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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1386 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of 

Disability Coordination, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 25, 2009 

Mr. BURRIS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the Office of Disability Coordination, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Office of Disability 

5 Coordination Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF DISABILITY COORDINATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 513 of the Homeland Se8 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321b) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DIS2 ABILITY COORDINATOR’’ and inserting ‘‘OFFICE

3 OF DISABILITY COORDINATION’’; 

4 (2) in subsection (a)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘After consultation with’’ 

6 and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

8 the Agency an Office of Disability Coordination, 

9 which shall be headed by the Disability Coordinator 

10 appointed under paragraph (2). 

11 ‘‘(2) DISABILITY COORDINATOR.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After consultation 

13 with’’; 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘The Disability Coordi15 nator’’ and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(C) REPORTING.—The Disability Coordi17 nator’’; 

18 (C) in paragraph (2)(A), as so designated, 

19 by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Ad20 ministrator shall establish the position of Dis21 ability Coordinator as a Senior Executive Serv22 ice position to be filled by a career appointee, 

23 as defined under section 3132(a)(4) of title 5, 

24 United States Code.’’; and 


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1 (D) by inserting after paragraph (2)(A), as 

2 so designated, the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In appointing the 

4 Disability Coordinator, the Administrator shall 

5 give special consideration to whether the indi6 vidual to be appointed has emergency manage7 ment experience and an extensive knowledge of 

8 issues relating to individuals with disabilities.’’; 

9 and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(c) REGIONAL DISABILITY COORDINATORS.—The 

12 Administrator shall appoint a Regional Disability Coordi13 nator for each Regional Office and for the Office of Na14 tional Capital Region Coordination established under sec15 tion 882. The Regional Disability Coordinators appointed 

16 under this subsection shall report to the Disability Coordi17 nator appointed under subsection (a), except as otherwise 

18 provided by the Administrator.’’. 

19 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

20 The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Se21 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by 

22 striking the item relating to section 513 and inserting the 

23 following: 

‘‘Sec. 513. Office of Disability Coordination.’’. 

24 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.— 


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1 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

2 by this section shall take effect on the date of enact3 ment of this Act. 

4 (2) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by 

5 subsection (a)(2)(C) (relating to establishing the po6 sition of Disability Coordinator as a Senior Execu7 tive Service position) shall apply to any appointment 

8 made after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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