RESPONSIBILITY OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AS MILITARY ADVISERS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL.

SEC. 908. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF AS MILITARY ADVISERS TO THE HOMELAND SECURITY COUNCIL.(a) Responsibility as Military Advisers.—(1) In general.—Subsection (b) of section 151 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—119 STAT. 3404(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “the Homeland Security Council,” after “the National Security Council,”; and(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “the Homeland Security Council,” after “the National Security Council,”.(2) Consultation by chairman.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by inserting “the Homeland Security Council,” after “the National Security Council,” both places it appears.(3) Advice and opinions of members other than chairman.—Subsection (d) of such section is amended—(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “the Homeland Security Council,” after “the National Security Council,” both places it appears; and(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “the Homeland Security Council,” after “the National Security Council,”.(4) Advice on request.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by inserting “the Homeland Security Council,” after “the National Security Council,” both places it appears.(b) Attendance at Meeting of Homeland Security Council.—Section 903 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 493) is amended—(1) by inserting “(a) Members—” before “The members”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(b) Attendance of Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff at Meetings.—The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (or, in the absence of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) may, in the role of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as principal military adviser to the Council and subject to the direction of the President, attend and participate in meetings of the Council.”.