I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2850 
To assist States and local governments develop and implement emergency 
notification systems suitable for use on public recreational lands, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 
Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself and Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To assist States and local governments develop and imple-
ment emergency notification systems suitable for use on 
public recreational lands, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Communication and 
Alert Maintenance Program for Early Response Act’’ or 
‘‘CAMPER Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The National Park System manages 392 
sites that cover more than 83 million acres. 
(2) According to the National Park Service, 
there were 275,581,547 recreational visits to Na-
tional Park System sites in 2007, which marks an 
increase of nearly 3 million visits from 2006. 
(3) The number of recreational visits specified 
in paragraph (2) does not include Forest Service, 
Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclama-
tion, or Army Corps of Engineer sites or include 
State and local parks, which also cover a significant 
land area. 
(4) For example, in California, over 79.5 mil-
lion people visited California State Parks, over 1.3 
million acres of land, in the 2007/2008 fiscal year. 
(5) Many State and local park systems, includ-
ing the California Department of Parks and Recre-
ation, have no emergency notification system suit-
able for use on public recreational lands to warn 
persons using such lands of imminent emergency sit-
uations. 
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SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ASSIST-
ANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMEN-
TATION OF EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYS-
TEMS FOR USE ON STATE AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT RECREATIONAL LANDS. 
(a) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
AUTHORIZED.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security may provide technical as-
sistance to a State or local government to develop and im-
plement an emergency notification system suitable for use 
on public recreational lands administered by the State or 
local government to warn persons using such lands of 
emergency situations, including natural disasters and acts 
of terrorism or other man-made disasters. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 
(1) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may make grants, on a competi-
tive basis, to States and local governments to pro-
cure and install emergency notification systems on 
public recreational lands, as described in subsection 
(a). 
(2) MAXIMUM GRANT.—A grant under this sub-
section may not exceed $100,000. 
(3) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) RECIPIENT SHARE.—A grant recipient 
shall provide matching non-Federal funds, ei-
ther in cash or in-kind support, in an amount 
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