(5) in section 411(a), by striking ‘‘under the au-
thority of the Under Secretary for Border and Trans-
portation Security,’’; 
(6) in section 430— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting 
‘‘There is in the Department an’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall be’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘Security’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking the second 
sentence; and 
(C) by striking subsection (d). 
(7) in section 441, by striking ‘‘Under Secretary 
for Border and Transportation Security’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(8) in section 442(a)— 
(A) 
in 
paragraph 
(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘who—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(B) shall’’ 
and inserting ‘‘who shall’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘Under Secretary for Border and Transpor-
tation Security’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘Border and Transportation Security’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Policy’’; 
(9) in section 443, by striking ‘‘The Under Sec-
retary for Border and Transportation Security’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to the direction and control of the 
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary’’; 
(10) in section 444, by striking ‘‘The Under Sec-
retary for Border and Transportation Security’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Subject to the direction and control of the 
Secretary, the Deputy Secretary’’; 
(11) in section 472(e), by striking ‘‘or the Under 
Secretary for Border and Transportation Security’’; 
and 
(12) in section 878(e), by striking ‘‘the Direc-
torate of Border and Transportation Security’’ and 
inserting ‘‘United States Customs and Border Protec-
tion, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by striking the item relating to title IV and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘TITLE IV—DIRECTORATE FOR POLICY’’; 
and 
(2) by striking the items relating to subtitle A of 
title IV and inserting the following: 
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‘‘Subtitle A—Under Secretary for Policy 
‘‘Sec. 401. Directorate for Policy.’’. 
SEC. 202. DIRECT LINE AUTHORITY FOR CHIEF OPERATING 
OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 707. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Operating Officers of 
the Department include the following officials of the Depart-
ment: 
‘‘(1) The Chief Financial Officer. 
‘‘(2) The Chief Procurement Officer. 
‘‘(3) The Chief Information Officer. 
‘‘(4) The Chief Human Capital Officer. 
‘‘(5) The Chief Administrative Officer. 
‘‘(6) The Chief Security Officer. 
‘‘(b) DELEGATION.—The Secretary shall delegate to 
each Chief Operating Officer direct authority over that Offi-
cer’s counterparts in component agencies to ensure that the 
component agencies adhere to the laws, rules, regulations, 
and departmental policies for which such Officer is respon-
sible for implementing. In coordination with the head of 
the relevant component agency, such authorities shall in-
clude, with respect to the Officer’s counterparts within com-
ponent agencies of the Department, the following: 
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‘‘(1) The authority to direct the activities of per-
sonnel. 
‘‘(2) The authority to direct planning, oper-
ations, and training. 
‘‘(3) The authority to direct the budget and other 
financial resources. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH HEADS
OF COMPONENT 
AGENCIES.—In reporting to a Chief Operating Officer of 
the Department as required under subsection (b), a Chief 
Operating Officer of a component agency shall coordinate 
with the head of that component agency.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 706 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 707. Chief Operating Officers.’’. 
SEC. 203. COMPREHENSIVE HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE
HOMELAND
SECURITY
RE-
VIEW.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 402. COMPREHENSIVE HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT REVIEWS.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Policy, 
shall conduct a comprehensive examination of the Depart-
ment, to be known as the Comprehensive Homeland Secu-
rity Review. The Secretary shall conduct the first such re-
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view in fiscal year 2009, and shall conduct a subsequent 
review in the first fiscal year in which there begins the first 
presidential term of a new presidential administration. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF REVIEW.—In each Comprehensive 
Homeland Security Review, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) include a Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Strategy that is consistent with the most recent 
National Strategy for Homeland Security prescribed 
by the President; 
‘‘(2) define sufficient personnel and appropriate 
organizational structure and other requirements nec-
essary for the successful execution of the full range of 
missions called for in the Department of Homeland 
Security Strategy; and 
‘‘(3) identify a budget plan, acquisition strategy, 
procurement process, and any other resources, that 
are necessary to provide sufficient resources for the 
successful execution of the full range of missions called 
for in the Department of Homeland Security Strat-
egy. 
‘‘(c) CONDUCT OF REVIEW.— 
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The Secretary 
shall conduct each review required under subsection 
(a) in consultation with key officials of the Depart-
ment, including the Assistant Secretary of the Trans-
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portation Security Administration, the Commissioner 
of United States Customs and Border Protection, the 
Director of United States Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services, the Assistant Secretary for Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement, the Director of the United 
States Secret Service, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, the Director of 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and 
the Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP WITH FUTURE YEARS HOME-
LAND SECURITY PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that each review conducted under this section is 
consistent with the Future Years Homeland Security 
Program required under section 874. 
‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives, to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and to 
the President a report on each Comprehensive Home-
land Security Review. Each such report shall be sub-
mitted during the fiscal year following the fiscal year 
in which the review is conducted, but not later than 
the date on which the President submits to Congress 
the budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
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States Code, for the fiscal year following the fiscal 
year in which the report is to be submitted. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—Each such report shall include 
the following, with a focus on reducing and managing 
risk and in preparing for, mitigating against, re-
sponding to, and recovering from terrorist attacks, 
major disasters, and other emergencies: 
‘‘(A) A comprehensive assessment of the level 
of alignment between the Department of Home-
land Security Strategy and the human resources, 
infrastructure, assets, and organizational struc-
ture of the Department. 
‘‘(B) An explanation of any and all under-
lying assumptions used in conducting the Re-
view. 
‘‘(C) The human resources requirements and 
response capabilities of the Department as they 
relate to the risks of terrorist attacks, major dis-
asters, and other emergencies. 
‘‘(D) The strategic and tactical air, border 
sea, and land capabilities and requirements to 
support the Department of Homeland Security 
Strategy. 
‘‘(E) The nature and appropriateness of 
homeland security operational capabilities, in-
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cluding operational scientific and technical re-
sources and capabilities and the anticipated ef-
fects on the human resources capabilities, costs, 
efficiencies, resources, and planning of the De-
partment of any technology or operational capa-
bilities anticipated to be available during the 
years subsequent to the Review. 
‘‘(F) Any other matter the Secretary con-
siders appropriate to include in the Review. 
‘‘(3) DEADLINE FOR INITIAL REPORT.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit 
the first Report required under subsection (a) not 
later than September 30, 2010. 
‘‘(e) PREPARATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 RE-
VIEW.—In fiscal year 2008, the Under Secretary for Policy 
shall make all preparations for the conduct of the first Com-
prehensive Homeland Security Review in fiscal year 2009, 
including— 
‘‘(1) determining the tasks to be performed; 
‘‘(2) estimating the human, financial, and other 
resources required to perform each task; 
‘‘(3) establishing the schedule for the execution of 
all project tasks; 
‘‘(4) ensuring that these resources will be avail-
able as needed; and 
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‘‘(5) all other preparations considered necessary 
by the Under Secretary.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the 
item relating to section 401 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 402. Comprehensive Homeland Security Review.’’. 
SEC. 204. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE UNDER SECRETARY 
FOR MANAGEMENT. 
(a) QUALIFICATIONS.—Section 701 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Under Secretary for Man-
agement shall have all of the following qualifications: 
‘‘(1) Extensive executive level leadership and 
management experience in the public or private sec-
tor. 
‘‘(2) Strong leadership skills. 
‘‘(3) A demonstrated ability to manage large and 
complex organizations. 
‘‘(4) A proven record of achieving positive oper-
ational results.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT; INCUMBENT.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall name an in-
dividual who meets the qualifications of section 701 of the 
Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 341), as amended by sub-
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section (a), to serve as the Under Secretary for Manage-
ment. The Secretary may submit the name of the individual 
who serves in the position of Under Secretary for Manage-
ment of the Department of Homeland Security on the date 
of enactment of this Act together with a statement the in-
forms the Congress that the individual meets the qualifica-
tions of such section as so amended. 
SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONSOLIDA-
TION OF DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the Department of Homeland Security and 
its component headquarters facilities are currently 
scattered widely throughout the National Capital Re-
gion (NCR); 
(2) this geographic dispersal disrupts the De-
partment’s ability to operate in an efficient manner, 
and could impair its ability to prevent, deter, prepare 
for, and respond to a terrorist attack, major disaster, 
or other emergencies; 
(3) the Government Accountability Office con-
tinues to list ‘‘Implementing and Transforming the 
Department of Homeland Security’’ on its ‘‘High 
Risk list’’; 
(4) consolidating the Department’s headquarters 
and component facilities, to the greatest extent prac-
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ticable, would be an important step in facilitating the 
transformation and integration of the Department; 
and 
(5) the President has provided funding for De-
partment consolidation in the fiscal year 2008 budget, 
and has determined that the only site under the con-
trol of the Federal Government and in the NCR with 
the size, capacity, and security features to meet the 
Department of Homeland Security’s minimum con-
solidation needs as identified in the Department of 
Homeland Security NCR Housing Master Plan sub-
mitted to Congress on October 24, 2006, is the West 
Campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital in the District of 
Columbia. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the consolidation of the Department and its key compo-
nent headquarters on the West Campus of St. Elizabeths 
Hospital, to the maximum extent practicable consistent 
with the Department’s Housing Plan as submitted to Con-
gress in October 2006, should move forward as expeditiously 
as possible with all the agencies involved in this effort bear-
ing those costs for which they are responsible. 
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SEC. 206. REQUIRED BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR OFFICE OF 
COUNTERNARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT. 
In each fiscal year budget request for the Department 
of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall include a separate line item for the fiscal year for 
expenditures by the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement 
of the Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 
207. 
DESIGNATION 
OF 
OFFICE 
OF 
COUNTER-
NARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT AS PRIMARY DE-
PARTMENT COUNTERNARCOTICS ENFORCE-
MENT REPRESENTATIVE. 
Section 878(d)(5) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 458(d)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘to be 
a representative’’ and inserting ‘‘to be the primary rep-
resentative’’. 
SEC. 208. GRANTING LINE AUTHORITY TO THE ASSISTANT 
SECRETARY FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS. 
Section 701 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 341) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORITY OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS OVER DEPARTMENTAL COUNTER-
PARTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary for the De-
partment shall ensure that the Assistant Secretary for 
Legislative Affairs has adequate authority over his or 
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