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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1187 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize grants for use 

in response to homeland security events of national and international 

significance. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2009 

Mrs. MURRAY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 

grants for use in response to homeland security events 

of national and international significance. 

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 ‘‘Local Homeland Event 

5 Response Operations Grant Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR LOCAL HOMELAND EVENT RESPONSE 

2 OPERATIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu4 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘Subtitle C—Other Assistance 

7 ‘‘SEC. 2041. GRANTS FOR LOCAL HOMELAND EVENT RE8 SPONSE OPERATIONS. 

9 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en11 tity’ means a law enforcement agency or fire depart12 ment of a State or local government (including a 

13 tribal government), including a police department, 

14 sheriff’s office, or homeland security or emergency 

15 management department, that— 

16 ‘‘(A) normally operates not more than 50 

17 miles from— 

18 ‘‘(i) the location of a special event; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) the United States port of entry 

20 closest to the special event, if the special 

21 event takes place outside of the United 

22 States; or 

23 ‘‘(B) participates in preparation for and 

24 activities during or directly following a special 

25 event. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL EVENT.—The term ‘special event’ 

2 means an event designated under subsection (c). 

3 ‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary may make a grant to 

4 an eligible entity for overtime expenses relating to prepa5 ration for and activities during or directly following from 

6 a special event. 

7 ‘‘(c) DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL EVENTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Regardless of whether an 

9 event is designated as a special event or given an10 other similar security designation under any other 

11 provision of law, the President or the Secretary may 

12 designate an event as a special event for purposes of 

13 this section if the event is an event of significant na14 tional importance (including international events of 

15 significant national importance) that— 

16 ‘‘(A) may require— 

17 ‘‘(i) extensive Federal interagency se18 curity and incident management prepared19 ness; 

20 ‘‘(ii) predeployment of Federal assets; 

21 ‘‘(iii) consultation, technical advice 

22 and support to specific functional areas in 

23 which the State or local government agen24 cies may lack expertise or key resources; 


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1 ‘‘(iv) designation of a Federal Coordi2 nator; and 

3 ‘‘(v) development of an integrated 

4 Federal Support Plan; or 

5 ‘‘(B) may require— 

6 ‘‘(i) direct national-level Federal sup7 port and situational awareness; 

8 ‘‘(ii) limited predeployment of Federal 

9 assets; 

10 ‘‘(iii) consultation, technical advice, 

11 and support to specific functional areas in 

12 which the State or local government agen13 cies may lack expertise or key resources; 

14 ‘‘(iv) designation of a Federal Coordi15 nator; and 

16 ‘‘(v) development of an integrated 

17 Federal Support Plan. 

18 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL EVENTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFI19 CANCE.—Any event that has been designated by the 

20 President as a special event of national significance 

21 under section 3056(e) of title 18, United States 

22 Code, or a similar provision of law shall be des23 ignated as a special event. 

24 ‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity may 

2 apply for a grant under this section, and shall sub3 mit such information in support of the application as 

4 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

5 ‘‘(2) JOINT APPLICATIONS AUTHORIZED.—A 

6 group of eligible entities may jointly submit an ap7 plication for a grant under this section for a single 

8 special event. 

9 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITY TO

10 APPLY.—The Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(A) notify an eligible entity of the oppor12 tunity to apply for a grant under this section; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) provide access to application mate15 rials and adequate time for preparation and 

16 submission of applications. 

17 ‘‘(4) SEPARATE APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.—An 

18 eligible entity shall separately apply for each special 

19 event for which the eligible entity seeks amounts 

20 under a grant under this section. 

21 ‘‘(5) MINIMUM CONTENT OF APPLICATION.— 

22 The Secretary shall require that an application for 

23 a grant under this section, at a minimum, in24 cludes— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the purpose for which the eligible en2 tity seeks the grant; 

3 ‘‘(B) a budget showing how the eligible en4 tity intends to expend funds received under the 

5 grant; and 

6 ‘‘(C) a description of the special event for 

7 which the eligible entity seeks the grant. 

8 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 

10 may be used by an eligible entity for salary and ben11 efits for necessary overtime in preparation for, dur12 ing, or directly following a special event by— 

13 ‘‘(A) an employee of the eligible entity; or 

14 ‘‘(B) a contractor of the eligible entity that 

15 performs law enforcement duties. 

16 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—A grant under this section 

17 shall be used to supplement and not to supplant 

18 funds of State or local governments (including a 

19 tribal government). 

20 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

21 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

22 out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 

23 through 2015.’’. 

24 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

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

2 adding after the item relating to section 2022 the fol3 lowing: 

‘‘Subtitle C—Other Assistance 

‘‘Sec. 2041. Grants for local homeland event response operations.’’. 

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