To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for an Office of Intelligence and Analysis and an Office of Infrastructure Protection, and for other purposes.

Bill: 109-hr-5004
Sponsor: Rep. Simmons, Rob [R-CT-2]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Awards, medals, prizes
Classified defense information
Commemorations
Communication satellites
Computer security measures
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal justice information
Data banks
Delegation of powers
Department of Homeland Security
Disasters
Dubai Ports World aftermath legislation
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Emergency communication systems
Employee selection
Employee training
Energy
Energy facilities
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal officials
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fringe benefits
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Information services
Information technology
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intelligence officers
Labor and Employment
Law
Planning
Public records
Rating of employees
Recruiting of employees
Relocation
Risk
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Terrorism
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) rename the Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection as the Office of Intelligence and Analysis and the Under Secretary for such Directorate as the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis; (2) expand the intelligence-related duties of the Under Secretary; (3) establish within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis an Internal Continuity of Operations (COOP) Plan to assure the continuation of intelligence operations during emergencies; (4) specify the responsibilities of each intelligence component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (5) establish an Office of Infrastructure Protection within DHS to be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House