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An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance and develop training programs as part of the Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign, and for other purposes.

Public Law 115-96 · H.R. 1370 · 115th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Donald Trump (R) on Dec 22, 2017 · Crime and Law Enforcement

Sponsor: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX-10)

Cosponsors (8): Rep. William Keating,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 231 yea, 188 nay231–188
  • SenateRecorded vote: 66 yea, 32 nay66–32
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

DIVISION A--FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018

Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018

(Sec. 1001) Amends the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 to provide continuing FY2018 appropriations to federal agencies through January 19, 2018 (December 22, 2017, under current law).

(This provision prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur when the existing continuing resolution expires because the FY2018 appropriations bills have not been enacted.)

Adds provisions to the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 that:

• permit funds provided to the Coast Guard to be used to carry out Retired Pay Reform, including continuation pay;

• provide additional funding to the Indian Health Service for the costs of staffing and operating newly constructed facilities;

• permit funds provided to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain programs and activities related to: (1) the care of unaccompanied alien children, and (2) efforts to combat the trafficking of children;

• provide additional funding for HHS to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic; and

• exempt security spending from sequestration (automatic spending cuts) for FY2018 and delay the sequestration for nonsecurity spending.

(Sec. 1002) Extends certain authorities provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) through the duration of the continuing resolution. Specifies that this section is repealed if legislation amending the dates included in section 403(b) of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 is enacted.

DIVISION B--MISSILE DEFENSE

Department of Defense Missile Defeat and Defense Enhancements Appropriations Act, 2018

Provides FY2018 emergency appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for missile defense programs. (Emergency spending is exempt from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules.)

TITLE I--MISSILE DEFEAT AND DEFENSE ENHANCEMENTS

Provides Operation and Maintenance funds to DOD for necessary costs to repair damage to the USS John S. McCain and the USS Fitzgerald.

Provides Operation and Maintenance; Procurement; and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds to DOD for necessary costs to detect, defeat, and defend against the use of ballistic missiles.

TITLE II--MISSILE CONSTRUCTION ENHANCEMENTS

Provides appropriations for Defense-Wide Military Construction for construction of a missile field in Alaska.

TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

(Sec. 2001) Specifies that the funds provided by this division are in addition to funds appropriated or otherwise made available to DOD for FY2018.

(Sec. 2002) Requires funds provided by title I of this division to be allocated in accordance with the detailed congressional budget justifications submitted by DOD with the FY2018 budget amendments requested by the President on November 6, 2017. Specifies that any changes to the allocation of funds are subject to reprogramming requirements.

(Sec. 2003) Specifies that funds designated in this division as emergency requirements are available only if the President subsequently designates all of the amounts as emergency requirements and transmits the designations to Congress.

DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS

TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS

CHIP and Public Health Funding Extension Act

(Sec. 3101) Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to extend and make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs.

(Sec. 3102) Makes appropriations through the second quarter of FY2018 for type I diabetes programs and diabetes programs for Native Americans.

(Sec. 3103) Reduces FY2019-FY2022 for the Prevention and Public Health Fund.

TITLE II--CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM (CHIP)

(Sec. 3201) Amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to extend funding for CHIP through the first half of FY2018.

Establishes a special rule, with respect to the first half of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), on a monthly basis, to redistribute unused allotments to each state in an amount that will eliminate the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may distribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. Requires the CMS to redistribute such allotments in the order in which states realize monthly emergency shortfalls, but only to the extent that amounts are available for redistribution.

DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS

(Sec. 4001) Provides $2.1 billion in mandatory funding for the Veterans Choice Program, which allows veterans to receive health care from providers outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs facilities.

DIVISION E--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

(Sec. 5001) Exempts the budgetary effects of division C and each succeeding division of this bill from Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules and certain budget scorekeeping guidelines.

(Sec. 5002) Exempts the budgetary effects of specified reconciliation legislation from PAYGO rules. (This provision applies to the tax legislation that was signed into law on December 22, 2017, and was considered pursuant to the reconciliation instructions included in the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.)

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 115th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 231 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

231 yea188 nay13 present or did not vote

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Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(14)

  • Rep. Terri SewellD-AL-7
  • Rep. Sanford BishopD-GA-2
  • Rep. John DelaneyD-MD-6
  • Rep. Raul RuizD-CA-36
  • Rep. David LoebsackD-IA-2
  • Rep. Al LawsonD-FL-5
  • Rep. Cheri BustosD-IL-17
  • Rep. Charlie CristD-FL-13
  • Rep. Jim CostaD-CA-16
  • Rep. Tom O’HalleranD-AZ-1
  • Rep. Stephanie MurphyD-FL-7
  • Rep. Brad SchneiderD-IL-10
  • Rep. Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5
  • Rep. Kyrsten SinemaD-AZ-9

Republicans who voted yea(217)

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 707 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

3 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 4708 · became Public Law 115-125Related bill

    Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act

  • H.Res. 670Related bill

    Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R.1370) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue Department of Homeland Security-wide guidance …

  • S. 1103Related bill

    Department of Homeland Security Blue Campaign Authorization Act of 2017

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 34 actions.

  1. Dec 22, 2017Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  2. Dec 21, 2017Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.Senate roll call 325
  3. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Resolving differencesResolving differences · On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708).House roll call 708
  5. Resolving differencesResolving differences · Mr. Frelinghuysen moved that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment.
  6. FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  7. FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  8. FloorFloor · Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure (the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment) agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 8. Record Vote Number: 324.Senate roll call 324
  9. FloorFloor · Point of order that the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment violates section 306 of the CBA against the measure raised in Senate.
  10. FloorFloor · Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment made in the Senate. (CR S8235)
  11. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  12. FloorFloor · Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
  13. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to agree in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 1370.
  14. FloorFloor · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 670, Mr. Frelinghuysen brought up H.R. 1370 and offered a motion.
  15. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 1370 by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 32. Record Vote Number: 325.Senate roll call 325
  16. OtherOther · Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 188 (Roll no. 708).House roll call 708
  17. Nov 7, 2017FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  18. Nov 6, 2017FloorFloor · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
  19. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  20. CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  21. May 24, 2017CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  22. May 23, 2017FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  23. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
  24. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1370.
  25. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  26. FloorFloor · Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  27. May 22, 2017CalendarCalendar · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 92.
  28. CommitteeCommittee · Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
  29. CommitteeCommittee · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-143, Part I.
  30. Mar 16, 2017CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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Amendments

1 amendment offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.

  • S.Amdt. 1579SenateSen. Ron JohnsonR-WI· offered Nov 6, 2017Agreed to

    In the nature of a substitute.

    Nov 6, 2017: Amendment SA 1579 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

    Agreed to
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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.