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H.R. 599: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.

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H.R. 599: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.

110th Congress · introduced 2007-01-22 · Emergency Management · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-01-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 47 (2007): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, HR599 (2007-01-23), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that a sufficient number of full-time equivalent personnel, who are properly trained and qualified to apply legal, economic, and risk analyses, are involved in the review and prioritization of anti-terrorism technologies to determine whether such technologies may be designated or certified anti-terrorism technologies under the SAFETY Act. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a formal coordination process that includes the official of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with primary responsibility for the implementation of such Act, the Chief Procurement Officer of DHS, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, the Under Secretary for Policy, and the General Counsel of DHS to ensure the maximum application of the litigation and risk management provisions of such Act to anti-terrorism technologies procured by DHS; (2) promote awareness and utilization of the litigation and risk management provisions of such Act in the procurement of anti-terrorism technologies; and (3) issue a departmental management directive providing for coordination between DHS procurement officials and any other DHS official responsible for implementing such Act in advance of any DHS procurement of an anti-terrorism technology.

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Official text

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to streamline the SAFETY Act and anti-terrorism technology procurement processes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2] · 18 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mike Rogers (R-AL), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL)

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Record fed-us-cong110-hr599 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110