Order Code RL31751
Report for Congress
Received through the CRS Web
Homeland Security:
Department Organization and
Management—Implementation Phase
Updated March 5, 2003
Harold C. Relyea
Specialist in American National Government
Government and Finance Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

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Homeland Security:
Department Organization and
Management—Implementation Phase
Summary
After substantial congressional entreatment, President George W. Bush gave
impetus to the creation of a Department of Homeland Security when, on June 6,
2002, he proposed the establishment of such an entity by the 107th Congress. The
President transmitted his department proposal to the House of Representatives on
June 18, where it was subsequently introduced by request (H.R. 5005). The House
approved the bill in amended form on July 26. The Senate did not begin
consideration of the legislation until after the August congressional recess. Senate
deliberations on the matter were slower due to partisan and parliamentary factors as
well as a few highly contentious issues, such as the civil service protections and
collective bargaining rights of the employees of the new department. When both
houses of Congress reconvened after the fall elections, a new, compromise
department bill was introduced in the House (H.R. 5710), which considered and
adopted the measure on November 13. Six days later, the Senate approved the
original House bill (H.R. 5005), as modified with the language of the compromise
legislation (H.R. 5710), which had been offered as an amendment. The House
cleared the Senate-passed measure for the President’s signature (P.L. 107-296; 116
Stat. 2135). Ultimately, President Bush largely obtained what he wanted in the
legislation mandating the department.
Overseeing the implementation of the legislation mandating the new
Department of Homeland Security, and possibly refining it and making some
technical modifications, is within the purview of the 108th Congress. Some
legislators, for example, want to eliminate provisions protecting manufacturers from
liability lawsuits, broaden the criteria for the creation of university-based centers for
homeland security, and make the department subject to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (H.R. 237, H.R. 484, S. 6, S. 28, S. 41, S. 105). The department’s
charter also contains apparently contradictory provisions, such as those concerning
the appointment of an officer for civil rights and civil liberties. Other
implementation issues include Senate confirmation of presidential nominees for
department leadership positions, creation of a complete budget for the new
department, and assessing the various reports to Congress required of the new
department. This report will be updated as events recommend. CRS Report
R L3 1 4 9 3, Homeland Security: Depar t ment Or gani z at i on and
Management—Legislative Phase, assesses the development and enactment of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002.

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Contents
Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Operational Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Congressional Oversight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Refining the Mandate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
H.R. 237 (Burton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
H.R. 248 (Allen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
H.R. 484 (Ose) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
S. 6 (Daschle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
S. 28 (Nelson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
S. 41 (Lieberman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
S. 45 (Feingold) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
S. 105 (Stabenow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
S. 134 (Dayton) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Related Congressional Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Related CRS Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
List of Tables
Table 1. Principal Leaders of the Department of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 2. Deadlines and Effective Dates: Homeland Security Act and
Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Table 3. Homeland Security Act Action and Reporting Requirements . . . . . . . 25

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Homeland Security:
Department Organization and
Management—Implementation Phase
Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11,
2001, prompted various major efforts at combating terrorism and ensuring homeland
security. President George W. Bush ultimately became the architect of new
arrangements to coordinate these efforts. With E.O. 13228 of October 8, 2001, he
established the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) and the Homeland Security
Council (HSC) within the Executive Office of the President.1 That same day, he
appointed former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge an Assistant to the President
for Homeland Security, to direct OHS.
Although Ridge contended that his close proximity and easy access to the
President gave him all the authority he needed to do his job, some were not
convinced and sought to reconstitute OHS with a statutory mandate and more explicit
responsibilities and powers. Others favored consolidating relevant programs and
hierarchical administrative authority in a new department. Among the first to pursue
this approach was Senator Joseph Lieberman, who introduced his initial proposal (S.
1534) a few days after the establishment of OHS. He and Representative Mac
Thornberry later introduced more elaborate versions of this legislation (S. 2452 and
H.R. 4660) in early May 2002.2
By late January 2002, Ridge, according to the Washington Post, was “facing
resistance to some of his ideas, forcing him to apply the brakes on key elements of
his agenda and raising questions about how much he can accomplish.” OHS plans
engendering opposition from within the executive branch reportedly included those
to streamline or consolidate agencies responsible for border security; improve
intelligence distribution to federal, state, and local agencies; and alert federal, state,
and local officials about terrorist threats using a system of graduated levels of
danger.3
At about this same time, Ridge began to become embroiled in controversy over
his refusal to testify before congressional committees. Among the first to request his
1 See Federal Register, vol. 66, Oct. 10, 2001, pp. 51812-51817.
2 Rep. Thornberry had introduced legislation (H.R. 1158) on Mar. 21, 2001, to establish a
National Homeland Security Agency which closely resembled his subsequent departmental
proposal, but the organization was not denominated a department and seemingly would not
have had Cabinet status.
3 Eric Pianin and Bill Miller, “For Ridge, Ambition and Realities Clash,” Washington Post,
Jan. 23, 2002, pp. A1, A10.

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appearance were Senator Robert C. Byrd and Senator Ted Stevens, respectively, the
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. Ridge
turned down their initial, informal invitation and later formal requests of March 15
and April 4.4 When Ridge declined the request of Representative Ernest Istook, Jr.,
chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service,
and General Government, appropriations for the Executive Office of the President
were threatened, prompting Ridge to offer to meet with Istook and other
subcommittee members in an informal session.5 Thereafter, Ridge arranged other
informal briefings with members of the House Committee on Government Reform
and a group of Senators, and agreed to a similar such session with members of the
House Committee on Energy and Commerce. These informal meetings, however,
did not appear to abate the controversy that Ridge’s refusals to testify had generated.6
Assessing the situation in early May 2002, a New York Times news analysis
proffered that, “instead of becoming the preeminent leader of domestic security, Tom
Ridge has become a White House adviser with a shrinking mandate, forbidden by the
president to testify before Congress to explain his strategy, overruled in White House
councils and overshadowed by powerful cabinet members reluctant to cede their turf
or their share of the limelight.” In support of this view, the analysis noted that the
Pentagon did not consult with Ridge when suspending air patrols over New York
City—a special assistant to the Secretary of Defense explained this action by saying,
“We don’t tell the Office of Homeland Security about recommendations, only about
decisions”—and the Attorney General unilaterally announced a possible terrorist
threat against banks in April.7 Asked about this assessment by Jim Lehrer on the
PBS Newshour, Ridge called it “false” and said, “I just don’t think they have spent
enough time with me on a day-to-day basis.”8 Shortly thereafter, a New York Times
editorial opined that one of the reasons Ridge “lost these turf battles is that he failed
4 Dave Boyer, “Ridge Reluctant to Testify in Senate,” Washington Times, Feb. 27, 2002, p.
A4; Alison Mitchell, “Congressional Hearings: Letter to Ridge Is Latest Jab in Fight Over
Balance of Powers,” New York Times, Mar. 5, 2002, p. A8; Mark Preston, “Byrd Holds
Firm,” Roll Call, Apr. 18, 2002, pp. 1, 26.
5 George Archibald, “Panel Ties Funding to Ridge Testimony,” Washington Times, Mar. 22,
2002, pp. A1, A14; George Archibald, “White House Mollifies House Panel,” Washington
Times, Mar. 23, 2002, pp. A1, A4.
6 Bill Miller, “Ridge Will Meet Informally with 2 House Committees,” Washington Post,
Apr. 4, 2002, p. A15; George Archibald, “Ridge Attends Private Meeting on Hill,”
Washington Times, Apr. 11, 2002, p. A4; Elizabeth Becker, “Ridge Briefs House Panel, but
Discord Is Not Resolved,” New York Times, Apr. 11, 2002, p. A17; Bill Miller, “From Bush
Officials, a Hill Overture and a Snub,” Washington Post, Apr. 11, 2002, p. A27; Amy Fagan,
“Democrats Irked by Ridge’s Closed House Panel Meeting,” Washington Times, Apr. 12,
2002, p. A6; Stephen Dinan, “Ridge Briefing Called ‘Stunt’,” Washington Times, May 3,
2002, p. A9; Bill Miller, “On Homeland Security Front, a Rocky Day on the Hill,”
Washington Post, May 3, 2002, p. A25.
7 Elizabeth Becker, “Big Visions for Security Post Shrink Amid Political Drama,” New York
Times, May 3, 2002, pp. A1, A16.
8 NewsHour Focus, Newsmaker: Tom Ridge, May 9, 2002, transcript available at NewsHour
Index, [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html].

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to build a constituency for change in Congress. His refusal to testify before
Congressional committees has not helped.”9
Ridge’s problems had not escaped White House attention. In his April 11
testimony before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs concerning Senator
Lieberman’s proposal for a homeland security department, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.,
the director of the Office of Management and Budget, reportedly indicated that the
President might eventually decide to create the department as envisaged in the
Lieberman bill. In addition, Daniels said he would consider creating a working group
with Senator Lieberman to discuss the legislation.10 Subsequently, Daniels, Ridge,
White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card, Jr., and White House counsel Alberto
R. Gonzales would constitute the principal members of a group that began drafting
the President’s departmental plan on April 23. This proposal was unveiled on June
6, 2002 (see U.S. White House Office 2002). The President transmitted a draft bill
detailing his plan for a homeland security department on June 18, and it was formally
introduced (H.R. 5005) on June 24.11 An alternative model was provided by Senator
Lieberman (S. 2452) and Representative Thornberry (H.R. 4660), who sought to
create both a Department of National Homeland Security and a new Executive Office
of the President entity, the National Office for Combating Terrorism.
The President’s proposal for a Department of Homeland Security reflected his
desire to move beyond the indeterminate coordination efforts of OHS to a strong
administrative structure for managing consolidated programs concerned with border
and transportation security, making effective response to domestic terrorism
incidents, and ensuring homeland security. Offering his proposal to Congress and
asking for its immediate adoption also set the legislative agenda on the matter.
The President’s proposal was introduced by request in the House (H.R. 5005)
on June 18, 2002, and it was subsequently approved in amended form on July 26.
The Senate did not begin consideration of the legislation until after the August
congressional recess. Senate deliberations on the matter were slower due to partisan
and parliamentary factors as well as a few highly contentious issues, such as the civil
service protections and collective bargaining rights of the employees of the new
department. When both houses of Congress reconvened after the fall elections, a
new, compromise department bill was introduced in the House (H.R. 5710), which
considered and adopted the measure on November 13. Six days later, the Senate
approved the original House bill (H.R. 5005), substituting the compromise text (H.R.
5710), as amended. The House cleared the Senate-passed measure for the President’s
signature.12 Ultimately, President Bush largely obtained what he wanted in the
9 Editorial, “Faltering on the Home Front,” New York Times, May 12, 2002, p. 14.
10 Elizabeth Becker, “Domestic Security: Bush Is Said to Consider a New Security
Department,” New York Times, April 12, 2002, p. A15.
11 See Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 148, June 18, 2002, pp. H3639-
H3641.
12 See, generally, CRS Report RL31493, Homeland Security: Department Organization and
Management—Legislative Phase, by Harold C. Relyea.

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legislation mandating the department, which he signed into law on November 25,
2002.13
Implementation
Crucial to the success of any new department is the initial implementation of the
legislation creating it. One review of the record of previous experience has suggested
that, in past “attempts at reorganization, serious concern with implementation is
typically too little and too late.”14 Consequently, as the General Accounting Office
(GAO) has reported, new and reorganized agencies experienced substantial startup
problems—delays in obtaining key officials prevented timely decisionmaking; delays
in obtaining needed staff impeded first-year operations; insufficient funding
necessitated additional budget requests; and inadequate office space contributed to
inefficient handling of workload and morale problems.15 Thus, key considerations
for making the Department of Homeland Security a successfully operating
organization are the strategy and timetable for selecting department leaders and
putting them in place, connecting leaders and workers through an electronic
communications network,16 shifting components to the new management
arrangements, and putting other supporting administrative mechanisms into
operation. These considerations are complicated by the new department’s
considerable field operations, shared responsibility and partnership with state and
local government, as well as the private sector, and need not only to maintain
continued vigilance regarding terrorist threats, but also to be continuously capable of
responding effectively to a terrorist incident. President Bush initially addressed
implementation concerns with E.O. 13267 of June 20, 2002, establishing a
Transition Planning Office within the Office of Management and Budget to
“coordinate, guide, and conduct transition and related planning” for the new
department throughout the executive branch and to work, as well, with Congress in
this regard.17
The new department’s statutory mandate indicates “that each House of Congress
should review its committee structure in light of the reorganization of responsibilities
within the executive branch by the establishment of the Department.” Important
considerations in this regard concern the appropriation of funds for the new
department and the conduct of oversight of its administration and activities.
Moreover, because implementation will occur over time, Congress must be prepared,
13 P.L. 107-296; 116 Stat. 2135; see Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, vol. 38,
Nov. 25, 2002, pp. 2092-2095.
14 I. M. Destler, “Implementing Reorganization,” in Peter Szanton, ed., Federal
Reorganization: What Have We Learned? (Chatham, NJ: Chatham House, 1981), p. 155.
15 U.S. General Accounting Office, Implementation: The Missing Link in Planning
Reorganizations, GAO Report GGD-81-57 (Washington: March 20, 1981), pp. 5-12.
16 See Susan M. Menke, “At Its Core, a Systems Shake-Up,” Government Computer News,
vol. 21, June 17, 2002, pp. 1, 12; Karen Robb, “OMB Ready to Link Homeland Agencies,”
Federal Times, June 17, 2002, p. 3.
17 Federal Register, vol. 67, June 24, 2002, pp. 42469-42470.

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organizationally and in other ways, to work with the Secretary of Homeland Security
in fine-tuning the organization, management, and operations of the department.
Plan. Pursuant to Section 1502 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002,
President Bush submitted his reorganization plan for the Department of Homeland
Security on November 25.18 This document addressed two categories of information
concerning plans for the new department: the transfer of agencies, personnel, assets,
and obligations to the department and any consolidation, reorganization, or
streamlining of agencies so transferred. These categories were set out in the
following six plan elements.
(1) Identification of any functions of agencies transferred to the Department
... that will not be transferred to the Department under the plan.
(2) Specification of the Steps to be taken by the Secretary to organize the
Department, including the delegation or assignment of functions transferred to
the Department among officers of the Department in order to permit the
Department to carry out the functions transferred under the plan.
(3) Specification of the funds available to each agency that will be
transferred to the Department as a result of transfers under the plan. [Referenced
tables concerning funds were not made public at the time of the issuance of the
plan.]
(4) Specification of the proposed allocations within the Department of
unexpended funds transferred in connection with transfers under the plan.
[Referenced tables concerning funds were not made public at the time of the
issuance of the plan.]
(5) Specification of any proposed disposition of property, facilities,
contracts, records, or other assets and obligations of agencies transferred under
the plan.
(6) Specification of the proposed allocations within the Department of the
functions of the agencies and subdivisions that are not related directly to securing
the homeland.
The plan became effective without the necessity of any formal congressional
approval. However, some within the congressional community were not entirely
satisfied with the plan. In addition to not providing the financial tables referenced
in it, the plan was criticized for failing to address such key considerations as the
creation and implementation of a planning, programming, and budgeting system, a
human resources management system, or an electronic communications enterprise
architecture system. News accounts had reported that plans for the latter areas were
under development, but the reorganization plan did not mention them, adhering,
18 White House Office, “Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan,” Nov. 25,
2 0 0 2 , W a s h i n gt o n , D C , a va i l a b l e w i t h o u t r e f e r e n c e d t a b l e s a t
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/11/reorganization_plan.pdf].

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instead, strictly to the content requirements specified in Section 1502.19 The result
was a less than assured sense of cooperation for those beginning to pursue
congressional oversight of the new department’s formation.
Leadership. When signing the Homeland Security Act into law on November
25, 2002, President Bush said he intended to appoint Tom Ridge, the director of
OHS, as the head of the new department. This nomination was received in the
Senate on January 7, 2003, and was referred to the Committee on Governmental
Affairs, which reported it favorably on January 17. The Senate confirmed the
appointment on January 22 on a 94-0 vote. Ridge was sworn in on January 24, when
the department became operational. Others subsequently named for principal
leadership positions within the department are specified in Table 1.20
Table 1. Principal Leaders of the Department of Homeland
Security
Position
Designee
Secretary
Thomas J. Ridge
Deputy Secretary
Gordon England
Under Secretary for Information Analysis
and Infrastructure Protection
Under Secretary for Science and
Charles E. McQueary
Technology
Under Secretary for Border and
Asa Hutchinson
Transportation Security
Under Secretary for Emergency
Michael D. Brown
Preparedness and Response
Under Secretary for Management
Janet Hale
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Human Capital Officer
Chief Information Officer
Steven Cooper
Counternarcotics Officer
Privacy Officer
General Counsel
Inspector General
Clark Kent Ervin
19 See, for example, Shane Harris, “White House to Unveil First Homeland Security Tech
Blueprint,” GovExec.com, Nov. 13, 2002, available at [http://www.govexec.com]; Tim
Kauffman, “OPM Promises Homeland Security Personnel System by June,” Federal Times,
Dec. 2, 2002, pp. 1, 5.
20 See CRS Report RL31677, Filling Presidentially Appointed, Senate-Confirmed Positions
in the Department of Homeland Security, by Henry B. Hogue.

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Funding. One of the most important actions for the Department of Homeland
Security will be the formulation and funding of its initial operating budget. Agencies
and functions being transferred to the department reportedly will bring with them
some $35.5 billion, but this figure represents the FY2003 budget requests for those
entities.21 During its final weeks, the 107th Congress enacted continuing resolutions
which, for the most part, minimally funded the executive departments and agencies
for FY2003 at FY2002 budget levels. The last of these continuing resolutions
provides qualified authorization for the Secretary of Homeland Security to transfer
upwards of $500 million of funds made available to the department, such as the funds
of agencies transferred to the department. These funds must “be available for the
same purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to which
transferred.”22
The President’s FY2004 budget request for the department is $36.2 billion, a
7.4% increase in funding over FY2003 and a 64% increase ($14.1 billion) over
FY2002. Approximately half of the requested amount, $18.1 billion, is allocated to
the Directorate for Border and Transportation. Next is the Directorate for Emergency
Preparedness and Response, which is designated to receive $5.9 billion, an increase
of 16% ($838 million) over FY2003. The Directorate for Information Analysis and
Infrastructure Protection is provided $829 million; the Directorate for Science and
Technology is allocated $803 million. The FY2004 request also includes $12.2
billion for non-homeland security functions, such as the Coast Guard’s search and
rescue activities and Secret Service protection of currency and financial integrity.23
Operational Arrangements. Although the lack of detail in the President’s
November 25 reorganization plan on some important aspects of the formulation and
management of the new department was disappointing for some in the congressional
community, news accounts have indicated that a number of plans are underway. As
early as mid-November, an OHS official announced that “in the next 90 days the
administration would unveil an enterprise architecture plan for Homeland Security
agencies with border control responsibilities.” This plan was reportedly “one of four
designs that officials are working on now to help set up the new department.”24 The
implementation of these plans will be crucial for the department’s beginning
operations, connecting not only field and headquarters staff, but also serving to link
headquarters personnel and the heads of some primary component organizations,
some of which initially may be spread around the Washington metropolitan area.
Another consideration for these plans is the efficient, economical, and secure
21 Philip Shenon, “The Reorganization Plan: Establishing New Agency Is Expected to Take
Years and Could Divert It From Mission,” New York Times, Nov. 20, 2002, p. A12.
22 P.L. 107-294, Sec. 3.
23 Department of Homeland Security, “Protecting the Homeland: Fiscal Year 2004 Budget,”
p r e s s r e l e a s e , F e b . 3 , 2 0 0 3 , a v a i l a b l e a t
[http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?theme=87&content=424]; Department of Homeland
Security, Department of Homeland Security Budget in Brief, available from a link on the
above URL.
24 Harris, “White House to Unveil First Homeland Security Tech Blueprint,” p. 1.

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transmission of officially protected “homeland security” information to relevant state
and local officials.
By early December, efforts were actively underway for planning and locating
a headquarters facility for the new department. By one account, several sites in the
Washington metropolitan area were under consideration, including three in the
District of Columbia, three in Maryland, and two in Virginia. Since 1800, when the
federal government arrived in Washington, the headquarters of almost all Cabinet
departments have been located in the District. In early January, the Bush
Administration won approval from the House for its plan to lease a headquarters
facility in northern Virginia.25 Near the end of the month, however, it was announced
that initial department headquarters would be located in a building at the U.S. Naval
Security Station in the northwest sector of the District of Columbia near the campus
of American University.26 The choice of a site has implications not only for the local
economy, but also for the recruitment and retention of department personnel for
headquarters staff and for surrounding transportation systems.
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has indicated that it intends to
have the new personnel system of the Department of Homeland Security operational
by June 1, 2003. Among other issues, OPM will be attempting to reconcile
differences among 15 basic pay systems, 12 special pay systems, 10 hiring methods,
eight overtime pay rates, seven payroll and benefit systems, five locality pay systems,
and 19 performance management systems coming to the department. The Bush
Administration reportedly will be soliciting input from a variety of sources, including
federal employees, union representatives, personnel experts, and government reform
organizations. About 18,000 of the department’s anticipated 170,000 employees will
work in the Washington area, and 46,000 of the department’s workforce are
represented by 17 unions.27 Noting that personnel management arrangements and
collective bargaining rights were among the most contentious and divisive issues
surrounding the legislating of the mandate for the Department of Homeland Security,
the Federal Times editorialized that, because “White House architects building the
new department have done much to alienate the 170,000-person work force that will
soon join the new department,” the Bush Administration should begin “patching up
its dysfunctional relationship with the future middle managers and employees of the
25 Spencer S. Hsu and Neil Irwin, “Northern Va. Likely to Be New Homeland Security Site,”
Washington Post, Jan. 8, 2003, pp. A1, A8; Neil Irwin and Peter Whoriskey, “Defense Ties
to Va. Help Lure Agency,” Washington Post, Jan. 9, 2003, pp. B1, B8; Tim Lemke,
“Homeland Security Eyes Site in Chantilly,” Washington Times, Jan. 9, 2003, p. A10.
26 Spencer S. Hsu and Neil Irwin, “Homeland Security Settles on D.C.,” Washington Post,
Jan. 23, 2003, pp. A1, A9; Audrey Hudson and Tim Lemke, “Ridge’s Offices Will Be in
NW,” Washington Times, Jan. 23, 2003, pp. A1, A9; Neil Irwin, “From the Ground Up:
Symbolic Choice for Homeland Security Site,” Washington Post, Jan. 27, 2003, pp. E1, E9;
Tim Lemke, “Homeland Location Decision Surprises Many,” Washington Times, Jan. 24,
2003, pp. C8-C9.
27 Tim Kaufmann, “OPM Promises Homeland Security Personnel System by June,” Federal
Times, Dec. 2, 2002, pp. 1, 5; Christopher Lee, “OPM Begins Sorting Security Personnel,”
Washington Post, Dec. 9, 2002, p. A21.

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new Homeland Security Department.”28 Two weeks later, Ridge took a step in this
direction with a so-called Town Hall Meeting for Future Employees of the
department.29
On January 23, just before the new department became operational, President
Bush issued E.O. 13284, making certain adjustments in specified presidential
directives to include the Secretary of Homeland Security and other department
officials.30 Shortly thereafter, information management regulations for the
department were published in the Federal Register.31
A reorganization of border agencies was announced by Secretary Ridge on
January 30.32 On February 28, President Bush issued E.O. 13286 making
adjustments in various executive orders to reflecting the transfer of functions and
responsibilities resulting from the establishment of the Department of Homeland
Security.33 Formulation of the new department took a major step on March 1 when,
in accordance with the President’s reorganization plan, some three dozen agencies
and programs were transferred to the new department. Among these were functions
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which were relocated within the
Bureau of Border Security, which will count about 30,000 employees, and the Bureau
of Citizenship and Immigration services. Transfer of the Plum Island Animal
Disease Center is scheduled for June 1, and all remaining incidental transfers are to
be completed by September 30. A chronology of events—deadlines and effective
dates—prescribed by the Homeland Security Act and the President’s Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan is provided in Table 2. The table does not
include Title X of the Homeland Security Act, which was superseded by provisions
of Title III of the E-Government Act,34 both titles making information security
amendments to the Paperwork Reduction Act.35
28 Editorial, “An Olive Branch for Security,” Federal Times, Dec. 2, 2002, p. 14.
29 Stephen Barr, “Ridge Addresses Workers,” Washington Post, Dec. 18, 2002, p. A33; a
t r a n s c r i p t o f r e m a r k s m a d e a t t h i s m e e t i n g i s a v a i l a b l e a t
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/print/20021217-14.html].
30 Federal Register, vol. 68, Jan. 28, 2003, pp. 4075-4078.
31 Ibid., Jan. 27, 2003, pp. 4056-4074.
32 Department of Homeland Security, “DHS Announces Border Security Reorganization,”
p r e s s r e l e a s e , J a n . 3 0 , 2 0 0 3 , a v a i l a b l e a t
[http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=422]; Department of Homeland Security,
“Border Reorganization Remarks by Secretary Ridge,” transcript, available from a link on
the above URL.
33 Federal Register, vol. 68, Mar. 5, 2003, pp. 10619-10633.
34 116 Stat. 2899 at 2946.
35 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

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Table 2. Deadlines and Effective Dates: Homeland Security Act
and Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan
Event Date
Event
November 25, 2002
President George W. Bush signs the Homeland Security Act
into law as P.L. 107-296.
The President, pursuant to Section 1502 of the Homeland
Security Act, submits to Congress a reorganization plan
regarding two categories of information concerning plans for
the Department of Homeland Security: (1) the transfer of
agencies, personnel, assets, and obligations to the department;
and (2) any consolidation, reorganization, or streamlining of
agencies transferred to the department. This plan is required to
be submitted not later than 60 days after the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act.
All visa-related third party screening programs in Saudi Arabia
are terminated, pursuant to Section 428(i), after the date of the
enactment of the Homeland Security Act.
Section 812(b), concerning the promulgation of guidelines
under the Inspector General Act of 1978, becomes effective,
pursuant to Section 812(c)(2), upon the date of the enactment
of the Homeland Security Act.
December 25, 2002
The Attorney General, pursuant to Section 460 of the Act,
submits to Congress, not more than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a report on
changes in law, including changes in authorizations of
appropriations and in appropriations, that are needed to permit
the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the successor
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to ensure a
prompt and timely response to emergent, unforeseen, or
impending changes in the number of applications for
immigration benefits, and otherwise to ensure the
accommodation of changing immigration service needs.
December 30, 2002
The President, pursuant to Section 306(d) of the Act, notifies
appropriate congressional committees, not later than 60 days
before effecting any transfer of Department of Energy life
sciences activities pursuant to Section 303(1)(D) of the Act, of
the proposed transfer, including the reasons for same and a
description of the effect of the transfer on the activities of the
Department of Energy. According to the reorganization plan,
Department of Energy life sciences activities are transferred to
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Event Date
Event
January 24, 2003
The Homeland Security Act, pursuant to Section 4, becomes
effective 60 days after the date of its enactment.
The Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to Section 418(b) of
the Act, submits, not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a report to the Senate
Committee on Finance and House Committee on Ways and
Means on proposed conforming amendments to the statutes set
forth under Section 412(a)(2), and identify those authorities
vested in the Secretary of the Treasury that are exercised by
the Commissioner of Customs on or before the effective date
of the section.
The Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to Section 423(b) of
the Act, submits, not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a report to Congress
containing a plan for complying with the requirements of
Section 44901(d) of Title 49, United States Code, as amended
by Section 425 of the Homeland Security Act.
Pursuant to the department reorganization plan:
! the office of the Secretary of Homeland Security is
established;
! appointments, upon confirmation by the Senate, or
transfer pursuant to the transfer provisions of the
Homeland Security Act, are begun of as many of the
following officers as may be possible—the Deputy
Secretary for Homeland Security, five under
secretaries, the director of the Bureau of Citizenship
and Immigration Services, not more than 12 assistant
secretaries, the general counsel, the inspector general,
and the Commissioner of Customs;
! naming, as soon as possible, of officers to fill the
following offices—Assistant Secretary for Information
Analysis, Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure
Protection, Privacy Officer, Director of Secret Service,
Chief Information Officer, Chief Human Capital
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Officer for Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties, Director of Shared Services,
Citizenship and Immigration Ombudsman, and Director
of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency;
! the Office for State and Local Government;
! Coordination, the Office of International Affairs, and
the Office of National Capital Region Coordination are
established within the office of the Secretary;
! the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects
Agency and the Acceleration Fund for Research and
Development of Homeland Security Technologies are
established;
! the Office for National Laboratories is established
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Event
! the Bureau of Border Security, the Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Director
of Shared Services are established; and
! the Transportation Security Oversight Board is
established.
Tom Ridge is sworn in as the Secretary of Homeland Security.
The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
pursuant to Section 507(b)(2) of the Act, revises the Federal
Response Plan established under E.O. 12148 and E.O. 12656,
not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act, to reflect the establishment of, and
incorporate, the Department of Homeland Security.
The President, pursuant to Section 1502 of the Act, transmits
to the appropriate congressional committees, not later than 60
days after the date of the enactment of the Homeland Security
Act, a reorganization plan for the department.
February 23, 2003
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
214(e) of the Act, in consultation with appropriate
representatives of the National Security Council and the Office
of Science and Technology Policy, establishes, not later than
90 days after the date of the enactment of Subtitle B of Title II
of the Homeland Security Act, uniform procedures for the
receipt, care, and storage by federal agencies of critical
infrastructure information that is voluntarily submitted to the
government.
The Secretary of Defense, pursuant to Section 601(f) of the
Act, in coordination with the Attorney General, director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Director of Central
Intelligence, prescribes, not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, regulations to
carry out the provisions of Title VI of the Act concerning
charitable trusts for members of the armed forces of the United
States and other governmental organizations.
President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the
appropriate committees and subcommittees of Congress, for
ensuring to the maximum extent practicable the elimination of
disparities in pay and benefits throughout the department.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
888(i) of the Act, in consultation with the Commandant of the
Coast Guard, transmits a report to the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees, House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure, and Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, not later than 90 days
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Event
analyzing the feasibility of accelerating the rate of procurement
in the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater System from 20
years to 10 years and on other related matters.
The Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to Section 1204 of
the act, transmits to the House Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure and Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation, not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a report
on war risk insurance matters specified in the section.
March 1, 2003
Pursuant to the department reorganization plan, the following
entities are transferred to the department:
! Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office of the
Department of Commerce;
! National Communications System;
! National Infrastructure Protection Center of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation;
! National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center;
! Energy Assurance Office of the Department of Energy;
! Federal Computer Incident Response Center of the
General Services Administration;
! Coast Guard;
! Customs Service;
! Transportation Security Administration;
! Immigration and Naturalization Service functions;
! Federal Protective Service;
! Office of Domestic Preparedness;
! Federal Law Enforcement Training Center;
! Secretary of Agriculture functions relating to
agricultural import and entry inspection activities;
! United States Secret Service;
! Department of Energy chemical and biological national
security and supporting programs and activities of the
nonproliferation and verification research and
development program;
! Department of Energy life sciences activities related to
microbial pathogens of the Biological and
Environmental Research Program;
! National Bio-Weapons Defense Analysis Center of the
Department of Defense;
! Department of Energy nuclear smuggling programs and
activities within the proliferation detection program of
the nonproliferation and verification research and
development program;
! Department of Energy nuclear assessment program and
activities of the assessment, detection, and cooperation
program of the international materials protection and
cooperation program, as well as the advanced scientific
computing research program and activities at Lawrence
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Department of Energy;
! Federal Emergency Management Agency;
! Integrated Hazard Information System of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
! National Domestic Preparedness Office of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and functions of the Attorney
General relating thereto;
! Domestic Energy Support Team of the Department of
Justice and functions of the Attorney General relating
thereto;
! Metropolitan Medical Response System of the
Department of Health and Human Services and
functions of the Secretary of Health and Human
Services and Assistant Secretary for Public Health
! Emergency Preparedness relating thereto;
! National Disaster Medical System of the Department of
Health and Human Services and functions of the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and Assistant
Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness
relating thereto;
! Office of Emergency Preparedness and National
Strategic Stockpile of the Department of Health and
Human Services and functions of the Secretary of
Health and Human Services and Assistant Secretary for
Public Health Emergency Preparedness relating thereto;
and
! authority for the Secretary of Homeland Security to
direct the Nuclear Incident Response Team of the
Department of Energy to operate as an organizational
unit.
Sections 451-456 of the Act, establishing the Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration Services, become effective,
pursuant to Section 455, upon the transfer of relevant functions
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the
department.
Authorities, appropriations, and personnel of the Immigration
and Naturalization Service are transferred to the Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration, pursuant to Section 456 of the
Act, upon the transfer of relevant functions of the Service to
the department.
Section 462 of the Act, concerning children’s affairs, becomes
effective, pursuant to Section 462(d), upon the transfer of
relevant functions of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service to the department.
Upon the abolishment of the Immigration and Naturalization
Service pursuant to Section 471 of the Act, but before they
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Event
Security submit, pursuant to Section 472(b), a strategic
restructuring plan to the House and Senate Appropriations and
Judiciary Committees, House Committee on Government
Reform, and Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
March 25, 2003
The director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy,
Executive Office of the President, pursuant to Section 428(h)
of the Act, submits to Congress, not later than 120 days after
the date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a
report on how the provisions of the visa issuance section will
affect procedures for the issuance of student visas.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
461(c) of the Act, establishes, not later than 60 days after the
effective date of the Homeland Security Act, a Technical
Advisory Committee to assist with establishing an online filing
system mandated by Section 461(a) of the Act.
April 24, 2003
The Comptroller General of the United States, pursuant to
Section 416 of the Act, submits, not later than three months
after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act, a report
to Congress setting forth all trade functions performed by the
executive branch, specifying each agency that performs each
such function.
May 1, 2003
The United States Sentencing Commission, pursuant to Section
225(c) of the Act, submits, not later than May 1, 2003, a brief
report to Congress explaining actions taken by it in response to
provisions of the section and including any recommendations it
may have regarding statutory penalties for offenses under
Section 1030 of Title 18, United States Code.
May 23, 2003
Section 1122 concerning permits for purchasers of explosives
becomes effective, pursuant to Section 1122(i) of the Act, 180
days after the date of the enactment of the Homeland Security
Act.
May 24, 2003
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
477(a) of the Act, submits to the House and Senate
Appropriations and Judiciary Committees, not later than 120
days after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act, a
report on the proposed division and transfer of funds, including
unexpended funds, appropriations, and fees, between the
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the
Bureau of Border Security.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
477(b) of the Act, submits to the House and Senate
Appropriations and Judiciary Committees, not later than 120
days after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act, a
report on the proposed division of personnel between the
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Event
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
477(c) of the Act, submits to the House and Senate
Appropriations and Judiciary Committees, not later than 120
days after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act and
every 6 months thereafter until the termination of FY2005, an
implementation plan concerning the separation of the Bureau
of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of
Border Security.
The Under Secretary of Transportation for Security, pursuant
to Section 1403(c)(2) of the Act, transmits to Congress, not
later than six months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act, a report on the results of a study to
evaluate the benefits and risks of providing flight attendants
with nonlethal weapons to aide in combating air piracy and
criminal violence in commercial airlines.
The Secretary of Transportation, pursuant to Section 1404(b)
of the Act, transmits to Congress, not later than 6 months after
the date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a
report on the results of a study on federal law enforcement
officers traveling on commercial airliners annually and other
related matters specified in the section.
June 1, 2003
Pursuant to the department reorganization plan, the Plum
Island Animal Disease Center of the Department of
Agriculture is transferred to the department, and the Homeland
Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee is
established.
June 30, 2003
The Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman,
pursuant to Section 452(c), submits, not later than June 30 of
each calendar year, directly to the House and Senate Judiciary
Committees, a report containing recommendations,
summarizing problems encountered by individuals and
employers, and other information as deemed advisable by the
ombudsman.
July 24, 2003
The Attorney General, pursuant to Section 812(b)(2) of the
Act, promulgates, not later than 180 days after the effective
date of the Homeland Security Act, guidelines under Section
6(e)(4) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 applicable to the
inspector general offices described under Section 6(e)(3) of
that Act.
Section 812(a) concerning law enforcement powers of
inspector general agents becomes effective, pursuant to Section
812(c)(1) of the act, 180 days after the effective date of the
Homeland Security Act.
The Agency Chief Human Capital Officers subchapter,
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Event
Section 1305 of the act, 180 days after the effective date of the
Homeland Security Act.
September 30, 2003
Pursuant to the departmental reorganization plan, any
incidental transfers, pursuant to Section 1516 of the Act, of
personnel, assets, and liabilities held, used, arising from,
available, or to be made available, in connection with the
functions transferred by the act are completed.
November 25, 2003
The Attorney General, pursuant to Section 234(c) of the Act,
submits to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act, a report on the implementation of
Subtitle D of Title II of the Act.
The director of the Office of Science and Technology of the
Department of Justice, pursuant to Section 235(d) of the Act,
submits to Congress, not later than 12 months after the date of
the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a report assessing
the effectiveness of the existing system of National Law
Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers and
identifying the number of such Centers necessary to meet the
technology needs of federal, state, and local law enforcement
in the United States.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
308(b)(2) of the Act and acting through the Under Secretary
for Science and Technology, establishes, within one year of the
date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, a
university-based center of centers for homeland security.
The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of
State, pursuant to Section 428(e)(7), submit to Congress, not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act, a report on the implementation of the
subsection concerning the assignment of homeland security
employees to diplomatic and consular posts with any
legislative proposals necessary to further the objectives of the
subsection.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
428(g)(2) of the act, submits to the House Committee on the
Judiciary, House Committee on International Relations, House
Committee on Government Reform, Senate Committee on the
Judiciary, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs, a report, not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act, containing the findings of a study of the role of
foreign nationals in the granting or refusals of visas and other
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Event
The Comptroller General of the United States, pursuant to
Section 477(d)(3) of the Act, submits to the House and Senate
Judiciary Committees, a report, not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act,
examining whether the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services is likely to derive sufficient funds from fees to carry
out its functions in the absence of appropriated funds.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
479(a) of the Act, submits to the President, House and Senate
Judiciary Committees, House Committee on Government
Reform, and Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, a
report, one year after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act and each year thereafter, on the impact
that transfers made by this subtitle have had on immigration
functions.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section 706
of the Act, develops and submits to Congress, not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act, a plan for consolidating and co-locating
department regional or field offices.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation, pursuant to Section
834(a) of the Act, is revised, within one year of the date of the
enactment of the Homeland Security Act, to include
regulations with regard to unsolicited proposals.
The President, pursuant to Section 893 of the Act, submits, not
later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act, a report, to the House and Senate
Judiciary Committees, House Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence, and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on
the implementation of procedures under which relevant federal
agencies share relevant and appropriate homeland security
information with other federal agencies, including the
department and appropriate state and local personnel as
prescribed by Section 892.
January 24, 2004
The Privacy Officer, pursuant to Section 222(5), submits to
Congress, on an annual basis, a report on activities of the
department that affect privacy, including complaints of privacy
violations, implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974, internal
controls, and other matters.
The Homeland Security Institute, pursuant to Section 312(f) of
the Act, transmits to the Secretary of Homeland Security and
Congress an annual report on its activities.
The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Homeland
Security, pursuant to Section 421(e)(1), enter into an
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12-month period beginning on the effective date of the Act, to
effectuate the transfer of certain agricultural inspection
functions required specified in the section.
The Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to Section 421(g),
transfers to the Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than
the completion of the transition period, which is the 12-month
period beginning on the effective date of the act, not more than
3,200 full-time equivalent positions of the Department of
Agriculture.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
428(e)(4), submits to Congress, on an annual basis, a report
that describes the basis for each determination that the
assignment of an employee of the department at a particular
diplomatic post would not promote homeland security.
Subsection 428(e) of the Act, concerning the assignment of
homeland security employees to diplomatic and consular posts,
becomes effective one year after the effective date of the
Homeland Security Act, pursuant to Section 428(e)(8), unless
the President has previously published notice in the Federal
Register that the President has submitted a report to Congress
setting forth a memorandum of understanding between the
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State
governing the implementation of Section 428 of the Act.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section 445
of the Act, submits to the House and Senate Appropriations
and Judiciary Committees, not later than one year after being
sworn into office, a report with a plan detailing how the
Bureau of Border Security, after the transfer of Immigration
and Naturalization Service functions to the department occurs,
will enforce comprehensively, effectively, and fairly all the
enforcement provisions of the Immigration and Naturalization
Act relating to such functions.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section 459
of the Act, submits to the House and Senate Appropriations
and Judiciary Committees, not later than one year after the
effective date of the Homeland Security Act, a report with a
plan detailing how the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services, after the transfer of Immigration and Naturalization
Service functions to the department occurs, will complete
efficiently, fairly, and within a reasonable time, adjudications
described in Section 451(b)(1)-(5) of the Act.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
461(a) of the Act, establishes, not later than one year after the
effective date of the Homeland Security Act, and in
consultation with the Technology Advisory Committee, an
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immigrant, or nonimmigrant who has filed with a Secretary of
Homeland Security for any benefit under the Immigration and
Naturalization Act, access to online information about the
processing status of the filing involved.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
461(b)(2), reports to the House and Senate Judiciary
Committees, not later than one year after the effective date of
the Homeland Security Act, on a feasibility study on an online
filing system mandated by Section 461(a) of the Act.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
705(b) of the Act, submits to the President of the Senate, the
Speaker of the House, and appropriate committees and
subcommittees of Congress, on an annual basis, a report on the
implementation of the section establishing the Officer for Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties.
The Office for National Capital Region Coordination of the
department, pursuant to Section 882(c), submits an annual
report to Congress, including certain specified details.
The Inspector General of the department, pursuant to Section
888(f), reports to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees, House Committee on Government Reform, House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs, and Senate Committee
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, on an annual
basis, the results of a review assessing thoroughly the
performance by the Coast Guard of all of its missions with a
particular emphasis on examining the non-homeland security
missions.
The Chief Human Capital Officers Council, pursuant to
Section 1302 of the Act at 5 U.S.C. 1303(d), submits to
Congress, on an annual basis, a report on the activities of the
council.
The President’s reorganization plan for the department,
prepared pursuant to Section 1502 of the Act, becomes
effective, pursuant to Section 1502(d), either as specified in
terms of dates included in the plan or at the end of the
transition period, which is 12 months after the effective date of
the Homeland Security Act.
January 31, 2004
The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory
Committee renders, pursuant to Section 311(h)(1), an annual
report, describing the activities and recommendations of the
committee during the previous year, to the Under Secretary for
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February 2, 2004
The director of the Office of Science and Technology of the
Department of Justice, pursuant to Section 232(g) of the Act,
prepares a report on the activities of the Office, to be included
with the President’s budget as submitted to Congress not later
than the first Monday in February of each year (31 U.S.C.
1105(a)).
March 1, 2004
The Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Border Security,
pursuant to Section 442(a)(5)(A), designs and implements, not
later than one year after the transfer of Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) functions to the bureau, a
managerial rotation program under which bureau employees
holding positions involving supervisory or managerial
responsibility gain some experience in all major functions
performed by the bureau and work in at least one local office
of the bureau. According to the reorganization plan, INS
functions are transferred to the department on March 1, 2003.
The Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services, pursuant to Section 451(a)(4)(A), designs and
implements, not later than one year after the transfer of
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) functions to the
bureau, a managerial rotation program under which bureau
employees holding positions involving supervisory or
managerial responsibility gain some experience in all major
functions performed by the bureau and work in at least one
local office of the bureau. According to the reorganization
plan, INS functions are transferred to the department on March
1, 2003.
March 31, 2004
The Comptroller General of the United States, pursuant to
Section 857 of the Act, reports to the House Committee on
Government Reform and Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, not later than March 31, 2004, the results of a review
of the extent to which procurements of property and services
have been made in accordance with the federal emergency
procurement flexibility authority prescribed in Sections 851-
856 of the Act.
May 25, 2004
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
427(c), in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture,
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and head of each
other department or agency determined to be appropriate by
the Secretary of Homeland Security, submits to Congress, not
later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act, a report on the coordination of
information and information technology described in the
section and a plan to complete implementation of the section.
September 1, 2004
The Comptroller General of the United States, pursuant to
Section 477(d)(1) of the Act, submits to the House and Senate
Appropriations and Judiciary Committees, not later than 18
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Service functions are transferred to the department, and every
six months thereafter, a status report on the transition and
related matters specified in the section.
November 25, 2004
The requirement in Section 424a of the Act, that the
Transportation Security Administration be maintained as a
distinct entity within the department under the Under Secretary
for Border Transportation and Security, ceases, pursuant to
Section 424b of the Act, to apply two years after the date of the
enactment of the Homeland Security Act.
The Chief Human Capital Officer, pursuant to Section 704(3)
of the Act, informs Congress, not later than 24 months after the
date of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act, of
achieving certification from the Office of Special Counsel of
the Department of Homeland Security’s compliance with
Section 2302(c) of Title 5, United States Code.
January 24, 2005
The Comptroller General of the United States, pursuant to
Section 831(b) of the Act, reports to the House Committee on
Government Reform and Senate Committee on Governmental
Affairs, not later than two years after the effective date of the
Homeland Security Act and annually thereafter, concerning the
use of the research and development projects authority
provided in Section 831(a) of the Act.
February 1, 2005
The homeland security funding analysis required by Section
889 for inclusion in the President’s budget submission to
Congress becomes effective, pursuant to Section 889(c), with
the FY2005 budget submission.
March 1, 2005
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
442(a)(5)(B), submits to Congress, not later than 2 years after
the transfer of Immigration and Naturalization Service
functions to the department, a report on the implementation of
a managerial rotation program under which Bureau of Border
Security employees holding positions involving supervisory or
managerial responsibility gain some experience in all major
functions performed by the bureau and work in at least one
local office of the bureau. According to the reorganization
plan, Immigration and Naturalization Service functions are
transferred to the department by March 1, 2003.
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
451(a)(4)(B), submits to Congress, not later than 2 years after
the transfer of Immigration and Naturalization Service
functions to the department, a report on the implementation of
a managerial rotation program under which Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration Services employees holding
positions involving supervisory or managerial responsibility
gain some experience in all major functions performed by the
bureau and work in at least one local office of the bureau.
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Naturalization Service functions are transferred to the
department by March 1, 2003.
May 1, 2005
Each budget request submitted to Congress for the department
under Section 1105 of Title 31, United States Code, shall,
pursuant to Section 874 of the Act, at or about the same time,
be accompanied by a Future Years Homeland Security
Program, effective with the submission of the FY2005 budget
request for the department and for any subsequent fiscal year,
except the first such program submission shall be not later than
90 days after the department’s FY2005 submission to
Congress.
March 28, 2006
The Comptroller General of the United States, pursuant to
Section 833(e) of the Act, reports to the House Committee on
Government Reform and the Senate Committee on
Governmental Affairs, not later than 180 days after the end of
FY2005, on the use of the special streamlined acquisition
authority prescribed in the section.
March 1, 2007
The Comptroller General of the United States, pursuant to
Section 477(d)(2) of the Act, submits to the House and Senate
Appropriations and Judiciary Committees, a report, not later
than four years after the transfer of Immigration and
Naturalization Service functions to the department, on
improvements in the management, financial administration,
and other matters regarding such functions.
September 30, 2007
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
833(a)(1) of the Act, may use special streamlined acquisition
authority prescribed in the section beginning on the effective
date of the Homeland Security Act and ending September 30,
2007.
November 25, 2007
The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security,
pursuant to Section 473 of the Act, conduct, not later than five
years after the date of the enactment of the Homeland Security
Act, a demonstration project for the purpose of determining
whether one or more changes in the policies or procedures
relating to methods for disciplining employees would result in
improved personnel management.
January 24, 2008
The Secretary of Homeland Security, pursuant to Section
831(a) of the Act, may carry out a pilot program, during the
five-year period after the effective date of the Homeland
Security Act, of prototype projects in accordance with the
requirements and conditions provided for same under Section
845 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1994.
January 24, 2009
The authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the
director of the Office of Personnel Management to prescribe
regulations jointly for a department human resources
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Event Date
Event
pursuant to Section 9701(h) of Title 5, United States Code, 5
years after the conclusion of the transition period defined in
Section 1501 of the Act.
Congressional Oversight. By one estimate, “[a]t least 11 full committees
in the Senate and 14 full committees in the House—as well as their numerous
subcommittees—claim oversight or some responsibility for various U.S. programs
for combating terrorism.”36 In the House, the President’s legislative proposal for a
Department of Homeland Security was referred to 12 standing committees deemed
to have some jurisdiction over the legislation. These situations suggest that many
House and Senate committees and subcommittees could conduct oversight of the
administration and operations of the Department of Homeland Security. However,
during its initial organization meeting, when adopting new rules, the House agreed
to the establishment, for the duration of the 108th Congress, of a Select Committee
on Homeland Security. The panel, whose members are appointed by the Speaker, has
legislative authority and is mandated to “review and study on a continuing basis laws,
programs, and Government activities relating to homeland security.”37 Some
additional oversight may be conducted by other House standing committees. The
Senate will rely largely upon the Committee on Governmental Affairs for oversight,
but this will not preclude oversight efforts by other committees. On February 11, the
House Committee on Appropriations reorganized its subcommittees, creating a
Subcommittee on Homeland Security, with jurisdiction over the agencies and
programs of the new department, and a reconfigured Subcommittee on
Transportation and Treasury. Indications are that a similar subcommittee
reorganization may occur within the Senate Committee on Appropriations after
FY2003 funding activities have been completed.38 The periodic authorization of the
expenditure of appropriated funds by the Department of Homeland Security for its
programs and operations provide one basis for oversight. GAO audits and reviews
of the accounts and activities of the Department of Homeland Security may also
foster and assist oversight efforts.
The Homeland Security Act contains a number of provisions prescribing actions
and requiring reports to Congress by the Secretary of Homeland Security, Department
of Homeland Security officials, other executive branch officials, and the General
Accounting Office, which will likely prove to be valuable for congressional
oversight. These provisions are identified in Table 3.
36 U.S. Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving
Weapons of Mass Destruction, Second Annual Report: Toward a National Strategy for
Combating Terrorism (Arlington, VA: Rand Corporation, Dec. 15, 2001), p. vii.
37 See Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 149, Jan. 7, 2003, p. H10.
38 Associated Press, “New Subcommittee on Homeland Security,” Washington Post, Jan. 30,
2003, p. A4.

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Table 3. Homeland Security Act Action and Reporting
Requirements
Section
Action or Requirement
§214(e)
Not later than 90 days after the enactment of Subtitle B of Title
II of the Homeland Security Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall, in consultation with appropriate representatives
of the National Security Council and the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, establish uniform procedures for the
receipt, care, and storage by federal agencies of critical
infrastructure information that is voluntarily submitted to the
government.
§222(5)
The Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security
shall prepare and submit a report to Congress on an annual basis
on activities of the department that affect privacy, including
complaints of privacy violations, implementation of the Privacy
Act of 1974, internal controls, and other matters.
§225(c)
Not later than May 1, 2003, the United States Sentencing
Commission shall submit a brief report to Congress that
explains any actions taken by the Sentencing Commission in
response to this section, known as the Cyber Security
Enhancement Act of 2002, and includes any recommendations
the commission may have regarding statutory penalties for
offenses under 18 U.S.C. 1030.
§232(g)
The director of the Office of Science and Technology,
Department of Justice, shall include with the budget
justification materials submitted to Congress in support the
Department of Justice budget for each fiscal year a report on the
activities of the office, including certain specified details.
§234(c)
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the implementation of Subtitle D of Title II of the Act,
including certain specified details.
§235(d)
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
director of the Office of Science and Technology, Department
of Justice, shall submit to Congress a report assessing the
effectiveness of the existing system of National Law
Enforcement and Corrections Technology Centers, authorized
by the section, and identify the number of centers necessary to
meet the technology needs of federal, state, and local law
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Section
Action or Requirement
§306(d)
Not later than 60 days before effecting any transfer of
Department of Energy life sciences activities pursuant to
Section 303(1)(D) (which is March 1, 2003, according to the
President’s November 25, 2002, reorganization plan), the
President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees
of the proposed transfer and shall include the reasons for the
transfer and a description of the effect of the transfer on the
activities of the Department of Energy.
§308(b)(2)
Within one year of the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the Secretary of
Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for
Science and Technology, shall establish a university-based
center or centers for homeland security.
§308(b)(2)(C)
The Secretary of Homeland Security has discretion to establish
university-based centers and to consider additional criteria as
necessary to meet the evolving needs of homeland security and
shall report to Congress concerning the implementation of this
provision.
§308(c)(3)(E)
If the Secretary of Homeland Security chooses to establish a
headquarters laboratory, a report shall be made to appropriate
congressional committees on which laboratory was so selected,
how the selected laboratory meets the published criteria, and
what duties the headquarters laboratory shall perform.
§310(d)(1)
At least 180 days before any change in the biosafety level at the
Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the President shall notify
Congress of the change and describe the reasons for the change.
§311(h)(1)
The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory
Committee shall render an annual report to the Under Secretary
for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security,
for transmittal to Congress on or before January 31 of each
year, and such report shall describe the activities and
recommendations of the advisory committee during the
previous year.
§311(h)(2)
The Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory
Committee, in addition to its annual report, may render to the
Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of
Homeland Security, for transmittal to Congress such additional
reports on specific policy matters as it considers appropriate.
§311(j)
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology
Advisory Committee terminates three years after the effective
date of the Homeland Security Act (which was January 24,
2003).
§312(f)
The Homeland Security Institute shall transmit to the Secretary
of Homeland Security and Congress an annual report on the
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Section
Action or Requirement
§312(g)
The Homeland Security Institute terminates three years after the
effective date of the Homeland Security Act (which was
January 24, 2002).
§416
Not later than three months after the effective date of the
Homeland Security Act (which was January 24, 2003), the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
Congress a report that sets forth all trade functions performed
by the executive branch, specifying each agency that performs
each such function.
§417(b)
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the House
Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on
Finance at least 90 days prior to taking any action which would
(1) result in any significant reduction in customs revenue
services, including hours of operation, provided at any office
within the department or any port of entry; (2) eliminate or
relocate any office of the department which provides customs
revenue services; or (3) eliminates any port of entry.
§418(a)
The United States Customs Service shall, on and after the
effective date of the Homeland Security Act (which was
January 24, 2003), continue to submit to the House Committee
on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance any
report required, on the day before the effective date of the act,
to be so submitted under any provision of law.
§418(b)
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the House
Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on
Finance of proposed conforming amendments to the statutes set
forth under Section 412(a)(2) in order to determine the
appropriate allocation of legal authorities described under this
subsection. The Secretary of the Treasury shall also identify
those authorities vested in the Secretary of the Treasury that are
exercised by the Commissioner of Customs on or before the
effective date of this section.
§421(e)(1)
Before the end of the transition period, which is the 12-month
period beginning on the effective date of the Homeland Security
Act (which was January 24, 2003), the Secretary of Agriculture
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into an
agreement to effectuate the transfer of certain agricultural
inspection functions as specified in the section.
§421(g)
Not later than the completion of the transition period, which is
the 12-month period beginning on the effective date of the
Homeland Security Act (which was January 24, 2003), the
Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the Secretary of
Homeland Security not more than 3,200 full-time equivalent
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Section
Action or Requirement
§423(b)
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress a report
containing a plan for complying with the requirements of 49
U.S.C. 44901(d), as amended by Section 425 of the Homeland
Security Act.
§424
Two years after the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the requirement
that the Transportation Security Administration be maintained
as a distinct entity within the Department of Homeland Security
expires.
§425
Amendments to 49 U.S.C. 44901(d) specify:
! the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security shall
submit to the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation a detailed plan, which may
be submitted in security classified form, for the
deployment of the number of explosive detection
systems necessary to meet prescribed requirements as
soon as practicable but in no event later than December
31, 2003; and
! until the Transportation Security Administration has met
prescribed explosive detection systems requirements, the
Under Secretary for Transportation Security shall submit
a security classified report every 30 days after the date
of the enactment of the Homeland Security Act (which
was November 25, 2002) to the House Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
describing the progress made toward meeting such
requirements at each airport.
§427(c)
Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Health and Human
§428(e)(4)
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, on an annual basis,
submit a report to Congress that describes the basis for each
determination that the assignment of an employee of the
Department of Homeland Security at a particular diplomatic
post for visa issuance duties would not promote homeland
security.
§428(e)(7)
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State shall
submit to Congress a report on the implementation of the visa
issuance program with any legislative proposals necessary to
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Section
Action or Requirement
§428(g)
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall conduct a study of
the role of foreign nationals in the granting or refusal of visas
and other documents authorizing the entry of aliens into the
United States, including certain specified details. Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the Secretary of
Homeland Security shall submit a report containing the findings
of the aforementioned study to the House Government Reform,
International Relations, and Judiciary Committees and the
Senate Foreign Relations, Governmental Affairs, and Judiciary
Committees.
§428(h)
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy,
Executive Office of the President, shall submit to Congress a
report on how the provisions of the visa issuance program will
affect procedures for the issuance of student visas.
§442(a)(5)
Not later than one year after the date on which the transfer of
the immigration enforcement functions specified in Section 441
takes effect (which is March 1, 2003, according to the
President’s November 25, 2002, reorganization plan), the
assistant secretary of the Bureau of Border Security shall design
and implement a management rotation program under which
bureau employees holding positions involving supervisory or
managerial responsibility of grade GS-14 and above shall gain
some experience in all of the major functions performed by the
bureau and work in at least one local office of the bureau. Not
later than two years after the date on which the transfer of the
immigration enforcement functions specified in Section 441
takes effect (which is March 1, 2003, according to the
President’s November 25, 2002, reorganization plan), the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a report to
Congress on the implementation of the management rotation
program.
§445(a)
The Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than one year
after being sworn into office (which was January 24, 2003, for
Secretary Tom Ridge), shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House and Senate a
report with a plan detailing how the Bureau of Border Security,
after the transfer of immigration enforcement functions
specified in Section 441 takes effect (which is March 1, 2003,
according to the President’s November 25, 2002, reorganization
plan), will enforce comprehensively, effectively, and fairly all
the enforcement provisions of the Immigration and Nationality
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Section
Action or Requirement
§451(a)(4)
Not later than one year after the date on which the transfer of
the functions specified in Section 441 takes effect (which is
March 1, 2003, according to the President’s November 25,
2002, reorganization plan), the director of the Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration Services shall design and
implement a management rotation program under which bureau
employees holding positions involving supervisory or
managerial responsibility of grade GS-14 and above shall gain
some experience in all of the major functions performed by the
bureau and work in at least one local office of the bureau. Not
later than two years after the date on which the transfer of the
functions specified in Section 441 takes effect (which is March
1, 2003, according to the President’s November 25, 2002,
reorganization plan), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
submit a report to Congress on the implementation of the
management rotation program. (Section 455 prescribes that
Sections 451-456 shall take effect on the date that the transfer
of the functions specified in Section 441 takes effect.)
§452(c)
Not later than June 30 of each calendar year, the Citizenship
and Immigration Services Ombudsman shall report directly to
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House and Senate on the
objectives of the office of the ombudsman for the fiscal year
beginning in such calendar year, including certain specified
details.
§458
Amends Section 204(a)(1) of the Immigration Services and
Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1573(a)(1))
to extend the immigration benefit backlog elimination deadline
to one year after the enactment of the Homeland Security Act
(which was November 25, 2002).
§459
The Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than one year
after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act (which
was January 24, 2003), shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House and Senate a
report with a plan detailing how the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services, after the transfer of functions takes
effect, will complete efficiently, fairly, and within a reasonable
time, the adjudications described in paragraphs (1) through (5)
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Section
Action or Requirement
§460
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report on changes
in law, including changes in authorizations of appropriations
and in appropriations that are needed to permit the Immigration
and Naturalization Service, and, after the transfer of functions
takes effect (which is March 1, 2003, according to the
President’s November 25, 2002, reorganization plan), the
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, to ensure a
prompt and timely response to emergent, unforeseen, or
impending changes in the number of applications for
immigration benefits, and otherwise to ensure the
accommodation of changing immigration service needs.
§461
The Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than one year
after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act (which
was January 24, 2003), shall establish an Internet based system
that will permit access to online information about the
processing status of filings for immigration benefits. Moreover,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall conduct a feasibility
study of online filing for immigration benefits. A report on this
study shall be submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House and Senate not later than one year after the effective
date of the Homeland Security Act.
§471(a)
Upon completion of all transfers from the Immigration and
Naturalization Service (which is March 1, 2003, according to
the President’s November 25, 2002, reorganization plan), that
agency is abolished.
§472(b)
Before the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland
Security obligates any resources for voluntary separation
incentive payments authorized by the section, such official shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategic
restructuring plan, including specified details.
§473(f)
The General Accounting Office shall prepare and submit to the
House Committees on Government Reform and the Judiciary
and the Senate Committees on Governmental Affairs and the
Judiciary periodic reports on any disciplinary act demonstration
project authorized by the section, such reports to be submitted
after the second and fourth years of operation.
§477(a)
The Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than 120 days
after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act (which
was January 24, 2003), shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House and Senate a
report on the proposed division and transfer of funds, including
unexpended funds, appropriations, and fees, between the
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau
of Border Security.

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Section
Action or Requirement
§477(b)
The Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than 120 days
after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act (which
was January 24, 2003), shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House and Senate a
report on the proposed division of personnel between the
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau
of Border Security.
§477(c)
The Secretary of Homeland Security, not later than 120 days
after the effective date of the Homeland Security Act (which
was January 24, 2003), and every 6 months thereafter until the
termination of FY2005, shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House and Senate an
implementation plan regarding the separation of the Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Bureau of Border
Security, including certain specified details.
§477(d)(1)
Not later than 18 months after the date on which the transfer of
functions specified in Section 411 takes effect (which is March
1, 2003, according to the President’s November 25, 2002,
reorganization plan), and every 6 months thereafter until full
implementation has been completed, the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the Committees on
Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House and Senate a
report on the transition, including certain specified details.
§477(d)(2)
Not later than four years after the date on which the transfer of
functions specified in Section 411 takes effect (which is March
1, 2003, according to the President’s November 25, 2002,
reorganization plan), the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and
the Judiciary of the House and Senate a report on the
management improvements resulting from the transfer of
functions from the Immigration and Naturalization Service to
the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services and the
Bureau of Border Security, including certain specified details
and recommendations for improvements.
§477(d)(3)
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House and Senate a report
examining whether the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services is likely to derive sufficient funds from fees to carry
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Section
Action or Requirement
§478(a)
One year after the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), and each year
thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a
report to the President, the House Government Reform and
Judiciary Committees, and the Senate Governmental Affairs
and Judiciary Committees on the impact that the transfer of
Immigration and Naturalization Service functions made by
Subtitle F has had on immigration functions, including certain
specified details.
§507(b)(2)
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
revise the Federal Response Plan (established under E.O. 12148
and E.O. 12656) to reflect the establishment of and incorporate
the Department of Homeland Security.
§601(f)
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney
General, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
the Director of Central Intelligence, shall prescribe regulations
to carry out Title VI concerning charitable trusts for members
of the armed forces of the United States and other governmental
organizations.
§704(3)
Not later than 24 months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of Homeland
Security shall inform Congress of having achieved certification
from the Office of Special Counsel of the department’s
compliance with 5 U.S.C. 2302(c).
§705(b)
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the
President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the
appropriate committees and subcommittees of Congress on an
annual basis a report on the implementation of the section
establishing an Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties,
including certain specified details.
§706
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and submit to
Congress a plan for consolidating and co-locating regional or
field offices of agencies transferred to the Department of
Homeland Security or portions of regional and field offices of
other federal agencies, to the extent that such offices perform
functions that were transferred to the Secretary of Homeland
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Section
Action or Requirement
§812(b)(2)
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Attorney General shall promulgate guidelines pursuant to the
Inspector General Act of 1978 regarding law enforcement
powers of inspector general agents.
§831(b)
Not later than 2 years after the effective date of the Homeland
Security Act (which was January 24, 2003), and annually
thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
report to the House Committee on Government Reform and the
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs whether the
Secretary of Homeland Security’s use of the section’s research
and development authorities attracts nontraditional government
contractors and results in the acquisition of needed
technologies, and, if such authorities were to be made
permanent, whether additional safeguards are needed with
respect to the use of such authorities.
§833(e)
Not later than 180 days after the end of fiscal year 2005, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
House Committee on Government Reform and the Senate
Committee on Governmental Affairs a report on the use of the
special streamlined acquisition authority provided in the
section, including certain specified details.
§834(a)
Within one year of the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be
revised to include regulations with regard to unsolicited
proposals.
§841
An amendment to Subpart I of Part III of Title 5, United States
Code, establishing a human resources management system for
the Department of Homeland Security requires (Section
9701(e)(1)(B)(i)) the Secretary of Homeland Security and the
director of the Office of Personnel Management to notify
Congress of those parts of the human resources management
system proposal or adjustments to same to which they have not
accepted recommendations by employee representatives, and
(Section 9701(e)(1)(C)(iii) the Secretary of Homeland Security
to notify Congress promptly of the implementation of any part
of the human resources management system proposal or
adjustments to same to which they have not accepted
recommendations by employee representatives, and furnish with
such notice an explanation of the proposal, any changes made to
the proposal as a result of recommendations from employee
representatives, and the reasons why implementation is
appropriate.
§855(b)(2)
The director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
issue guidance and procedures for the use of simplified
acquisition procedures for a purchase of property or services in
excess of $5,000,000 under the authority of this section.

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Section
Action or Requirement
§857
Not later than March 31, 2004, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall complete a review of the extent to which
procurements of property and services have been made in
accordance with the federal emergency procurement flexibility
provisions of Subtitle F, which shall include certain specified
details and shall address specific issues and topics identified in
consultations with the House Committee on Government
Reform and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs,
and the results of such review, together with relevant
recommendations, shall be reported to the committees so
consulted.
§873(c)
Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1105, the President shall submit to
Congress a detailed budget request for the Department of
Homeland Security for FY2004, and for each subsequent fiscal
year.
§874
Each budget request submitted to Congress for the Department
of Homeland Security pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1105 shall, at or
about the same time, be accompanied by a Future Years
Homeland Security Program, modeled after the Future Years
Defense Program mandated by 10 U.S.C. 221, effective with
respect to the preparation and submission of the FY2005 budget
request for the department and for any subsequent fiscal year,
except that the first such program shall be submitted not later
than 90 days after the department’s FY2005 budget request is
submitted to Congress.
§881
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall review
the pay and benefit plans of each agency whose functions are
transferred to the Department of Homeland Security and, within
90 days after the date of the enactment of the Homeland
Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), shall submit a
plan to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House,
and the appropriate committees and subcommittees of
Congress, for ensuring, to the maximum extent practicable, the
elimination of disparities in pay and benefits throughout the
department.
§882(c)
The Office for National Capital Region Coordination,
Department of Homeland Security, shall submit an annual
report to Congress that includes (1) the identification of the
resources required to implement fully homeland security efforts
in the National Capital Region, (2) an assessment of the
progress made by the National Capital Region in implementing
homeland security efforts; and (3) recommendations to
Congress regarding the additional resources needed to
implement fully homeland security efforts in the National
Capital Region.

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Section
Action or Requirement
§888(f)
The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security
shall conduct an annual review that shall assess thoroughly the
performance by the Coast Guard of all of its missions with a
particular emphasis on examining the non-homeland security
missions and shall report the results of this review to the House
Appropriations, Government Reform, and Transportation and
Infrastructure Committees and the Senate Appropriations,
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Governmental
Affairs Committees.
§888(i)
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall submit a report to the
House Appropriations and Transportation and Infrastructure
Committees and the Senate Appropriations and Commerce,
Science, and Transportation Committees concerning certain
specified aspects of the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater
System.
§889
Beginning with the FY2005 submission, the President’s budget
shall include a homeland security funding analysis as specified
in amendments to 31 U.S.C. 1105(a).
§893
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
President shall submit to the House Permanent Select
Intelligence and Judiciary Committees and the Senate Select
Intelligence and Judiciary Committees a report on the
implementation of Section 892 concerning procedures
facilitating homeland security information sharing between and
among federal, state, and local entities.
§1001
(The provisions of this section, amending Subchapter II of
Chapter 35, United States Code, are overridden by similar
provisions of Section 301 of the E-Government Act of 2002
(116 Stat. 2899), which, in relevant part, are set out below. The
requirements take effect on the date of the enactment of the E-
Government Act (which was December 17, 2002).)
Section 301 amends Chapter 35 of Title 44, United States Code,
(35 U.S.C. 3543(a)(8)) to require the director of the Office of
Management and Budget to report to Congress no later than
March 1 of each year on agency compliance with the
information security requirements of the subchapter, including
certain specified details. Another such amendment (35 U.S.C.
3544(c)) requires each agency to report annually to the director
of the Office of Management and Budget, the House
Government Reform and Science Committees, the Senate
Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Governmental
Affairs Committees, the appropriate authorization and
appropriations committees of Congress, and the Comptroller
General of the United States on information security matters as
specified in the subsection. Another such amendment (35

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Section
Action or Requirement
U.S.C. 3545(e)) requires each agency, each year, not later than
the date established by the director of the Office of
Management and Budget, to submit to the director the results of
an annual independent information security evaluation required
by the section, and a summary of the results of these evaluations
is provided to Congress (35 U.S.C. 3545(g)) in the
aforementioned annual report of the director.
§1003
(The provisions of this section, amending Section 20 of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C.
278g-3), are overridden by similar provisions of Section 303 of
the E-Government Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 2899), which, in
relevant part, are set out below. The requirement takes effect
on the date of the enactment of the E-Government Act (which
was December 17, 2002).)
Section 303 amends the National Institute of Standards and
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278g-3(d)(10)) to require the
Institute to prepare an annual public report on activities
undertaken in the previous year, and planned for the coming
year, to carry out information security responsibilities under the
section.
§1005
(The provisions of this section, amending the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), are overridden by
similar provisions of Section 305 of the E-Government Act of
2002 (116 Stat. 2899), which, in relevant part, are set out
below. The requirement takes effect on the date of the
enactment of the E-Government Act (which was December 17,
2002).)
Section 305 amends the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C.3505(c)(4)) to require the director of the Office of
Management and Budget to issue guidance for, and oversee the
implementation of, the major information systems inventory
requirement of the subsection.
§1204
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation a report
on war risk insurance as detailed in the section.
§1302
Amends Part II of Title 5, United States Code, to establish a
Chief Human Capital Officers Council, which is required (5
U.S.C. 1303(d)) each year to submit a report to Congress on the
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Section
Action or Requirement
§1403(c)(2)
Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
Under Secretary of Transportation for Security shall transmit to
Congress a report on the results of a study to evaluate the
benefits and risks of providing flight attendants with nonlethal
weapons to aide in combating air piracy and criminal violence
on commercial airlines.
§1404
The Secretary of Transportation shall conduct a commercial
airline security study, including certain specified details, the
results of which, not later than six months after the date of the
enactment of the Homeland Security Act (which was November
25, 2002), shall be transmitted to Congress in a report which
may be submitted in security classified and redacted form.
§1502
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the
Homeland Security Act (which was November 25, 2002), the
President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional
committees a reorganization plan, including certain specified
details.
Refining the Mandate
With the convening of the 108th Congress, various bills have been introduced to refine
the mandate of the Department of Homeland Security by modifying or supplementing the
Homeland Security Act. Such proposals include the following measures.
H.R. 237 (Burton). Repeals certain amendments to the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program. Introduced January 8, 2003, and referred to the Committee on
Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 248 (Allen). Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Homeland Security
Act to strike unrelated provisions concerning changes to the National Vaccine Injury
Compensation Program and liability for vaccine manufacturers. Introduced January 8, 2003,
and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 484 (Ose). Amends the Homeland Security Act to give the Secretary of
Homeland Security discretion to establish criteria for the creation of university-based
centers for homeland security, to repeal certain vaccine liability protection provisions, and
to modify the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding contract waivers
required in the interest of homeland security. Introduced January 29, 2003, and referred to
the Select Committee on Homeland Security and Committees on Energy and Commerce,
Science, and Government Reform.
S. 6 (Daschle). Establishes various new responsibilities and programs for the
Department of Homeland Security, makes the department subject to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, and reorganizes the intelligence community leadership. Introduced January
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S. 28 (Nelson). Gives the Secretary of Homeland Security discretion to establish
criteria for the creation of university-based centers for homeland security. Introduced
January 7, 2003, and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 41 (Lieberman). Modifies provisions of the Homeland Security Act regarding
product liability protection, federal advisory committee meetings, and university-based
homeland security research centers, and for other purposes. Introduced January 7, 2003, and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
S. 45 (Feingold). Modifies the organization and operations of the Office for State
and Local Government Coordination of the Department of Homeland Security. Introduced
January 7, 2003, and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
S. 105 (Stabenow). Repeals certain vaccine liability protection provisions of the
Homeland Security Act. Introduced January 7, 2003, and referred to the Committee on
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 134 (Dayton). Amends the Homeland Security Act regarding waivers of certain
prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates. Introduced January 7, 2003, and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Related Congressional Literature
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Creating the Department
of Homeland Security: Consideration of the Administration’s Proposal. Hearings.
June 25 and July 9, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. The Department of Homeland
Security: An Overview of the President’s Proposal. Hearing. 107th Congress, 2nd
session, June 20, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Homeland Security Act of
2002. Hearing and markup on H.R. 5005. 107th Congress, 2nd session, June 26 and
July 10, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Administrative Law.
Adjudicatory Issues, and Privacy Ramifications of Creating a Department of
Homeland Security. Hearing. 107th Congress, 2nd session, July 9, 2002. Washington:
GPO, 2002.
–—. Homeland Security Act of 2002. Hearing on H.R. 5005. 107th Congress, 2ndsession,
June 26, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
–—. Proposal to Create a Department of Homeland Security. Hearings. 107th Congress,
2nd session, July 9, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Amendment and Views to the Select
Committee on Homeland Security on H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of 2002
(Including Committee Markup of H.R. 5005). Committee print. 107th Congress, 2nd
session, July 10, 17, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
–—. Creating a Department of Homeland Security. Hearing, 107th Congress, 2nd session,
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U.S. Congress. House. Select Committee on Homeland Security. H.R. 5005, the Homeland
Security Act of 2002, Days 1 and 2. Hearings, 107th Congress, 2nd session, July 15, 16,
2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
–—. Homeland Security Act of 2002. Report to accompany H.R. 5005. 107th Congress, 2nd
session. H.Rept. 107-609, part 1. Washington: GPO, 2002.
–—. Transforming the Federal Government to Protect America from Terrorism. Hearing.
107th Congress, 2nd session, July 11, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Homeland Security.
Hearing. 107th Congress, 2nd session. July 10, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. President Bush’s Proposal
to Create a Department of Homeland Security. Hearing. 107th Congress, 2nd session,
June 20, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
U.S. Congress. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Homeland Security.
Hearing. 107th Congress, 2nd session, July 16, 2002. Washington: GPO, 2002.
Related CRS Products
CRS Report RL31520. Collective Bargaining and Homeland Security, by Jon O.
Shimabukuro.
CRS Report RL31497. Creation of Executive Departments: Highlights from the Legislative
History of Modern Precedents, by Thomas P. Carr.
CRS Report RL31472. Departmental Organization, 1947-2001, by Sharon Gressle.
CRS Report RL31549. Department of Homeland Security: Consolidation of Border and
Transportation Security Agencies, by William J. Krouse.
CRS Report RS21366. Department of Homeland Security: Hypothetical Organization
Chart, by Sharon S. Gressle.
CRS Report RS21367. Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate of the
Department of Homeland Security, by Keith Bea, William Krouse, Daniel Morgan,
Wayne Morrissey, and C. Stephen Redhead.
CRS Report RL30795. General Management Laws: A Selective Compendium — 107th
Congress, by Ronald C. Moe.
CRS Report RS21270. Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Research and
Development: Funding, Organization, and Oversight, by Genevieve J. Knezo.
CRS Report RS21295. Homeland Security and the Davis-Bacon Act, by Jon O.
Shimabukuro.
CRS Report RL31493. Homeland Security: Department Organization and
Management—Legislative Phase, by Harold C. Relyea.
CRS Report RL31500. Homeland Security: Human Resources Management, by Barbara L.
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CRS Report RS21283. Homeland Security: Intelligence Support, by Richard A. Best, Jr.
CRS Report RL31492. Homeland Security: Management Positions for the New
Department, by Henry B. Hogue.
CRS Report RL31148. Homeland Security: The Presidential Coordination Office, by
Harold C. Relyea.
CRS Report RS21260. Information Technology (IT) Management: The Clinger-Cohen Act
and Homeland Security Proposals, by Jeffrey W. Seifert.
CRS Report RS214510. INS Reorganization Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002:
Effective Dates and Dual Roles, by Stephen R. Vina.
CRS Report RS21412. Limited-Term Appointments to Presidentially Appointed, Senate-
Confirmed Positions, by Henry B. Hogue.
CRS Report RL31670. Transfer of FEMA to the Department of Homeland Security: Issues
for Congressional Oversight, by Keith Bea.

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