FEMA
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
see also www.detailshere.com/fema1.htm and
FEMA is moving ahead with plans to create temporary cities that could handle
millions of Americans after mass
destruction attacks on U.S. cities. http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/8/6/183147.shtml
SECRET MILITARY CODES DISCOVERED HIDDEN IN OUR ROAD SIGNS! The Department of Transportation has been lying and is deeply involved in covert military operations nationwide. "Highly reflective" markers of different variety began appearing on the backs of road signs across America with the explanation forwarded that the D.O.T. were "dating" road signs for signage replacement and warranty purposes. For many years now, under the guidance of federal and local managers, every city, town and village in the U.S. has been covertly set up by manipulating and using our sign system to target and mark vital sites, facilities and resources for confiscation and seizure by the military.
http://www.tackamarks.freeservers.com/index.html
FEMA Executive Orders
http://www.trunkerton.fsnet.co.uk/
Some people have referred to it as the "secret government" of the United States. It is not an elected body, it does not involve itself in public disclosures, and it even has a quasi-secret budget in the billions of dollars. This government organization has more power than the President of the United States or the Congress, it has the power to suspend laws, move entire populations, arrest and detain citizens without a warrant and hold them without trial, it can seize property, food supplies, transportation systems, and can suspend the Constitution Not only is it the most powerful entity in the United States, but it was not even created under Constitutional law by the Congress. It was a product of a Presidential Executive Order. No, it is not the U.S. military nor the Central Intelligence Agency, they are subject to Congress. The organization is called FEMA, which stands for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Originally conceived in the Richard Nixon Administration, it was refined by President Jimmy Carter and given teeth in the Ronald Reagan and George Bush Administrations.
FEMA had one original concept when it was created, to assure the survivability of the United States government in the event of a nuclear attack on this nation. It was also provided with the task of being a federal coordinating body during times of domestic disasters, such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes. Its awesome powers grow under the tutelage of people like Lt. Col. Oliver North and General Richard Secord, the architects on the Iran-Contra scandal and the looting of America's savings and loan institutions. FEMA has even been given control of the State Defense Forces, a rag-tag, often considered neo-Nazi, civilian army that will substitute for the National Guard, if the Guard is called to duty overseas.
THE MOST POWERFUL ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES.
Though it may be the most powerful organization in the United States, few people know it even exists. But it has crept into our private lives. Even mortgage papers contain FEMA's name in small print if the property in question is near a flood plain. FEMA was deeply involved in the Los Angeles riots and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some of the black helicopter traffic reported throughout the United States, but mainly in the West, California, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado, are flown by FEMA personnel. FEMA has been given responsibility for many new disasters including urban forest fires, home heating emergencies, refugee situations, urban riots, and emergency planning for nuclear and toxic incidents. In the West, it works in conjunction with the Sixth Army. FEMA was created in a series of Executive Orders. A Presidential Executive Order, whether Constitutional or not, becomes law simply by its publication in the Federal Registry. Congress is by-passed.
Executive Order Number 12148 created the Federal Emergency Management Agency that is to interface with the Department of Defense for civil defense planning and funding. An "emergency czar" was appointed. FEMA has only spent about 6 percent of its budget on national emergencies. The bulk of their funding has been used for the construction of secret underground facilities to assure continuity of government in case of a major emergency, foreign or domestic.
Executive Order Number 12656 appointed the National Security Council as the principal body that should consider emergency powers. This allows the government to increase domestic intelligence and surveillance of U.S. citizens and would restrict the freedom of movement within the United States and grant the government the right to isolate large groups of civilians. The National Guard could be federalized to seal all borders and take control of U.S. air space and all ports of entry. Here are just a few Executive Orders associated with FEMA that would suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen:
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation.
General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a "new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis." FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate: The National Security Act of 1947, which allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities; The 1950 Defense Production Act, which gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy; The Act of August 29, 1916, which authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency; and The International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979.
HURRICANE ANDREW FOCUSED ATTENTION ON FEMA. FEMA's deceptive role really did not come to light with much of the public until Hurricane Andrew smashed into the U.S. mainland. As Russell R. Dynes, director of the Disaster Research Center of the University of Delaware, wrote in The World and I, "...The eye of the political storm hovered over the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA became a convenient target for criticism." Because FEMA was accused of dropping the ball in Florida, the media and Congress commenced to study this agency. What came out of the critical look was that FEMA was spending 12 times more for "black operations" than for disaster relief. It spent $1.3 billion building secret bunkers throughout the United States in anticipation of government disruption by foreign or domestic upheaval. Yet fewer than 20 members of Congress, only members with top security clearance, know of the $1.3 billion expenditure by FEMA for non-natural disaster situations. These few Congressional leaders state that FEMA has a "black curtain" around its operations. FEMA has worked on National Security programs since 1979, and its predecessor, the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency, has secretly spent millions of dollars before being merged into FEMA by President Carter in 1979.
FEMA has developed 300 sophisticated mobile units that are capable of sustaining themselves for a month. The vehicles are located in five areas of the United States. They have tremendous communication systems and each contains a generator that would provide power to 120 homes, but have never been used for disaster relief. FEMA's enormous powers can be triggered easily. In any form of domestic or foreign problem, perceived and not always actual, emergency powers can be enacted. The President of the United States now has broader powers to declare martial law, which activates FEMA's extraordinary powers. Martial law can be declared during time of increased tension overseas, economic problems within the United States, such as a depression, civil unrest, such as demonstrations or scenes like the Los Angeles riots, and in a drug crisis.
These Presidential powers have increased with successive Crime Bills, particularly the 1991 and 1993 Crime Bills, which increase the power to suspend the rights guaranteed under the Constitution and to seize property of those suspected of being drug dealers, to individuals who participate in a public protest or demonstration. Under emergency plans already in existence, the power exists to suspend the Constitution and turn over the reigns of government to FEMA and appointing military commanders to run state and local governments. FEMA then would have the right to order the detention of anyone whom there is reasonable ground to believe...will engage in, or probably conspire with others to engage in acts of espionage or sabotage. The plan also authorized the establishment of concentration camps for detaining the accused, but no trial.
Three times since 1984, FEMA stood on the threshold of taking control of the nation. Once under President Reagan in 1984, and twice under President Bush in 1990 and 1992. But under those three scenarios, there was not a sufficient crisis to warrant risking martial law. Most experts on the subject of FEMA and Martial Law insisted that a crisis has to appear dangerous enough for the people of the United States before they would tolerate or accept complete government takeover. The typical crisis needed would be threat of imminent nuclear war, rioting in several U.S. cites simultaneously, a series of national disasters that affect widespread danger to the populous, massive terrorist attacks, a depression in which tens of millions are unemployed and without financial resources, or a major environmental disaster.
THREE TIMES FEMA STOOD BY READY FOR EMERGENCY
In April 1984, President Reagan signed Presidential Director Number 54 that allowed FEMA to engage in a secret national "readiness exercise" under the code name of REX 84. The exercise was to test FEMA's readiness to assume military authority in the event of a "State of Domestic National Emergency" concurrent with the launching of a direct United States military operation in Central America. The plan called for the deputation of U.S. military and National Guard units so that they could legally be used for domestic law enforcement. These units would be assigned to conduct sweeps and take into custody an estimated 400,000 undocumented Central American immigrants in the United States. The immigrants would be interned at 10 detention centers to be set up at military bases throughout the country.
REX 84 was so highly guarded that special metal security doors were placed on the fifth floor of the FEMA building in Washington, D.C. Even long-standing employees of the Civil Defense of the Federal Executive Department possessing the highest possible security clearances were not being allowed through the newly installed metal security doors. Only personnel wearing a special red Christian cross or crucifix lapel pin were allowed into the premises. Lt. Col. North was responsible for drawing up the emergency plan, which U.S. Attorney General William French Smith opposed vehemently. The plan called for the suspension of the Constitution, turning control of the government over to FEMA, appointment of military commanders to run state and local governments and the declaration of Martial Law. The Presidential Executive Orders to support such a plan were already in place. The plan also advocated the rounding up and transfer to "assembly centers or relocation camps" of a least 21 million American Negroes in the event of massive rioting or disorder, not unlike the rounding up of the Jews in Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
The second known time that FEMA stood by was in 1990 when Desert Storm was enacted. Prior to President Bush's invasion of Iraq, FEMA began to draft new legislation to increase its already formidable powers. One of the elements incorporated into the plan was to set up operations within any state or locality without the prior permission of local or state authorities. Such prior permission has always been required in the past. Much of the mechanism being set into place was in anticipation of the economic collapse of the Western World. The war with Iraq may have been conceived as a ploy to boost the bankrupt economy, but it only pushed the West into deeper recession. The third scenario for FEMA came with the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King brutality verdict. Had the rioting spread to other cities, FEMA would have been empowered to step in. As it was, major rioting only occurred in the Los Angeles area, thus preventing a pretext for a FEMA response.
On July 5, 1987, the Miami Herald published reports on FEMA's new goals. The goal was to suspend the Constitution in the event of a national crisis, such as nuclear war, violent and widespread internal dissent, or national opposition to a U.S. military invasion abroad. Lt. Col. North was the architect. National Security Directive Number 52 issued in August 1982, pertains to the "Use of National Guard Troops to Quell Disturbances." The crux of the problem is that FEMA has the power to turn the United States into a police state in time of a real crisis or a manufactured crisis. Lt. Col. North virtually established the apparatus for dictatorship. Only the criticism of the Attorney General prevented the plans from being adopted. But intelligence reports indicate that FEMA has a folder with 22 Executive Orders for the President to sign in case of an emergency. It is believed those Executive Orders contain the framework of North's concepts, delayed by criticism but never truly abandoned. The crisis, as the government now sees it, is civil unrest. For generations, the government was concerned with nuclear war, but the violent and disruptive demonstrations that surrounded the Vietnam War era prompted President Nixon to change the direction of emergency powers from war time to times of domestic unrest.
Diana Raynolds, program director of the Edward R. Murrow Center, summed up the dangers of FEMA today and the public reaction to Martial Law in a drug crisis: "It was James Madison's worst nightmare that a righteous faction would someday be strong enough to sweep away the Constitutional restraints designed by the framers to prevent the tyranny of centralized power, excessive privilege, an arbitrary governmental authority over the individual. These restraints, the balancing and checking of powers among branches and layers of government, and the civil guarantees, would be the first casualties in a drug-induced national security state with Reagan's Civil Emergency Preparedness unleashed. Nevertheless, there would be those who would welcome NSC (National Security Council) into the drug fray, believing that increasing state police powers to emergency levels is the only way left to fight American's enemy within.
In the short run, a national security state would probably be a relief to those whose personal security and quality of life has been diminished by drugs or drug related crime. And, as the general public watches the progression of institutional chaos and social decay, they too may be willing to pay the ultimate price, one drug free America for 200 years of democracy."
The first targets in any FEMA emergency would be Hispanics and Blacks, the FEMA orders call for them to be rounded up and detained. Tax protesters, demonstrators against government military intervention outside U.S. borders, and people who maintain weapons in their homes are also targets. Operation Trojan Horse is a program designed to learn the identity of potential opponents to martial law. The program lures potential protesters into public forums, conducted by a "hero" of the people who advocates survival training. The list of names gathered at such meetings and rallies are computerized and then targeted in case of an emergency.
The most shining example of America to the world has been its peaceful transition of government from one administration to another. Despite crises of great magnitude, the United States has maintained its freedom and liberty. This nation now stands on the threshold of rule by non-elected people asserting non-Constitutional powers. Even Congress cannot review a Martial Law action until six months after it has been declared. For the first time in American history, the reigns of government would not be transferred from one elected element to another, but the Constitution, itself, can be suspended. The scenarios established to trigger FEMA into action are generally found in the society today, economic collapse, civil unrest, drug problems, terrorist attacks, and protests against American intervention in a foreign country. All these premises exist, it could only be a matter of time in which one of these triggers the entire emergency necessary to bring FEMA into action, and then it may be too late, because under the FEMA plan, there is no contingency by which Constitutional power is restored.
U.S. Homeland Security Agency = FEMA?
Sierra Times 10.18.01
This news release is dated, but was sent in by a good friend from Dixie. For you
folks who thought people who predicted a FEMA takeover were just a bunch of
kooks, please read the following, paying close attention to the bold type below.
- Sierra Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) today condemned
yesterday’s terrorist attack on America and called for the establishment of a
National Homeland Security Agency to help the federal government better prevent
and respond to threats against our home.
“Yesterday was a day without adjectives,” Thornberry stated. “There is no
fitting way to properly describe the shock, horror, grief, and anger we all felt
watching the tragic events unfold. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the
victims and their families, to those who are trying to rescue those who may
still be trapped, and to those who are working to bring the cowards who
committed this crime to justice.
“America’s resolve has not been broken. In fact, I believe our resolve is
stronger now than it ever has been before. We are resolved to fight terrorism.
We are resolved to defend freedom. And we are resolved to put this tragedy
behind us and continue down the great path of democracy that our Founding
Fathers charted for us more than 200 years ago. With this same resolve, however,
we must look at areas where we need to change.
“The threats of the 21st century will not be fully deterred by our military
superiority, which is why we need to reorganize our federal agencies and our
Armed Forces so we are better prepared to deal with the complicated security
environment in which we now live.”
According to Thornberry, these changes include:
Improving our Intelligence – With better organizational focus, clearer
requirements, improved coordination and dissemination and more resources.
“Intelligence – both technical and human – remains our first and best line
of defense,” Thornberry remarked.
Transforming our Military – Everything from its personnel policies, to its
acquisition processes, to its professional education. “It will take more than
tanks and aircraft carriers to provide our security in the future,” Thornberry
said. “Our military must be able to deal with a broader array of threats.
Business as usual will not be good enough to do the job.
Strengthening our Homeland Security – Today, more than 40 agencies have some
responsibility for homeland security. “We must reorganize federal agencies to
better prevent and respond to homeland threats,” Thornberry stated. “It will
take more than incremental changes. It will take bold steps -- even if it means
stepping on bureaucratic toes -- such as the establishment of a National
Homeland Security Agency.”
Thornberry noted that he has introduced legislation that would do just that. The
bill is called The National Homeland Security Agency Act (HR 1158). Based on a
recommendation by the bipartisan Commission on National Security/21st Century,
the measure would bring together four federal agencies currently on the front
lines of homeland defense – the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast
Guard, the Customs Service, and the Border Patrol.
Under this legislation, FEMA would be renamed the National Homeland Security
Agency. The new NHSA would continue to be the federal government’s principal
response agency in times of natural disaster. But under this plan, it would also
become the federal government’s principal agency for coordination, response
and prevention with regard to terrorist attacks and other manmade disasters, and
the principal point of contact for state and local governments. In carrying out
this mission, the NHSA would be assisted by the Coast Guard, Customs Service and
Border Patrol, which would be transferred to the new homeland security agency as
independent entities.
Also transferred to the NHSA under this realignment would be the Critical
Infrastructure Assurance Office and the Institute of Information Infrastructure
Protection, which are currently in the Department of Commerce, and the National
Infrastructure Protection Center and the National Domestic Preparedness Office,
which are currently part of the Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
“The intent of establishing a new Homeland Security Agency is not to add
another layer of fat to our already bloated federal bureaucracy,” Thornberry
noted. “Rather, the goal is to realign and consolidate a number of key federal
agencies in a way that will help the federal government better prevent and
respond to homeland threats.
HR 1158 was introduced by Thornberry in March and is currently under
consideration by the Government Reform Committee.
http://www.fema.gov/library/eo12919.htm
FEMA: Executive Order 12919 Of June 3, 1994 National Defense Industrial
Resources...
Executive Order 12919 Of June 3, 1994 National Defense Industrial Resources
Preparedness
(Study this closely.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38f4e5802e35.htm
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release April 7, 2000
April 6, 2000
MEMORANDUM FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE
TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF
AGRICULTURE THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THE SECRETARY OF
TRANSPORTATION THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ADMINISTRATOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT
AND BUDGET DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR, FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION DIRECTOR, UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
SUBJECT: Designation of the Attorney General as the Lead Official for the
Emergency Response Assistance Program Under Sections 1412 and 1415 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201)
(the "Act")
Under sections 1412(a) and 1415(a) of the Act, the Secretary of Defense is
responsible for implementing the Emergency Response Assistance Program, commonly
known as the "Domestic Preparedness Program," to provide civilian
personnel of Federal, State, and local agencies with training and expert advice
regarding emergency responses to a use or threatened use of a weapon of mass
destruction or related materials, and for testing and improving the responses of
such agencies to emergencies involving chemical or biological weapons and
related materials.
Under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United
States, including sections 1412(a)(2) and 1415(d)(1) of the Act, I designate the
Attorney General to replace the Secretary of Defense as the lead Federal
official with responsibility for carrying out these programs.
These designations are effective October 1, 2000, and constitute designations
pursuant to sections 1412(a)(2) and 1415(d)(1) of the Act.
The Attorney General is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in
the Federal Register.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
What Is Homeland Security?
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/greenspan1.html
http://iahf.com/bonfire2.html
WINDS - FEMA, Totalitarian Government Enacted
In the event of a national emergency FEMA, would be invested with the power to
suspend the Constitution and take control of the US and its citizens.
http://www.rense.com/general10/roadmap.htm
The Phase III Report of the U.S.Commission on National Security/21st Century
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
National Homeland Security Agency Act (Introduced in the House)
HR 1158 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1158
To establish the National Homeland Security Agency.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2001
Mr. THORNBERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A BILL
To establish the National Homeland Security Agency.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `National Homeland Security Agency Act'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The security of the United States homeland from nontraditional and emerging
threats must be a primary national security mission of the United States
Government. Attacks against United States citizens on United States soil,
possibly causing heavy casualties, are likely during the next quarter century,
as both the technical means for carrying out such attacks, and the array of
actors who might use such means, are proliferating despite the best efforts of
United States diplomacy.
(2) Attacks on United States soil may involve weapons of mass destruction and
weapons of mass disruption. As porous as United States physical borders are in
an age of burgeoning trade and travel, its cyber borders are even more
vulnerable, and the critical infrastructure upon which so much of the United
States economy depends can now be targeted by governments as well as
individuals. The preeminence of the United States makes it more appealing as a
target, while its openness and freedoms make it more vulnerable.
(3) Despite the serious threat to homeland security, the United States
Government has not yet adopted homeland security as a primary national security
mission. Its structures and strategies are fragmented and inadequate. The assets
and organizations that now exist for homeland security are scattered across more
than two dozen departments and agencies, and all 50 States.
(4) Guaranteeing that homeland security is achieved within a framework of law
that protects the civil liberties and privacy of United States citizens is
essential. The United States Government must improve national security without
compromising established constitutional principles.
(5) A comprehensive strategy and new organizational structures to prevent and
protect against attacks on the United States homeland, and to respond to such
attacks if prevention and protection should fail, are urgently needed.
(6) Through the National Homeland Security Agency, the United States Government
will improve the planning and coordination of Federal support to State and local
agencies to rationalize the allocation of resources, enhance readiness in order
to prevent attacks, and facilitate recovery if prevention fails.
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT- There is established a National Homeland Security Agency
(hereinafter in this Act referred to as the `Agency').
(b) DIRECTOR- There shall be at the head of the Agency a Director, who shall be
appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Director shall be compensated at the rate provided for level I of the Executive
Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United States Code. The Director shall
serve as an advisor to the National Security Council.
(c) DUTIES- The duties of the Director shall be the following:
(1) To plan, coordinate, and integrate those United States Government activities
relating to homeland security, including border security and emergency
preparedness, and to act as a focal point regarding natural and manmade crises
and emergency planning.
(2) To work with State and local governments and executive agencies in
protecting United States homeland security, and to support State officials
through the use of regional offices around the country.
(3) To provide overall planning guidance to executive agencies regarding United
States homeland security.
(4) To conduct exercise and training programs for employees of the Agency and
establish effective command and control procedures for the full range of
potential contingencies regarding United States homeland security, including
contingencies that require the substantial support of military assets.
(5) To annually develop a Federal response plan for homeland security and
emergency preparedness.
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF AUTHORITIES, FUNCTIONS, PERSONNEL, AND ASSETS TO AGENCY.
The authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the following entities are
hereby transferred to the Agency:
(1) The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the ten regional offices of which
shall be maintained and strengthened by the Agency.
(2) The United States Customs Service, which shall be maintained as a distinct
entity within the Agency.
(3) The Border Patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which shall
be maintained as a distinct entity within the Agency.
(4) The United States Coast Guard, which shall be maintained as a distinct
entity within the Agency.
(5) The Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office and the Institute of
Information Infrastructure Protection of the Department of Commerce.
(6) The National Infrastructure Protection Center and the National Domestic
Preparedness Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECTORATES AND OFFICE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECTORATES- The following staff directorates are hereby
established within the Agency:
(1) DIRECTORATE OF PREVENTION- The Directorate of Prevention, which shall be
responsible for the following:
(A) Overseeing and coordinating all United States border security activities.
(B) Developing border and maritime security policy for the United States.
(C) Developing and implementing international standards for enhanced security in
transportation nodes.
(2) DIRECTORATE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION- The Directorate of
Critical Infrastructure Protection, which shall be responsible for the
following:
(A) Acting as the Critical Information Technology, Assurance, and Security
Officer of the Agency to coordinate efforts to address the vulnerability of the
United States to electronic or physical attacks on critical infrastructure of
the United States, including utilities, transportation nodes, and energy
resources.
(B) Overseeing the protection of such infrastructure and the physical assets and
information networks that make up such infrastructure.
(C) Ensuring the maintenance of a nucleus of cyber security experts within the
United States Government.
(D) Enhancing sharing of information regarding cyber security and physical
security of the United States, tracking vulnerabilities and proposing improved
risk management policies, and delineating the roles of various government
agencies in preventing, defending, and recovering from attacks.
(E) Coordinating with the Federal Communications Commission in helping to
establish cyber security policy, standards, and enforcement mechanisms, and
working closely with the Federal Communications Commission on cyber security
issues with respect to international bodies.
(F) Coordinating the activities of Information Sharing and Analysis Centers to
share information on threats, vulnerabilities, individual incidents, and privacy
issues regarding United States homeland security.
(G) Assuming the responsibilities carried out by the Critical Infrastructure
Assurance Office before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(H) Assuming the responsibilities carried out by the National Infrastructure
Protection Center before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(I) Supporting and overseeing the management of the Institute for Information
Infrastructure Protection.
(3) DIRECTORATE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE- The Directorate for
Emergency Preparedness and Response, which shall be responsible for the
following:
(A) Carrying out all emergency preparedness and response activities carried out
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency before the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(B) Assuming the responsibilities carried out by the National Domestic
Preparedness Office before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(C) Organizing and training local entities to respond to emergencies and
providing State and local authorities with equipment for detection, protection,
and decontamination in an emergency involving weapons of mass destruction.
(D) Overseeing Federal, State, and local emergency preparedness training and
exercise programs in keeping with current intelligence estimates and providing a
single staff for Federal assistance for any emergency (including emergencies
caused by flood, earthquake, hurricane, disease, or terrorist bomb).
(E) Creating a National Crisis Action Center to act as the focal point for
monitoring emergencies and for coordinating Federal support for State and local
governments and the private sector in crises.
(F) Establishing training and equipment standards, providing resource grants,
and encouraging intelligence and information sharing among the Department of
Defense, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency,
State emergency management officials, and local first responders.
(G) Coordinating and integrating activities of the Department of Defense, the
National Guard, and other Federal agencies into a Federal response plan.
(H) Coordinating activities among private sector entities, including entities
within the medical community, with respect to recovery, consequence management,
and planning for continuity of services.
(I) Developing and managing a single response system for national incidents in
coordination with the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for
Disease Control.
(J) Maintaining Federal asset databases and supporting up-to-date State and
local databases.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY- There is established in
the Agency an Office of Science and Technology, the purpose of which shall be to
advise the Director regarding research and development efforts and priorities
for the directorates established in subsection (a).
SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) BIENNIAL REPORTS- The Director shall submit to Congress on a biennial
basis--
(1) a report assessing the resources and requirements of executive agencies
relating to border security and emergency preparedness issues; and
(2) a report certifying the preparedness of the United States to prevent,
protect against, and respond to natural disasters, cyber attacks, and incidents
involving weapons of mass destruction.
(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT- Not later than the date that is one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Congress a report--
(1) assessing the progress of the Agency in--
(A) implementing the provisions of this Act; and
(B) ensuring the core functions of each entity transferred to the Agency are
maintained and strengthened; and
(2) recommending any conforming changes in law necessary as a result of the
enactment and implementation of this Act.
SEC. 7. COORDINATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
The Director shall establish and maintain strong mechanisms for the sharing of
information and intelligence with United States and international intelligence
entities.
SEC. 8. PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, AND BUDGETING PROCESS.
The Director shall establish procedures to ensure that the planning,
programming, budgeting, and financial activities of the Agency comport with
sound financial and fiscal management principles. Those procedures shall, at a
minimum, provide for the planning, programming, and budgeting of activities of
the Agency using funds that are available for obligation for a limited number of
years.
SEC. 9. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SAFETY, AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS.
The Director shall--
(1) ensure that the Agency complies with all applicable environmental, safety,
and health statutes and substantive requirements; and
(2) develop procedures for meeting such requirements.
SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
Back to world affairs homepage home