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ø‘‘(8) A Director of the Office of 
counternarcotics Enforcement.’’. 
ø(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Of the amounts appropriated for the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for Departmental 
management and operations for fiscal year 
2005, there is authorized up to $6,000,000 to 
carry out section 878 of the Department of 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as amended 
by this section). 
øSEC. 5026. USE OF counternarcotics ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI-
TIES IN CERTAIN EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE 
APPRAISALS. 
ø(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle E of title VIII of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
411 and following) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
ø‘‘SEC. 843. USE OF counternarcotics ENFORCEMENT ACTIVI-
TIES IN CERTAIN EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE 
APPRAISALS. 
ø‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each subdivision of 
the Department that is a National Drug Con-
trol Program Agency shall include as one of 
the criteria in its performance appraisal sys-
tem, for each employee directly or indirectly
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involved in the enforcement of Federal, State, 
or local narcotics laws, the performance of 
that employee with respect to the enforce-
ment of Federal, State, or local narcotics laws, 
relying to the greatest extent practicable on 
objective performance measures, including— 
ø‘‘(1) the contribution of that em-
ployee to seizures of narcotics and ar-
rests of violators of Federal, State, or 
local narcotics laws; and 
ø‘‘(2) the degree to which that em-
ployee cooperated with or contributed to 
the efforts of other employees, either 
within the Department or other Federal, 
State, or local agencies, in counter-
narcotics enforcement. 
ø‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
section— 
ø‘‘(1) the term ‘National Drug Control 
Program Agency’ means— 
ø‘‘(A) a National Drug Control 
Program Agency, as defined in sec-
tion 702(7) of the Office of National 
Drug Control Policy Reauthorization 
Act of 1998 (as last in effect); and
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ø‘‘(B) any subdivision of the De-
partment 
that 
has 
a 
significant 
counternarcotics 
responsibility, 
as 
determined by— 
ø‘‘(i) the counternarcotics offi-
cer, appointed under section 878; 
or 
ø‘‘(ii) 
if 
applicable, 
the 
counternarcotics 
officer’s 
suc-
cessor in function (as determined 
by the Secretary); and 
ø‘‘(2) the term ‘performance appraisal 
system’ means a system under which 
periodic appraisals of job performance of 
employees are made, whether under 
chapter 43 of title 5, United States Code, 
or otherwise.’’. 
ø(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents for the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 842 the following: 
ø‘‘Sec. 843. Use of counternarcotics enforcement activities in 
certain employee performance appraisals.’’.
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øSEC. 5027. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
ON ADDRESSING HOMELAND SECURITY FOR 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
ø(a) FINDINGS.—The House of Representa-
tives finds that— 
ø(1) the House of Representatives cre-
ated a Select Committee on Homeland Se-
curity at the start of the 108th Congress 
to provide for vigorous congressional 
oversight for the implementation and op-
eration of the Department of Homeland 
Security; 
ø(2) the House of Representatives also 
charged the Select Committee on Home-
land 
Security, 
including 
its 
Sub-
committee on Rules, with undertaking a 
thorough and complete study of the oper-
ation and implementation of the rules of 
the House, including the rule governing 
committee jurisdiction, with respect to 
the issue of homeland security and to 
make their recommendations to the Com-
mittee on Rules; 
ø(3) on February 11, 2003, the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives 
created 
a 
new 
Sub-
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committee on Homeland Security with ju-
risdiction over the Transportation Secu-
rity Administration, the Coast Guard, and 
other entities within the Department of 
Homeland Security to help address the 
integration of the Department of Home-
land Security’s 22 legacy agencies; and 
ø(4) during the 108th Congress, the 
House of Representatives has taken sev-
eral steps to help ensure its continuity in 
the event of a terrorist attack, includ-
ing— 
ø(A) adopting H.R. 2844, the Con-
tinuity of Representation Act, a bill to 
require States to hold expedited spe-
cial elections to fill vacancies in the 
House of Representatives not later 
than 45 days after the vacancy is an-
nounced by the Speaker in extraor-
dinary circumstances; 
ø(B) granting authority for joint- 
leadership recalls from a period of 
adjournment to an alternate place;