In the Senate of the United States, 

September 22, 2010. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3980) entitled ‘‘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.’’, do pass with 

the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

4 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 Security 

6 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING 

9 REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PER10 FORMANCE METRICS. 

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

12 grants’ means grants awarded under section 2003, grants 

13 awarded under section 2004, and any other grants specified 

14 by the Administrator. 

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

16 the date of enactment of the Redundancy Elimination and 

17 Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, the 

18 Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees 

19 of Congress a report that includes— 

20 ‘‘(1) an assessment of redundant reporting re21 quirements imposed by the Administrator on State, 

22 local, and tribal governments in connection with the 

23 awarding of grants, including— 

24 ‘‘(A) a list of each discrete item of data re25 quested by the Administrator from grant recipi-
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1 ents as part of the process of administering cov2 ered grants; 

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

4 the list described in subparagraph (A) that are 

5 required to be submitted by grant recipients on 

6 multiple occasions or to multiple systems; and 

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

8 the list described in subparagraph (A) that are 

9 not necessary to be collected in order for the Ad10 ministrator to effectively and efficiently admin11 ister the programs under which covered grants 

12 are awarded; 

13 ‘‘(2) a plan, including a specific timetable, for 

14 eliminating any redundant and unnecessary report15 ing requirements identified under paragraph (1); and 

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

17 promptly developing a set of quantifiable performance 

18 measures and metrics to assess the effectiveness of the 

19 programs under which covered grants are awarded. 

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

21 the date on which the initial report is required to be sub22 mitted under subsection (b), and once every 2 years there23 after, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 

24 committees of Congress a grants management report that 

25 includes— 
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1 ‘‘(1) the status of efforts to eliminate redundant 

2 and unnecessary reporting requirements imposed on 

3 grant recipients, including— 

4 ‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the 

5 plan required under subsection (b)(2); 

6 ‘‘(B) a reassessment of the reporting re7 quirements to identify and eliminate redundant 

8 and unnecessary requirements; 

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

10 performance measures and metrics to assess the effec11 tiveness of the programs under which the covered 

12 grants are awarded, including— 

13 ‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the 

14 plan required under subsection (b)(3); 

15 ‘‘(B) progress made in developing and im16 plementing additional performance metrics and 

17 measures for grants, including as part of the 

18 comprehensive assessment system required under 

19 section 649 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Man20 agement Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); and 

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

22 under which the covered grants are awarded, includ23 ing— 

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

25 goals of the program; 
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1 ‘‘(B) an assessment of the extent to which 

2 the objectives and goals described in subpara3 graph (A) have been met, based on the quantifi4 able performance measures and metrics required 

5 under this section, section 2022(a)(4), and sec6 tion 649 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Man7 agement Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); 

8 ‘‘(C) recommendations for any program 

9 modifications to improve the effectiveness of the 

10 program, to address changed or emerging condi11 tions; and 

12 ‘‘(D) an assessment of the experience of re13 cipients of covered grants, including the avail14 ability of clear and accurate information, the 

15 timeliness of reviews and awards, and the provi16 sion of technical assistance, and recommenda17 tions for improving that experience. 

18 ‘‘(d) GRANTS PROGRAM MEASUREMENT STUDY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

20 the enactment of Redundancy Elimination and En21 hanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, the 

22 Administrator shall enter into a contract with the 

23 National Academy of Public Administration under 

24 which the National Academy of Public Administra-
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1 tion shall assist the Administrator in studying, devel2 oping, and implementing— 

3 ‘‘(A) quantifiable performance measures 

4 and metrics to assess the effectiveness of grants 

5 administered by the Department, as required 

6 under this section and section 649 of the Post7 Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 

8 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); and 

9 ‘‘(B) the plan required under subsection 

10 (b)(3). 

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

12 date on which the contract described in paragraph (1) 

13 is awarded, the Administrator shall submit to the ap14 propriate committees of Congress a report that de15 scribes the findings and recommendations of the study 

16 conducted under paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Ad19 ministrator such sums as may be necessary to carry 

20 out this subsection.’’. 

21 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

22 table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security 

23 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding 

24 at the end the following: 
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‘‘Sec. 2023. Identification of reporting redundancies and development of performance metrics.’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 3980 

AMENDMENT