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 Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 7, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Apr 7, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1