[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1386 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1386

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of 
            Disability Coordination, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2009

  Mr. Burris introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of 
            Disability Coordination, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Disability Coordination 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF DISABILITY COORDINATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 513 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 321b) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by striking ``disability 
        coordinator'' and inserting ``office of disability 
        coordination'';
            (2) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``After consultation with'' and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Agency an 
        Office of Disability Coordination, which shall be headed by the 
        Disability Coordinator appointed under paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Disability coordinator.--
                    ``(A) In general.--After consultation with'';
                    (B) by striking ``The Disability Coordinator'' and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(C) Reporting.--The Disability Coordinator'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(A), as so designated, by 
                adding at the end the following: ``The Administrator 
                shall establish the position of Disability Coordinator 
                as a Senior Executive Service position to be filled by 
                a career appointee, as defined under section 3132(a)(4) 
                of title 5, United States Code.''; and
                    (D) by inserting after paragraph (2)(A), as so 
                designated, the following:
                    ``(B) Considerations.--In appointing the Disability 
                Coordinator, the Administrator shall give special 
                consideration to whether the individual to be appointed 
                has emergency management experience and an extensive 
                knowledge of issues relating to individuals with 
                disabilities.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Regional Disability Coordinators.--The Administrator shall 
appoint a Regional Disability Coordinator for each Regional Office and 
for the Office of National Capital Region Coordination established 
under section 882. The Regional Disability Coordinators appointed under 
this subsection shall report to the Disability Coordinator appointed 
under subsection (a), except as otherwise provided by the 
Administrator.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 
seq.) is amended by striking the item relating to section 513 and 
inserting the following:

``Sec. 513. Office of Disability Coordination.''.
    (c) Effective Date; Applicability.--
            (1) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
        shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection 
        (a)(2)(C) (relating to establishing the position of Disability 
        Coordinator as a Senior Executive Service position) shall apply 
        to any appointment made after the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
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