WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The new Homeland Security Department approved by Congress Tuesday will combine 22 agencies, 170,000 employees, and run with a budget of approximately $38 billion. Headed by a Secretary of Homeland Security, it will have four main divisions, each headed by an undersecretary.
The following is a complete list of the agencies moving into the new department:
Informational Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
- Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office (Dept. of Commerce)
- Federal Computer Incident Response Center (General Services Administration)
- National Communications System (Dept. of Defense)
- National Infrastructure Protection Center (FBI)
- National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (Dept. of Energy)
Border and Transportation Security
- Immigration and Naturalization Service (Dept. of Justice)
- Customs Service (Dept. of Treasury)
- Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (Dept. of Agriculture)
- Coast Guard (Dept. of Transportation)
- Federal Protective Services (General Services Administration)
- Transportation Security Agency (Dept. of Transportation)
Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Response Assets (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Domestic Emergency Support Team (Interagency group)
- Nuclear Incident Response (Dept. of Energy)
- Office of Domestic Preparedness (Dept. of Justice)
- National Domestic Preparedness Office (FBI)
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures
- Civilian Biodefense Research Programs (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Dept. of Energy)
- National Biological Weapons Defense Analysis Center (New)
- Plum Island Animal Disease Center (Dept. of Agriculture)
Standing as its own entity:
--The Secret Service (Dept of Treasury)
