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S 1449 107th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Advice and consent of the Senate Armed Forces and National Security Congress Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Defense budgets EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Executive Office of the President Executive reorganization Federal budgets Federal-local relations Federal-state relations International Affairs Presidential appointments Terrorism

A bill to establish the National Office for Combatting Terrorism.

Introduced: September 21, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Oct 12, 2001
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-212.
Sep 21, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Sep 21, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Sep 21, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9625-9626)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Establishes within the Executive Office of the President the National Office for Combatting Terrorism to: (1) develop U.S. policies, goals, objectives, and priorities for the prevention of and response to terrorism; (2) develop a National Terrorism Prevention and Response Strategy and coordinate its implementation; (3) oversee State and local government programs and activities as part of the Strategy; (4) coordinate the development of a comprehensive annual budget for programs and activities under the Strategy; and (5) certify to the President whether the budget for each Federal agency's terrorism prevention and response responsibilities is consistent with the Strategy.
What's happening now October 12, 2001

Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 107-212.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2452 Related bill National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002
  • HR 3078 Identical bill To establish the National Office for Combatting Terrorism.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Apr 18, 2002
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 21, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1449: A bill to establish the National Office for Combatting Terrorism.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1449/
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