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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1866 

To establish an Under Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland 

Security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 7 (legislative day, OCTOBER 6), 2005 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish an Under Secretary for Policy in the 

Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Homeland Security Policy Act of 2005’’. 

6 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 

7 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating title VI and section 601 as 

9 title XVIII and section 1801, respectively, and 
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1 transferring that title to the end of the Homeland 

2 Security Act of 2002; and 

3 (2) by inserting after title V, the following: 

4 ‘‘TITLE VI—UNDER SECRETARY 

5 FOR POLICY 

6 ‘‘SEC. 601. UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Depart8 ment an Under Secretary for Policy, who shall be ap9 pointed by the President, by and with the advice and con10 sent of the Senate. 

11 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Subject to the direction, 

12 authority, and control of the Secretary, the responsibilities 

13 of the Under Secretary for Policy shall be as follows: 

14 ‘‘(1) POLICY.— 

15 ‘‘(A) To serve as the principal policy advi16 sor to the Secretary. 

17 ‘‘(B) To provide overall direction and su18 pervision for policy development to programs, 

19 offices, and activities of the Department. 

20 ‘‘(C) To establish and direct a formal pol21 icymaking process for the Department. 

22 ‘‘(D) To analyze, evaluate, and review 

23 completed, ongoing, and proposed programs, to 

24 ensure they are compatible with the Secretary’s 

25 priorities, strategic plans, and policies. 
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1 ‘‘(2) STRATEGIC PLANNING.— 

2 ‘‘(A) To conduct long-range, strategic 

3 planning for the Department. 

4 ‘‘(B) To prepare national and Department 

5 strategies, as appropriate. 

6 ‘‘(C) To conduct net assessments of issues 

7 facing the Department. 

8 ‘‘(D) To conduct reviews of the Depart9 ment to ensure the implementation of this para10 graph. 

11 ‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

12 ‘‘(A) To promote informational and edu13 cational exchange with nations friendly to the 

14 United States in order to promote sharing of 

15 best practices and technologies relating to 

16 homeland security, including— 

17 ‘‘(i) the exchange of information on 

18 research and development on homeland se19 curity technologies; 

20 ‘‘(ii) joint training exercises of first 

21 responders; and 

22 ‘‘(iii) exchanging expertise and infor23 mation on terrorism prevention, response, 

24 and crisis management. 
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1 ‘‘(B) To identify areas for homeland secu2 rity informational and training exchange where 

3 the United States has a demonstrated weakness 

4 and another friendly nation or nations have a 

5 demonstrated expertise. 

6 ‘‘(C) To plan and undertake international 

7 conferences, exchange programs (including the 

8 exchange of scientists, engineers, and other ex9 perts), and other training activities. 

10 ‘‘(D) To manage international activities 

11 within the Department in coordination with 

12 other Federal officials with responsibility for 

13 counterterrorism matters. 

14 ‘‘(4) PRIVATE SECTOR.— 

15 ‘‘(A) To create and foster strategic com16 munications with the private sector to enhance 

17 the primary mission of the Department to pro18 tect the American homeland. 

19 ‘‘(B) To advise the Secretary on the im20 pact of the policies, regulations, processes, and 

21 actions of the Department on the private sector. 

22 ‘‘(C) To interface with other relevant Fed23 eral agencies with homeland security missions 

24 to assess the impact of the actions of such 

25 agencies on the private sector. 
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1 ‘‘(D) To create and manage private sector 

2 advisory councils composed of representatives of 

3 industries and associations designated by the 

4 Secretary— 

5 ‘‘(i) to advise the Secretary on private 

6 sector products, applications, and solutions 

7 as they relate to homeland security chal8 lenges; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) to advise the Secretary on home10 land security policies, regulations, proc11 esses, and actions that affect the partici12 pating industries and associations. 

13 ‘‘(E) To work with Federal laboratories, 

14 federally funded research and development cen15 ters, other federally funded organizations, aca16 demia, and the private sector to develop innova17 tive approaches to address homeland security 

18 challenges to produce and deploy the best avail19 able technologies for homeland security mis20 sions. 

21 ‘‘(F) To promote existing public-private 

22 partnerships and develop new public-private 

23 partnerships to provide for collaboration and 

24 mutual support to address homeland security 

25 challenges. 
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1 ‘‘(G) To assist in the development and pro2 motion of private sector best practices to secure 

3 critical infrastructure. 

4 ‘‘(H) To coordinate industry efforts, with 

5 respect to functions of the Department, to iden6 tify private sector resources and capabilities 

7 that could be effective in supplementing Fed8 eral, State, and local government agency efforts 

9 to prevent or respond to a terrorist attack. 

10 ‘‘(I) To coordinate among Department op11 erating entities and with the Assistant Sec12 retary for Trade Development of the Depart13 ment of Commerce on issues related to the trav14 el and tourism industries.’’. 

15 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

16 The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 

17 seq.) is amended— 

18 (1) in section 103— 

19 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

20 through (10) as paragraphs (7) through (11), 

21 respectively; and 

22 (B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(6) An Under Secretary for Policy.’’; 

25 (2) by striking section 879; 
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1 (3) by redesignating sections 880 through 890 

2 as sections 879 through 889, respectively; and 

3 (4) in the table of contents— 

4 (A) by redesignating the items relating to 

5 title VI and section 601 as relating to title 

6 XVIII and section 1801, respectively, and 

7 transferring the items relating to that title and 

8 section to the end of the table of contents; 

9 (B) by inserting before the item relating to 

10 title VII the following: 

‘‘TITLE VI—UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY 

‘‘Sec. 601. Under Secretary for Policy.’’; 

11 (C) by striking the item relating to section 

12 879; and 

13 (D) by redesignating the items relating to 

14 sections 880 through 890 as relating to sections 

15 879 through 889, respectively. 

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