Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
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The bill also authorized the creation of Fusion Centers.
Legislative history
The bill passed the House on January 9, 2007, by a vote of 299-128-8.[1][2] It later passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent. The two chambers of Congress went to conference, and a conference report in which the bill was amended and renamed the Improving America's Security Act of 2007 passed the Senate 85-8-7 on July 26, 2007, and the House 371-40-22 the following day.[2] It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 3, 2007.[2] It became Public Law 110–53.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[3]
The private sector preparedness requirements in the bill were based on the work commissioned by the Sloan Foundation to draft a framework for voluntary preparedness.[4][5]
Short titles
- Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
- Improving America's Security Act of 2007
- 9/11 Commission International Implementation Act of 2007
- Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007 or the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007
- Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007
- Improving Emergency Communications Act of 2007
- National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007
- Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007
See also
References
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External links
- Script error: No such module "Ordinal".-congress/HR/Template:Replace HR Template:Replace
- House Vote Roll Call, Accessed January 13, 2007
- Implementing the 9/11 Commission Recommendations Act of 2007 Template:Webarchive, on WashingtonWatch.com
- USA Today story on signing of the bill into law
- Congressional efforts to implement recommendations of the 9/11 commission at SourceWatch