Union Calendar No. 122
115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
[Report No. 115–181]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program, and for other purposes.
April 27, 2017
Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Sessions, Ms. McSally, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Katko, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Williams, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Olson, Mr. Zeldin, Mr. Flores, and Mr. Donovan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
June 15, 2017
Additional sponsors: Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Burgess, and Mrs. Brooks of Indiana
June 15, 2017
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 27, 2017]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 2. Major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program.
(a) In general.—Subtitle A of title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“SEC. 2009. Major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program.
“(a) Establishment.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Administrator and the heads of other relevant components of the Department, shall carry out a program for emergency response providers to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and active shooters, as determined by the Secretary, against major metropolitan areas.
“(2) INFORMATION.—In establishing the program pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to eligible applicants—
“(b) Eligible applicants.—
“(1) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdictions that receive, or that previously received, funding under section 2003 may apply for a grant under the program established pursuant to subsection (a).
“(2) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTIONS.—Eligible applicants receiving funding under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) may include in activities funded by such program neighboring jurisdictions that would be likely to provide mutual aid in response to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and active shooters.
“(c) Permitted uses.—The recipient of a grant under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) may use such grant to—
“(1) identify capability gaps related to preparing for, preventing, and responding to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and active shooters;
“(d) Period of performance.—The Administrator shall make funds provided under this section available for use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not fewer than 36 months.
“(e) Information sharing.—The Administrator shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate, analyze, and share with relevant emergency response providers information on best practices and lessons learned from—
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To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the major metropolitan area
counterterrorism training and exercise grant program, and for other
purposes. | |||||
June 15, 2017 | |||||
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union, and ordered to be printed |