H.R.4749 - National Bombing Prevention Act of 2007 Sponsor: Peter King / 110th Congress

Title
110th Congress - To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office for Bombing Prevention, to address terrorist explosive threats, and for other purposes. hidemore...
Summary
National Bombing Prevention Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an Office for Bombing Prevention within the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Protective Security Coordination Division of the Office of Infrastructure Protection. Assigns the Office primary responsibility for enhancing the ability and coordinating the efforts of the nation to deter, detect, prevent, protect against, and respond to terrorist explosive attacks in the United States. (by MAPLight.org)
Status
The bill was voted on in the House on June 19, 2008

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Protecting the US against IED attacks by Spencer Maccoll, May 27, 2008 (7:15pm)

HR 4749 can help protect the US because improvised explosive device (IED) attacks are a major threat to the US as cited by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Michael Chertoff. Given that an IED is easy to make and can cause mass casualties it is important to have a strong department researching ways to defend against such attacks. The only problem with creating a new office in the DHS is that there are already 26 offices in the department and adding more offices may not be efficient as the bureaucracy grows.

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