SEC. 2. DHS GRANT OUTREACH. 
(a) URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE.—Section 
2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
604) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 
Administrator shall, on an ongoing basis, provide stake-
holder outreach, engagement, education, technical assist-
ance, and support, prior to, during, and after the awarding 
of grants under this section, including relating to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Conducting annual surveys to collect feed-
back from State, local, Tribal, and territorial stake-
holders on the awarding of such grants and the ef-
fectiveness of the Administrator’s outreach efforts. 
‘‘(2) Summaries of the surveys conducted pur-
suant to paragraph (1) and other State, local, Trib-
al, and territorial feedback and how such feedback 
was incorporated into subsequent grant notices of 
funding opportunities. 
‘‘(3) Other feedback mechanisms that the Ad-
ministrator determines appropriate.’’. 
(b) STATE
HOMELAND
SECURITY
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
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‘‘(g) OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 
Administrator shall, on an ongoing basis, provide stake-
holder outreach, engagement, education, technical assist-
ance, and support, prior to, during, and after the awarding 
of grants under this section, including relating to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Conducting annual surveys to collect feed-
back from State, local, Tribal, and territorial stake-
holders on the awarding of such grants and the ef-
fectiveness of the Administrator’s outreach efforts. 
‘‘(2) Summaries of the surveys conducted pur-
suant to paragraph (1) and other State, local, Trib-
al, and territorial feedback and how such feedback 
was incorporated into subsequent grant notices of 
funding opportunities. 
‘‘(3) Other feedback mechanisms that the Ad-
ministrator determines appropriate.’’. 
(c) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency and the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate a report on the effectiveness of FEMA’s stakeholder 
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outreach, engagement, education, technical assistance, 
and support, prior to, during, and after the awarding of 
grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative and State 
Homeland Security Grant Program, in accordance with 
subsection (f) of section 2003 and subsection (g) of section 
2004, respectively, of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
as added by subsections (a) and (b), respectively. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than three years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 regard-
ing the actions taken pursuant to subsection (f) of section 
2003 and subsection (g) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002, as added by subsections (a) and (b), respectively, 
including with respect to the surveys and summaries re-
quired under paragraphs (1) and (2) of each of such sub-
sections (f) and (g). 
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