H. R. 3980 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 

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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Redundancy Elimination and 

Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act’’. 

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES AND 

DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAMS. 

(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: 

‘‘SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES AND 

DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS. 

‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered grants’ 

means grants awarded under section 2003, grants awarded under 

section 2004, and any other grants specified by the Administrator. 

‘‘(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

of enactment of the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced 

Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, the Administrator shall 

submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that 

includes— 

‘‘(1) an assessment of redundant reporting requirements 

imposed by the Administrator on State, local, and tribal governments in connection with the awarding of grants, including— 

‘‘(A) a list of each discrete item of data requested 

by the Administrator from grant recipients as part of the 

process of administering covered grants; 

‘‘(B) identification of the items of data from the list 

described in subparagraph (A) that are required to be submitted by grant recipients on multiple occasions or to multiple systems; and 

‘‘(C) identification of the items of data from the list 

described in subparagraph (A) that are not necessary to 

be collected in order for the Administrator to effectively 

and efficiently administer the programs under which covered grants are awarded; 
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‘‘(2) a plan, including a specific timetable, for eliminating 

any redundant and unnecessary reporting requirements identified under paragraph (1); and 

‘‘(3) a plan, including a specific timetable, for promptly 

developing a set of quantifiable performance measures and 

metrics to assess the effectiveness of the programs under which 

covered grants are awarded. 

‘‘(c) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

on which the initial report is required to be submitted under subsection (b), and once every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator 

shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a grants 

management report that includes— 

‘‘(1) the status of efforts to eliminate redundant and 

unnecessary reporting requirements imposed on grant recipients, including— 

‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the plan required 

under subsection (b)(2); 

‘‘(B) a reassessment of the reporting requirements to 

identify and eliminate redundant and unnecessary requirements; 

‘‘(2) the status of efforts to develop quantifiable performance 

measures and metrics to assess the effectiveness of the programs under which the covered grants are awarded, including— 

‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the plan required 

under subsection (b)(3); 

‘‘(B) progress made in developing and implementing 

additional performance metrics and measures for grants, 

including as part of the comprehensive assessment system 

required under section 649 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 

Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); and 

‘‘(3) a performance assessment of each program under 

which the covered grants are awarded, including— 

‘‘(A) a description of the objectives and goals of the 

program; 

‘‘(B) an assessment of the extent to which the objectives 

and goals described in subparagraph (A) have been met, 

based on the quantifiable performance measures and 

metrics required under this section, section 2022(a)(4), and 

section 649 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 

Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); 

‘‘(C) recommendations for any program modifications 

to improve the effectiveness of the program, to address 

changed or emerging conditions; and 

‘‘(D) an assessment of the experience of recipients of 

covered grants, including the availability of clear and 

accurate information, the timeliness of reviews and awards, 

and the provision of technical assistance, and recommendations for improving that experience. 

‘‘(d) GRANTS PROGRAM MEASUREMENT STUDY.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the enactment of Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance 

for Preparedness Grants Act, the Administrator shall enter 

into a contract with the National Academy of Public Administration under which the National Academy of Public Administration shall assist the Administrator in studying, developing, 

and implementing— 
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‘‘(A) quantifiable performance measures and metrics 

to assess the effectiveness of grants administered by the 

Department, as required under this section and section 

649 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 

Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); and 

‘‘(B) the plan required under subsection (b)(3). 

‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date on 

which the contract described in paragraph (1) is awarded, the 

Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of 

Congress a report that describes the findings and recommendations of the study conducted under paragraph (1). 

‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums 

as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.’’. 

(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 at the end the following: 

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

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.