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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 2825 (Reported in Senate) — To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of... · Sec. 1109

Sec. 1109. Office of External Affairs

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Title VII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: There is established in the Department an Office of External Affairs. The Office of External Affairs shall be headed by a Principal Assistant Secretary for External Affairs, who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Principal Assistant Secretary shall report to the Secretary. The Office of External Affairs shall include the following components:
The Office of Legislative Affairs, led by the Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs who shall report to the Principal Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. The Office of Public Affairs, led by the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs who shall report to the Principal Assistant Secretary for External Affairs. The Office of Partnership and Engagement, led by the Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement who shall report to the Principal Assistant Secretary for External Affairs.
The Assistant Secretary for Partnership and Engagement shall be appointed by the Secretary and shall— lead the efforts of the Department to incorporate external feedback from stakeholders into policy and strategic planning efforts, as appropriate, in consultation with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; conduct the activities specified in section 2006(b); advise the Secretary on the effects of the policies, regulations, processes, and actions of the Department on the private sector and create and foster strategic communications with the private sector to enhance the primary mission of the Department to protect the homeland; coordinate the activities of the Department relating to State and local government; provide State and local governments with regular information, research, and technical support to assist local efforts at securing the homeland; and perform such other functions as are established by law or delegated by the Secretary. .
The functions authorized to be performed by the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, and the assets and personnel associated with such functions, are transferred to the Office of Partnership and Engagement under section 709 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by this section. The Office for State and Local Government Coordination of the Department of Homeland Security is abolished.
The functions authorized to be performed by such Office for State and Local Government Coordination immediately on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, and the assets and personnel associated with such functions, are transferred to the Office of Partnership and Engagement under section 709 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by this section. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by striking section 801 ( 6 U.S.C. 631 ). The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 801.
The Special Assistant to the Secretary authorized by section 102(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 112(f) ), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, is abolished. The functions authorized to be performed by such Special Assistant to the Secretary immediately before the enactment of this Act, and the assets and personnel associated with such functions, are transferred to the Office of Partnership and Engagement under section 709 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by this section.
Section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 112 ) is amended by striking subsection (f). The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 708 (as redesignated pursuant to section 1705(o) of this Act) the following new item: Sec. 709. Office of External Affairs. .
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