HSA Technical Corrections Act
- Last Action
- 4/12/2017
Actions
- 2017-04-12Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 50.
- 2017-04-12Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-90.
- 2017-04-12Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-90.
- 2017-03-08Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- 2017-03-08Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- 2017-02-28Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
- 2017-02-28Introduced in House
- 2017-02-28Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2017-04-12 (79)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
HSA Technical Corrections Act
(Sec. 3) This bill makes technical corrections to the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
The bill includes among those appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, and (2) a Commandant of the Coast Guard.
References to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are updated.
"Nuclear Incident Response Team" is defined as a resource that includes: (1) those entities of the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support functions (including accident response, search response, advisory, and technical operations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions; and (2) those entities of the Environmental Protection Agency that perform such support functions (including radiological emergency response functions) and related functions.
The bill updates references to: (1) the Director of Central Intelligence to read as the Director of National Intelligence, and (2) "Hawaiian native-serving" to read as "Native Hawaiian-serving."
Cosponsors (1)
- Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Subjects
- Department of Homeland Security
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Homeland security
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