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On the recordApril 19, 2021
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 370) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make technical corrections to the requirement that the Secretary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial homeland security reviews, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 370 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 ``Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021''. SEC. 2. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW. (a) In General.--Section 707 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 347) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(3)-- (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph: ``(C) representatives from appropriate advisory committees established pursuant to section 871, including the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, or otherwise established, including the Aviation Security Advisory Committee established pursuant to section 44946 of title 49, United States Code; and''; (2) in subsection (b)-- (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ``based on the risk ass…
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Ritchie Torres
Democratic · New York

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