H.R. 240 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

H.R. 240 — 114^th Congress (2015–2016)

Summary

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. (by CRS)

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Title

Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes.

Other Titles

• Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
• Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
• Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
• Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor

Harold Rogers

Co-Sponsors

Subjects

• Emergency management
• Administrative law and regulatory procedures
• Administrative remedies
• Appropriations
• Arizona
• Aviation and airports
• Border security and unlawful immigration
• Budget deficits and national debt
• Building construction
• Buy American requirements
• California
• Canada
• Caribbean area
• Child safety and welfare
• Coast guard
• Computer security and identity theft
• Congressional oversight
• Congressional-executive branch relations
• Correctional facilities and imprisonment
• Crimes against children
• Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
• Cuba
• Customs enforcement
• Department of Defense
• Department of Homeland Security
• Detention of persons
• Disaster relief and insurance
• Domestic violence and child abuse
• Drug trafficking and controlled substances
• Emergency planning and evacuation
• Employee hiring
• Executive agency funding and structure
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Firearms and explosives
• First responders and emergency personnel
• Floods and storm protection
• Food assistance and relief
• Foreign labor
• Government buildings, facilities, and property
• Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
• Government information and archives
• Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
• Health care costs and insurance
• Health care coverage and access
• Homeland security
• Homelessness and emergency shelter
• Human trafficking
• Immigrant health and welfare
• Immigration status and procedures
• Internet and video services
• Latin America
• Law enforcement administration and funding
• Law enforcement officers
• Marine and inland water transportation
• Marine pollution
• Mexico
• Military facilities and property
• Military personnel and dependents
• Motor carriers
• National Guard and reserves
• Navigation, waterways, harbors
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• Oil and gas
• Pornography
• Prescription drugs
• Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
• Protection of officials
• Public contracts and procurement
• Public transit
• Radioactive wastes and releases
• Railroads
• Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
• Research administration and funding
• Research and development
• Sex offenses
• Terrorism
• Texas
• Transportation costs
• Transportation safety and security
• Travel and tourism
• User charges and fees
• Visas and passports

Related Bills

• S. 272 (114^th) : Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
• S. 534 (114^th) : Immigration Rule of Law Act of 2015
• H.R. 861 (114^th) : Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015
• H.Res. 27 (114^th) : Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 37) to Make Technical Corrections to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to Enhance the Ability of Small and Emerging Growth Companies to Access Capital Through Public and Private Markets, to Reduce Regulatory Burdens, and for Other Purposes; Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 185) to Reform the Process by Which Federal Agencies Analyze and Formulate New Regulations and Guidance Documents; and Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 240) Making Appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2015, and for Other Purposes.
• H.R. 2801 (114^th) : No Office Space for Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

Major Actions

Introduced	1/09/2015
Referred to Committee
Amendments (17 proposed)
Passed House	1/14/2015
Passed Senate	2/27/2015
Signed by President	3/04/2015

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 240	1/14/2015	This motion PASSED the House 237 voted YES 190 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 2 to H R 240	1/14/2015	This motion PASSED the House 218 voted YES 209 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 3 to H R 240	1/14/2015	This motion PASSED the House 278 voted YES 149 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 4 to H R 240	1/14/2015	This motion PASSED the House 253 voted YES 171 voted NO 10 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 5 to H R 240	1/14/2015	This motion PASSED the House 260 voted YES 167 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes	1/14/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 184 voted YES 244 voted NO 6 voted present/not voting
currently selected	House	On Passage: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes	1/14/2015	This bill PASSED the House 236 voted YES 191 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240	2/03/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 51 voted YES 48 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240	2/04/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 53 voted YES 47 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240	2/05/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 52 voted YES 47 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240	2/23/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 47 voted YES 46 voted NO 7 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240	2/25/2015	This motion PASSED the Senate 98 voted YES 2 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 240	2/27/2015	This motion PASSED the Senate 68 voted YES 31 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 258 to S.Amdt. 257 to H.R. 240 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015)	2/27/2015	This amendment DID NOT PASS the Senate 34 voted YES 65 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 255 to H.R. 240 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015)	2/27/2015	This amendment PASSED the Senate 66 voted YES 33 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On Passage of the Bill H.R. 240	2/27/2015	This bill PASSED the Senate 68 voted YES 31 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Request a Conference: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes	2/27/2015	This motion PASSED the House 228 voted YES 191 voted NO 14 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes	2/27/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 201 voted YES 218 voted NO 14 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 240	3/02/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 47 voted YES 43 voted NO 10 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	On the Motion to Table H.R. 240	3/02/2015	This motion PASSED the Senate 58 voted YES 31 voted NO 11 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Table the Senate Amendment: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes	3/03/2015	This motion DID NOT PASS the House 140 voted YES 278 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	House	On Motion to Recede and Concur in the Senate Amendment: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes	3/03/2015	This motion PASSED the House 257 voted YES 167 voted NO 9 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	1/09/2015
		1/09/2015	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
		1/09/2015	Introduced in House
		1/12/2015	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 27 Reported to House. All points of order against consideration of the bills are waived. H.R. 37 H.R. 185 shall be debatable for 1 hour, and H.R. 240 shall be debatable for 2 hours the previous question considered ordered without intervening motions except one motion to recommit. For H.R. 185, only those amendments printed in Part A of the report shall be in order. For H.R. 240, only those amendments printed in Part B of the report shall be in order. in Part B of the report shall be in order.
		1/13/2015	Rule H. Res. 27 passed House.
		1/13/2015	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 27.
		1/13/2015	All points of order against consideration of the bills are waived. H.R. 37 H.R. 185 shall be debatable for 1 hour, and H.R. 240 shall be debatable for 2 hours the previous question considered ordered without intervening motions except one motion to recommit. For H.R. 185, only those amendments printed in Part A of the report shall be in order. For H.R. 240, only those amendments printed in Part B of the report shall be in order. in Part B of the report shall be in order.
		1/13/2015	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 27 and Rule XVIII.
		1/13/2015	The Speaker designated the Honorable Randy Hultgren to act as Chairman of the Committee.
		1/13/2015	GENERAL DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 27, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with two hours of general debate on H.R. 240.
		1/13/2015	SENATE MESSAGE - The Committee of the Whole rose informally to receive a message from the Senate. The Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 7. Subsequently, the Committee resumed its sitting.
		1/13/2015	GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole continued with General Debate on H.R. 240.
		1/13/2015	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 240 as unfinished business.
		1/14/2015	Considered as unfinished business.
		1/14/2015	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
		1/14/2015	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 27, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Aderholt Part B amendment No. 1.
		1/14/2015	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Aderholt amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Price (NC) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/14/2015	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 27, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Blackburn Part B amendment No. 2.
		1/14/2015	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Blackburn amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Blackburn demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/14/2015	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 27, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeSantis Part B amendment No. 3.
		1/14/2015	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the DeSantis amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Lofgren demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/14/2015	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 27, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Salmon Part B amendment No. 4.
		1/14/2015	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Salmon amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Salmon demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/14/2015	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 27, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Schock Part B amendment No. 5.
		1/14/2015	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Schock amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Conyers demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
		1/14/2015	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
		1/14/2015	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 240.
		1/14/2015	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
		1/14/2015	The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
		1/14/2015	Mr. Israel moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Appropriations.
		1/14/2015	Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Israel motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House forthwith with an amendment to provide for a clean funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that does not include dangerous, poison pill amendments. Given recent events overseas, this is not a time to endanger the safety and security of the American people. The House needs to pass a clean bill that would provide certainty to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Additionally, the motion increases funding for the DHS State Homeland Security Grant Program and the Urban Area Security Initiative program by $1.5 million each (for a total of $3 million) and reduces the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management account by the same amount.
		1/14/2015	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
		1/14/2015	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
		1/14/2015
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered
		1/14/2015
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered
		1/14/2015
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered
		1/14/2015
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered
		1/14/2015
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered
select this vote	Vote	1/14/2015	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 1 to H R 240
select this vote	Vote	1/14/2015	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 2 to H R 240
select this vote	Vote	1/14/2015	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 3 to H R 240
select this vote	Vote	1/14/2015	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 4 to H R 240
select this vote	Vote	1/14/2015	On Agreeing to the Amendment: Amendment 5 to H R 240
select this vote	Vote	1/14/2015	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes
currently selected	House Vote on Passage	1/14/2015	On Passage: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes
		1/14/2015	Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Aderholt.
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Aderholt.
		1/14/2015	Amendment (A002) offered by Mrs. Blackburn.
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A002) offered by Mrs. Blackburn.
		1/14/2015	Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. DeSantis.
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A003) offered by Mr. DeSantis.
		1/14/2015	Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Salmon.
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Salmon.
		1/14/2015	Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Schock.
		1/14/2015	House amendment offered/reported by : Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Schock.
		1/14/2015	Roll call votes on amendments in House
		1/14/2015	Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
		1/14/2015	Roll call votes on amendments in House
		1/14/2015	Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
		1/14/2015	Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
		1/14/2015	Roll call votes on amendments in House
		1/14/2015	Roll call votes on amendments in House
		1/14/2015	Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
		1/14/2015	Roll call votes on amendments in House
		1/14/2015	Amendment agreed to Committee of the Whole
		1/16/2015	Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
	Put on a legislative calendar	1/20/2015	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
		1/30/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		1/30/2015	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
		2/02/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/03/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/03/2015	Second cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
		2/03/2015	Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 240 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 51) entered in Senate.
select this vote	Vote	2/03/2015	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240
		2/04/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/04/2015	Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 240 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 51) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		2/04/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to H.R. 240 (Record Vote No. 51) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		2/04/2015
		2/04/2015	Senate amendment submitted
select this vote	Vote	2/04/2015	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240
		2/05/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/05/2015	Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which the second cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 53) entered in Senate.
select this vote	Vote	2/05/2015	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240
		2/09/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/10/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/11/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/12/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/12/2015	Third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate.
		2/23/2015	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
		2/23/2015	Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which the third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure was not invoked (Record Vote No. 57) entered in Senate.
select this vote	Vote	2/23/2015	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240
		2/24/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/25/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		2/25/2015	Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which the second motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 240 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 53) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		2/25/2015	Third cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure rendered moot in Senate.
		2/25/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of the motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the second motion to proceed to H.R. 240 (Record Vote No. 53) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
select this vote	Vote	2/25/2015	On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 240
		2/26/2015	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate.
		2/26/2015	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
		2/26/2015	Measure laid before Senate by motion.
		2/26/2015	Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate.
		2/26/2015	Motion by Senator McConnell to commit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 259) made in Senate.
		2/26/2015
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 260.
		2/26/2015
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 260 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 259 (the instructions of the motion to commit).
		2/26/2015
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 259 proposed by Senator McConnell.
		2/26/2015
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 258 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 257.
		2/26/2015
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 257 proposed by Senator McConnell to language proposed to be stricken by amendment no. 255.
		2/26/2015
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 256 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 255.
		2/26/2015
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/26/2015	Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 255 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Cochran.
		2/26/2015	Amendment SA 255 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Cochran. (consideration: CR S1151) Of a perfecting nature.
		2/26/2015	Amendment SA 256 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 255. (consideration: CR S1151; text: CR S1151) Of a perfecting nature.
		2/26/2015	Amendment SA 257 proposed by Senator McConnell to language proposed to be stricken by amendment no. 255. (consideration: CR S1151; text: CR S1151) Of a perfecting nature.
		2/26/2015	Amendment SA 258 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 257. (consideration: CR S1151; text: CR S1151) Of a perfecting nature.
		2/26/2015	Amendment SA 259 proposed by Senator McConnell. (consideration: CR S1151; text: CR S1151) Of a perfecting nature.
		2/26/2015	Amendment SA 260 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 259 (the instructions of the motion to commit). (consideration: CR S1151; text: CR S1151) Of a perfecting nature.
		2/26/2015	Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator McConnell to Amendment SA 260. (consideration: CR S1151; text: CR S1151) Of a perfecting nature.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	Motion by Senator McConnell to commit to Senate Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report back forthwith with the following amendment (SA 259) fell when cloture was invoked on the measure in Senate.
		2/27/2015	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		2/27/2015	Mr. Carter (TX) moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and request a conference.
		2/27/2015	The previous question was ordered without objection.
		2/27/2015	Ms. Roybal-Allard moved that the House instruct conferees.
		2/27/2015	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Roybal-Allard motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 240. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to recede from disagreement with the Senate amendment.
		2/27/2015	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Roybal-Allard motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Roybal-Allard demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
		2/27/2015	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
		2/27/2015	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
		2/27/2015	Motion to insist on Senate amendment to House bill, agree to request for conference, and authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees made in Senate.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	Proposed amendment SA 256 withdrawn in Senate.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	Proposed amendment SA 257 withdrawn in Senate.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	Proposed amendment SA 258 withdrawn in Senate.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	SA 259 fell when cloture invoked on the measure.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	SA 260 fell when SA 259 fell.
		2/27/2015	Considered by Senate.
		2/27/2015	SA 261 fell when SA 260 fell.
		2/27/2015
		2/27/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/27/2015
		2/27/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/27/2015
		2/27/2015	Senate amendment submitted
		2/27/2015
		2/27/2015	Senate amendment submitted
select this vote	Vote	2/27/2015	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 240
select this vote	Vote	2/27/2015	On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 258 to S.Amdt. 257 to H.R. 240 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015)
select this vote	Vote	2/27/2015	On the Amendment S.Amdt. 255 to H.R. 240 (Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015)
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	2/27/2015	On Passage of the Bill H.R. 240
select this vote	Vote	2/27/2015	On Motion to Request a Conference: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes
select this vote	Vote	2/27/2015	On Motion to Instruct Conferees: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes
		3/02/2015	Considered by Senate (Message from the House considered).
		3/02/2015	Cloture motion on the motion to insist on Senate amendment to House bill, agree to request for conference, and authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees presented in Senate.
select this vote	Vote	3/02/2015	On the Cloture Motion H.R. 240
select this vote	Vote	3/02/2015	On the Motion to Table H.R. 240
		3/03/2015	Mr. Simpson moved to take the Senate message on H.R. 240 from the Speaker's table and asked for it's immediate consideration. Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/03/2015	Unanimous consent to dispense with the reading of the Senate amendment was objected to and the Chair directed the Clerk to report the Senate amendment.
		3/03/2015	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
		3/03/2015	Mr. Massie asked unanimous consent to dispense with further reading of the Senate amendment. Agreed to without objection.
		3/03/2015	Mr. Simpson moved that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment.
		3/03/2015	Mr. Massie moved to table the Senate amendment.
		3/03/2015	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 60 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled on the motion to recede and concur in the Senate Amendment to H.R. 240.
		3/03/2015	Mr. Simpson moved the previous question.
		3/03/2015	On ordering the previous question Agreed to by voice vote.
		3/03/2015	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
select this vote	Vote	3/03/2015	On Motion to Table the Senate Amendment: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes
select this vote	Vote	3/03/2015	On Motion to Recede and Concur in the Senate Amendment: H R 240 Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes
	Presented to President	3/04/2015	Presented to President.
	Signed	3/04/2015	Signed by President.
	Enacted	3/04/2015	Became Public Law No: 114-4.

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status
	H. Amdt. 6	Aderholt, Robert [R-AL4]	January 14, 2015	Passed by voice vote on January 14, 2015.
	Amendment prevents use of any funds to: (1) carry-out the Executive actions announced on November 20, 2014 to grant deferred action to certain unlawful aliens and for other purposes, or four of the "Morton Memos" on prosecutorial discretion and immigration enforcement priorities issued in 2011 and 2012 that effectively prevent certain classes of unlawful aliens from being removed from the country; 2) declares that no funds may be used to carry-out any substantially similar policies to those defunded; 3) declares that the policies defunded and any substantially similar policies have no statutory or constitutional basis and therefore no legal effect; and 4) provides that no funds may be used to grant any Federal benefit to any alien as a result of the policies defunded. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 7	Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN7]	January 14, 2015	Passed by voice vote on January 14, 2015.
	Amendment prohibits Federal funding, fees, or resources from being used to consider or adjudicate any new, renewal, or previously denied application for any alien requesting consideration for deferred action. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 8	DeSantis, Ron [R-FL6]	January 14, 2015	Passed by voice vote on January 14, 2015.
	Amendment requires that DHS treat any alien convicted of any offense involving domestic violence, sexual abuse, child molestation, or child abuse or exploitation as within the categories of aliens subject to DHS's highest civil immigration enforcement. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 9	Salmon, Matt [R-AZ5]	January 14, 2015	Passed by voice vote on January 14, 2015.
	Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that the Executive Branch should not pursue policies that disadvantage the hiring of U.S. citizens and those lawfully present in the United States by making it economically advantageous to hire workers who came to the country illegally. Show amendment details
	H. Amdt. 10	Schock, Aaron [R-IL18]	January 14, 2015	Passed by voice vote on January 14, 2015.
	Amendment expresses the sense of Congress that the Administration should stop putting the interest of immigrants who worked within the legal framework to come to the U.S. behind those who came here illegally. Show amendment details
	S. Amdt. 249	Collins, Susan [R-ME]	February 4, 2015	Offered on February 3, 2015.
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select this vote	S. Amdt. 255	Cochran, Thad [R-MS]	February 26, 2015	Passed by roll call vote on February 26, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 256	McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]	February 26, 2015	Withdrawn on February 26, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 257	McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]	February 26, 2015	Withdrawn on February 26, 2015.
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select this vote	S. Amdt. 258	McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]	February 26, 2015	Withdrawn on February 26, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 259	McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]	February 26, 2015	Offered on February 25, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 260	McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]	February 26, 2015	Offered on February 25, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 261	McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]	February 26, 2015	Offered on February 25, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 264	Sasse, Benjamin [R-NE]	February 27, 2015	Offered on February 26, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 265	Lee, Mike [R-UT]	February 27, 2015	Offered on February 26, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 266	Lee, Mike [R-UT]	February 27, 2015	Offered on February 26, 2015.
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	S. Amdt. 267	Johnson, Ron [R-WI]	February 27, 2015	Offered on February 26, 2015.
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