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Introduced in the House as H.R. 5005 by Dick Armey (R-TX) on June 24, 2002; Committee consideration by House Homeland Security (Select), House Agriculture, House Appropriations, House Armed Services, House Energy and Commerce, House Financial Services, House Government Reform, House Intelligence (Permanent Select), House International Relations, House Judiciary, House Science, House ...
Homeland Security is a 2004 American television drama film about the creation of the United States Department of Homeland Security in response to the September 11 attacks. It was directed by Daniel Sackheim , written by Christopher Crowe , and stars Scott Glenn and Tom Skerritt .
On November 25, 2002, the Homeland Security Act established the Department of Homeland Security to consolidate U.S. executive branch organizations related to "homeland security" into a single Cabinet agency. The Gilmore Commission, supported by much of Congress and John Bolton, helped to solidify further the need for the department. The DHS ...
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source. [4]The DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) designate the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the Chief Acquisition Officer for DHS; (2) include the Chief Financial ...
The United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act is a bill that would authorize the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and its mission and direct the CBP in the United States Department of Homeland Security to establish standard procedures for addressing complaints made against CBP employees and to enhance training for CBP officers and agents.
The WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2013 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and their plans to conduct attacks involving ...
The SAFETY Act is an act that was enacted in the US as Subtitle G of Title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. [1] It creates an exclusive federal cause of action for claims against the provider of a "qualified anti-terrorism technology" (QATT) where the QATT was deployed to protect against, in response to, or to recover from an act of terrorism. [2]
Over the years, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and its predecessors have dealt with a number of important issues, including government accountability, congressional ethics, regulatory affairs, and systems and information security. In 2003, after the Homeland Security Act of 2002 established the Department of ...