United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-05-09 monographic deposited born digital 12 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-555T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T P0b002ee180392cd4 f:d01555t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T GAO-01-555T Emergency preparedness Terrorism Proposed legislation Interagency relations Strategic planning Testimony A00972

This testimony discusses the Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001 (H.R. 525). To improve federal efforts to assist state and local personnel in preparing for domestic terrorist attacks, H.R. 525 would create a single focal point for policy and coordination--the President's Council on Domestic Terrorism Preparedness--within the Executive Office of the President. The new council would include the President, several cabinet secretaries, and other selected high-level officials. H.R. 525 would (1) create an executive director position with a staff that would collaborate with other executive agencies to assess threats, (2) require the new council to develop a national strategy, (3) require the new council to analyze and review budgets, and (4) require the new council to provide oversight of implementation among the different federal agencies. In addition to H.R. 525, there are other proposals that would create a single focal point for terrorism. Some of these proposals place the focal point in the Executive Office of the President and others place it in a lead executive agency. Both locations have advantages and disadvantages. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T.pdf GAO-01-555T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-555T Testimony GAO-01-555T; Combating Terrorism: Comments on H.R. 525 to Create a President's Council on Domestic Terrorism Preparedness; Emergency preparedness Terrorism Proposed legislation Interagency relations Strategic planning Title 42 Section 5121 42 U.S.C. 5121 Public Law 105-85 Public Law 130-62 S. Rept. 106-404