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Senate, and other appropriate congressional commit-
tees. The Authorization Liaison Officer shall report 
directly to the Chief Financial Officer. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
The Authorization Liaison Officer shall coordinate 
with the Appropriations Liaison Officer within the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer to ensure, to 
the greatest extent possible, that all reports pre-
pared for the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are sub-
mitted concurrently to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, and other appropriate congres-
sional committees.’’. 
SEC. 303. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Of the 
amount authorized by section 101, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
$108,500,000 for fiscal year 2008 for operations of the 
Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security. 
(b) ASSISTING THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING 
AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—An Inspector General of the 
Department of Homeland Security appointed under 
section 3 or 8G of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) may authorize staff to use 
funds authorized under subsection (a) to assist the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 
upon request by the Center— 
(A) by conducting reviews of inactive case 
files that the Inspector General has reason to 
believe involve a child or possible offender lo-
cated outside the United States, and to develop 
recommendations for further investigations; and 
(B) by engaging in similar activities. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) PRIORITY.—An Inspector General may 
not permit staff to engage in activities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) if such activities will 
interfere with the duties of the Inspector Gen-
eral under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.). 
(B) FUNDING.—No additional funds are 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
paragraph. 
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SEC. 304. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 111 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 104. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall actively con-
sult with the congressional homeland security committees 
and other appropriate congressional committees, and shall 
keep such committees fully and currently informed with 
respect to all activities and responsibilities within the ju-
risdictions of these committees. 
‘‘(b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Nothing in 
this section affects the requirements of section 872. The 
requirements of this section supplement, and do not re-
place, the requirements of that section. 
‘‘(c) CLASSIFIED
NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary 
may submit any information required by this section in 
classified form if the information is classified pursuant to 
applicable national security standards. 
‘‘(d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—This section shall not be 
construed to limit or otherwise affect the congressional no-
tification requirements of title V of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 413 et seq.), insofar as they apply 
to the Department. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘congressional homeland security committees’ means the 
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Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding 
at the end of the items relating to such title the following: 
‘‘Sec. 104. Congressional notification.’’. 
(c) COAST GUARD MISSION REVIEW REPORT.—Sec-
tion 888(f)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 468(f)(2)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(B) 
through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F) re-
spectively; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives;’’. 
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TITLE IV—PROCUREMENT POL-
ICY 
AND 
RESOURCES 
IM-
PROVEMENTS 
SEC. 401. HOMELAND SECURITY PROCUREMENT TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 836. HOMELAND SECURITY PROCUREMENT TRAIN-
ING. 
‘‘(a) PROVISION OF TRAINING.—The Chief Procure-
ment Officer shall provide homeland security procurement 
training to acquisition employees. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHIEF PROCUREMENT 
OFFICER.—The Chief Procurement Officer shall carry out 
the following responsibilities: 
‘‘(1) Establish objectives to achieve the efficient 
and effective use of available acquisition resources 
by coordinating the acquisition education and train-
ing programs of the Department and tailoring them 
to support the careers of acquisition employees. 
‘‘(2) Develop, in consultation with the Council 
on Procurement Training established under sub-
section (d), the curriculum of the homeland security 
procurement training to be provided. 
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‘‘(3) Establish, in consultation with the Council 
on Procurement Training, training standards, re-
quirements, and courses to be required for acquisi-
tion employees. 
‘‘(4) Establish an appropriate centralized mech-
anism to control the allocation of resources for con-
ducting such required courses and other training 
and education. 
‘‘(5) Select course providers and certify courses 
to ensure that the procurement training curriculum 
supports a coherent framework for the educational 
development of acquisition employees, including the 
provision of basic, intermediate, and advanced 
courses. 
‘‘(6) Publish an annual catalog that includes a 
list of the acquisition education and training 
courses. 
‘‘(7) Develop a system of maintaining records 
of student enrollment, and other data related to stu-
dents and courses conducted pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY
FOR TRAINING.—An acquisition 
employee of any entity under subsection (d)(3) may re-
ceive training provided under this section. The appropriate 
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