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Table of Contents:

National Commission
President
Executive Branch Agencies
Congress
Judiciary
Background Documents
International Community
New York State
New York City

This is a selective guide to the official government documents related to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, NY, on September 11, 2001.
There is also a more general library guide to Terrorism: Information Resources.

You may also want to consult september11.archive.org or The September 11 Digital Archive, two collaborative efforts by libraries and archival institutions, which have compiled hundreds of images, collections, and web sites which reported on the September 11 attacks. Both archives can be searched in a number of useful ways. The Library of Congress has aggressively acquired a vast range of materials related to the attacks on September 11 in its collection, Witness and Response. The New York Times has published an extensive series, Portraits of Grief, which presents short biographical profiles of many of the victims of the September 11 attacks.

Finally, there is an extensive two volume bibliography, Annotated Bibliography of Government Documents Related to the Threat of Terrorism & the Attacks of September 11, 2001, compiled by Kevin D. Motes, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. It is much broader in scope than this guide, and includes much general background information.

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National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission), an independent, bipartisan commission created by congressional legislation and the signature of President George W. Bush in late 2002, is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks.; Final Report, July 22, 2004; Commission Hearings; Commission Staff Statements

Presidential Action

The full texts of the President's remarks, orders, proclamations, addresses, and other statements are available on the White House News & Policies page. Browse by date. They can also be found in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Some of the more important items (in chronological order) are:

Proclamation 7463: Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Attacks, September 14, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 181, September 18, 2001, pp. 48197-48199
Executive Order 13223: Ordering the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces to Active Duty and Delegating Certain Authorities to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation, September 14, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 181, September 18, 2001, pp. 48201-48202; Amendment to Executive Order 13223, January 17, 2002
Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People, September 20, 2001: Video and audio transcripts also available, as well as a Spanish translation.
Executive Order 13224: Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism, September 24, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 186, September 25, 2001, pp. 49077-49083.; Fact Sheet on Executive Order 13224; Terrorism: What You Need to Know About U.S. Sanctions, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control; See the Senate Banking Committee's hearing on S. 1371, the "National Money Laundering Strategy for 2001," below.
Report on Actions Taken to Respond to the Threat of Terrorism: Comunication from the President of the United States, September 25, 2001: House Document 107-27.
Disclosures to the Congress, Presidential memo, October 5, 2001: Restricts classified information to only the Speaker of the House, the House Minority Leader, the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders, and the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Intelligence Committees in the House and Senate, text from the Federation of American Scientists.; Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer, which essentially reverses the memo, October 10, 2001.
Executive Order 13228: Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council, October 8, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 196, October 10, 2001, pp. 51812-51817; Summary of the President's Executive Order: The Office of Homeland Security & the Homeland Security Council
Executive Order 13231: Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age, October 16, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 202, October 18, 2001, pp. 53061-53071
Message to the Congress of the United States, October 26, 2001: Submitted to the Congress is a legislative proposal to implement the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1: Organization and Operation of the Homeland Security Council, October 29, 2001: Fact Sheet on HSPD 1
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 2: Combating Terrorism Through Immigration Policies, October 29, 2001: Fact Sheet on HSPD 2
Executive Order 13234: Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism, November 9, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 221, November 15, 2001, pp. 57355-57356
Military Order: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism, November 13, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 222, November 16, 2001, pp. 57831-57836; DOJ Oversight: Preserving Our Freedoms While Defending Against Terrorism, U.S. Senate, Committee on the Judiciary, Hearing, November 28, 2001
Executive Order 13235: National Emergency Construction Authority, November 16, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 224, November 20, 2001, pp. 58341-58343
Executive Order 13239: Designation of Afghanistan and the Airspace Above as a Combat Zone, December 12, 2001: Federal Register, Vol. 66, No. 241, December 14, 2001, pp. 64907-31119
Remarks by the President to the NYPD Command and Control Center Personnel, February 6, 2002
President Bush Reaffirms His $20 Billion Pledge to New York City, Press Release from Senator Charles Schumer, March 7, 2002
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3: Homeland Security Advisory System, March 11, 2002
Executive Order 13260: Establishing the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland Security, March 21, 2002: Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 55, March 21, 2002, pp. 13241-13242
Executive Order 13273: Further Amending Executive Order 10173, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States, August 29, 2002: Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 170, September 3, 2002, p. 56215
President's Remarks to the Nation, Ellis Island, September 11, 2002
President Bush Signs Homeland Security Act, November 25, 2002: The act creates a new Department of Homeland Security, with Tom Ridge as the Secretary of Homeland Security.; Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan, November 25, 2002
President Signs 911 Commission Bill, Appoints Kissinger As Chairman, November 27, 2002
President Names Kean to Chair 911 Commission, December 16, 2002

There is also a compilation of President Bush's speeches relating to the World Trade Center Attack: Our Mission and Our Moment: Speeches Since the Attacks of September 11.
Washington, D.C. : The White House, 2001.
PREX 1.2:M 69 - U.S. Government Documents

Executive Branch Agencies

Other executive branch departments and agencies also have responsibilities in this area:

America Responds
Outlines the Bush administration initiatives in several areas: diplomatic, Federal recovery, financial, homeland security, humanitarian, investigative, and military. Note: This link leads to an archive of the site as of September 13, 2002, from the Internet Archive. After this date, the site broadened its focus to national security in general.

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: Agreement Signed to Speed Grants to Historic Properties Near World Trade Center Site, May 13, 2002; New York: Disaster Assistance Programs at the World Trade Center Site, New York , May 6, 2003
Department of Commerce: Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office; -- Resource Library; National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); -- NIST and the World Trade Center: briefings and reports on the effort to understand what led to the structural failure and subsequent progressive collapse of the World Trade Center buildings; Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster: Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Structural and Life Safety Systems(Draft), September, 2005; Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster: Occupant Behavior, Egress, and Emergency Communications (Draft), September, 2005
Department of Defense: DoD News Transcripts Archives; -- Includes transcripts of briefings and interviews with DoD personnel.; Quadrennial Defense Review Report, September 30, 2001; -- The review was revised to reflect the terrorist attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon.; U.S. Releases Videotape of Osama Bin Laden, December 13, 2001; -- Transcript of the Osama Bin Laden Tape; Department of Defense Military Commission Order No.1, March 21, 2002; -- Fact Sheet on DoD Commission Order No.1
Department of Health and Human Services:: Rapid Assessment of Injuries Among Survivors of the Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center --- New York City, September 2001, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 51, no. 1, January 11, 2002; Occupational Exposures to Air Contaminants at the World Trade Center Disaster Site, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 51, no. 21, May 31, 2002; Psychological and Emotional Effects of the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 51, no. 35, September 6, 2002; Self-Reported Increase in Asthma Severity After the September 11 Attacks on the World Trade Center, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 51, no. 35, September 6, 2002; Special Issue [all articles related to the World Trade Center Attack], MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 51, Special Issue, September 11, 2002; Potential Exposures to Airborne and Settled Surface Dust in Residential Areas of Lower Manhattan Following the Collapse of the World Trade Center, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 52, no. 7, February 21, 2003; Mental Health Status of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 53, no. 35, September 10, 2004; Physical Health Status of World Trade Center Rescue and Recovery Workers and Volunteers, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 53, no. 35, September 10, 2004; Preliminary Results from the World Trade Center Evacuation Study, MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, vol. 53, no. 35, September 10, 2004; NIOSH Air Sample Results for the World Trade Center Disaster Response: Summary Report to the New York City Department of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, February 2002; Worker Training Activities at the World Trade Center Complex, Environmental Health Perspectives Volume 110, Number 5, May 2002; Lingering Airborne Hazards from the Collapse of the World Trade Center, National Library of Medicine
Department of Housing and Urban Development:: HUD Terrorist Attack Recovery Initiatives; HUD Announces $700 Million in Relief for New York's Recovery, November 2, 2001; World Trade Center 9/11 Rebuilding Plan, July 1, 2004; HUD Approves $176 Million Plan for Deconstruction of Deutsche Bank Building, July 7, 2004
Department of Justice:: Al Qaeda Training Manual: excerpts released by the Justice Department, December 6, 2001; Briefing by Attorney General Ashcroft on the Status of INS Detainees, November 27, 2001; The Immigration and Naturalization Service's Contacts With Two September 11 Terrorists: A Review of the INS's Admissions of Mohamed Atta and Marwan Alshehhi, its Processing of their Change of Status Applications, and its Efforts to Track Foreign Students in the United States, Office of the Inspector General, May 20, 2002; September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001:; -- Final Report of the Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001: Volume 1, Volume 2; National Security: Prevention of Acts of Violence and Terrorism: Final Rule, Federal Register, Volume 66, No. 211, October 31, 2001, pp. 55062-55066.; -- New policy announced to monitor attorney-client communications for suspected terrorists, October 30, 2001.; The September 11 Detainees: A Review of the Treatment of Aliens Held on Immigration Charges in Connection with the Investigation of the September 11 Attacks, June 2003; Supplemental Report on September 11 Detainees Allegations of Abuse at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn, New York, December 2003; Analysis of the Second Response by the Department of Justice to Recommendations in the Office of the Inspector General's June 2003 Report on the Treatment of September 11 Detainees, January 2004; A Review of the FBI's Handling of Intelligence Information Related to the September 11 Attacks, November 2005; The report was heavily redacted and unclassified on June 9, 2005.; -- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI):; Photographs and Brief Descriptions of 19 Suspected Hijackers, press release, September 27, 2001; Most Wanted Terrorists
Department of Labor:: World Trade Center Information, Occupational Safety & Health Administration
-- Includes monitoring and sampling results, a final report on the WTC Dust Cleaning Program, and a photo archive.; 9/11 and the New York City Economy: a Borough-by-Borough Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Monthly Labor Review, June 2004, Vol. 127, No. 6.
Department of State:: Counterterrorism Office; -- Countering Terrorism
-- Contains links to official State Dept. statements, policies, photos, and audio clips.; -- Operation Enduring Freedom Overview; -- Foreign Terrorist Organizations, August 12, 2004; -- U.S. Report to the Counterterrorism Committee, December 18, 2001
-- Report to the Counterterrorism Committee pursuant to paragraph 6 of Security Council Resolution 1373 of 28 September 2001 Implementation of UNSCR 1373.; New York City: Three Months After; Pictorial essays developed during three days in December 2001
Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey:: Images of the World Trade Center Site Show Thermal Hot Spots on September 16 and 23, 2001, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-0405, November 2001; Environmental Studies of the World Trade Center Area After the September 11, 2001 Attack.; U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report OFR-01-0429.
Department of the Treasury:: Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); -- Sanctions Program and Country Summaries
Environmental Protection Agency:: EPA Response to September 11; EPA's Response to the World Trade Center Collapse: Challenges, Successes, and Areas for Improvement, Office of the Inspector General, August 21, 2003; Supplemental Appendices; Survey of Air Quality Information Related to the World Trade Center Collapse, Office of the Inspector General, September 26, 2003
Federal Aviation Administration:: Enhancing Aviation Safety & Security: Fact Sheet, September 27, 2001; Flight School Security, January 9, 2002
Federal Emergency Management Agency:: Urban Search & Rescue and the World Trade Center and Pentagon Disaster; The World Trade Center Attacks: A Child's Point Of View: drawings from P.S. 154, in New York City; FEMA Releases $125.8 Million To Help New York City, April 18, 2002; World Trade Center Building Performance Study, May 1, 2002
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AA735 N4 ZW894 - Avery; FEMA And FTA Announce Aid To Revamp Transportation Network For Lower Manhattan, August 12, 2002
Up to $4.55 billion will be committed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) toward revamping lower Manhattan's transportation infrastructure damaged during the World Trade Center attack.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA):: September 11, 2001 from Space, Goddard Space Flight Center, September 5, 2002
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):: NOAA Photographs of the World Trade Center, Using Aerial Photography and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Technology, September 23 - October 15, 2001.
Office of Homeland Security: President Announces Substantial Increases in Homeland Security Budget, January 24, 2002; Gov. Ridge Announces Homeland Security Advisory System, March 12, 2002; Securing the Homeland, Strengthening the Nation [budget proposals for homeland security]; The National Strategy For Homeland Security, July 16, 2002
Small Business Administration:: Assistance: World Trade Center Explosions and Fires
U.S. Coast Guard:: World Trade Center Disaster : contains information about U.S. Coast Guard activities related to the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster in New York City.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:: Tolerance, Civil Rights and Justice in Wake of September 11 Tragedies; A series of reports and news releases from the Commission.

Congressional Response

Thomas:: Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001
Congressional Budget Office:: Congressional Budget Office Estimate of Federal Costs Associated with the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001, August 29, 2002
Congressional Research Service:: Intelligence Issues for Congress, CRS Issue Brief for Congress, updated October 6, 2003; A 19 page analysis of intelligence issues in light of the September 11 attacks, provided by the Federation of American Scientists.; September 11th Insurance Litigation, CRS Report for Congress, updated June 14, 2002; Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy, CRS Issue Brief for Congress, updated October 18, 2002
General Accounting Office/Government Accountability Office:: Overview of Federal Disaster Assistance to the New York City Area, October 31, 2003; Review of Studies of the Economic Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorists Attacks on the World Trade Center; A review by the General Accounting Office of ten key reports, most prepared by agencies of New York City or New York State, May 2002.; Review of the Estimates for the Impact of the September 11, 2001, Terrorists Attacks on New York Tax Revenues; A review by the General Accounting Office of estimates prepared by the New York City Office of Management & Budget and the New York State Division of Budget, July 26, 2002; Disaster Assistance: Federal Aid to the New York City Area Following the Attacks of September 11th and Challenges Confronting FEMA, September 24, 2003; September 11: Health Effects in the Aftermath of the World Trade Center Attack, September 8, 2004; September 11: Recent Estimates of Fiscal Impact of 2001 Terrorist Attack on New York, March 4, 2005
Congressional Committee Publications:: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science.; The Investigation of the World Trade Center Collapse : Findings, Recommendations, and Next Steps : Hearing Before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, May 1, 2002.; Y 4.SCI 2:107-61 - US Government Documents; The Intelligence Community's Knowledge of the September 11 Highjackers Prior to September 11, 2001, U.S. Senate, Select Committee on Intelligence, September 20, 2002; United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence.; Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.; Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2003; Y 1.1/5:107-351 - U.S. Government Documents

Legislation Passed Into Law

House Joint Resolution 61 / Senate Joint Resolution 22: Expressing the sense of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the terrorist attacks launched against the United States on September 11, 2001
Public Law No: 107-38, September 18, 2001: House Resolution 2888, September 14, 2001; AE 2.110: 107-38 - U.S. Government Documents; 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States.; Note: This is the bill which makes $40 billion available to the Executive Office of the President for expenses, including for the costs of: (1) providing Federal, State, and local preparedness for mitigating and responding to the attacks; (2) providing support to counter, investigate, or prosecute domestic or international terrorism; (3) providing increased transportation security; (4) repairing damaged public facilities and transportation systems; and (5) supporting national security.; Details on release of these funds: Report on Expenditures from the Emergency Response Fund; Total Federal Assistance to New York, Office of Management and Budget, October 17, 2001
Public Law No: 107-40, September 18, 2001: House Joint Resolution 64, September 14, 2001.; Senate Joint Resolution 23, September 14, 2001.; AE 2.110: 107-40 - U.S. Government Documents; To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against those responsible for the recent attacks launched against the United States.
Public Law No: 107-42, September 22, 2001: House Resolution 2926, September 21, 2001; AE 2.110: 107-42 - U.S. Government Documents; Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act.; Cost Estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, November 30, 2001.
Public Law No: 107-56, October 26, 2001: House Bill 3162, introduced October 23, 2001; AE 2.110: 107-56 - U.S. Government Documents; Patriot Act of 2001.; To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.; Cost Estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, November 20, 2001.; The USA PATRIOT Act: A Legal Analysis, a Congressional Research Service report, April 15, 2002; The USA PATRIOT Act: A Sketch, the same CRS report, without legal citations and footnotes; human rights, Vol. 29, no. 1, Winter 2002, American Bar Association
This special issue focuses on the legal issues of the Patriot Act.
Public Law No: 107-71, November 19, 2001: Senate Bill 1447, introduced September 21, 2001; AE 2.110: 107-71 - U.S. Government Documents; Flight Deck Security Act of 2001.; To improve aviation security, and for other purposes.; Cost Estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, September 26, 2001.
Public Law 107-78, December 28, 2001: House Bill 2883, introduced September 13, 2001; AE 2.110: 107-78 - U.S. Government Documents; Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002.; To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.; House Report 107-219, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 26, 2001; Cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, December 17, 2001.; Passed in House on voice vote, October 5, 2001.; Received in the Senate; read twice and placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, October 9, 2001.; Resolving differences / Conference -- Senate actions: Senate appointed conferee(s) Reed and Warner from the Committee on Armed Services, November 8, 2001.
Public Law 107-117, January 10, 2002: House Bill 3338, introduced September 19, 2001; AE 2.110: 107-117 - U.S. Government Documents; Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.; Also known as the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2002; The $20 billion allocated through the defense bill is the second half of the $40 billion appropriated to deal with the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks (HR 2888 - PL 107-38). The law allowed the White House to direct the use of the first $20 billion. The bill allocates $8.2 billion to New York and other states. That amount includes $2 billion in community development block grants for New York City.; House Report 107-298, House Committee on Appropriations, November 19, 2001; Senate Report 107-109, Senate Committee on Appropriations, December 5, 2001
Public Law 107-206, August 2, 2002: House Bill 4775, introduced May 20, 2002; AE 2.110: 107-206 - U.S. Government Documents; 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States.; Conference Report [to accompany H.R. 4775], House Conference Report (H. Rept. 107-593), July 29, 2002; Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 4775, Office of Management and Budget, May 21, 2002

Proposed Legislation

Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001, from Thomas

The following links are for major legislation introduced in Congressduring the 107th Congress, 2001-2002.
They are in order by House Bill Number, then Senate Bill Number:

House Bill 525, introduced February 8, 2001: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for improved Federal efforts to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.; Forwarded to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from the subcommittee, September 20, 2001; Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote, November 7, 2001.
House Bill 2940, introduced September 21, 2001: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the patronage of the hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries of New York City.; Referred to Ways and Means Committee, September 21, 2001.
House Bill 2975, introduced October 2, 2001: To combat terrorism, and for other purposes.; Cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, October 10, 2001.; Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 2975, Office of Management and Budget, October 12, 2001.; Approved by Judiciary Committee, October 3, 2001.; House Report 107-236, House Committee on Judiciary, October 11, 2001; Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders, October 15, 2001.; Provisions included in H.R. 3162, which became Public Law 107-56, October 26, 2001 (see details above)
House Bill 3026, introduced October 4, 2001: To establish an Office of Homeland Security within the Executive Office of the President to lead, oversee, and coordinate a comprehensive national homeland security strategy to safeguard the Nation.; Also known as the Office of Homeland Security Act of 2001.; Referred to House Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, October 15, 2001. Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, April 18, 2002.
House Bill 3825, introduced February 28, 2002: To provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities.; Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, April 18, 2002.
House Bill 5005, introduced June 24, 2002: To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.; Cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, July 9, 2002.; Statement of Administration Policy on HR 5005, Office of Management and Budget, July 31, 2002
Senate Bill 1371, introduced August 3, 2001: A bill to combat money laundering and protect the United States financial system by strengthening safeguards in private banking and correspondent banking, and for other purposes.; Hearing on S. 1371, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, September 26, 2001
Senate Bill 1428, introduced September 14, 2001: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account of the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.; Cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, September 14, 2001.; Senate Report 107-63, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, September 18, 2001; Hearings held September 24, 2001.; Senate floor actions: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 214. (The Senate incorporated S. 1428 in H.R. 2883 as an amendment.), November 8, 2001.; For further action, see H.R. 2883, which became Public Law 107-108 on 12/28/2001.
Senate Bill 1444:, introduced September 21, 2001 and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: A bill to establish a Federal air marshals program under the Attorney General.
Senate Bill 1448, introduced September 21, 2001: A bill to enhance intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government in the prevention of terrorism, and for other purposes.; S. Hrg. 107-449, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, September 21, 2001
Senate Bill 1500, introduced October 4, 2001: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth, and for other purposes.; Referred to the Finance Committee, October 4, 2001.
Senate Bill 1510, introduced October 4, 2001: To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement invetigatory tools, and for other purposes.; Also known as the Uniting and Strengthening of America Act of 2001.; Statement of Administration Policy on S 1510, Office of Management and Budget, October 11, 2001.; Passed in the Senate, October 11, 2001. (On October 30, 2001, the Senate vitiated previous passage of S.1510.)
Senate Bill 1624, introduced November 1, 2001: To establish the Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that occurred on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.; World Trade Center Attack Claims Act.; Cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, December 5, 2001.; Senate committee/subcommittee actions: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably, November 8, 2001.
Senate Bill 2452, introduced May 2, 2002: A bill to establish the Department of National Homeland Security and the National Office for Combating Terrorism.; Cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, August 14, 2001.; Statement of Administration Policy on S 2452, Office of Management and Budget, September 3, 2002

Judicial Proceedings

United States v. Zacarias Moussaoui, Criminal No. 01-455-A,: Attorney General Transcript News Conference Regarding Zacarias Moussaoui, December 11, 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; This page contains links to all docket items for this case.; Memo from Coleen Rowley to FBI Director Robert Mueller, provided and edited by Time Magazine, May 21, 2002
United States v. John Phillip Walker Lindh, Criminal No. 02-37-A, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia: This page contains links to all docket items for this case.; Attorney General Transcript Press Conference John Walker Lindh, January 15, 2002
Indictment of Richard Colvin Reid, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, January 16, 2002
Criminal Complaint of Richard Colvin Reid, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, January 16, 2002: Attorney General Transcript News Conference Regarding Richard Reid, January 16, 2002
Court Order to Release Names of Individuals Detained in Connection with September 11 Attacks, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, August 2, 2002: Grant of Motion to Stay the Decision, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, August 15, 2002

Background Documents

Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction: Also known as the Gilmore Commission, the panel's site, hosted by the Rand Corporation, includes the reports to Congress, minutes, and news releases.
Airport Security: General Accounting Office reports to Congress, 1987-present, including several written after 9/11/01
The Army and Homeland Security: a Strategic Perspective, by Antulio J. Echevarria II, March 2001: A 29 page report from the Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute.
Congressional Research Service Reports: Intelligence and Related Issues: Includes the latest, updated reports on terrorism, provided by the Federation of American Scientists
Executive Order 13129: Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with the Taliban, July 4, 1999, provided by the Federation of American Scientists
International Terrorism: a Compilation of Major Laws, Treaties, Agreements, and Executive Documents: Y4.IN 8/16:T 27/3 - U.S. Government Documents; International Terrorism Conventions: identifies the major terrorism conventions and provides a brief summary of some of the major terms of each instrument, U.S. Dept. of State, 8/17/98
Patterns of Global Terrorism: S 1.138:[year] - U.S. Government Documents; This annual report is submitted in compliance with Title 22 of the United States Code, Section 2656f(a), which requires the Department of State to provide Congress a full and complete annual report on terrorism for those countries and groups meeting the criteria of Section (a)(1) and (2) of the Act.
Preparing the Nation: a National Policy Summit on Terrorism, Washington, D.C., June 10-11, 2001: Proceedings of a conference co-sponsored by the National Governors Association and the National Emergency Management Association.
Presidential Decision Directive 39: Counterterrorism Policy, June 21, 1995, from the Ffederation of American Scientists: Unclassified Synopsis of PDD-39, U.S. Dept. of Justice
Presidential Decision Directive 63: Critical Infrastructure Protection, May 22, 1998, from the Ffederation of American Scientists: Unclassified Synopsis of PDD-63, U.S. Dept. of Justice
Senate Treaty Document 106-49: International Convention for Suppression of Financing Terrorism, October 12, 2000
The September 11th Source Books: National Security Archive Online Readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War: A compilation of U.S. government reports, many acquired through FOIA requests, which include: reports on terrorism from the CIA and Dept. of Defense, Congressional Research Service and General Accounting Office reports, Dept. of Defense Directives, and Presidential Directives and Executive Orders, dating back to 1984.
Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961-2001, U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian
Strategies for Homeland Defense, U.S. Senate Committee Print 107-43, Committee on Foreign Relations, September 26, 2001
Summary of U.S. Sanctions Against States and Organizations Sponsoring Terrorism, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, September 10, 2001
Terrorism: General Accounting Office reports to Congress, 1980-present, including several written after 9/11/01
The Terrorism Threat and U.S. Government Response: Operational and Organizational Factors: A 284 page report by James M. Smith and William C. Thomas, for the U.S. Air Force Institute for National Security Studies, March 2001.
Terrorism in the United States: J 1.14/22:[year] - U.S. Government Documents; Annual report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, detailing incidents of terrorism in the U.S.
U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century, January 2001: The Hart-Rudman Commission reports. They stress the need for an Office of Homeland Security.; Executive Summary of U.S. Commission on National Security Report, provided by the U.S. Dept. of State, International Information Programs; The Hart-Rudman Commission and the Homeland Defense, by Ian Roxborough; -- A 41 page analysis from the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, September 2001.
U.S. National Commission on Terrorism.: Countering the Changing Threat of International Terrorism; Y 1.1/7:106-250 - U.S. Government Documents; Domestic Preparedness Against Terrorism: How Ready Are We?; Y4.G 74/7:T 27/10 - U.S. Government Documents; Reports from the National Commission on Terrorism (Bremer Commission), June 7, 2000, commissioned by Congress (P.L. 277, 105th Congress).
The War on Terrorism, a compilation of materials from the Central Intelligence Agency

The International Community

European Union:: Terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001 in the United States; Overview of EU Action in Response to the Events of the 11 September and Assessment of Their Likely Economic Impact (COM(2001) 611 Final, October 17, 2001; Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism: COM (2001) 521 final, September 19, 2001; Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the European Arrest and the Surrender Procedures Between the Member States: COM(2001) 522 final, September 19, 2001; Proposal for a Council Regulation on Specific Restrictive Measures Directed Against Certain Persons and Entities With a View to Combating International Terrorism: COM(2001) 569, October 29, 2001
GUUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Moldova):: Joint Statement on Terrorism by the Foreign Ministers of the GUUAM countries and the U.S., November 15, 2001
North Atlantic Treaty Organization:: NATO Invokes Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, September 12, 2001
Organization of American States:: The Americas' Response to Terrorism; Declaration of Solidarity from the House of the Americas, September 21, 2001
Organization of the Islamic Conferences:: Press Release by the Secretary-General of the OIC, September 12, 2001
Russia:: Joint Statement on Counterterrorism by the President of the United States and the President of Russia, October 21, 2001
United Kingdom:: Responsibility for the Terrorist Atrocities in the United States, 11 September 2001, released October 4, 2001
United Nations:: UN Action Against Terrorism; -- A new web page which pulls together all the major UN responses to terrorism, including resolutions, reports, and other actions by the General Assembly, Security Council, and the Secretary-General; United Nations Treaties Against International Terrorism; United Nations Resolution A/RES/56/1: Condemnation of Terrorist Attacks in the United States of America, General Assembly, September 18, 2001
-- UN Security Council Unanimously Adopts Resolution 1368, September 12, 2001; UN Security Council Resolution 1373: Adopts Steps and Strategies to Combat International Terrorism, September 28, 2001; -- Counterrorism Committee (established pursuant to Resolution 1373); Address to the United Nations General Assembly on Combatting Terrorism, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, October 1, 2001
-- U.S. Report to the Counterterrorism Committee, December 18, 2001

New York State

New York State Division of Budget:

World Trade Center Recovery Plan Background Documents

New York State Assembly World Trade Center Information

Includes links to all Assembly initiatives, statements, etc.

New York State Insurance Department: Archive of World Trade Center Disaster Information

Governor George E. Pataki's Remarks to the Joint Session of the Legislature, September 13, 2001

Joint Resolution, September 13, 2001

Condemning the ruthless acts of terrorism committed at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and upon the passengers and crew of United Flight 93, American Flight 11, American Flight 77 and United Flight 175, and mourning the tragic loss of life and injury to innocent Americans.

A60002 / S70002, introduced and signed into law, September 17, 2001