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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1449

To establish the National Office for Combatting Terrorism.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 21, 2001

Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. BAYH, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr.

DURBIN, Mr. NELSON of Florida, and Mr. ROCKEFELLER) introduced the

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on

Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To establish the National Office for Combatting Terrorism.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. NATIONAL OFFICE FOR COMBATTING TER4 RORISM.

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within

6 the Executive Office of the President an office to be known

7 as the ‘‘National Office for Combatting Terrorism’’ (in

8 this section referred to as the ‘‘Office’’).

9 (b) OFFICERS.—(1) The head of the Office shall be

10 the Director of the National Office for Combatting Ter-
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1 rorism, who shall be appointed by the President, by and

2 with the advice and consent of the Senate.

3 (2) The President shall assign to the Office such

4 other officers, if any, as the President, in consultation

5 with the Director, considers appropriate to discharge the

6 responsibilities of the Office.

7 (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subject to the direction and

8 control of the President, the responsibilities of the Office

9 shall include the following:

10 (1) To develop policies, goals, objectives, and

11 priorities for the United States for the prevention of

12 and response to terrorism.

13 (2) To develop a comprehensive strategy for the

14 United States for the prevention of and response to

15 terrorism to be known as the ‘‘National Terrorism

16 Prevention and Response Strategy’’ (in this section

17 referred to as the ‘‘Strategy’’).

18 (3) To coordinate, oversee, and evaluate the im19 plementation and execution of the Strategy by the

20 agencies of the Federal Government with respon21 sibilities for terrorism prevention and response

22 under the Strategy.

23 (4) To coordinate and oversee the programs

24 and activities of State and local governments as part

25 of the Strategy, including ensuring that mechanisms
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1 exist for communication and coordination in the

2 event of a terrorist attack.

3 (5) To coordinate the development of a com4 prehensive annual budget for the programs and ac5 tivities under the Strategy, including the budgets of

6 the military departments and agencies within the

7 National Foreign Intelligence Program relating to

8 international terrorism, but excluding military pro9 grams, projects, or activities relating to force protec10 tion, and to review annually such annual budget and

11 the budgets of such departments and agencies relat12 ing to international terrorism.

13 (6) To certify to the President whether or not

14 the budget relating to terrorism of each agency of

15 the Federal Government with responsibilities for ter16 rorism prevention and response under the Strategy

17 is consistent with the Strategy.

18 (7) To carry out any other responsibilities relat19 ing to development, coordination, and implementa20 tion of United States policy on terrorism that the

21 President considers appropriate.

22 (d) RESOURCES.—The President shall, in consulta23 tion with the Director, assign or allocate to the Office such

24 resources, including funds, personnel, and other resources,
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1 as the President considers appropriate in order to facili2 tate the discharge of the responsibilities of the Office.

3 (e) OVERSIGHT BY CONGRESS.—The location of the

4 Office in the Executive Office of the President shall not

5 be construed as affecting access by Congress, or any com6 mittee of Congress, to—

7 (1) any information, document, record, or paper

8 in the possession of the Office or any study con9 ducted by or at the direction of the Director; or

10 (2) any personnel of the Office.

11 (f) PAY OF DIRECTOR.—Section 5312 of title 5,

12 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the

13 item relating to the Director of National Drug Control

14 Policy the following new item:

15 ‘‘Director of the National Office for Combatting

16 Terrorism.’’.

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