[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 22 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 22

 To establish the position of Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism within 
                 the office of the Secretary of State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Gilman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the position of Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism within 
                 the office of the Secretary of State.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM.

    (a) Establishment.--There shall be within the office of the 
Secretary of State a Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Coordinator'') who shall be appointed 
by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    (b) Responsibilities.--(1) The Coordinator shall perform such 
duties and exercise such power as the Secretary of State shall 
prescribe.
    (2) The Coordinator shall have as his principal duty the overall 
supervision (including policy oversight of resources) of international 
counterterrorism activities. The Coordinator shall be the principal 
advisor to the Secretary of State on international counterterrorism 
matters. The Coordinator shall be the principal counterterrorism 
official within the senior management of the Department of State and 
report directly to the Secretary of State.
    (c) Rank and Status.--The Coordinator shall have the rank and 
status of Ambassador-at-Large. The Coordinator shall be compensated at 
the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States 
Code, or, if the Coordinator is appointed from the Foreign Service, the 
annual rate of pay which the individual last received under the Foreign 
Service Schedule, whichever is greater.
    (d) Diplomatic Protocol.--For purposes of diplomatic protocol among 
officers of the Department of State, the Coordinator shall take 
precedence after the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, 
and the Under Secretaries of State and shall take precedence among the 
Assistant Secretaries of State in the order prescribed by the Secretary 
of State.
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