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 PUBLIC LAW 110–53—AUG. 3, 2007

121 STAT. 347

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‘‘(iii) criminal law enforcement; ‘‘(iv) intelligence analysis; ‘‘(v) prevention and detection of document fraud; ‘‘(vi) border inspection; ‘‘(vii) immigration enforcement; or ‘‘(viii) human trafficking and combating severe forms of trafficking in persons. ‘‘(3) ENHANCED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.— ‘‘(A) INCENTIVES FOR SERVICE IN CERTAIN POSITIONS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant agencies, shall prescribe regulations or promulgate personnel policies to provide incentives for service on the staff of the Center, particularly for serving terms of at least two years duration. ‘‘(ii) FORMS OF INCENTIVES.—Incentives under clause (i) may include financial incentives, bonuses, and such other awards and incentives as the Secretary and the heads of other relevant agencies, consider appropriate. ‘‘(B) ENHANCED PROMOTION FOR SERVICE AT THE CENTER.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other relevant agencies, shall ensure that personnel who are assigned or detailed to service at the Center shall be considered for promotion at rates equivalent to or better than similarly situated personnel of such agencies who are not so assigned or detailed, except that this subparagraph shall not apply in the case of personnel who are subject to the provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1980. ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND FUNDING.—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide to the Center the administrative support and funding required for its maintenance, including funding for personnel, leasing of office space, supplies, equipment, technology, training, and travel expenses necessary for the Center to carry out its functions.’’. (b) REPORT.—Subsection (g) of section 7202 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(g) REPORT.— ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after December 17, 2004, the President shall transmit to Congress a report regarding the implementation of this section, including a description of the staffing and resource needs of the Center. ‘‘(2) FOLLOW-UP REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, the President shall transmit to Congress a report regarding the operation of the Center and the activities carried out by the Center, including a description of— ‘‘(A) the roles and responsibilities of each agency or department that is participating in the Center; ‘‘(B) the mechanisms used to share information among each such agency or department; ‘‘(C) the personnel provided to the Center by each such agency or department;

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