[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 796 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 796

    To provide for the appointment of a Director of State and Local 
Government Coordination within the Department of Homeland Security and 
 to transfer the Office for Domestic Preparedness to the Office of the 
                    Secretary of Homeland Security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 7, 2003

  Ms. Collins introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for the appointment of a Director of State and Local 
Government Coordination within the Department of Homeland Security and 
 to transfer the Office for Domestic Preparedness to the Office of the 
                    Secretary of Homeland Security.

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

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) Director of State and Local Government Coordination.--Section 
801(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--There is established within the Office 
        of the Secretary the Office for State and Local Government 
        Coordination, to oversee and coordinate departmental programs 
        for and relationships with State and local governments.
            ``(2) Director.--The Office established under paragraph (1) 
        shall be headed by the Director of State and Local Government 
        Coordination, who shall be appointed by the President, by and 
        with the advice and consent of the Senate.''.
    (b) Office for Domestic Preparedness.--The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107-296) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 430 as section 802 and 
        transferring that section to the end of subtitle A of title 
        VIII;
            (2) in section 802, as redesignated by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``the 
                Directorate of Border and Transportation Security'' and 
                inserting ``the Office for State and Local Government 
                Coordination'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``who shall be 
                appointed by the President'' and all that follows and 
                inserting ``who shall report directly to the Director 
                of State and Local Government Coordination.''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)(7)--
                            (i) by striking ``other'' and inserting 
                        ``the''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``consistent with the 
                        mission and functions of the Directorate''.
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