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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2635

To establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop 

homeland security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and 

services to further the homeland security of the United States and 

to address the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local 

governments. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 8, 2004

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. LIEBERMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs 

A BILL

To establish an intergovernmental grant program to identify 

and develop homeland security information, equipment, 

capabilities, technologies, and services to further the 

homeland security of the United States and to address 

the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local 

governments.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE. 

4 Section 430 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

5 (6 U.S.C. 238) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (c)— 
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1 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and 

2 (8) as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 

3 (B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(7) establishing a program to identify, develop, 

6 or modify existing or near term homeland security 

7 information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, 

8 and services to further the homeland security of the 

9 United States and to address the homeland security 

10 needs of Federal, State, and local governments;’’; 

11 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub12 section (e); and 

13 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(d) HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION, EQUIP16 MENT, CAPABILITIES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND SERVICES

17 GRANT PROGRAM.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing the program 

19 established under subsection (c)(7), the Secretary, 

20 acting through the Director of the Office for Domes21 tic Preparedness and in consultation with the Under 

22 Secretary for Science and Technology, shall— 

23 ‘‘(A) conduct a needs assessment of Fed24 eral, State, and local governments and first re25 sponders to identify— 
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1 ‘‘(i) the homeland security needs of 

2 Federal, State, and local governments and 

3 first responders; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) areas where specific homeland 

5 security information, equipment, capabili6 ties, technologies, and services could ad7 dress those needs; 

8 ‘‘(B) survey near term and existing home9 land security information, equipment, capabili10 ties, technologies, and services developed within 

11 the United States and within other countries 

12 that— 

13 ‘‘(i) are highly focused on homeland 

14 security issues; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) have demonstrated the capability 

16 for fruitful cooperation with the United 

17 States in the area of counterterrorism; and 

18 ‘‘(C) provide grants, directly or through a 

19 nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, to eli20 gible applicants to develop new, or modify exist21 ing, homeland security information, equipment, 

22 capabilities, technologies, and services to ad23 dress the needs identified in subparagraph (A). 
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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—An applicant is 

2 eligible to receive a grant under this subsection if 

3 the applicant— 

4 ‘‘(A) addresses 1 or more needs of Federal, 

5 State, and local governments and first respond6 ers, as identified through the assessment con7 ducted under paragraph (1)(A); 

8 ‘‘(B) is a joint venture between— 

9 ‘‘(i) a for profit business entity, aca10 demic institution, or non–profit entity; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) another entity that has dem12 onstrated capability in the area of 

13 counterterrorism or homeland security; and 

14 ‘‘(C) meets any other qualifications that 

15 the Secretary may reasonably require. 

16 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri17 ority to those applicants who propose to provide the 

18 homeland security information, equipment, tech19 nologies, or services developed or modified with 

20 grant funds to Federal, State, and local governments 

21 and first responders. 

22 ‘‘(4) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Sec23 retary may require a recipient of a grant under this 

24 subsection to make available non-Federal matching 

25 contributions in an amount equal to up to 50 per-
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1 cent of the total proposed cost of the project for 

2 which the grant was awarded. 

3 ‘‘(5) GRANT REPAYMENT.—The Secretary may 

4 require a recipient of a grant under this subsection 

5 to repay to the Secretary the amount of the grant, 

6 interest at an appropriate rate, and such charges for 

7 administration of the grant as the Secretary deter8 mines appropriate. The Secretary may not require 

9 that such repayment be more than 150 percent of 

10 the amount of the grant, adjusted for inflation on 

11 the basis of the Consumer Price Index. 

12 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

13 There are authorized to be appropriated 

14 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 to carry out the 

15 grant program established under this subsection.’’. 

16 SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION, EQUIPMENT, 

17 CAPABILITIES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND SERV18 ICES GRANT PROGRAM. 

19 Section 313 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

20 (6 U.S.C. 193) is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub22 section (d); and 

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol24 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(c) HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION, EQUIP2 MENT, CAPABILITIES, TECHNOLOGIES, AND SERVICES

3 GRANT PROGRAM.—In developing the program described 

4 in section 430(d), the Under Secretary for Science and 

5 Technology shall assist the Director of the Office for Do6 mestic Preparedness by reviewing, testing, and evaluating 

7 applications or proposals.’’.

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