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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3980 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 3, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting requirements and developing meaningful performance 

metrics for homeland security preparedness grants, and 

for other purposes. 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Redundancy Elimi3 nation and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness 

4 Grants Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES 

6 AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE 

7 METRICS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PRE8 PAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu10 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING 

13 REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PER14 FORMANCE METRICS. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall, for 

16 grants under sections 2003 and 2004 and any other 

17 grants specified by the Administrator, submit a report to 

18 the appropriate committees of Congress by not later than 

19 120 days after the date of the enactment of the Redun20 dancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Pre21 paredness Grants Act, and by October 1st every 2 years 

22 thereafter, that— 

23 ‘‘(1) identifies redundant rules, regulations, and 

24 requirements for reporting by recipients of such 

25 grants, and includes a plan for eliminating such 

26 identified redundancies and requirements; 


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1 ‘‘(2) includes a plan for developing and improv2 ing the performance metrics required under section 

3 2022(a)(4) for such grants; and 

4 ‘‘(3) includes an assessment of each program 

5 under which such grants are awarded. 

6 ‘‘(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Each plan under sub7 section (a)— 

8 ‘‘(1) shall be developed in coordination with 

9 State, local, tribal, and territorial governments; and 

10 ‘‘(2) shall include a proposed timeline for ac11 tions to implement the plan. 

12 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Each 

13 program assessment under subsection (a)(3) shall in14 clude— 

15 ‘‘(1) a brief summary of the program purposes, 

16 objectives, and performance goals, and of the key 

17 findings of the assessment; 

18 ‘‘(2) an assessment of the quality of the pro19 gram’s performance metrics, and the extent to which 

20 necessary performance data are collected; 

21 ‘‘(3) a summary of how the program’s strengths 

22 and weaknesses are impeding or contributing to its 

23 failures or successes, including reasons for any sub24 stantial variation from the targeted level of perform25 ance of the program; 


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1 ‘‘(4) a description of the extent to which any 

2 trends, developments, or emerging conditions affect 

3 the need to change the mission of the program or 

4 the way that the program is being carried out; 

5 ‘‘(5) an identification of the best practices used 

6 in the program for allocating resources in an effi7 cient and effective manner that resulted in positive 

8 outcomes and the key reasons why such practices re9 sulted in positive outcomes; 

10 ‘‘(6) recommendations for program modifica11 tions to improve the results that the program 

12 achieves; 

13 ‘‘(7) a summary of key results of the program 

14 assessment that support maximizing the amount of 

15 funds appropriated for the program; and 

16 ‘‘(8) an assessment of the quality of customer 

17 service offered to recipients of funds under the pro18 gram and a strategy for improving such service.’’. 

19 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

20 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

21 end of the items relating to title XX the following new 

22 item: 


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‘‘Sec. 2023. Identification of reporting redundancies and development of performance metrics.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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