WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved 14 bills, including a number of border security bills and the Department of Homeland Security General Counsel nomination.
Bills were passed by voice vote unless otherwise noted.
Nominations:
1. Nomination of John M. Mitnick to be General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Legislation
1. S. 146, Border Security Technology Accountability Act of 2017;
2. S. 1887, Direct Hire of Students and Recent Graduates Act of 2017;
* As amended by Carper amendment 1
3. S. 1886, Temporary and Term Appointments Act of 2017;
* As amended by the Lankford substitute amendment
4. S. 1888, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Adjustment Act of 2017;
* As amended by Johnson/McCaskill amendment 1
5. S. 1847, Homeland Security for Children Act;
* As amended by the Daines substitute amendment
6. S. 1867, FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017.
7. S. 1884, Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism
Act of 2017;
* As amended by the Johnson substitute amendment
8. S. 1281, Hack the Department of Homeland Security Act of 2017;
* As amended by the Hassan substitute amendment as modified
9. S. 1769, Connected Government Act;
* As amended by the Hassan substitute amendment
10. S. 1869, Whistleblower Protection Coordination Act;
11. S. 1305, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Hiring and Retention Act of 2017;
* As amended by the Heitkamp substitute amendment as modified
12. S. 1791, Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2017;
13. H. R. 3210, Securely Expediting Clearances Through Reporting Transparency
Act of 2017;
* As amended by the McCaskill/Tester/Johnson substitute amendment
14. H.R. 70, Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2017.
Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
