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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1627 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary to 
enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Air Force to use 
Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security 
missions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 19, 2009 
Mr. DENT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct 
the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Sec-
retary of the Air Force to use Civil Air Patrol personnel 
and resources to support homeland security missions. 
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 ‘‘Civil Air Patrol Home-
land Security Support Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. CIVIL AIR PATROL SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SECU-
RITY MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 890A. CIVIL AIR PATROL SUPPORT OF HOMELAND SE-
CURITY MISSIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to enter 
into memoranda of understanding or other agreements 
with the Secretary of Defense to use Civil Air Patrol per-
sonnel and resources to support homeland security mis-
sions in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) USE OF ASSETS.—Pursuant to a memorandum 
of understanding or other agreement entered into under 
subsection (a), the Secretary may consider the use of Civil 
Air Patrol personnel and resources for— 
‘‘(1) providing aerial reconnaissance or commu-
nications capabilities to the Border Patrol to protect 
against illegal entry and trafficking in goods, cur-
rency, people, and other substances; 
‘‘(2) providing capabilities to respond to an act 
of terrorism, natural disaster, or other man-made 
event, by assisting in damage assessment and situa-
tional awareness, conducting search and rescue oper-
ations, assisting in evacuations, transporting time- 
sensitive medical or other materials; or 
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‘‘(3) such other activities as the Secretary may 
determine in coordination with the Secretary of De-
fense. 
‘‘(c) INCLUSION IN NATIONAL PLANNING ACTIVI-
TIES.—Pursuant to a memorandum of understanding or 
other agreement entered into under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall consider the Civil Air Patrol as an avail-
able resource for purposes of national preparedness and 
response planning activities, including the National Re-
sponse Plan. 
‘‘(d) REIMBURSEMENT.—A memorandum of under-
standing or other agreement entered into under subsection 
(a) shall include a provision addressing the manner in 
which the Department of Defense is to be reimbursed for 
costs associated with the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel 
or resources for homeland security purposes.’’. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the 
status of any memorandum of understanding or other 
agreement authorized under section 890A of the Home-
land Security Act, as added by subsection (a). 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 
end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: 
‘‘Sec. 890A. Civil Air Patrol support of homeland security missions.’’. 
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