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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1554 

To establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop 

homeland security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and 

services to further the homeland security of the United States and 

to address the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local 

governments. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2005 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify 

and develop homeland security information, equipment, 

capabilities, technologies, and services to further the 

homeland security of the United States and to address 

the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local 

governments. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

3 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 

4 is amended by inserting after section 890 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 890a. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION, EQUIP6 MENT, CAPABILITIES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND 

7 SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Home9 land Security Information, Equipment, Capabilities, Tech10 nologies, and Services Grant Program. The program shall 

11 identify, develop, or modify existing or near term home12 land security information, equipment, capabilities, tech13 nologies, and services to further the homeland security of 

14 the United States and to address the homeland security 

15 needs of Federal, State, and local governments. 

16 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing the program 

18 established under subsection (a), the Secretary, act19 ing through the Director of the Office for Domestic 

20 Preparedness and the Under Secretary for Science 

21 and Technology, shall— 

22 ‘‘(A) conduct a needs assessment of Fed23 eral, State, and local governments and first re24 sponders to identify— 
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1 ‘‘(i) the homeland security needs of 

2 Federal, State, and local governments and 

3 first responders; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) areas where specific homeland 

5 security information, equipment, capabili6 ties, technologies, and services could ad7 dress those needs; 

8 ‘‘(B) survey near term and existing home9 land security information, equipment, capabili10 ties, technologies, and services developed within 

11 the United States and within other countries 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(i) are highly focused on homeland 

14 security issues; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) have demonstrated the capability 

16 for fruitful cooperation with the United 

17 States in the area of counterterrorism; and 

18 ‘‘(C) provide grants, directly or through a 

19 nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, to eli20 gible applicants to develop new, or modify exist21 ing, homeland security information, equipment, 

22 capabilities, technologies, and services to ad23 dress the needs identified in subparagraph (A). 
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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—An applicant is 

2 eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if 

3 the applicant— 

4 ‘‘(A) addresses 1 or more needs of Federal, 

5 State, and local governments and first respond6 ers, as identified through the assessment con7 ducted under paragraph (1)(A); 

8 ‘‘(B) is a joint venture between— 

9 ‘‘(i) a for profit business entity, aca10 demic institution, or non-profit entity; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) another entity that has dem12 onstrated capability in the area of 

13 counterterrorism or homeland security; and 

14 ‘‘(C) meets any other qualifications that 

15 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

16 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri17 ority to those applicants who propose to provide the 

18 homeland security information, equipment, tech19 nologies, or services developed or modified with 

20 grant funds to Federal, State, and local governments 

21 and first responders. 

22 ‘‘(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Sec23 retary may require a recipient of a grant under this 

24 subsection to make available non-Federal matching 

25 contributions in an amount equal to up to 50 per-
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1 cent of the total proposed cost of the project for 

2 which the grant was awarded. 

3 ‘‘(5) GRANT REPAYMENT.—The Secretary may 

4 require a recipient of a grant under this subsection 

5 to repay to the Secretary the amount of the grant, 

6 interest at an appropriate rate, and such charges for 

7 administration of the grant as the Secretary deter8 mines appropriate. The Secretary may not require 

9 that such repayment be more than 150 percent of 

10 the amount of the grant, adjusted for inflation on 

11 the basis of the Consumer Price Index. 

12 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated 

14 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 to carry out the 

15 grant program established under this section.’’. 

16 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

17 The table of sections under section 1(b) of the Homeland 

18 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(b)) is amended by 

19 inserting after the item relating to section 890 the fol20 lowing: 

‘‘Sec. 890a. Homeland Security Information, Equipment, Capabilities, 

Technologies, and Services Grant Program.’’. 

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