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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5744 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require recipients of State 

Homeland Security Grant Program funding to preserve and strengthen 

interoperable emergency communications capabilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 19, 2014 

Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 

recipients of State Homeland Security Grant Program 

funding to preserve and strengthen interoperable emergency communications capabilities, 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 ‘‘State Wide Interoper5 able Communications Enhancement Act’’ or the ‘‘SWIC 

6 Enhancement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MINIMUM CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR CER2 TAIN HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 2004(b) 

4 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605(b)) 

5 is amended by— 

6 (1) redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 

7 subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively; and 

8 (2) inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol9 lowing new subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(B)(i) certification that the Governor of 

11 the State has designated a Statewide Interoper12 ability Coordinator, including identification in 

13 such certification of the individual so des14 ignated, who is shall be responsible for— 

15 ‘‘(I) overseeing the daily operations of 

16 the State’s interoperability efforts; 

17 ‘‘(II) coordinating State interoper18 ability and communications projects and 

19 grant applications for such projects; 

20 ‘‘(III) establishing and maintaining 

21 working groups to develop and implement 

22 key interoperability initiatives; and 

23 ‘‘(IV) implementing and updating, as 

24 necessary, a Statewide Communications 

25 Interoperability Plan that specifies the cur26 rent status of State efforts to enhance 


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1 communications interoperability within the 

2 State, including progress or setbacks, and 

3 future goals for communications interoper4 ability among emergency response agencies 

5 in the State; or 

6 ‘‘(ii) if a Statewide Interoperability Coordi7 nator has not been designated in accordance 

8 with clause (i)— 

9 ‘‘(I) certification that the State is per10 forming in another manner the functions 

11 described in subclauses (I) through (IV) of 

12 such clause; and 

13 ‘‘(II) identification in such certifi14 cation of an individual who has been des15 ignated by the State as the primary point 

16 of contact for performance of such func17 tions;’’. 

18 (b) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION.—The amendment 

19 made by subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any 

20 grant for which an application was submitted under the 

21 State Homeland Security Grant Program before the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act. 

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