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HR 599 110th Congress House Emergency Management Administrative procedure Cost effectiveness Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Homeland Security Employee training Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Labor and Employment Law Liability (Law) Recruiting of employees Risk Science, Technology, Communications Technological innovations Technology assessment Terrorism

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.

Introduced: January 22, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 24, 2007
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 23, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 23, 2007
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 427 - 0 (Roll no. 47). (text: CR H855)
Jan 23, 2007
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 427 - 0 (Roll no. 47).(text: CR H855)
Jan 23, 2007
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 599.
Jan 23, 2007
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H855-859)
Jan 23, 2007
Mr. Langevin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 22, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jan 22, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that a sufficient number of full-time equivalent personnel, who are properly trained and qualified to apply legal, economic, and risk analyses, are involved in the review and prioritization of anti-terrorism technologies to determine whether such technologies may be designated or certified anti-terrorism technologies under the SAFETY Act.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a formal coordination process that includes the official of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with primary responsibility for the implementation of such Act, the Chief Procurement Officer of DHS, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, the Under Secretary for Policy, and the General Counsel of DHS to ensure the maximum application of the litigation and risk management provisions of such Act to anti-terrorism technologies procured by DHS; (2) promote awareness and utilization of the litigation and risk management provisions of such Act in the procurement of anti-terrorism technologies; and (3) issue a departmental management directive providing for coordination between DHS procurement officials and any other DHS official responsible for implementing such Act in advance of any DHS procurement of an anti-terrorism technology.

What's happening now January 24, 2007

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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