Government Executive: House lawmakers easily approved a measure on Monday to place tighter restrictions on the Homeland Security Department’s ability to reorganize itself, with members of Congress saying they wanted to ensure they had a voice in the process as the Trump administration looks to comprehensively restructure the federal government.
The DHS Accountability Enhancement Act (H.R. 4038) would repeal the existing authority the department has to unilaterally reorganize its array of offices and components. Lawmakers included the authority in the 2002 Homeland Security Act that created DHS in the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks. To date, all DHS secretaries have maintained the ability to “establish, consolidate, alter or discontinue” functions and organizational units within DHS.
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