110th Congress / Senate / 1st session / Vote 284

• Question: On the Conference Report
• Bill: H R 1
• Vote description: H.R. 1, Conference Report; Improving America's Security Act of 2007
• Vote type: 1/2 (Help)
  A simple majority of those present and voting is required for approval or passage.
• Result: Agreed to, 85-8, with 7 not voting.
• Date/time: July 26, 2007, 11:39 a.m.
• Republican majority opinion: Yes (Help)
  The position of more than 50 percent of voting Republicans. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."
• Democrat majority opinion: Yes (Help)
  The position of more than 50 percent of voting Democrats. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."

Key Vote Analysis

This amendment to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 was made in order to implement the recommendations made by the 9/11 commission.

Different versions of the bill were passed in the House on Jan. 9 and in the Senate on July 9.

A modified version of the bill, with conference report changes, was revisited on July 27 and passed by a vote of 85-8.

The bill requires the inspection of all cargo traveling on passenger aircrafts and establishes the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. This panel, suggested by the 9/11 commission, is responsible for advising the president and senior White House officials maintaining respect for privacy laws and civil liberties.

Other provisions of the bill include grants to states, urban areas, regions, or directly eligible tribes to be used to improve the ability for first responders to react to and prevent terrorist attacks, according to the Congressional Research Service.

The bill also outlined details regarding the detention and treatment of captured terrorists.

The bill was signed into law by President Bush on August 3.

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