Department of Homeland Security Appropriations For 2006, Part 3, February 17, 2005, 109-1 Hearings, *

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Page 963 - States; and shall maintain a state of readiness to function as a specialized service in the Navy in time of war.
Page 421 - CBP's priority mission is preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, we know that we must — and will — accomplish that priority mission while continuing to perform our traditional missions well. Included among those missions are our responsibilities for interdicting drugs...
Page 178 - An interactive, self guided program for the joint post processing of bibliographic citations from the federal information centers of the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was developed.
Page 407 - Members of the Subcommittee, it is a privilege and an honor to appear before you today to discuss Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) FY 2005 budget request.
Page 419 - Automated Commercial Environment The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is an important project for CBP, for the business community, for our country, and for the future of global trade. If done properly it will reform the way we do business with the trade community. It will also greatly assist CBP in the advance collection of information for targeting high-risk cargo to better address the terrorist threat. And in doing so, it will help us expedite the vast majority of low-risk trade. The successful...
Page 425 - Conclusion Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, I have outlined a broad array of initiatives today that, with your assistance, will help CBP continue to protect America from the terrorist threat while fulfilling our other traditional missions. Because of your support...
Page 185 - These fluids will be used to enhance our ability to conduct additional supply chain security validations. In addition to enhancing secure trade programs, the President's Budget also seeks to support additional investments in CBP's National Targeting System. CBP Targeting Systems aid in identifying high-risk cargo and passengers. The Budget includes a total of $28.3 million for these system initiatives, of which $5.4 million is an increase over the FY 2005 level. Further, US-VISIT, which will be consolidated...
Page 693 - State of the Union Address, the President underscored the need to restrain spending in order to sustain our economic prosperity. As part of this restraint, it is important that total discretionary and non-security spending be held to levels proposed in the FY 2006 budget. The budget savings and reforms in the budget are important components of achieving the President's goal of cutting the budget deficit in half by 2009 and I urge the Congress to support these reforms.
Page 13 - The goal of eMerge1, which stands for "electronically Managing enterprise resources for government effectiveness and efficiency ", is to improve resource management and enable the bureaus to move "Back Office" effectiveness and efficiency to "Front Line" Operations. eMerge2 is a business-focused program that seeks to consolidate and integrate the Department's budget, accounting and reporting, cost management, asset management, and acquisitions and grants functions. Once procured and developed, the...
Page 180 - Budget proposes to increase passenger fees by $3.00 starting in 2006, raising the fee on a typical one-leg ticket from $2.50 one way to $5.50. For passengers traveling multiple legs on a one-way trip, that fee would increase from the current maximum of $5.00 to $8.00. The additional revenue will ensure that fees cover nearly the full cost of aviation screening operations.

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