I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1 
To provide for the implementation of the recommendations of the National 
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2007 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. SKELTON, Mrs. 
GILLIBRAND, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. ANDREWS, 
Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. BEAN, Mr. 
BECERRA, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BISHOP of New 
York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOSWELL, 
Mr. BOUCHER, Ms. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 
CARDOZA, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CARNEY, Ms. CASTOR, Mr. CHANDLER, 
Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. CUMMINGS, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mrs. DAVIS of California, 
Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. 
DICKS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 
ELLSWORTH, Mr. EMANUEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. 
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. GENE 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HARE, Ms. 
HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
HILL, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HODES, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, 
Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. HOYER, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. 
JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE 
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KAGEN, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. 
LAMPSON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of 
Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS
of Georgia, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, 
Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MARKEY, 
Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEE-
HAN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. MOORE of Kan-
sas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. CHRIS-
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TOPHER MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, 
Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RANGEL, 
Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-AL-
LARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 
SALAZAR, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Vir-
ginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SESTAK, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. SHERMAN, 
Mr. SHULER, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SPACE, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. STUPAK, Ms. SUT-
TON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. TIERNEY, Mrs. 
JONES of Ohio, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. 
VAN
HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WALZ
of Minnesota, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. 
WEINER, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, 
Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, Mr. YARMUTH, and Mr. HINOJOSA) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
Commerce, the Judiciary, Select Intelligence (Permanent Select), Foreign 
Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, Oversight and Government 
Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for the implementation of the recommendations 
of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon 
the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Implementing the 9/ 
11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—RISK-BASED ALLOCATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
GRANTS 
Sec. 101. First responders homeland security funding. 
TITLE II—ENSURING COMMUNICATIONS INTEROPERABILITY FOR 
FIRST RESPONDERS 
Sec. 201. Improve Communications for Emergency Response Grant Program. 
TITLE III—STRENGTHENING USE OF A UNIFIED INCIDENT 
COMMAND DURING EMERGENCIES 
Sec. 301. National exercise program design. 
Sec. 302. National exercise program model exercises. 
Sec. 303. Responsibilities of Regional Administrators of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency. 
TITLE IV—STRENGTHENING AVIATION SECURITY 
Sec. 401. Installation of in-line baggage screening equipment. 
Sec. 402. Aviation security capital fund. 
Sec. 403. Airport checkpoint screening explosive detection. 
Sec. 404. Strengthening explosive detection at airport screening checkpoints. 
Sec. 405. Extension of authorization of aviation security funding. 
Sec. 406. Inspection of cargo carried aboard passenger aircraft. 
Sec. 407. Appeal and redress process for passengers wrongly delayed or prohib-
ited from boarding a flight. 
Sec. 408. Transportation Security Administration personnel management. 
Sec. 409. Strategic 
plan 
to 
test 
and 
implement 
advanced 
passenger 
prescreening system. 
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF CARGO 
CONTAINERS 
Sec. 501. Requirements relating to entry of containers into the United States. 
TITLE VI—STRENGTHENING EFFORTS TO PREVENT TERRORIST 
TRAVEL 
Subtitle A—Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center Improvements 
Sec. 601. Strengthening the capabilities of the Human Smuggling and Traf-
ficking Center. 
Subtitle B—International Collaboration to Prevent Terrorist Travel 
Sec. 611. Report on international collaboration to increase border security, en-
hance global document security, and exchange terrorist infor-
mation. 
Subtitle C—Biometric Border Entry and Exit System 
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Sec. 621. Submittal of plan on biometric entry and exit verification system im-
plementation. 
TITLE VII—IMPROVING INTELLIGENCE AND INFORMATION SHAR-
ING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPOND-
ERS 
Subtitle A—Fusion and Law Enforcement Education and Teaming (FLEET) 
Grant Program 
Sec. 701. Findings. 
Sec. 702. FLEET Grant program. 
Subtitle B—Border Intelligence Fusion Center Program 
Sec. 711. Findings. 
Sec. 712. Establishment of Border Intelligence Fusion Center Program. 
Subtitle C—Homeland Security Information Sharing Enhancement 
Sec. 721. Short title. 
Sec. 722. Homeland Security Advisory System. 
Sec. 723. Homeland security information sharing. 
Subtitle D—Homeland Security Information Sharing Partnerships 
Sec. 731. Short title. 
Sec. 732. State, Local, and Regional Information Fusion Center Initiative. 
Sec. 733. Homeland Security Information Sharing Fellows Program. 
Subtitle E—Homeland Security Intelligence Offices Reorganization 
Sec. 741. Departmental reorganization. 
Sec. 742. Intelligence components of Department of Homeland Security. 
Sec. 743. Office of Infrastructure Protection. 
TITLE VIII—PROTECTING PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES WHILE 
EFFECTIVELY FIGHTING TERRORISM 
Subtitle A—Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Boards 
Sec. 801. Short title. 
Sec. 802. Findings. 
Sec. 803. Making the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board independent. 
Sec. 804. Requiring all members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 
Board be confirmed by the Senate. 
Sec. 805. Subpoena power for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. 
Sec. 806. Reporting requirements. 
Subtitle B—Enhancement of Privacy Officer Authorities 
Sec. 811. Short title. 
Sec. 812. Authorities of the privacy officer of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity. 
TITLE IX—IMPROVING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 
Sec. 901. Vulnerability assessment and report on critical infrastructure infor-
mation. 
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Sec. 902. National Asset Database and the National At-Risk Database. 
TITLE X—TRANSPORTATION SECURITY PLANNING AND 
INFORMATION SHARING 
Sec. 1001. Strategic transportation security information sharing. 
Sec. 1002. Transportation security strategic planning. 
TITLE XI—PRIVATE SECTOR PREPAREDNESS 
Sec. 1101. Participation of private sector organizations in emergency prepared-
ness and response activities. 
TITLE XII—PREVENTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 
PROLIFERATION AND TERRORISM 
Sec. 1201. Findings. 
Sec. 1202. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Repeal and Modification of Limitations on Assistance for 
Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism 
Sec. 1211. Repeal and modification of limitations on assistance for prevention 
of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. 
Subtitle B—Proliferation Security Initiative 
Sec. 1221. Proliferation Security Initiative improvements and authorities. 
Sec. 1222. Authority to provide assistance to cooperative countries. 
Subtitle C—Assistance to Accelerate Programs to Prevent Weapons of Mass 
Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism 
Sec. 1231. Findings; statement of policy. 
Sec. 1232. Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Defense Co-
operative Threat Reduction Program. 
Sec. 1233. Authorization of appropriations for the Department of Energy pro-
grams to prevent weapons of mass destruction proliferation 
and terrorism. 
Subtitle D—Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of 
Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism 
Sec. 1241. Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weap-
ons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. 
Sec. 1242. Request for corresponding Russian coordinator. 
Subtitle E—Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Proliferation and Terrorism 
Sec. 1251. Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Pro-
liferation and Terrorism. 
Sec. 1252. Purposes. 
Sec. 1253. Composition. 
Sec. 1254. Responsibilities. 
Sec. 1255. Powers. 
Sec. 1256. Nonapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act. 
Sec. 1257. Report. 
Sec. 1258. Termination. 
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TITLE XIII—NUCLEAR BLACK MARKET COUNTER-TERRORISM 
ACT 
Sec. 1301. Short title. 
Sec. 1302. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Sanctions for Transfers of Nuclear Enrichment, Reprocessing, 
and Weapons Technology, Equipment, and Materials Involving Foreign Per-
sons and Terrorists 
Sec. 1311. Authority to impose sanctions on foreign persons. 
Sec. 1312. Presidential notification on activities of foreign persons. 
Subtitle B—Further Actions Against Corporations Associated With 
Sanctioned Foreign Persons 
Sec. 1321. Findings. 
Sec. 1322. Campaign by United States Government officials. 
Sec. 1323. Coordination. 
Sec. 1324. Report. 
Subtitle C—Rollback of Nuclear Proliferation Networks 
Sec. 1331. Nonproliferation as a condition of United States assistance. 
Sec. 1332. Report on identification of nuclear proliferation network host coun-
tries. 
Sec. 1333. Suspension of arms sales licenses and deliveries to nuclear prolifera-
tion host countries. 
TITLE XIV—9/11 COMMISSION INTERNATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION 
Sec. 1401. Short title; table of contents. 
Subtitle A—Quality Educational Opportunities in Arab and Predominantly 
Muslim Countries. 
Sec. 1411. Findings; Policy. 
Sec. 1412. International Arab and Muslim Youth Opportunity Fund. 
Sec. 1413. Annual report to Congress. 
Sec. 1414. Extension of program to provide grants to American-sponsored 
schools in Arab and predominantly Muslim Countries to pro-
vide scholarships. 
Subtitle B—Democracy and Development in Arab and Predominantly Muslim 
Countries 
Sec. 1421. Promoting democracy and development in the Middle East, Central 
Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. 
Sec. 1422. Middle East Foundation. 
Subtitle C—Restoring United States Moral Leadership 
Sec. 1431. Advancing United States interests through public diplomacy. 
Sec. 1432. Expansion of United States scholarship, exchange, and library pro-
grams in Arab and predominantly Muslim countries. 
Sec. 1433. United States policy toward detainees. 
Subtitle D—Strategy for the United States Relationship With Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia 
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Sec. 1441. Afghanistan. 
Sec. 1442. Pakistan. 
Sec. 1443. Saudi Arabia. 
TITLE I—RISK-BASED ALLOCA-
TION OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY GRANTS 
SEC. 101. FIRST RESPONDERS HOMELAND SECURITY FUND-
ING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 1(b) in the table of contents by 
striking the items relating to the second title XVIII, 
as added by section 501(b)(3) of Public Law 109– 
347, and inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE XIX—DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE 
‘‘Sec. 1901. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. 
‘‘Sec. 1902. Mission of Office. 
‘‘Sec. 1904. Testing authority. 
‘‘Sec. 1905. Relationship to other Department entities and Federal agencies. 
‘‘Sec. 1906. Contracting and grant making authorities.’’; 
(2) by redesignating the second title XVIII, as 
added by section 501(a) of Public Law 109–347, as 
title XIX; 
(3) in title XIX (as so redesignated)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
sections 
1801 
through 1806 as sections 1901 through 1906, 
respectively; 
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(B) in section 1904(a) (6 U.S.C. 594(a)), 
as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘section 1802’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 1902’’; and 
(C) in section 1906 (6 U.S.C. 596), as so 
redesignated, by striking ‘‘section 1802(a)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 
1902(a)’’; 
(4) in section 1(b) in the table of contents by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XX—FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS 
‘‘Sec. 2001. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 2002. Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders. 
‘‘Sec. 2003. Covered grant eligibility and criteria. 
‘‘Sec. 2004. Risk-based evaluation and prioritization. 
‘‘Sec. 2005. Use of funds and accountability requirements.’’; 
and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XX—FUNDING FOR FIRST 
RESPONDERS 
‘‘SEC. 2001. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this title: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
GRANT.—The term ‘covered 
grant’ means any grant to which this title applies 
under section 2002. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTLY
ELIGIBLE
TRIBE.—The term 
‘directly eligible tribe’ means any Indian tribe or 
consortium of Indian tribes that— 
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‘‘(A) meets the criteria for inclusion in the 
qualified applicant pool for Self-Governance 
that are set forth in section 402(c) of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 458bb(c)); 
‘‘(B) employs at least 10 full-time per-
sonnel in a law enforcement or emergency re-
sponse agency with the capacity to respond to 
calls for law enforcement or emergency services; 
and 
‘‘(C)(i) is located on, or within 5 miles of, 
an international border or waterway; 
‘‘(ii) is located within 5 miles of a facility 
designated as high-risk critical infrastructure 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(iii) is located within or contiguous to one 
of the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas 
in the United States; or 
‘‘(iv) has more than 1,000 square miles of 
Indian country, as that term is defined in sec-
tion 1151 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) ELEVATIONS
IN
THE
THREAT
ALERT 
LEVEL.—The term ‘elevations in the threat alert 
level’ means any designation (including those that 
are less than national in scope) that raises the 
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homeland security threat level to either the highest 
or second highest threat level under the Homeland 
Security Advisory System referred to in section 
201(d)(7). 
‘‘(4) FIRST RESPONDER.—The term ‘first re-
sponder’ shall have the same meaning as the term 
‘emergency response provider’. 
‘‘(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other orga-
nized group or community, including any Alaskan 
Native village or regional or village corporation as 
defined in or established pursuant to the Alaskan 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), that is recognized as eligible for the special 
programs and services provided by the United States 
to Indians because of their status as Indians. 
‘‘(6) REGION.—The term ‘region’ means— 
‘‘(A) any geographic area consisting of all 
or parts of 2 or more contiguous States that 
have a combined population of at least 
1,650,000 or have an area of not less than 
20,000 square miles, and that, for purposes of 
an application for a covered grant, is rep-
resented by 1 or more governments or govern-
mental agencies within such geographic area, 
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