H.R. 599 · 110th Congress
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology…
Full title
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.
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18 cosponsors · 8 D, 10 R
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- House Introduced Jan 22, 2007
- House Passed Jan 23, 2007 427–0
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that a sufficient number of full-time equivalent personnel, who are properly trained and qualified to apply legal, economic, and risk analyses, are involved in the review and prioritization of anti-terrorism technologies to determine whether such technologies may be designated or certified anti-terrorism…
What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Jan 23, 2007
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that a sufficient number of full-time equivalent personnel, who are properly trained and qualified to apply legal, economic, and risk analyses, are involved in the review and prioritization of anti-terrorism technologies to determine whether such technologies may be designated or certified anti-terrorism technologies under the SAFETY Act.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a formal coordination process that includes the official of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with primary responsibility for the implementation of such Act, the Chief Procurement Officer of DHS, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, the Under Secretary for Policy, and the General Counsel of DHS to ensure the maximum application of the litigation and risk management provisions of such Act to anti-terrorism technologies procured by DHS; (2) promote awareness and utilization of the litigation and risk management provisions of such Act in the procurement of anti-terrorism technologies; and (3) issue a departmental management directive providing for coordination between DHS procurement officials and any other DHS official responsible for implementing such Act in advance of any DHS procurement of an anti-terrorism technology.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
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About this bill and sources
Official title: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.
Latest action (Jan 24, 2007): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 22, 2007
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- House Introduced Jan 22, 2007
- House Passed Jan 23, 2007 427–0
Final vote · House · Jan 23, 2007
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: Nancy Pelosi