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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3980 

To provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting requirements 

and developing meaningful performance metrics for homeland security 

preparedness grants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 2, 2009 

Mr. CUELLAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Redundancy Elimi5 nation and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness 

6 Grants Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES 

2 AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE 

3 METRICS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PRE4 PAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAMS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu6 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING 

9 REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PER10 FORMANCE METRICS. 

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

12 grants under sections 2003 and 2004 and any other 

13 grants specified by the Administrator, submit a report to 

14 the congressional homeland security committees by not 

15 later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 

16 the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance 

17 for Preparedness Grants Act, and by October 1st every 

18 2 years thereafter, that— 

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

20 requirements for reporting by recipients of such 

21 grants, and includes a plan for eliminating such 

22 identified redundancies and requirements; 

23 ‘‘(2) includes a plan for developing and improv24 ing the performance metrics required under section 

25 2022(a)(4) for such grants; and 


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

2 under which such grants are awarded. 

3 ‘‘(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Each plan under sub4 section (a)— 

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

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

7 ‘‘(2) shall include a proposed timeline for ac8 tions to implement the plan. 

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

10 program assessment under subsection (a)(3) shall in11 clude— 

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

13 objectives, and performance goals, and of the key 

14 findings of the assessment; 

15 ‘‘(2) an assessment of the quality of the pro16 gram’s performance metrics, and the extent to which 

17 necessary performance data are collected; 

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

19 and weaknesses are impeding or contributing to its 

20 failures or successes, including reasons for any sub21 stantial variation from the targeted level of perform22 ance of the program; 

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

24 trends, developments, or emerging conditions affect 


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1 the need to change the mission of the program or 

2 the way that the program is being carried out; 

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

4 in the program for allocating resources in an effi5 cient and effective manner that resulted in positive 

6 outcomes and the key reasons why such practices re7 sulted in positive outcomes; 

8 ‘‘(6) recommendations for program modifica9 tions to improve the results that the program 

10 achieves; 

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

12 assessment that support maximizing the amount of 

13 funds appropriated for the program; and 

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

15 service offered to recipients of funds under the pro16 gram and a strategy for improving such service. 

17 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY COM18 MITTEES DEFINED.—In this section the term ‘congres19 sional homeland security committees’ means the Com20 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa21 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov22 ernmental Affairs of the Senate.’’. 

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

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


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

2 item: 

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

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