employees of the Department (including pursuant to the
provisions in section 2302(b)(8) and (9) of such title
and the Notification and Federal Employee
Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002).

SEC. 884. [6 U.S.C. 464] FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER.

(a) In General.--The transfer of an authority or an agency
under this Act to the Department of Homeland Security does not
affect training agreements already entered into with the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center with respect to the
training of personnel to carry out that authority or the duties
of that transferred agency.
(b) Continuity of Operations.--All activities of the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center transferred to the
Department of Homeland Security under this Act shall continue
to be carried out at the locations such activities were carried
out before such transfer.

SEC. 885. [6 U.S.C. 465] JOINT INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary may establish and operate
a permanent Joint Interagency Homeland Security Task Force
composed of representatives from military and civilian agencies
of the United States Government for the purposes of
anticipating terrorist threats against the United States and
taking appropriate actions to prevent harm to the United
States.
(b) Structure.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary should model the Joint Interagency Homeland Security
Task Force on the approach taken by the Joint Interagency Task
Forces for drug interdiction at Key West, Florida and Alameda,
California, to the maximum extent feasible and appropriate.

SEC. 886. [6 U.S.C. 466] SENSE OF CONGRESS REAFFIRMING THE CONTINUED
IMPORTANCE AND APPLICABILITY OF THE POSSE COMITATUS
ACT.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Section 1385 of title 18, United States Code
(commonly known as the ``Posse Comitatus Act''),
prohibits the use of the Armed Forces as a posse
comitatus to execute the laws except in cases and under
circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution
or Act of Congress.
(2) Enacted in 1878, the Posse Comitatus Act was
expressly intended to prevent United States Marshals,
on their own initiative, from calling on the Army for
assistance in enforcing Federal law.
(3) The Posse Comitatus Act has ser