A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize grants for use in response to homeland security events of national and international significance.

Summary: Local Homeland Event Response Operations Grant Act of 2009 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make grants to a law enforcement agency or fire department for overtime expenses relating to preparation for, and activities during or directly following, a special event.

Authorizes the President or the Secretary to designate an event as a special event if it is an event of significant national importance that may require consultation, technical advice, and support to specific functional areas in which the state or local government agencies may lack expertise or key resources, designation of a Federal Coordinator, and development of an integrated Federal Support Plan and either: (1) extensive federal interagency security and incident management preparedness and predeployment of federal assets; or (2) direct national-level federal support and situational awareness and limited predeployment of federal assets.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Homeland Event Response 
Operations Grant Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR LOCAL HOMELAND EVENT RESPONSE OPERATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                     ``Subtitle C--Other Assistance

``SEC. 2041. GRANTS FOR LOCAL HOMELAND EVENT RESPONSE OPERATIONS.

    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means a 
        law enforcement agency or fire department of a State or local 
        government (including a tribal government), including a police 
        department, sheriff's office, or homeland security or emergency 
        management department, that--
                    ``(A) normally operates not more than 50 miles 
                from--
                            ``(i) the location of a special event; or
                            ``(ii) the United States port of entry 
                        closest to the special event, if the special 
                        event takes place outside of the United States; 
                        or
                    ``(B) participates in preparation for and 
                activities during or directly following a special 
                event.
            ``(2) Special event.--The term `special event' means an 
        event designated under subsection (c).
    ``(b) Grants.--The Secretary may make a grant to an eligible entity 
for overtime expenses relating to preparation for and activities during 
or directly following from a special event.
    ``(c) Designation of Special Events.--
            ``(1) In general.--Regardless of whether an event is 
        designated as a special event or given another similar security 
        designation under any other provision of law, the President or 
        the Secretary may designate an event as a special event for 
        purposes of this section if the event is an event of 
        significant national importance (including international events 
        of significant national importance) that--
                    ``(A) may require--
                            ``(i) extensive Federal interagency 
                        security and incident management preparedness;
                            ``(ii) predeployment of Federal assets;
                            ``(iii) consultation, technical advice and 
                        support to specific functional areas in which 
                        the State or local government agencies may lack 
                        expertise or key resources;
                            ``(iv) designation of a Federal 
                        Coordinator; and
                            ``(v) development of an integrated Federal 
                        Support Plan; or
                    ``(B) may require--
                            ``(i) direct national-level Federal support 
                        and situational awareness;
                            ``(ii) limited predeployment of Federal 
                        assets;
                            ``(iii) consultation, technical advice, and 
                        support to specific functional areas in which 
                        the State or local government agencies may lack 
                        expertise or key resources;
                            ``(iv) designation of a Federal 
                        Coordinator; and
                            ``(v) development of an integrated Federal 
                        Support Plan.
            ``(2) Special events of national significance.--Any event 
        that has been designated by the President as a special event of 
        national significance under section 3056(e) of title 18, United 
        States Code, or a similar provision of law shall be designated 
        as a special event.
    ``(d) Applications.--
            ``(1) In general.--An eligible entity may apply for a grant 
        under this section, and shall submit such information in 
        support of the application as the Secretary may reasonably 
        require.
            ``(2) Joint applications authorized.--A group of eligible 
        entities may jointly submit an application for a grant under 
        this section for a single special event.
            ``(3) Notification of opportunity to apply.--The Secretary 
        shall--
                    ``(A) notify an eligible entity of the opportunity 
                to apply for a grant under this section; and
                    ``(B) provide access to application materials and 
                adequate time for preparation and submission of 
                applications.
            ``(4) Separate applications required.--An eligible entity 
        shall separately apply for each special event for which the 
        eligible entity seeks amounts under a grant under this section.
            ``(5) Minimum content of application.--The Secretary shall 
        require that an application for a grant under this section, at 
        a minimum, includes--
                    ``(A) the purpose for which the eligible entity 
                seeks the grant;
                    ``(B) a budget showing how the eligible entity 
                intends to expend funds received under the grant; and
                    ``(C) a description of the special event for which 
                the eligible entity seeks the grant.
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant under this section may be used 
        by an eligible entity for salary and benefits for necessary 
        overtime in preparation for, during, or directly following a 
        special event by--
                    ``(A) an employee of the eligible entity; or
                    ``(B) a contractor of the eligible entity that 
                performs law enforcement duties.
            ``(2) Limitation.--A grant under this section shall be used 
        to supplement and not to supplant funds of State or local 
        governments (including a tribal government).
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et 
seq.) is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2022 the 
following:

                     ``Subtitle C--Other Assistance

``Sec. 2041. Grants for local homeland event response operations.''.