The U.S. Congress Votes Database

109th Congress / Bills / H R 4954

Title

To improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.

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Votes on this bill

DateChamberResultVote
9/30/06 House Passed Session 2, roll call 516: On Agreeing to the Conference Report
Security and Accountability for Every Port (Safe) Act
9/28/06 House Passed Session 2, roll call 500: On Motion to Instruct Conferees
Security and Accountability for Every Port (Safe) Act
9/14/06 Senate Passed Session 2, roll call 249: On Passage of the Bill
H.R.4954 as Amended; Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or the SAFE Port Act
9/14/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 248: On the Motion to Table
Motion to Table Schumer Amdt. No. 4930; To improve maritime container security by ensuring that foreign ports participating in the Container Security Initiative scan all containers shipped to the United States for nuclear and radiological weapons before loading.
9/13/06 Senate Rejected Session 2, roll call 246: On the Amendment
Menendez Amdt. No. 4999; To improve the security of cargo containers destined for the United States.
9/13/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 245: On the Amendment
Coleman Amdt. No. 4982; To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that all cargo containers are screened before arriving at a United States seaport, that all high-risk containers are scanned before leaving a United States seaport, and that integrated scanning systems are fully deployed to scan all cargo containers entering the United States before they arrive in the United States.
9/12/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 242: On the Amendment
Hutchison Amdt. No. 4931; To strengthen national security by adding an additional 275 Customs and Border Protection officers at United States ports.
9/12/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 241: On the Amendment
Lautenberg Amdt. No. 4940; To provide that the limitation on the number of Transportation Security Administration employees shall not apply after the date of enactment of this Act, and for other purposes.
9/12/06 Senate Agreed to Session 2, roll call 240: On the Amendment
DeMint Amdt. No. 4921 As Amended; To establish a unified national hazard alert system, and for other purposes.
5/4/06 House Passed Session 2, roll call 127: On Passage
Security and Accountability for Every Port (Safe) Act
5/4/06 House Failed Session 2, roll call 126: On Motion to Recommit With Instructions
Security and Accountability for Every Port (Safe) Act
5/4/06 House Failed Session 2, roll call 125: On Agreeing to the Amendment
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