[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 853 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 853

    To establish the position of Northern Border Coordinator in the 
                    Department of Homeland Security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2003

  Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Walsh, Mr. McNulty, Mr. 
     Houghton, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. Hooley of Oregon, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Rodriguez, and Mr. Bishop of New York) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Select Committee on Homeland Security, and in 
    addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Transportation and 
  Infrastructure, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish the position of Northern Border Coordinator in the 
                    Department of Homeland Security.

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

SECTION 1. NORTHERN BORDER COORDINATOR.

    (a) In General.--Title IV of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107-296) is amended--
            (1) in section 402, by redesignating paragraph (8) as 
        paragraph (9) and by inserting after paragraph (7) the 
        following:
            ``(8) Increasing the security of the border between the 
        United States and Canada and the ports of entry located along 
        that border, and improving the coordination among the agencies 
        responsible for maintaining that security.''; and
            (2) in subtitle C, by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 431. NORTHERN BORDER COORDINATOR.

    ``(a) In General.--There shall be within the Directorate of Border 
and Transportation Security the position of Northern Border 
Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and who shall 
report directly to the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation 
Security.
    ``(b) Responsibilities.--The Northern Border Coordinator shall be 
responsible for--
            ``(1) increasing the security of the border, including 
        ports of entry, between the United States and Canada;
            ``(2) improving the coordination among the agencies 
        responsible for the security described under paragraph (1);
            ``(3) serving as the primary liaison with State and local 
        governments and law enforcement agencies regarding security 
        along the border between the United States and Canada; and
            ``(4) serving as a liaison with the Canadian government on 
        border security.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--Section 1(b) of such Act is amended in the 
table of contents by inserting after the item relating to section 430 
the following:

``Sec. 431. Northern Border Coordinator.''.
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