security plan and relevant local, tribal, and regional 
homeland security plans, through’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (10) by inserting the following 
after ‘‘analysts’’: ‘‘regardless of whether such ana-
lysts are current or new full-time employees or con-
tract employees and such funding shall be made 
available without time limitations placed on the pe-
riod of time that such analyst can serve under 
awarded grants.’’. 
SEC.
4.
USE
OF
FUNDS
FOR
PERSONNEL
AND
OPER-
ATIONAL COSTS. 
Section 2008(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(b)(2)) is amended by striking so 
much as precedes subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient of a 
grant under section 2003 or 2004 may, at the 
recipient’s discretion, use up to 50 percent of 
the amount of the grant awarded for any fiscal 
year to pay for personnel and operational costs, 
including overtime and backfill costs, in support 
of the uses authorized under subsection (a).’’. 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Personnel Reimburse-
ment for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of 
Homeland Security Act of 2008’’ or the ‘‘PRICE of Home-
land Security Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘Grants’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘used’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The 
Administrator shall permit the recipient of a 
grant under section 2003 or 2004 to use grant 
funds’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘, re-
gardless of whether such analysts are current or 
new full-time employees or contract employees’’ 
after ‘‘analysts’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS ON DISCRETION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the use 
of amounts awarded to a grant recipient under 
section 2003 or 2004 for personnel costs in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, 
the Administrator may not— 
‘‘(i) impose a limit on the amount of 
the award that may be used to pay for per-
sonnel, or personnel-related, costs that is 
higher or lower than the percent limit im-
posed in paragraph (2)(A); or 
‘‘(ii) impose any additional limitation 
on the portion of the funds of a recipient 
that may be used for a specific type, pur-
pose, or category of personnel, or personnel- 
related, costs. 
‘‘(B) ANALYSTS.—If amounts awarded to a 
grant recipient under section 2003 or 2004 are 
used for paying salary or benefits of a qualified 
intelligence analyst under subsection (a)(10), the 
Administrator shall make such amounts avail-
able without time limitations placed on the pe-
riod of time that the analyst can serve under the 
grant.’’. 
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Calendar No. 1052 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6098 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
improve the financial assistance provided to 
State, local, and tribal governments for informa-
tion sharing activities, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 24 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 
Reported with an amendment 
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