3.0.0 8992 2023-01-11T13:43:58Z 2023-01-11T13:43:58Z House HR 2020-12-16 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Miss RICE of New York:H.R. 8992.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H7229]]]> hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-12-16T17:02:25Z DHS Reform Act of 2020 116 8791 HR 2020-11-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2020-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2020-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-12-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000602 Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] Kathleen Rice D NY M. 4 N Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Homeland Security Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government Operations and Politics 00 2020-12-16 Introduced in House 2022-03-11T14:50:04Z This bill modifies the line of succession for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials.

Specifically, the bill provides that the Under Secretary for Management shall serve as the Acting Secretary if the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Associate Secretary are not available to exercise the duties of the Office of the Secretary. Current law makes no reference to the Associate Secretary.

The bill contains further requirements, including that an official must have served in DHS for at least 90 days prior to the designation to be within the line of succession to serve as acting head of a DHS component.

]]> To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for certain succession reforms, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for certain succession reforms, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for certain succession reforms, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr8992ih/xml/BILLS-116hr8992ih.xml 2020-12-16 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.