such warnings. This report shall be submitted in unclassi-
fied form and may, as necessary, include a classified 
annex.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended by inserting at the end 
of the items relating to subtitle A of title II the following: 
‘‘Sec. 203. Homeland Security Advisory System.’’. 
SEC. 6. INFORMATION SHARING WITH STATE AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle I of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 
U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 899a. REPORTS ON INFORMATION SHARING WITH 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall report to the 
Congress annually on the following: 
‘‘(1) The number and level of security clear-
ances granted by Federal agencies to State and local 
government officials. 
‘‘(2) The number of State and local government 
officials who have sought to be cleared by Federal 
agencies for such access. 
‘‘(3) The number of instances in which State 
and local government officials were granted by Fed-
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eral agencies situational access to classified informa-
tion based only on signing a Federal non-disclosure 
form. 
‘‘(4) The fastest, slowest, and average times it 
took to make security clearance determinations for 
State and local government officials. 
‘‘(5) Any instance in which access to classified 
information was denied to State or local government 
officials whose employing governments had sought 
such access for them and the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(6) All entities that conduct clearance proc-
essing for the Department, including private con-
tractors.’’. 
(b) FIRST REPORT.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity shall submit the first report under the amendment 
made by subsection (a) by not later than 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is further amended by inserting at 
the end of the items relating to subtitle I of title VIII 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 899a. Reports on information sharing with State and local govern-
ments.’’. 
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SEC. 7. SPECTRUM FOR FIRST RESPONDER COMMUNICA-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary for Science 
and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security 
shall conduct a study of whether there is a need to assign 
additional bands of frequencies of electromagnetic spec-
trum to assist and enable State and local first responders 
in meeting their needs associated with a catastrophic re-
gional or national emergency. 
(b) REPORT.—The Under Secretary shall submit a 
report on the findings of the study to the Congress by 
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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