H.R. 4462: Making appropriations for homeland security programs within the Departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

H.R. 4462: Making appropriations for homeland security programs within the Departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

108th Congress · introduced 2004-05-20 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E957)

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Who proposed it: Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Making appropriations for homeland security programs within the Departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Makes appropriations for homeland security programs within the Departments of Energy (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Homeland Security (DHS) for FY 2005, including to: (1) DOE for atomic energy defense and defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (2) HHS for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, the Strategic National Stockpile, and for activities to ensure a year-round influenza vaccine production capacity and the development and implementation of rapidly expandable influenza vaccine production technologies; and (3) DHS for border and transportation security and customs and border protection, Federal air marshals, air and marine interdiction operations and procurement, the Transportation Security Administration (for civil aviation security and maritime and land transportation security), the Office for Domestic Preparedness (including for State and local government grants for terrorism prevention activities and for firefighter assistance grants), countering potential biological, disease, and chemical threats to civilian populations, and emergency management performance grants.

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Making appropriations for homeland security programs within the Departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] · 1 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr4462.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr4462 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108