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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 ...
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 ...
The bill was presented to the President on November 22, 2002, and was signed on November 25, 2002, becoming Public Law number 107-296, the "Homeland Security Act of 2002". The termination date of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security was “after final disposition of a bill including the final disposition of any veto message on such ...
Homeland security is an American national security term for "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" [1] to the "national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the U.S. to terrorism, and minimize the ...
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]
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 ...
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 ...
Congress was swift to react and enacted laws to protect the United States with the Patriot Act, signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001, and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 enacted November 25, 2002, as well as other laws for the protection of the country. This resulted in Presidential Directives, including HSPD-8, and ...