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S 796 108th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Department of Homeland Security Emergency Management Executive reorganization Federal-local relations Federal-state relations

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…

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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.

Introduced: April 7, 2003 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Apr 7, 2003
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) require the Office for State and Local Government Coordination within the Department of Homeland Security to be headed by a Director of State and Local Government Coordination who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; (2) transfer the Office for Domestic Preparedness from the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security to the Office for State and Local Government Coordination; (3) remove the requirement that the Director of the Office for Domestic Preparedness shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and (4) require such Director to report directly to the Director of State and Local Government Coordination.
What's happening now April 7, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Apr 9, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 796: 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.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-796/
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"S. 796: 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.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-796/.
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S. 796, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-796/.
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