annually thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 
September 30, 2015’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2016’’. 
SEC. 209. REPORT ON COMPETITION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Homeland Security shall prepare a report analyzing the 
use of competition in the award of contracts by the De-
partment under the requirements of the Competition in 
Contracting Act (41 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.), which shall in-
clude— 
(1) for each component of the Department— 
(A) the total number and dollar value of 
new contracts for each of the last three full fis-
cal years for which data is available; and 
(B) of that total number, the number of 
contracts that were either— 
(i) entered into without full and open 
competition; or 
(ii) awarded under competition after 
receipt of only one offer; 
(2) a statistical analysis of statutory exceptions 
used to enter contracts without full and open com-
petition; 
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(3) a discussion of the trends in competition in 
each component of the Department; and 
(4) a comparison of the percentage of contracts 
awarded under full and open competition by the De-
partment and the percentage of contracts awarded 
under full and open competition by other Federal de-
partments and agencies. 
TITLE III—INFORMATION SHAR-
ING 
AND 
INTELLIGENCE 
ANALYSIS 
SEC. 301. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NA-
TIONAL NETWORK OF FUSION CENTERS INI-
TIATIVE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO ESTABLISH NETWORK.— 
(1) 
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
210A 
of 
the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124h) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 210A. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NA-
TIONAL NETWORK OF FUSION CENTERS INI-
TIATIVE.’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a De-
partment of Homeland Security State, Local, 
and Regional Fusion Center Initiative to estab-
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lish partnerships with State, local, and regional 
fusion centers’’ and inserting ‘‘a Department of 
Homeland Security National Network of Fusion 
Centers Initiative to establish partnerships with 
State and major urban area fusion centers’’; 
(C) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) INTERAGENCY SUPPORT AND COORDINATION.— 
Through the Department of Homeland Security National 
Network of Fusion Centers Initiative, principal officials of 
participating State and major urban area fusion centers, 
and the officers designated as the Homeland Security Ad-
visors of the States, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with other Federal departments 
and agencies to provide operational and intelligence 
advice and assistance to the National Network of 
Fusion Centers; 
‘‘(2) support the integration of State and major 
urban area fusion centers into the information shar-
ing environment and the National Prevention 
Framework as required by Presidential Policy Direc-
tive 8; 
‘‘(3) oversee the maturation and sustainment of 
the National Network of Fusion Centers, including 
the development of a fusion center performance 
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management program and exercises to assess the ca-
pability of individual fusion centers, the statewide 
fusion process, and the national network; 
‘‘(4) reduce inefficiencies and maximize the ef-
fectiveness of Federal resource support; 
‘‘(5) develop criteria for designating fusion cen-
ters that enables the most effective allocation of 
Federal resources and aligns with priorities of the 
Department as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(6) coordinate with the Nationwide Suspicious 
Activity Reporting Initiative to ensure information 
within the scope of the information sharing environ-
ment created under section 1016 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 
U.S.C. 485) gathered by the National Network of 
Fusion Centers is incorporated into the Depart-
ment’s information resources; 
‘‘(7) provide management guidance and assist-
ance to the National Network of Fusion Centers; 
‘‘(8) serve as a point of contact for and effec-
tive dissemination of information within the scope of 
such information sharing environment to the Na-
tional Network of Fusion Centers; 
‘‘(9) serve as the single point of contact to en-
sure the close communication and coordination be-
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tween the National Network of Fusion Centers and 
the Department; 
‘‘(10) provide the National Network of Fusion 
Centers with expertise on Department resources and 
operations; 
‘‘(11) coordinate the provision of training and 
technical assistance to the National Network of Fu-
sion Centers and encourage fusion centers in such 
Network to participate in terrorism threat-related 
exercises conducted by the Department; 
‘‘(12) ensure, to the greatest extent practicable, 
that support to fusion centers in such network is re-
flected as a national priority in all applicable grant 
guidance; 
‘‘(13) ensure that each fusion center in such 
network has a privacy policy approved by the Chief 
Privacy Officer of the Department; and 
‘‘(14) carry out such other duties as the Sec-
retary determines are appropriate.’’; 
(D) in subsection (c), by striking so much 
as precedes paragraph (3)(B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) RESOURCE ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(1) 
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
UNDER
SEC-
RETARY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary 
for Intelligence and Analysis shall— 
‘‘(i) lead Department efforts to ensure 
fusion centers in the Network are the pri-
mary focal points for the sharing of ter-
rorism-related information with State and 
local entities; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure that, as appropriate, oper-
ational, programmatic, and administrative 
resources, including intelligence officers, 
intelligence analysts, reporting officers, 
and other liaisons from components of the 
Department are provided to qualifying 
State and major urban area fusion centers. 
‘‘(B) GRANT GUIDANCE.—The Under Sec-
retary for Intelligence and Analysis shall pro-
vide guidance on fusion centers to the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency in accordance with the memorandum of 
understanding required under section 210F. 
‘‘(2) SOURCES OF SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Resources allocated 
under this subsection to fusion centers in the 
Network shall be provided by the following De-
partment components and offices, in coordina-
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tion with the respective component head and in 
consultation with the principal officials of fu-
sion centers in the Network: 
‘‘(i) The Office of Intelligence and 
Analysis. 
‘‘(ii) The Office of Infrastructure Pro-
tection. 
‘‘(iii) The Transportation Security 
Administration. 
‘‘(iv) U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection. 
‘‘(v) U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement. 
‘‘(vi) The Coast Guard. 
‘‘(vii) The Privacy Office of the De-
partment. 
‘‘(viii) The Office for Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties of the Department. 
‘‘(ix) Other components or offices of 
the Department, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
FED-
ERAL AGENCIES.—The Under Secretary for In-
telligence and Analysis shall coordinate with ap-
propriate officials throughout the Federal gov-
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ernment to ensure the relevant deployment of 
representatives of other Federal departments 
and agencies. 
‘‘(3) RESOURCE ALLOCATION CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make available criteria for allocating resources 
referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) to any fusion 
center in the Network.’’; 
(E) by adding the following at the end of 
subsection (c)(3)(B): 
‘‘(vi) whether the fusion center has 
privacy protections in place that are deter-
mined to be at least as comprehensive as 
the Federal information sharing environ-
ment privacy guidelines in effect on the 
date of the enactment.’’; 
(F) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by amending paragraph (1) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
it a priority to allocate resources, including deployed 
personnel, under this section from U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, and the Coast Guard to participating 
State and major urban area fusion centers located in 
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jurisdictions along land or maritime borders of the 
United States in order to enhance the integrity of 
and security at such borders by helping Federal, 
State, local, and tribal law enforcement authorities 
to identify, investigate, and otherwise interdict per-
sons, weapons, and related contraband that pose a 
threat to homeland security.’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘participating State, local, and regional fu-
sion centers’’ and inserting ‘‘participating 
State and major urban area fusion cen-
ters’’; 
(G) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), 
(h), (i), (j), and (k) as subsections (g), (h), (i), 
(j), (k), and (l), respectively, and inserting after 
subsection (e) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) MASS TRANSIT INTELLIGENCE PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the greatest extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall, under this section, 
assign personnel with expertise in security of mass 
transit systems to participating State and major 
urban area fusion centers located in high-risk juris-
dictions with mass transit systems. 
‘‘(2) MASS
TRANSIT
INTELLIGENCE
PROD-
UCTS.—In performing the responsibilities under sub-
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section (d), officers and intelligence analysts as-
signed to fusion centers in the Network shall, as a 
primary responsibility, create mass transit intel-
ligence products that— 
‘‘(A) assist State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement agencies in detecting and interdicting 
terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and re-
lated contraband traveling on mass transit sys-
tems or targeting mass transit systems; 
‘‘(B) promote consistent and timely shar-
ing of mass transit security-relevant informa-
tion among jurisdictions with mass transit sys-
tems; and 
‘‘(C) enhance the Department’s situational 
awareness of the threat of acts of terrorism at 
or involving mass transit systems. 
‘‘(3) DECONFLICTION.—In performing the re-
sponsibilities under subsection (d), officers and intel-
ligence analysts assigned to fusion centers in the 
Network shall assist Federal, State, local, and tribal 
law enforcement authorities overseeing the security 
of mass transit systems with resolving conflicting 
threat information provided by Federal Government 
sources.’’; 
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(H) by amending subsection (j), as so re-
designated, to read as follows: 
‘‘(j) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Attorney General, shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure the consistent application of guid-
ance for identifying baseline capabilities and oper-
ational standards that must be achieved by a fusion 
center to participate in the Network; and 
‘‘(2) ensure that such guidance aligns with and 
is mutually supportive of the role of fusion centers 
in the National Prevention Framework.’’; and 
(I) in subsection (l), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (j)’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by 
striking the item relating to such section and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Sec. 210A. Department of Homeland Security National Network of Fusion 
Centers Initiative.’’. 
(b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON FUSION 
CENTERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 210G. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON FU-
SION CENTERS. 
‘‘The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall enter into a memorandum of under-
standing with the Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis that delineates the roles and responsibilities of 
their respective organizations with respect to policy and 
guidance for fusion center-related expenditures with grant 
funds.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by add-
ing at the end of the items relating to such subtitle 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 21GA. Memorandum of understanding on fusion centers.’’. 
SEC. 302. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION SHARING 
NETWORKS DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Within 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall develop a comprehensive strategy for the co-
ordinated development and deployment of unclassified, 
sensitive but unclassified, and classified information shar-
ing computer networks of the Department of Homeland 
Security. 
(b) PLAN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The strategy under sub-
section (a) shall include a comprehensive plan for 
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the further development, acquisition, and deploy-
ment, and continual operations of— 
(A) the Homeland Security Information 
Network; 
(B) the Homeland Secure Data Network; 
and 
(C) the Homeland Top Secret Network. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The plan shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) cost estimates for the further develop-
ment of the networks identified in paragraph 
(1); 
(B) development and acquisition schedules; 
(C) a schedule for the decommissioning the 
legacy C–LAN system and transition to the 
Homeland Top Secret Network; 
(D) a comprehensive list of systems re-
quirements that meet strategic goals and De-
partment-wide operational and analytical mis-
sion requirements; 
(E) a plan for standardizing and properly 
disseminating the networks across the Depart-
ment; 
(F) consideration for any homeland secu-
rity computer system or database not listed in 
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paragraph (1) that is currently in development 
or in operation in any component or office of 
the Department and that should be merged 
with or incorporated into one of the networks 
listed in paragraph (1) to eliminate redundancy, 
and a schedule for such merger or incorpora-
tion; and 
(G) a comprehensive plan for the coordi-
nated deployment of the systems listed in para-
graph (1), as considered appropriate by the 
Secretary, to— 
(i) the Department of Homeland Se-
curity Headquarters offices; 
(ii) the Department of Homeland Se-
curity component headquarters; 
(iii) the field elements of Department 
of Homeland Security components; 
(iv) the National Network of Fusion 
Centers; 
(v) State and local government enti-
ties; and 
(vi) other Federal departments and 
agencies. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
report the strategy required by subsection (a) to the con-
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gressional homeland security committees within 30 days 
after it is completed. 
SEC. 303. AUTHORITY FOR FLEXIBLE PERSONNEL MANAGE-
MENT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ELEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 845 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 846. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH EXCEPTED SERVICE 
POSITIONS WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE COM-
PONENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LAND SECURITY. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity may convert both unencumbered and encumbered 
competitive service positions, and the incumbents of any 
such positions, within the elements of the intelligence com-
munity within the Department of Homeland Security, to 
excepted service positions as the Secretary determines nec-
essary to carry out the intelligence functions of the De-
partment. 
‘‘(b) INCUMBENTS.—Any incumbent currently occu-
pying a position selected to be converted to the excepted 
service under this section shall have the right to refuse 
such conversion. Once such individual no longer occupies 
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the position, the position may be converted to the excepted 
service.’’. 
(b) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall include infor-
mation, together with submission of the annual budget 
justification, on the following: 
(1) the challenge with filling vacancies of the 
positions referenced in subsection (a); 
(2) the extent to which the authority provided 
under subsection (a) was utilized to fill those posi-
tions; and 
(3) any impact that the exercise of that author-
ity had on diversity within the Department. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101(b)) is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 845 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 846. Authority to establish excepted service positions within the intel-
ligence components of the Department of Homeland Security.’’. 
TITLE IV—9/11 REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘9/11 Review Commis-
sion Act’’. 
SEC. 402. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is established in the legislative branch a Na-
tional Commission to Review the National Response Since 
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the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (referred to 
as the ‘‘9/11 Review Commission’’). 
SEC. 403. PURPOSES OF THE 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION. 
The 9/11 Review Commission shall conduct a com-
prehensive review of the implementation of the rec-
ommendations proposed in the report issued by the Na-
tional Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 
States (commonly known as the ‘‘9/11 Commission’’), as 
established pursuant to section 601 of the Intelligence Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107– 
306). The review of the 9/11 Review Commission shall— 
(1) assess the progress and challenges in car-
rying out the recommendations of the 9/11 Commis-
sion, including any relevant legislation, Executive 
order, regulation, plan, policy, practice, or procedure 
implemented since the attacks of September 11, 
2001; 
(2) analyze the trends of domestic terror at-
tacks since the attacks of September 11, 2001, in-
cluding the growing influence of domestic radicaliza-
tion and its causes, and recommendations on how 
Federal, State, and local agencies can deter and 
mitigate such radicalization; 
(3) investigate whether there exists evidence 
that was not considered by the 9/11 Commission of 
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any conduct, relationships, or other factors which 
served in any manner to contribute to, facilitate, 
support, or assist the hijackers who carried out the 
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and 
(4) provide additional recommendations with re-
gard to protecting United States homeland security, 
ensuring interagency intelligence sharing, and other 
matters relating to counterterrorism policy. 
SEC. 404. COMPOSITION OF THE 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION. 
The 9/11 Review Commission shall be composed of 
a chairman, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and a vice chairman, to be appointed 
by the Majority Leader of the Senate. 
SEC. 405. AUTHORITY OF 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION. 
(a) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The 9/11 Review 
Commission, or any panel acting on the authority of the 
9/11 Review Commission, may— 
(1) hold hearings, take testimony, receive evi-
dence, and administer oaths; and 
(2) subject to subsection (b)(1), require, by sub-
poena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of 
such witnesses and the production of such books, 
records, correspondence, memoranda, electronic com-
munications, papers, and documents, as the 9/11 
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Review Commission or such designated panel may 
determine advisable. 
(b) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.— 
(1) ISSUANCE.—Upon the agreement of the 
chairman and the vice chairman, the chairman may 
issue a subpoena to compel the production of docu-
ments or sworn testimony. 
(2) PROCESS.—Subpoenas issued pursuant to 
this subsection shall be signed by the chairman or 
any person designated by the chairman, and may be 
served by any person designated by the chairman. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the event that any 
person fails to obey a subpoena issued pursuant 
to paragraph (1), the United States district 
court for the judicial district in which the sub-
poenaed person resides, is served, or may be 
found, or where the subpoena is returnable, 
may issue an order requiring such person to ap-
pear at any designated place to testify or to 
produce documentary or other evidence. Any 
person failing to obey the order of the court 
may be held in contempt of the court. 
(B) ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT.—In the 
case of any failure of any witness to comply 
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with any subpoena or to testify when sum-
moned under authority of this section, the 
chairman may certify a statement of fact con-
stituting such failure to the appropriate United 
States attorney, who may bring the matter be-
fore the grand jury for its action, under the 
same statutory authority and procedures as if 
the United States attorney had received a cer-
tification under sections 102 through 104 of the 
Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 
192–194). 
(c) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The 9/11 Review Commis-
sion is authorized to secure directly from any execu-
tive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, 
office, independent establishment, or instrumentality 
of the Government, information, suggestions, esti-
mates, and statistics for the purposes of this title. 
Each such department, bureau, agency, board, com-
mission, office, independent establishment, or instru-
mentality shall, to the extent authorized by law, fur-
nish such information, suggestions, estimates, and 
statistics directly to the 9/11 Review Commission, 
upon request made by the chairman or the vice 
chairman. 
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(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS-
SEMINATION.—Information shall only be received, 
handled, stored, and disseminated by the 9/11 Re-
view Commission, including its staff, in accordance 
with all applicable statutes, regulations, and Execu-
tive orders. 
(d) ADVISORY PANELS.—The chairman may estab-
lish advisory panels composed of individuals, including 
such experts as the chairman determines appropriate, who 
may undertake investigations, evaluate evidence, make 
findings, and provide recommendations to the 9/11 Review 
Commission. 
(e) CONTRACTING.—The 9/11 Review Commission 
may, to such extent and in such amounts as are provided 
in by appropriations, enter into contracts to enable the 
Commission to discharge its duties under this title. 
(f) ASSISTANCE FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) GENERAL
SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION.— 
The Administrator of General Services shall provide 
to the 9/11 Review Commission, on a reimbursable 
basis, administrative support and other services for 
the performance of the 9/11 Review Commission’s 
functions. 
(2) OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.—In 
addition to the assistance prescribed in paragraph 
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(1), the heads of Federal departments and agencies 
may provide to the 9/11 Review Commission such 
services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support 
services as such heads may determine advisable and 
as may be authorized by law. 
(g) POSTAL SERVICES.—The 9/11 Review Commis-
sion may use the United States mails in the same manner 
and under the same conditions as Federal departments 
and agencies. 
SEC. 406. COMPENSATION. 
The chairman and vice chairman of the 9/11 Review 
Commission may receive compensation in an amount not 
to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay in effect for a position at level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, for each day during which the chairman or vice 
chairman, as the case may be, is engaged in the actual 
performance of the duties of the 9/11 Review Commission. 
SEC. 407. APPOINTMENT OF STAFF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The chairman, in consultation 
with the vice chairman and in accord with any rule agreed 
upon by the 9/11 Review Commission, may appoint and 
fix the compensation of a staff director and such other 
personnel as may be necessary to enable the 9/11 Review 
Commission to carry out its functions, without regard to 
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the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing 
appointments in the competitive service, and without re-
gard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and 
General Schedule pay rates, except that no rate of pay 
fixed under this subsection may exceed the equivalent of 
that payable for a position at level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—While away from their 
homes or regular places of business in the performance 
of services for the 9/11 Review Commission, members and 
staff of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same man-
ner as persons employed intermittently in the Government 
service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 
5, United States Code. 
(c) STAFF AS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any staff receiving com-
pensation under this section shall be employees 
under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, 
for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, 
and 90 of such title. 
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(2) MEMBERS OF COMMISSION.—Paragraph (1) 
shall not be construed to apply to the chairman or 
vice chairman. 
(d) DETAILEES.—Any Federal Government employee 
may be detailed to the 9/11 Review Commission without 
reimbursement from the 9/11 Review Commission, and 
such detailee shall retain the rights, status, and privileges 
of his or her regular employment without interruption. 
(e) CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The 9/11 Review Com-
mission is authorized to procure the services of experts 
and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, but at rates not to exceed the daily 
rate paid to a person occupying a position at level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 408. SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR COMMISSION MEM-
BERS AND STAFF. 
The appropriate Federal agencies or departments 
shall provide to the 9/11 Review Commission, to the extent 
possible, personnel with appropriate security clearances. 
No person shall be provided with access to classified infor-
mation under this title without the appropriate security 
clearances. 
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SEC. 409. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 9/11 Review 
Commission. 
(b) PUBLIC MEETINGS AND RELEASE OF PUBLIC 
VERSIONS OF REPORTS.—The 9/11 Review Commission 
shall— 
(1) hold public hearings and meetings to the ex-
tent appropriate; and 
(2) release public versions of the reports re-
quired under this title. 
(c) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Any public hearings of the 
9/11 Review Commission shall be conducted in a manner 
consistent with the protection of information provided to 
or developed for or by the 9/11 Review Commission as re-
quired by any applicable statute, regulation, or Executive 
order. 
SEC. 410. REPORTS OF 9/11 REVIEW COMMISSION. 
(a) INTERIM REPORTS.—The 9/11 Review Commis-
sion may submit to the President and provide to Congress 
interim reports containing its findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations, and may submit with such reports any 
classified annexes. 
(b) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the 9/11 Review 
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Commission shall submit to the President and appropriate 
congressional committees (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
101)) a final report, together with a classified annex if 
such is determined appropriate, containing such findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations for corrective measures 
as have been agreed to by the chairman and vice chair-
man. 
(c) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The 9/11 Review Commis-
sion, and all the authorities of this title, shall termi-
nate 30 days after the date on which the final report 
is submitted under subsection (b). 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES BEFORE TER-
MINATION.—The 9/11 Review Commission may use 
the 30-day period referred to in paragraph (1) for 
the purpose of concluding its activities, including 
providing testimony to Congress concerning its re-
ports and disseminating the final report. 
SEC. 411. FUNDING. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out this 
title. 
(b) DURATION OF AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made 
available to the 9/11 Review Commission under this sec-
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tion shall remain available until the termination of the 9/ 
11 Review Commission. 
TITLE V—PREPAREDNESS AND 
RESPONSE 
Subtitle A—WMD Preparedness 
and Response 
SEC. 501. HOMELAND SECURITY BIODEFENSE STRATEGY. 
(a) BIODEFENSE REVIEW AND STRATEGY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new title: 
‘‘TITLE XXI—WEAPONS OF MASS 
DESTRUCTION 
‘‘SEC. 2101. BIODEFENSE STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall issue, at 
least once every four years, a biodefense strategy that es-
tablishes detailed strategic biodefense objectives for the 
Department’s mission areas. 
‘‘(b) COMPONENTS.—The strategy shall— 
‘‘(1) delineate those areas of biodefense for 
which the Department is explicitly responsible; 
‘‘(2) include an inventory of the Department’s 
biodefense capabilities and assets; 
‘‘(3) 
be 
sufficiently 
detailed 
to 
guide 
prioritization of Department investments in and 
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at the end of paragraph (14), striking the period at the 
end of paragraph (15) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(16) provide guidance on interoperable emer-
gency communications to the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency in accord-
ance with the memorandum of understanding re-
quired under section 1811.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION FOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDER-
STANDING ON EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title XVIII of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1811. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON EMER-
GENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
‘‘The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall execute a memorandum of under-
standing with the Director of the Office of Emergency 
Communications delineating the roles and responsibilities 
of each office with respect to policy and guidance for com-
munications-related expenditures with grant funds.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1811. Memorandum of Understanding on Emergency Communications.’’. 
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