Local Government and Traveler Assistance Act of 2004

Local Government and Traveler Assistance Act of 2004 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security an Under Secretary for Local Government and Tourism. Transfers to the Under Secretary the functions currently held by the Office of State and Local Government Coordination. Makes the Under Secretary responsible for specified tasks currently carried out by the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Homeland Security.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5007 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5007

    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the 
Department of Homeland Security an Under Secretary for Local Government 
                  and Tourism, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2004

  Mr. Porter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                 Select Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the 
Department of Homeland Security an Under Secretary for Local Government 
                  and Tourism, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Local Government and Traveler 
Assistance Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. UNDER SECRETARY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TOURISM OF THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) Establishment of Under Secretary for Local Government and 
Tourism.--Section 103(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
113(a)) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) in order 
as paragraphs (3) through (10), and by inserting after paragraph (1) 
the following:
            ``(2) An Under Secretary for Local Government and 
        Tourism.''.
    (b) Functions.--Such Act is further amended--
            (1) in section 102(c) (6 U.S.C. 112(c)) by striking 
        ``through the Office of State and Local Coordination 
        (established under section 801)'' and inserting ``through the 
        Under Secretary for Local Government and Tourism'';
            (2) in section 102(f) (6 U.S.C. 112(f)) by striking so much 
        as precedes paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(f) Under Secretary for Local Government and Tourism.--The Under 
Secretary for Local Government and Tourism shall be responsible for--
''; and
            (3) in section 801 (6 U.S.C. 361)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) by striking ``in the Office of the 
                        Secretary''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following: 
                        ``The Under Secretary for Local Government and 
                        Tourism shall be the head of the Office.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b) by striking ``The Office 
                established under this section'' and inserting ``The 
                Under Secretary for Local Government and Tourism, 
                through the Office,''.
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