handles biological agents or toxins in an entity certified under this subsection shall pass a criminal background check, which shall include a determination of whether that individual is a restricted person; be registered with the Department of Health and Human Services for the specific research project that requires the use of biological agents or toxins; and shall be subject to civil penalties.

S1705
Sponsor: Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-MO)
Title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a network of homeland security academic centers for public health preparedness
Introduced: 11/15/01- Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would establish a national network of academic centers for public health preparedness to train and prepare the national public health workforce, health care providers, and the general public against terrorist threats.

S1706
Sponsor: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Title: Bioweapons Control and Tracking Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/15/01 - Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would establish that the Secretary shall by regulation establish and maintain a list of each biological agent and each toxin that has the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety and provide regulation of possession, use, and transfer of listed biological agents and toxins.

S1715
Sponsor: Sen. William H. Frist (R-TN)
Title: Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001.
Companion bill is HR3310 introduced by Rep. Greg Ganske (R-IA)
Introduced: 11/15/01 - Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would authorize significant federal assistance to public health networks nationwide, and require the Department of Health and Human Services to work with the Justice Department in developing better security for laboratories that work with pathogens designated as "select agents"-such as anthrax, plague, and Ebola virus.

S1747
Sponsor: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Title: To provide funding to improve the security of the American people by protecting against the threat of bioterrorism
Introduced: 11/29/01- Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would make available for FY2002 the amounts appropriated under the 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States.

S1765
Sponsor: Sen. William H. Frist (R-TN) and Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Title: Bioterrorism Preparedness Act of 2001
Introduced: 12/4/01 - Introduced and placed on the Senate calendar
Last Action: 12/20/01 - Passed the Senate and incorporated into HR3448 as a substitute amendment. Senate conferees appointed.
Summary: The bill would include measures for the following: enabling the Federal Government to provide health care assistance to States and localities in the event of a biological threat or attack; improving public health, hospital, laboratory, communications, and emergency response; rapidly developing and manufacturing needed therapies, vaccines, and medical supplies; and enhancing the protection of the nation's food supply and protecting agriculture against biological threats or attacks.

Visas

HR1885
Sponsor: Rep. George Gekas (R-PA)
Title: Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002
Introduced: 5/17/2001 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary
Last Action: 3/13/2002 - House agreed to Senate amendments with House amendments
Summary: The bill would extend section 245(i) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act to allow foreign-born people who are present in the United States and eligible for legal permanent residency to apply for that status from within the country instead of having to return to their nation of origin to apply. The last amendment passed by the House and Senate incorporates portions of HR 3525, the House version of the Kennedy-Feinstein visa legislation.

HR2928
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
Title: Keeping America Safe Act of 2001
Introduced: 9/21/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 9/28/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the removal of aliens who aid or abet a terrorist organization or an individual who has conducted, is conducting, or is planning to conduct a terrorist activity.

HR2965
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Title: Criminal Alien Visa Denial Act of 2001
Introduced: 9/25/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 9/28/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the exchange of information electronically between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other Federal agencies.

HR2975
Sponsor: Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Title: USA Act of 2001 (see "Enacted Bills" above)
Introduced: 10/2/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary; Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select); Committee on International Relations, Committee on Resources, and Committee on Ways and Means
Last Action: 10/26/01 - Signed into law as part of HR3162, USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

HR2984
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ)
Title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that aliens provided nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of that Act are counted, for purposes of determining...
Introduced: 10/2/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would attempt to create a more accurate accounting system for the H-1B visa program.

HR3002
Sponsor: Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY)
Title: To provide for the establishment of an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system
Introduced: 10/2/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would provide for the establishment of an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system.

HR3033
Sponsor: Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Title: Foreign Student Database Funding Act of 2001
Introduced: 10/4/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to authorize the appropriation of funds for the Student Exchange Visitors Program (SEVIS).

HR3043
Sponsor: Rep. John Sweeney (R-NY)
Introduced: 10/4/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would provide for the establishment of an alien nonimmigrant student tracking system.

HR3052
Sponsor: Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Title: Visa Information Security Act of 2001
Introduced: 10/5/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require that nonimmigrant visa applicants provide fingerprints.

HR3069
Sponsor: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Title: Securing American Families Effectively (SAFE) Act
Introduced: 10/9/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Summary: The bill would prevent citizens from countries on the State Department's list of terrorist governments from being granted a visa.

HR3077
Sponsor: Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Title: Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2001.
Companion bill is S1518 by Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-MO)
Introduced: 10/10/01- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would improve procedures for the admission to and departure from the United States of aliens.

HR3181
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Bilirakis (R-FL)
Title: To establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants, to improve procedures for issuance of nonimmigrant...
Introduced: 10/30/01- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants, improve procedures for issuance of nonimmigrant student visas, and enhance procedures for admission at ports of entry to the United States.

HR3205
Sponsor: Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Title: Enhanced Border Security Act of 2001.
Companion bill is S1618 introduced by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Introduced: 11/1/01- Referred to Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Last Action: 11/2/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Aviation, 11/8/01 - Subcommittee on Trade, 11/15/01 - Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization, 11/27/01 - Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would accomplish the following: direct the Attorney General to waive INS personnel limits; authorize appropriations for INS, Border Patrol, United States Customs Service, and consular personnel, training, and security-related technology; provide for machine-readable visas; amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to include among the data required to be collected on foreign students and exchange visitors information on such alien's dates of entry and enrollment commencement and termination; set forth related reporting provisions, including the requirement that an institution of higher education report to the INS concerning an alien student's failure to enroll; prohibit the admission of an alien from a country designated to be a state sponsor of terrorism until appropriate clearances are conducted on such individual; require the INS to periodically review institutions authorized to enroll foreign students and exchange visitors; amend Federal law to treat INS immigration inspectors as law enforcement officers for Federal retirement program purposes; amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the deadline for presentation of biometric border crossing identification cards.

HR3221
Sponsor: Rep. Marge Roukema (R-NJ)
Title: To establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants and to improve reporting requirements for universities...
Introduced: 11/1/01- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would establish a temporary moratorium on the issuance of visas for nonimmigrant foreign students and other exchange program participants and improve reporting requirements for universities under the foreign student monitoring program.

HR3222
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO)
Title: High-tech Work Fairness and Economic Stimulus Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/1/01- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 11/27/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
Summary: The bill would limit the number of H1-B nonimmigrant visas issued in any fiscal year.

HR3286
Sponsor: Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL)
Title: Securing America From Terrorist Entries (SAFTE) Act
Last Action: 11/14/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, 11/27/01 - Subcommittee on Aviation
Summary: The bill would establish a period during which no immigrant or nonimmigrant visas for admission to the United States could be issued to aliens who are citizens or nationals of Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and any country designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.

HR3525
Sponsor: Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Title: Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001.
Companion bill is S1749 introduced by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Introduced: Referred to the Committee on Judiciary, Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Committee on International Relations, Committee on Ways and Means, and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Last Action: Signed into law on 5/15/02. Public Law 107-173
Summary: The bill would revise several visa processes and procedures, including those related to international students.

S1489
Sponsor: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Title: To provide for the sharing of information between Federal departments, agencies, and other entities with respect to aliens seeking admission to the United States, and for other purposes
Introduced: 10/3/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Summary: The bill would provide for the sharing of information between Federal departments, agencies, and other entities regarding aliens seeking admission to the United States

S1491
Sponsor: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Title: To provide for the establishment and implementation of a fingerprint processing system to be used whenever a visa is issued to an alien
Introduced: 10/3/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Summary: The bill would provide for the establishment and implementation of a fingerprint processing system to be used whenever a visa is issued to an alien.

S1510
Sponsor: Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD)
Title: USA Act of 2001 (see "Enacted Bills" above)
Introduced: 10/4/01 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar
Last Action: 10/26/01 - Signed into law as part of HR3162, USA PATRIOT Act (P. L. 107-56)

S1518
Sponsor: Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-MO)
Title: Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2001.
Companion bill is HR3077 introduced by Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-DE)
Introduced: 10/9/01 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Summary: The bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) direct the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide the Department of State with access to specified criminal history records in order to determine whether or not a visa or admissions applicant has a criminal history; and (2) include specified passport-related requirements as part of the visa waiver pilot program; amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to expand the foreign student tracking system to: (1) include "other approved educational institutions" (including flight and language schools); and (2) require university reporting of student failure to commence studies; require an employer who terminates the employment of specified aliens (H-1B visa) to so notify the Attorney General.

S1618
Sponsor: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Title: Enhanced Border Security Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/1/01- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Summary: The bill would require: a report to be completed that identifies information collected by all government agencies needed to screen visa applicants; a unified data system for the CIA, FBI, State Department, and the INS; an entry/exit system with biometric identifiers on visas, machine-readable visas and passports; and other provisions on consular affairs officials.

S1627
Sponsor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Title: Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/1/01- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Summary: The bill would require: a lookout database to screen visa applicants; a report from INS on a plan to upgrade electronic data systems to include biometric data of all aliens issued visas; and a Smartvisa system to include tamperproof, machine-readable visas with biometric identifiers.

S1733
Sponsor: Sen. John Edwards (D-NC)
Title: Name Matching for Enforcement and Security Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/27/01- Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Summary: The bill would develop and implement a unified electronic data system to enhance access to information that is relevant to determine whether to issue a visa or admit an alien to the United States.

S1749
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward (D-MA)
Title: Enhanced Border Security and Visa Reform Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/30/01 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Summary: The bill would revise several visa processes and procedures, including those related to international students.

General (includes agro-terrorism, financial aid,
public health and other efforts related to the terrorist acts of 9/11)

HR3086
Sponsor: Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) (introduced 10/11/01)
Title: Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2001
Introduced: 10/11/01 - Referred to Committee on Education and the Workforce
Last Action: 10/23/01 - Passed the House by a vote of 415 to 0 and referred to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on 10/24/01
Summary: The bill would provide the Secretary of Education with specific authority to waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the student financial aid programs in response to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President of the United States on September 14, 2001.

HR3108
Sponsor: Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)
Title: USA Act of 2001 (See "Enacted Bills" above)
Introduced: 10/11/01 - Referred to Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Committee on International Relations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Committee on Financial Services, Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Last Action: 10/12/01 - Parts of legislation incorporated into USA Act of 2001 (HR2975)

HR3149
Sponsor: Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI)
Title: 10/17/01 - Referred to Committee on Armed Services
Summary: The bill would provide student loan forgiveness to the surviving spouses of the victims of the September 11, 2001, tragedies.
Last Action: 1/22/02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel

HR3163
Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Title: September 11 Surviving Spouse Student Loan Relief Act
Introduced: 10/23/01 - Referred to Committee on Education and the Workforce
Summary: The bill would increase compliance with the registration requirement under the Military Selective Service Act by providing a temporary amnesty period during which persons who were required to present themselves for registration under such Act, but failed to do so in accordance with the time periods specified in Presidential Proclamation Number 4771, may present themselves for registration without fear of penalty.

HR3174
Sponsor: Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-ND)
Title: Food Supply Protection Act
Introduced: 10/25/01 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture
Last Action: 11/7/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research
Summary: The bill would authorize additional appropriations to combat bioterrorism.

HR3178
Sponsor: Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY)
Title: Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act
Introduced: 10/30/01 - Referred to Committee on Science
Last Action: 12/18/01 - Passed the House by voice vote and placed on Senate calendar on 12/19/01
Summary: The bill would authorize the Environmental Protection Agency to provide funding to support research, development, and demonstration projects for the security of water infrastructure.

HR3227
Sponsor: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Title: To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for research on methods to combat biological contamination of public drinking water supplies, and for other purposes
Introduced: 11/1/01 - Referred to Committee on Energy and Commerce; Committee on Science
Last Action: 11/13/01- Referred to Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 11/14/01 - Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards
Summary: The bill would amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide for research on methods to combat biological contamination of public drinking water supplies.

HR3240
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ)
Title: Reservists Education Protection Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/7/01 - Referred to Committee on Armed Services; Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Last Action: 11/13/01 - Passed the House by voice vote and referred to Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs
Summary: The bill would amend title 38, United States Code, to restore certain education benefits of individuals being ordered to active duty as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

HR3353
Sponsor: Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
Title: 911.Gov Act of 2001
Introduced: 11/27/01- Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Last Action: 1/14/02 - Referred to Subcommittee on Crime
Summary: The bill would require the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security to establish a site on the Internet through which individuals may provide information on suspicious activities that may be used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other Government entities in the war on terrorism or to protect homeland security.

HR3394
Sponsor: Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-NY)
Title: Cyber Security Research and Development Act
Introduced: 12/4/01 - Referred to the Committee on Science, Committee on Education and the Workforce
Last Action: 2/7/02 - Passed the House by a vote of 400 to 12 and referred to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
Summary: The bill would authorize funding for computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs.

HR3435
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn (D-NY)
Title: Empowering Local First Responders to Fight Terrorism Act of 2001
Introduced: 12/6/01 - Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Last Action: 12/7/01 - Referred to Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, 1/14/02 - Subcommittee on Crime
Summary: The bill would provide grants to be used to -- (A) rehire first responders who have been laid off as a result of State and local budget reductions for deployment in antiterrorism and homeland defense-oriented policing and response; (B) hire and train new, additional career first responders for deployment in antiterrorism and homeland defense-oriented policing and response across the Nation; and (C) procure equipment, technology, or support systems, or pay overtime, if the applicant for such a grant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that expenditures for such purposes would result in an increase in the number of first responders deployed in antiterrorism and homeland defense-oriented policing.

HR3482
Sponsor: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Title: Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2001
Introduced: 12/13/01 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Summary: A bill to provide greater cyber security by establishing a National Infrastructure Protection Center and establishing within the Department of Justice an Office of Science and Technology to work on law enforcement technology--investigative and forensic technologies, corrections technologies, and technologies that support the judicial process

S1534
Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Title: Department of National Homeland Security Act of 2001
Introduced: 10/11/01 - Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
Summary: The bill would establish the Department of National Homeland Security.

S1546
Sponsor: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Title: To provide additional funding to combat bioterrorism
Introduced: 10/15/01 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Summary: The bill would provide additional funding for research in support of agriculture bioterrorism response initiatives.

S1560
Sponsor: Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Title: Biological Agent-Environmental Detection Act of 2001
Introduced: 10/17/01 - Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would establish that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, the Director of the National Science Foundation, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and representatives from industry, shall form an interagency research task force to encourage non-duplicative, public-private research relating to environmental monitoring and detection tools with respect to biological agents.

S1563
Sponsor: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Title: Agricultural Bioterrorism Countermeasures Act of 2001
Introduced: 10/17/01 - Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Summary: The bill would establish a coordinated program of science-based countermeasures to address the threats of agricultural bioterrorism.

S1793
Sponsor: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Title: Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2001.
Companion bill to HR3086 introduced by Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-CA)
Introduced: 12/10/01 - Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Last Action: 1/15/02 - Became Public Law 107-22
Summary: The bill would provide the Secretary of Education with specific authority to waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to the student financial aid programs to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President on September 14, 2001.

S1593
Sponsor: Sen. James Jeffords (R-VT)
Title: Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act Introduced: 10/30/01 - Referred to Committee on Environment and Public Works
Last Action: 11/8/01 - Reported out by Committee on Environment and Public Works and placed on Senate calendar on 12/10/01
Summary: The bill would authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program to support research projects on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems.

S1729
Sponsor: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Title: Post Terrorism Mental Health Improvement Act Introduced: 11/27/01- Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Last Action: 12/12/01 - Passed the Senate and referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Subcommittee on Health
Summary: The bill would allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible state and local governments and other public entities to enable such entities to respond to the long-term mental health needs arising from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

S1732
Sponsor: Sen. Thomas A. Daschle (D-SD)
Title: Economic Recovery and Assistance for American Workers Act of 2001 Introduced: 11/28/01 - Placed on the Senate calendar
Summary: The bill would provide health insurance coverage options and temporary enhanced unemployment benefits for recently unemployed individuals and their families.

S1735
Sponsor: Sen. Joseph R. Biden (D-DE)
Title: To establish a National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and United States National Security
Introduced: 11/27/01- Referred to Committee on Armed Services
Summary: The bill would establish a National Commission on Threats to the Homeland and United States National Security.

S1799
Sponsor: Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
Title: Homeland Security Education Act
Introduced: 12/11/01- Referred to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Summary: The bill would strengthen the national security by encouraging and assisting in the expansion and improvement of educational programs to meet critical needs at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels.