Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007


The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, is an Act of Congress. The Act implements some of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission including mandating 100% inspection of all air and sea cargo entering the United States, and a new method of redistributing anti-terrorism funding.
The bill also authorized the creation of Fusion Centers.

Legislative history

The bill passed the House on January 9, 2007, by a vote of 299-128-8. It later passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent. The two chambers of Congress went to conference, and a conference report in which the bill was amended and renamed the Improving America's Security Act of 2007 passed the Senate 85-8-7 on July 26, 2007, and the House 371-40-22 the following day. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 3, 2007. It became Public Law 110–53.
The private sector preparedness requirements in the bill were based on the work commissioned by the Sloan Foundation to draft a framework for voluntary preparedness.

Short titles

  • Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
  • Improving America's Security Act of 2007
  • 9/11 Commission International Implementation Act of 2007
  • Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007 or the ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007
  • Federal Agency Data Mining Reporting Act of 2007
  • Improving Emergency Communications Act of 2007
  • National Transit Systems Security Act of 2007
  • Secure Travel and Counterterrorism Partnership Act of 2007