Northern California Representatives
and the WHISC/SOA: 1999 - 2003
District #
Name		 Location Cosponsor HR 1258 Cosponsor HR 1810 Moakley 2000 Moakley 1999 Cosponsor 
HR 732		 Committees
1999-2000
1 - Thompson, Mike (D) Napa-Eureka   Yes Yes  
3 - Ose, Douglas (R) Sacramento   No No    
5 - Matsui, Robert (D) Sacramento 05/15/03   Yes Yes 05/05/99  
6 - Woolsey, Lynn (D) Marin 03/13/03 06/05/01 Yes Yes 02/23/99  
7 - Miller, George (D) Pleasant Hill 03/13/03 05/25/01 Yes Yes 02/11/99  
8 - Pelosi, Nancy (D) San Francisco 06/07/01 Yes Yes 02/11/99 House Minority Leader
9 - Lee, Barbara (D) Oakland 3/13/03 05/21/01 Yes Yes 05/05/99 International Relations
10 - Tauscher, Ellen (D) Walnut Creek   Yes Yes 06/99 Armed Services
11- Pombo, Richard (R) Lodi-Stockton   No      
12 - Lantos, Tom (D) San Mateo 07/10/03 02/14/02 Yes Yes 06/99  International Relations, Ranking Democrat
13 - Stark, Pete (D) Fremont 04/03/03 06/27/01 Yes Yes 02/24/99  
14 - Eshoo, Anna (D) Palo Alto 09/10/03 06/0701 Yes Yes 02/23/99  
15 - Mike Honda (D) Los Gatos 07/19/01 N/A N/A N/A/  
16 - Lofgren, Zoe (D) San Jose 03/13/03 07/10/01 Yes Yes 03/03/99  
17 - Farr, Sam (D) Monterey 05/25/01 Yes Yes 05/05/99  
18 - Cardoza, Dennis (D) Modesto-Merced  N/A N/A  N/A N/A  
22 - Capps, Lois (D) Santa Barbara 04/30/03 06/27/01 Yes Yes 05/05/99  

 
  • HR 1258   This bill is to close WHINSEC for a period of evalution.  It was introduced by Rep. James McGovern and 49 other original sponsors on March 13, 2003.  The bill has 89 cosponsors as of 10/03/03.  This bill is the same as the previous bill, HR 1810, which was also introduced by Rep. James McGovern and gained more than 100 cosponsors.
October 30, 2000.  President Clinton signed the Defense Authorization Bill which included provision to close the SOA (which took place on Dec. 15, 2000) and to open the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC.  The Department of Defense opened WHINSEC at Ft. Benning, GA on Jan. 17, 2001 in the facility previously known as the SOA.
  • Moakley 2000 (May)  An amendment (to the Defense Authorization Bill) to close the SOA and authorize a study of the history of the SOA.  This amendment was defeated on a vote of 204 to 214.
  • Moakley 1999 (July)  An amendment to cut $3 million from the Foreign Operations Appropriations Budget.  This amendment passed on a vote of 230 to 197.
  • HR 732   This bill to close the SOA was introduced by Rep. Joseph Moakley on Feb. 11, 1999.  This bill never came up for a floor vote.