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Union Calendar No. 199 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3980 

[Report No. 111–346] 

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 

DECEMBER 1, 2009 

Additional sponsor: Ms. RICHARDSON

DECEMBER 1, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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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. 


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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’’. 

7 SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES 

8 AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE 

9 METRICS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PRE10 PAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAMS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu12 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by 

13 adding at the end the following new section: 

14 ‘‘SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING 

15 REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PER16 FORMANCE METRICS. 

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

18 grants under sections 2003 and 2004 and any other 

19 grants specified by the Administrator, submit a report to 

20 the congressional homeland security committees by not 

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

22 the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance 

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

24 2 years thereafter, that— 


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

2 requirements for reporting by recipients of such 

3 grants, and includes a plan for eliminating such 

4 identified redundancies and requirements; 

5 ‘‘(2) includes a plan for developing and improv6 ing the performance metrics required under section 

7 2022(a)(4) for such grants; and 

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

9 under which such grants are awarded. 

10 ‘‘(b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Each plan under sub11 section (a)— 

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

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

14 ‘‘(2) shall include a proposed timeline for ac15 tions to implement the plan. 

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

17 program assessment under subsection (a)(3) shall in18 clude— 

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

20 objectives, and performance goals, and of the key 

21 findings of the assessment; 

22 ‘‘(2) an assessment of the quality of the pro23 gram’s performance metrics, and the extent to which 

24 necessary performance data are collected; 


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

2 and weaknesses are impeding or contributing to its 

3 failures or successes, including reasons for any sub4 stantial variation from the targeted level of perform5 ance of the program; 

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

7 trends, developments, or emerging conditions affect 

8 the need to change the mission of the program or 

9 the way that the program is being carried out; 

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

11 in the program for allocating resources in an effi12 cient and effective manner that resulted in positive 

13 outcomes and the key reasons why such practices re14 sulted in positive outcomes; 

15 ‘‘(6) recommendations for program modifica16 tions to improve the results that the program 

17 achieves; 

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

19 assessment that support maximizing the amount of 

20 funds appropriated for the program; and 

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

22 service offered to recipients of funds under the pro23 gram and a strategy for improving such service. 

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1 sional homeland security committees’ means the Com2 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa3 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov4 ernmental Affairs of the Senate.’’. 

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

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

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

8 item: 

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


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Union Calendar No. 199 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3980 

[Report No. 111–346] 

A BILL 

To provide for identifying and eliminating redunposes. curity preparedness grants, and for other pur- meaningful performance metrics for homeland se- dant reporting requirements and developing 

DECEMBER 1, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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