responsibility for homeland security activities within 
its respective jurisdiction. 
(d) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Secretary shall 
provide assistance to enhance information technology ca-
pabilities of Indian tribes and ensure— 
(1) the active participation of Indian tribes in 
the coordination with Federal, State, and local gov-
ernments and the private sector as related to Home-
land Security activities; and 
(2) provide Indian tribes access to the same 
type of information being exchanged between Fed-
eral, State, and local authorities for the purpose of 
providing government personnel, agencies, and au-
thorities, with appropriate intelligence information, 
including warnings, regarding threats posed by ter-
rorism in a timely and secure manner. 
(e) FEDERAL GRANTS.— 
(1) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY.—Indian tribes shall 
be eligible to apply for, receive, direct, and supervise 
any homeland security-related Federal grant pro-
grams. 
(2) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary may award grants to Indian tribes for the fol-
lowing purposes: 
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(A) Planning, consultation, and coordina-
tion to improve infrastructure, to prevent ter-
rorist activities. 
(B) Training and education of employees 
responsible for public health, safety and emer-
gency response activities. 
(C) Addressing communication gaps and 
infrastructure needs related to homeland secu-
rity. 
(D) Increasing the capacity of Indian 
tribes to help prepare, prevent, and respond to 
terrorist activities and other public health and 
safety emergencies. 
(E) Development of a comprehensive plan 
to help prepare, prevent, and respond to ter-
rorist activities and other public health and 
safety emergencies. 
(F) Implementation of plans to help pre-
pare, prevent, and respond to terrorist activities 
and other public health and safety emergencies. 
(G) The preparation of reports assessing 
the emergency preparedness of Indian tribes, 
including an assessment of Indian tribes’ co-
ordination with the Department. 
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(H) Such other purposes related to the 
purposes of this Act the Secretary considers ap-
propriate. 
(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) directly or by contract, provide Indian tribes 
with technical assistance in developing, imple-
menting and managing emergency response plans. 
(2) Ensure that legal, financial, and other ex-
pertise of the Department of Homeland Security is 
made fully available in an advisory capacity to In-
dian tribes to assist in the development, implementa-
tion, and management of emergency response plans. 
(3) Provide Department of Homeland Security 
programs designed to provide legal, accounting, fi-
nancial, or technical assistance to eligible Indian 
tribes. 
(4) Facilitate cooperation with the heads of ap-
propriate Federal agencies working on Homeland 
Security initiatives. 
(5) Any other activity that the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Director, considers appropriate 
to carry out this section. 
(g) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit an assessment report detailing the baseline readiness 
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of Indian tribes to the Committee on Indian Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House 
of Representatives. In addition to an assessment of base-
line readiness, the report shall contain any legislative rec-
ommendations necessary to improve coordination and inte-
gration of Indian tribes in the National Homeland Secu-
rity Strategy. 
(h) REPORTING.—The Secretary shall determine the 
effectiveness of the Office through the preparation of re-
ports assessing the emergency preparedness of Indian 
tribes, including an assessment of Indian tribes’ coordina-
tion with the Department of Homeland Security. 
(i) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not provide 
assistance under this section for any activity related to 
the operation of a gaming activity on Indian lands pursu-
ant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 
et seq.). 
SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall pre-
pare and submit to the Committee on Indian Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House 
of Representatives a report on the operation of the Office. 
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(b) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—Each report prepared 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
(1) for the period covered by the report, a sum-
mary of the activities conducted by the Secretary, in 
carrying out subsections (b) through (h) of section 
4; and 
(2) any recommendations for legislation that 
the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, de-
termines to be necessary to carry out such sections. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
are necessary to carry out this Act, to remain available 
until expended. 
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