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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products, and for other purposes. 10/10/2007--Introduced. Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components responsible for information sharing and infrastructure protection make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source products.Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that DHS makes full and efficient use of such information to analyze U.S. critical infrastructure nodes from the perspective of terrorists and other activities with a nexus to terrorism using publicly available information; and (2) share the unclassified results with appropriate [...] show full description
- 09/24/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 09/24/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1051.
- 09/23/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 09/23/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 09/17/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-342. 10:00 a.m.
show all actions- 09/24/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- 09/24/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1051.
- 09/23/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 09/23/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 09/17/2008 - Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Date of scheduled consideration. SD-342. 10:00 a.m.
- 07/31/2008 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 07/30/2008 - Considered as unfinished business.
- 07/30/2008 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- 07/30/2008 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 07/30/2008 - Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7596)
- 07/30/2008 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 7/29/2008 H7189-7190)
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7189-7191)
- 07/29/2008 - Ms. Harman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules.
- 07/29/2008 - DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3815.
- 07/29/2008 - At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Bilirakis objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
- 07/29/2008 - Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7189-7191; text of measure as reported in House: CR H7189-7190)
- 07/21/2008 - Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 110-763.
- 07/21/2008 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 486.
- 06/26/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 06/26/2008 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 06/11/2008 - Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 06/11/2008 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
- 10/12/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
- 10/10/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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