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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaabny0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS21360 November 21, 2002 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Department of Homeland Security: Options for House and Senate Committee Organization Judy Schneider and Paul Rundquist Specialists on the Congress Government and Finance Division Summary With the passage of H.R. 5710, to create a new Department of Homeland Security, Congress has begun discussions regarding the appropriate congressional structure to conduct oversight and fund the new department. Section 1503 of the legislation states the sense of Congress that each chamber should review its committee structure in light of the reorganization of the executive branch. Each chamber can decide to retain its current structure, make minor alterations to its current jurisdictional alignment, make extensive jurisdictional changes, or create new select or standing committees. Changes can also be made in the structure of the Appropriations Committees. This report addresses some of the options currently being discussed and provides information on legislation in the 107th Congress that attempts to alter the current committee system. The report will be updated as events warrant. Introduction. With the passage of H.R. 5710, Congress might need to address the issue of which House and Senate committees will have legislative, appropriations, and oversight authority over the activities and funding of the new department. Specifically, section 1503 of the measure says, It is the sense of Congress that each House of Congress should review its committee structure in light of the reorganization of responsibilities within the executive branch by the establishment of the Department. Numerous Members have already spoken about possible changes to their chamber's committee system. A number of proposals have been offered in the House and Senate to establish a new select or standing committee on homeland security, to reorganize the Appropriations Committees to reflect the new department, or to make other changes in congressional structures dealing with homeland security issues. A senior House leader has observed that creation of the new department probably will require at least a reorganization of the current committees. A Senator active in crafting the final compromise stated It is hard to see how Congress could do a decent job of authorizing and overseeing what the new department does without a new Committee of Homeland Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress

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