IIB 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1178 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 13, 2009 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to 
conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel 
and resources to support homeland security missions, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. CIVIL AIR PATROL STUDY. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study of the functions and capabili-
ties of the Civil Air Patrol to support the homeland secu-
rity missions of State, local, and tribal governments and 
the Department of Homeland Security. In conducting the 
study, the Comptroller General shall review the process 
by which the Civil Air Patrol may provide assistance to 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, other Federal agen-
cies, and States to support homeland security missions 
by— 
(1) providing aerial reconnaissance or commu-
nications capabilities for border security; 
(2) providing capabilities for collective response 
to an act of terrorism, natural disaster, or other 
man-made event by assisting in damage assessment 
and situational awareness, conducting search and 
rescue operations, assisting in evacuations, trans-
porting time-sensitive medical or other materials; 
(3) providing assistance in the exercise and 
training of departmental resources responsible for 
the intercept of aviation threats to designated re-
stricted areas; and 
(4) carrying out such other activities as may be 
determined appropriate by the Comptroller General 
in the conduct of this review. 
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(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Com-
mittees on Homeland Security and Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate a report containing the findings of the re-
view conducted under subsection (a). The report shall in-
clude— 
(1) an assessment of the feasibility and cost ef-
fectiveness of using Civil Air Patrol assets for the 
purposes described in subsection (a); and 
(2) an assessment as to whether the current 
mechanisms for Federal agencies and States to re-
quest support from the Civil Air Patrol are sufficient 
or whether new agreements between relevant Federal 
agencies and the Civil Air Patrol are necessary. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of receipt of the report under subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review and 
analyze the study and submit to the Committees on Home-
land Security and Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report on such review and analysis, which shall in-
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clude any recommendations of the Secretary for further 
action that could affect the organization and administra-
tion of the Department of Homeland Security. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 12, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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