Stonegarden’. Under such program, the Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 
law enforcement agencies, through the State Administra-
tive Agency, to enhance border security in accordance with 
this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a grant under this section, a law enforcement agency 
shall— 
‘‘(1) be located in— 
‘‘(A) a State bordering either Canada or 
Mexico; or 
‘‘(B) a State or territory with a maritime 
border; and 
‘‘(2) be involved in an active, ongoing U.S. Cus-
toms and Border Protection operation coordinated 
through a sector office. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section may use such grant for any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Equipment, including maintenance and 
sustainment costs. 
‘‘(2) Personnel, including overtime and backfill, 
in support of enhanced border law enforcement ac-
tivities. 
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‘‘(3) Any activity permitted for Operation 
Stonegarden under the Department of Homeland 
Security’s Fiscal Year 2015 Homeland Security 
Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity. 
‘‘(4) Any other appropriate activity, as deter-
mined by the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $110,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 for grants under this 
section. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report containing information on the expenditure of grants 
made under this section by each grant recipient.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 
section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 603) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, through 
the Administrator, may award grants under sections 2003, 
2004, and 2009 to State, local, and tribal governments, 
as appropriate.’’. 
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(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2008 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2009. Operation Stonegarden.’’. 
SEC. 104. GRANTS METRICS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To determine the extent to which 
grants under sections 2003 and 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 and 604) have closed 
capability gaps identified in State Preparedness Reports 
required under subsection (c) of section 652 of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 
U.S.C. 752; title VI of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity Appropriations Act, 2007; Public Law 109–295) and 
Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments 
from each State and high-risk urban area, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall conduct and submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate an assessment of information provided in 
such Reports and Assessments. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.—The assessment 
required under subsection (a) shall include a comparison 
of successive State Preparedness Reports and Threat and 
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Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments from each 
State and high-risk urban area. 
SEC. 105. GRANT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES. 
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall include in the annual Notice of 
Funding Opportunity relating to grants under sections 
2003 and 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 604 and 605) an appendix that includes a sum-
mary of findings identified by the Office of the Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security in au-
dits of such grants and methods to address areas identi-
fied for improvement and innovative practices instituted 
by grant recipients. 
SEC. 
106. 
ADMINISTRATION 
AND 
COORDINATION 
OF 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (b) of section 2021 of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611) are amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any State or high-risk 
urban area receiving a grant under section 2003 or 
2004 shall establish a State planning committee or 
urban area working group to assist in preparation 
and revision of the State, regional, or local homeland 
security plan or the threat and hazard identification 
and risk assessment, as the case may be, and to as-
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sist in determining effective funding priorities for 
grants under such sections 2003 and 2004. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The State planning com-
mittees and urban area working groups referred to 
in paragraph (1) shall include at least one represent-
ative from each of the following significant stake-
holders: 
‘‘(A) Local or tribal government officials. 
‘‘(B) Emergency response providers, in-
cluding representatives of the fire service, law 
enforcement, emergency medical services, and 
emergency managers. 
‘‘(C) Public health officials and other ap-
propriate medical practitioners. 
‘‘(D) Individuals representing educational 
institutions, including elementary schools, com-
munity colleges, and other institutions of higher 
education. 
‘‘(E) State and regional interoperable com-
munications coordinators, as appropriate. 
‘‘(F) State and major urban area fusion 
centers, as appropriate.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (3) of 
section 2021(b) (6 U.S.C. 611) is amended by inserting 
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‘‘or urban area working group, as the case may be,’’ after 
‘‘planning committee’’. 
SEC. 107. FUNDING PROHIBITION. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not imple-
ment the National Preparedness Grant Program or any 
successor grant program unless the Secretary receives 
prior authorization from Congress permitting such imple-
mentation. 
SEC. 108. LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION. 
(a) LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION 
PROGRAM.—Subsection (a) of section 2006 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘States and high-risk 
urban areas use’’ after ‘‘that’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘is used’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by amending subpara-
graph (I) to read as follows: 
‘‘(I) activities as determined appropriate 
by the Administrator, in coordination with the 
Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law 
Enforcement within the Office of Policy of the 
Department, through outreach to relevant 
stakeholder organizations.’’. 
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(b) OFFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT.—Subsection (b)(4) of section 2006 of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing through consultation with such agencies regard-
ing Department programs that may impact such 
agencies’’ before the semicolon; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘ensure’’ 
and inserting ‘‘certify’’. 
SEC. 109. ALLOWABLE USES. 
Subsection (a) of section 2008 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘including by working in conjunction with 
a National Laboratory (as defined in section 2(3) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
15801(3))),’’ after ‘‘plans,’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(13) as paragraphs (7) through (14), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) enhancing medical preparedness, medical 
surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities, in-
cluding the development and maintenance of an ini-
tial pharmaceutical stockpile, including medical kits 
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and diagnostics sufficient to protect first responders, 
their families, immediate victims, and vulnerable 
populations from a chemical or biological event;’’; 
and 
(4) 
in 
subsection 
(b)(3)(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘(a)(10)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(11)’’. 
SEC. 110. NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSOR-
TIUM. 
Section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act (6 U.S.C. 1102) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d), by amending paragraphs 
(1) and (2) to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) for the Center for Domestic Preparedness, 
$65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017; 
and 
‘‘(2) for the remaining Members of the National 
Domestic Preparedness Consortium, $98,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2016 and 2017.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2015’’. 
SEC. 111. RURAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity is authorized to establish a Rural Domestic Prepared-
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ness Consortium within the Department of Homeland Se-
curity consisting of universities and nonprofit organiza-
tions qualified to provide training to emergency response 
providers from rural communities. 
(b) DUTIES.—The Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium authorized under subsection (a) shall identify, 
develop, test, and deliver training to State, local, and trib-
al emergency response providers from rural communities, 
provide on-site and mobile training, and facilitate the de-
livery of training by the training partners of the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security. 
(c) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Of 
amounts appropriated for Continuing Training Grants of 
the Department of Homeland Security, $5,000,000 is au-
thorized to be used for the Rural Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium authorized under subsection (a). 
SEC. 112. EMERGENCY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. 
(a) UPDATE.—Paragraph (13) of section 504(a) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 314(a)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, periodically updating (but not less 
often than once every five years),’’ after ‘‘administering’’. 
(b) EMERGENCY
SUPPORT
FUNCTIONS.—Section 
653 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 753; title VI of the Department 
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of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; Public 
Law 109–295) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The President, acting through 
the Administrator, shall develop and provide to Federal 
departments and agencies with coordinating, primary, or 
supporting responsibilities under the National Response 
Framework performance metrics to ensure readiness to 
execute responsibilities under the emergency support func-
tions of such Framework.’’. 
SEC. 113. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 650 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 750; title VI of the 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
2007; Public Law 109–295) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 650. REMEDIAL ACTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, in coordina-
tion with the National Council on Disability and the Na-
tional Advisory Council, shall establish a remedial action 
management program to— 
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‘‘(1) analyze training, exercises, and real world 
events to identify lessons learned, corrective actions, 
and best practices; 
‘‘(2) generate and disseminate, as appropriate, 
the lessons learned, corrective actions, and best 
practices referred to in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) conduct remedial action tracking and long 
term trend analysis. 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.—The Admin-
istrator, in coordination with the heads of appropriate 
Federal departments and agencies, shall utilize the pro-
gram established in subsection (a) to collect information 
on corrective actions identified by such Federal depart-
ments and agencies during exercises and the response to 
natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made 
disasters, and shall, not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter 
for each of the next four years, submit to Congress a re-
port on the status of such corrective actions. 
‘‘(c) DISSEMINATION OF AFTER ACTION REPORTS.— 
The Administrator shall provide electronically, to the max-
imum extent practicable, to Congress and Federal, State, 
local, tribal, and private sector officials after-action re-
ports and information on lessons learned and best prac-
tices from responses to acts of terrorism, natural disas-
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ters, capstone exercises conducted under the national exer-
cise program under section 648(b), and other emergencies 
or exercises.’’. 
TITLE II—COMMUNICATIONS 
SEC. 201. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security may not change 
the location or reporting structure of the Office of Emer-
gency Communications of the Department of Homeland 
Security unless the Secretary receives prior authorization 
from the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate permitting 
such change. 
SEC. 202. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE OF EMERGENCY 
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR. 
Subsection (c) of section 1801 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(15) as paragraphs (3) through (14), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘, in cooperation with the National Commu-
nications System,’’; 
(4) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘the Homeland Security Council,’’; 
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(5) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘Assistant 
Secretary for Grants and Training’’ and inserting 
‘‘Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Di-
rectorate of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency’’; 
(6) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(7) by adding after paragraph (14), as so redes-
ignated, the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(15) administer the Government Emergency 
Telecommunications Service (GETS) and Wireless 
Priority Service (WPS) programs, or successor pro-
grams; and 
‘‘(16) assess the impact of emerging tech-
nologies on interoperable emergency communica-
tions.’’. 
SEC. 203. ANNUAL REPORTING ON ACTIVITIES OF THE OF-
FICE OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS. 
Subsection (f) of section 1801 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 571) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTING OF OFFICE ACTIVITIES.— 
The Director of the Office of Emergency Communications 
shall, not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection and annually thereafter for each 
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of the next four years, report to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate on the activities and programs of the 
Office, including specific information on efforts to carry 
out paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (c).’’. 
SEC. 204. NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. 
Section 1802 of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 
572) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, and in cooperation with 
the Department of National Communications 
System (as appropriate),’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, but not less than once 
every five years,’’ after ‘‘periodically’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3) 
through (10) as paragraphs (4) through (11), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) consider the impact of emerging tech-
nologies on the attainment of interoperable emer-
gency communications;’’. 
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SEC. 205. TECHNICAL EDITS. 
Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (d) of section 1801 (6 U.S.C. 
571) by— 
(A) striking paragraph (2); and 
(B) redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(2) in paragraph (1) of section 1804(b) (6 
U.S.C. 574(b)), in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary for 
Grants and Planning’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistant Ad-
ministrator of the Grant Programs Directorate of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 
SEC. 206. PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND NETWORK. 
The Undersecretary of the National Protection and 
Programs Directorate of the Department of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate information on the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity’s responsibilities related to the development of the na-
tionwide Public Safety Broadband Network authorized in 
section 6202 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cre-
ation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1422; Public Law 112–96), 
including information on efforts by the Department to 
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