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cilities, that have been exposed to chemical, biological, radi-
ological, or nuclear materials. 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The guidance developed under sub-
section (a) shall clarify Federal roles and responsibilities 
for assisting State, local, and tribal authorities and include 
risk-based recommendations for— 
‘‘(1) standards for effective decontamination of 
affected sites; 
‘‘(2) standards for safe post-event occupancy of 
affected sites, including for vulnerable populations 
such as children and individuals with health con-
cerns; 
‘‘(3) requirements to ensure that the decon-
tamination procedures for responding organizations 
do not conflict; 
‘‘(4) requirements that each responding organi-
zation uses a uniform system for tracking costs and 
performance of clean-up contractors; 
‘‘(5) maintenance of negative air pressure in 
buildings; 
‘‘(6) standards for proper selection and use of 
personal protective equipment; 
‘‘(7) air sampling procedures; 
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‘‘(8) development of occupational health and 
safety plans that are appropriate for the specific risk 
to responder health; and 
‘‘(9) waste disposal. 
‘‘(c) REVIEW AND REVISION OF GUIDANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) not less frequently than once every two 
years, review the guidance developed under subsection 
(a); 
‘‘(2) make revisions to the guidance as appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(3) make the revised guidance available to the 
Federal Government, State, local, and tribal authori-
ties, nongovernmental organizations, the private sec-
tor, and the public. 
‘‘(d) PROCEDURES FOR DEVELOPING AND REVISING 
GUIDANCE.—In carrying out the requirements of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall establish procedures to— 
‘‘(1) prioritize issuance of guidance based on the 
results of the risk assessment conducted pursuant to 
section 2108; 
‘‘(2) inventory existing relevant guidance; 
‘‘(3) enable the public to submit recommenda-
tions of areas in which guidance is needed; 
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‘‘(4) determine which entities should be consulted 
in developing or revising the guidance; 
‘‘(5) prioritize, on a regular basis, guidance that 
should be developed or revised; and 
‘‘(6) develop and disseminate the guidance in ac-
cordance with the prioritization under paragraph (5). 
‘‘(e) CONSULTATIONS.—The Secretary shall develop 
and revise the guidance developed under subsection (a), and 
the procedures required under subsection (d), in consulta-
tion with— 
‘‘(1) the heads of other Federal departments and 
agencies, as appropriate; 
‘‘(2) State, local, and tribal authorities; and 
‘‘(3) nongovernmental organizations and private 
industry. 
‘‘SEC. 2110. EXERCISES. 
‘‘To facilitate environmental recovery from a chemical, 
biological, radiological, or nuclear attack or other incident 
involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear ma-
terials and to foster collective response to terrorism, the Sec-
retary shall develop exercises in consultation with State, 
local, and tribal authorities and other appropriate Federal 
agencies, and, as appropriate, in collaboration with na-
tional level exercises, including exercises that address, to the 
best knowledge available at the time, analysis, indoor envi-
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ronmental cleanup methods, and decontamination stand-
ards, including those published in the guidance documents 
required by section 2109.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
of the items relating to such title the following: 
‘‘Sec. 2108. Identifying and addressing gaps in recovery capabilities. 
‘‘Sec. 2109. Recovery from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks 
or incidents. 
‘‘Sec. 2110. Exercises.’’. 
Subtitle B—Grants 
SEC. 521. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Terrorism preparedness grant programs ad-
ministered by the Department of Homeland Security 
since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the 
State Homeland Security Grant Program, Urban 
Area Security Initiative, Transit Security Grant Pro-
gram, and Port Security Grant Program, have con-
tributed to increased preparedness, resilience, and re-
sponse capabilities at the State and local levels. 
(2) State and local governments have utilized 
grant funding to, among other things, conduct plan-
ning, training, and exercises, improve information 
sharing, and enhance communications. 
(3) More than a decade after the terrorist attacks 
of September 11, 2001, the United States remains the 
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top target of Al Qaeda and its affiliates, and faces in-
creasing threats of domestic radicalization and from 
lone wolf extremists. 
(4) Continued Federal assistance to States and 
localities is necessary to maintain the increased pre-
paredness and response capabilities developed over the 
past decade in order to address this continuing 
threat. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that grant programs such as the State Homeland Security 
Grant Program, Urban Area Security Initiative, Transit 
Security Grant Program, and Port Security Grant Pro-
gram, should be funded consistent with their previously au-
thorized levels to ensure that States and localities build and 
sustain the necessary capabilities to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to terrorist attacks or other emergencies. 
SEC. 522. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR PROJECTS CON-
DUCTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NATIONAL 
LABORATORY OR RESEARCH FACILITY. 
Section 2008(a)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘train-
ing conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory 
or research facility and’’ after ‘‘including’’. 
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SEC. 523. NOTIFICATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT 
AWARDS. 
Section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency shall report to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate not less than three busi-
ness days in advance of announcing publicly an allocation 
or award made pursuant to section 2003 or 2004.’’. 
SEC. 524. TRANSPARENCY IN HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT 
FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title XX of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2024. TRANSPARENCY IN HOMELAND SECURITY 
GRANT FUNDING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Administrator of 
the Grant Programs Directorate, or an official otherwise 
designated by the Administrator, shall serve as the Author-
ization Liaison Officer within the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency. 
‘‘(b) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—The Authorization 
Liaison Officer shall provide timely information on all 
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‘‘(B) the amount of funds awarded for each 
project; 
‘‘(C) the amount of funds available for each 
project; 
‘‘(D) the date on which those funds were 
made available; 
‘‘(E) the amount of funds not yet released 
by the Department, by project; and 
‘‘(F) the reasons funds have not been re-
leased, by project. 
‘‘(d) MEASURES AND METRICS.— 
‘‘(1) QUARTERLY PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO 
CONGRESS.—The Assistant Administrator of the 
Grant Programs Directorate shall provide informa-
tion quarterly to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on its efforts to develop performance measures 
and metrics for the Homeland Security Grant Pro-
gram pursuant to section 2023 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 613), until the development 
and implementation of such performance measures 
and metrics. 
‘‘(2) BIANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—After the develop-
ment and implementation of such performance meas-
ures and metrics, the Assistant Administrator shall 
provide biannual briefings to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees on the expenditure of grant funds 
and the Assistant Administrator’s findings based on 
the metrics, including an assessment of the extent 
which funding under the Homeland Security Grant 
Program has contributed to building and sustaining 
State and local preparedness and response capabili-
ties to address terrorism threats and other emer-
gencies.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such subtitle the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2024. Transparency in homeland security grant funding.’’. 
SEC. 525. METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 529. METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
Metropolitan Medical Response System Program, that shall 
assist State and local governments in preparing for and 
responding to public health and mass casualty incidents re-
sulting from acts of terrorism and natural disasters. 
‘‘(b) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, through 
the Administrator, may make grants under this 
section to State and local governments to assist 
in preparing for and responding to mass cas-
ualty incidents resulting from acts of terrorism 
and natural disasters. 
‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—In developing guid-
ance for grants authorized under this section, the 
Administrator shall consult with the Assistant 
Secretary for Health Affairs of the Department. 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant made under this 
section may be used to support the integration of 
emergency management, health, and medical systems 
into a coordinated response to mass casualty inci-
dents caused by any hazard, including— 
‘‘(A) to strengthen medical surge capacity; 
‘‘(B) to strengthen mass prophylaxis capa-
bilities including development and maintenance 
of an initial pharmaceutical stockpile sufficient 
to protect first responders, their families, and 
immediate victims from a chemical or biological 
event; 
‘‘(C) to strengthen chemical, biological, ra-
diological, nuclear, and explosive detection, re-
sponse, and decontamination capabilities; 
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‘‘(D) to develop and maintain mass triage 
and pre-hospital treatment plans and capabili-
ties; 
‘‘(E) for planning; 
‘‘(F) to support efforts to strengthen infor-
mation sharing and collaboration capabilities of 
regional, State, and urban areas in support of 
public health and medical preparedness; 
‘‘(G) for medical supplies management and 
distribution; 
‘‘(H) for training and exercises; 
‘‘(I) for integration and coordination of the 
activities and capabilities of public health per-
sonnel and medical care providers with those of 
other emergency response providers as well as 
other Federal agencies, the private sector, and 
nonprofit organizations, for the forward move-
ment of patients; and 
‘‘(J) for such other activities as the Admin-
istrator provides. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), any jurisdiction that received 
funds through the Metropolitan Medical Response 
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System Program in fiscal year 2010 shall be eli-
gible to receive a grant under this section. 
‘‘(B) PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT AFTER 
FISCAL YEAR 2012.—A jurisdiction shall not be 
eligible for a grant under this subsection from 
funds available after fiscal year 2012 unless the 
Secretary determines that the jurisdiction main-
tains a sufficient measured degree of capability 
in accordance with the performance measures 
issued under subsection (c). 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator 
shall distribute grant funds under this section to 
the State in which the jurisdiction receiving a 
grant under this section is located. 
‘‘(B) PASS THROUGH.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), not later than 45 days after the date 
on which a State receives grant funds under sub-
paragraph (A), the State shall provide the juris-
diction receiving the grant 100 percent of the 
grant funds, and not later than 45 days after the 
State releases the funds, all fiscal agents shall 
make the grant funds available for expenditure. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator may 
permit a State to provide to a jurisdiction re-
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ceiving a grant under this section 97 percent of 
the grant funds awarded if doing so would not 
result in any jurisdiction eligible for a grant 
under paragraph (3)(A) receiving less funding 
than such jurisdiction received in fiscal year 
2009. 
‘‘(5) REGIONAL COORDINATION.—The Adminis-
trator shall ensure that each jurisdiction that receives 
a grant under this section, as a condition of receiving 
such grant, is actively coordinating its preparedness 
efforts with surrounding jurisdictions, with the offi-
cial with primary responsibility for homeland secu-
rity (other than the Governor) of the government of 
the State in which the jurisdiction is located, and 
with emergency response providers from all relevant 
disciplines, as determined by the Administrator, to ef-
fectively enhance regional preparedness. 
‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Administrator, 
in coordination with the Assistant Secretary for Health Af-
fairs, and the National Metropolitan Medical Response Sys-
tem Working Group, shall issue performance measures with-
in one year after the date of enactment of this section that 
enable objective evaluation of the performance and effective 
use of funds provided under this section in any jurisdiction. 
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‘‘(d) METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM 
WORKING GROUP DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘Na-
tional Metropolitan Medical Response System Working 
Group’ means— 
‘‘(1) 10 Metropolitan Medical Response System 
Program grant managers, who shall— 
‘‘(A) include one such grant manager from 
each region of the Agency; 
‘‘(B) comprise a population-based cross sec-
tion of jurisdictions that are receiving grant 
funds under the Metropolitan Medical Response 
System Program; and 
‘‘(C) include— 
‘‘(i) 3 selected by the Administrator; 
and 
‘‘(ii) 3 selected by the Chief Medical 
Officer of the Department; and 
‘‘(2) 3 State officials who are responsible for ad-
ministration of State programs that are carried out 
with grants under this section, who shall be selected 
by the Administrator. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—From the 
total amount authorized to be appropriated under this Act, 
$42,000,000 shall be authorized for appropriations to carry 
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out the program for each of fiscal years 2012 through 
2016.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by adding at 
the end of the items relating to such title the following new 
item: 
‘‘Sec. 529. Metropolitan Medical Response System Program.’’. 
(c) METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE PROGRAM 
REVIEW.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency, the Assistant 
Secretary for Health Affairs of the Department, and 
the National Metropolitan Medical Response System 
Working Group shall conduct a review of the Metro-
politan Medical Response System Program authorized 
under this section, including an examination of— 
(A) the extent to which the goals and objec-
tives are being met; 
(B) the performance metrics that can best 
help assess whether the Metropolitan Medical Re-
sponse System Program is succeeding; 
(C) how the Metropolitan Medical Response 
System Program can be improved; 
(D) how the Metropolitan Medical Response 
System Program complements and enhances 
other preparedness programs supported by the 
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Department of Homeland Security and the De-
partment of Health and Human Services; 
(E) the degree to which the strategic goals, 
objectives, and capabilities of the Metropolitan 
Medical Response System Program are incor-
porated in State and local homeland security 
plans; 
(F) how eligibility for financial assistance, 
and the allocation of financial assistance, under 
the Metropolitan Medical Response System Pro-
gram should be determined, including how allo-
cation of assistance could be based on risk; 
(G) implications for the Metropolitan Med-
ical Response System Program if it were man-
aged as a contractual agreement; and 
(H) the resource requirements of the Metro-
politan Medical Response System Program. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and 
the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on the results of the review under this section. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall consult 
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with the heads of other relevant departments and 
agencies in the implementation of subsection (a)(5). 
(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection the term 
‘‘National Metropolitan Medical Response System 
Working Group’’ has the meaning that term has in 
section 529 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as 
added by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 635 of the 
Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 
723) is repealed. 
SEC. 526. TRANSIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) 
SECURITY
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.—Section 
1406(a) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘and law en-
forcement’’ after ‘‘public transportation’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ELIGIBILITY.— 
A law enforcement agency is eligible for a grant 
under this section if the agency enters into a memo-
randum of agreement or other arrangement with a 
public transportation agency that is eligible for a 
grant under paragraph (2) to oversee, direct, and 
command the security operations of that public trans-
portation agency.’’. 
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(KK) Forestry Conservation Communica-
tions Association. 
(LL) National Association of State 911 Ad-
ministrators. 
(MM) National Troopers Coalition. 
(NN) National Emergency Numbers Asso-
ciation. 
SEC. 564. FUNDING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNDS.— 
(1) CONSTRUCTION FUND.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established 
in the Treasury of the United States a fund to 
be known as the Public Safety Interoperable 
Broadband Network Construction Fund. 
(B) PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish and administer the grant program under 
section 565 using the funds deposited in the Con-
struction Fund. 
(C) CREDIT.— 
(i) BORROWING AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary may borrow from the general fund of 
the Treasury beginning on October 1, 2011, 
such sums as may be necessary, but not to 
exceed $2,000,000,000, to implement section 
565. 
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