HR 1292 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Homeland Security Strategy Act of 2001

Latest action · Aug 10, 2001 Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 29, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Homeland Security Strategy Act of 2001 - Directs the President to: (1) develop a comprehensive strategy for homeland security (protection from terrorist or strategic attacks) under which Federal, State, and local government organizations coordinate and cooperate to meet security objectives; (2) conduct a comprehensive threat and risk assessment to identify specific homeland security threats; (3) implement the resulting strategy as soon as practicable; (4) designate a single Government official responsible for homeland security; and (5) ensure that the strategy is carried out through the heads of appropriate executive departments and agencies.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to restructure appropriations accounts as necessary to carry out organizational and operational changes to meet such strategy.

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2001 to Oct 16, 2001.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MSGene TaylorMay 9, 2001
D-TXSilvestre ReyesMay 9, 2001
D-CTJohn B. LarsonOct 16, 2001

Committees 4

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseArmed Services Committee
Referred Mar 29, 2001
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Mar 29, 2001
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Referred Mar 30, 2001Hearings Apr 24, 2001
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 29, 2001
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
Referred Apr 19, 2001
HouseIntelligence (Permanent Select) Committee
Referred Mar 29, 2001

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Aug 10, 2001Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
  2. Apr 24, 2001Joint Hearing Held by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management and by the Subcommittee on National Security, Veteran's Affairs and International Relations (Government Reform).
  3. Apr 19, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
  4. Apr 4, 2001Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
  5. Mar 30, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
  6. Mar 29, 2001Introduced in House
  7. Mar 29, 2001Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and 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.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H18Ike Skelton D-MOJan 23, 2002

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 107-58COMBATING TERRORISM: OPTIONS TO IMPROVE FEDERAL RESPONSE189 pagesArmed Services Committee · Foreign Affairs Committee · Oversight and Government Reform Committee · Transportation and Infrastructure Committee · Veterans' Affairs CommitteeApr 24, 2001

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
IN12124HSA@20 Episode Companion: Government Reorganization ArchivedInsightMar 20, 2023

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require the President to develop and implement a strategy for homeland security.
Short Titles as Introduced
Homeland Security Strategy Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 29, 2001Introduced in House

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