SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Personnel Reimburse-
ment for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of 
Homeland Security Act’’ or the ‘‘PRICE of Homeland Se-
curity Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 
2001, State, local, and tribal governments redoubled 
their efforts to combat terrorism and expended tre-
mendous energy and financial resources to help the 
Federal Government fight the terrorist threat. 
(2) States and localities have formed fusion 
centers, hired intelligence analysts, and contributed 
a significant amount of resources to the expansion 
of Federal homeland security efforts. 
(3) These actions, in conjunction with the ef-
forts of the Federal Government and private indus-
try, have materially contributed to the common de-
fense of this Nation and have helped keep our home-
land secure. 
(4) The National Strategy for Information 
Sharing issued by the President in October 2007 
plainly states that ‘‘The Federal Government may 
need to provide financial and technical assistance, as 
well as human resource support, to these fusion cen-
ters if they are to achieve and sustain a baseline 
level of capability. The objective is to assist State 
and local governments in the establishment and the 
sustained operation of these fusion centers. A sus-
tained Federal partnership with State and major 
urban area fusion centers is critical to the safety of 
our Nation, and therefore a national priority.’’. 
(5) The Federal Government has endeavored to 
support these State efforts through the State Home-
land Security Grant Program and other methods of 
Federal assistance but have placed restrictions on 
the use of these funds that make long-term planning 
for fusion centers unmanageable. 
(6) It is vital to the security of our homeland 
that States and localities are able to continue to re-
ceive funding for the participation of State and local 
analysts in fusion centers and in their State and 
local efforts to combat terrorism and terrorist-re-
lated activities. 
SEC. 3. GRANT ELIGIBILITY FOR ANALYSTS. 
Section 2008(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
striking ‘‘Grants’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘plans, through’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The
Administrator shall permit grant recipients under 
section 2003 or 2004 to use grant funds to achieve 
and sustain target capabilities related to preventing, 
preparing for, protecting against, and responding to 
acts of terrorism, consistent with a State homeland 
security plan and relevant local, tribal, and regional 
homeland security plans, through’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (10) by inserting the following 
after ‘‘analysts’’: ‘‘regardless of whether such ana-
lysts are current or new full-time employees or con-
tract employees and such funding shall be made 
available without time limitations placed on the pe-
riod of time that such analyst can serve under 
awarded grants.’’. 
SEC. 4. USE OF FUNDS FOR PERSONNEL AND OPER-
ATIONAL COSTS. 
Section 2008(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(b)(2)) is amended by striking so 
much as precedes subparagraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) PERSONNEL AND OPERATIONAL COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The recipient of a 
grant under section 2003 or 2004 may, at the 
recipient’s discretion, use up to 50 percent of 
the amount of the grant awarded for any fiscal
year to pay for personnel and operational costs, 
including overtime and backfill costs, in support 
of the uses authorized under subsection (a).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6098 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
improve the financial assistance provided to 
State, local, and tribal governments for informa-
tion sharing activities, and for other purposes.