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Union Calendar No. 616 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5460 
[Report No. 114–788] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a review process 
to review applications for certain grants to purchase equipment or sys-
tems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary con-
sensus standards, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2016 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself and Mr. DONOVAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 13, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
a review process to review applications for certain grants 
to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet 
or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus 
standards, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘First Responder Access 
to Innovative Technologies Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 2008 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘If an applicant’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION REQUIREMENT.—If an appli-
cant’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(2) REVIEW
PROCESS.—The Administrator 
shall implement a uniform process for reviewing ap-
plications that, in accordance with paragraph (1), 
contain explanations to use grants provided under 
section 2003 or 2004 to purchase equipment or sys-
tems that do not meet or exceed any applicable na-
tional voluntary consensus standards developed under 
section 647 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 747). 
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‘‘(3) FACTORS.—In carrying out the review proc-
ess under paragraph (2), the Administrator shall con-
sider the following: 
‘‘(A) Current or past use of proposed equip-
ment or systems by Federal agencies or the 
Armed Forces. 
‘‘(B) The absence of a national voluntary 
consensus standard for such equipment or sys-
tems. 
‘‘(C) The existence of an international con-
sensus standard for such equipment or systems, 
and whether such equipment or systems meets 
such standard. 
‘‘(D) The nature of the capability gap iden-
tified by the applicant and how such equipment 
or systems will address such gap. 
‘‘(E) The degree to which such equipment or 
systems will serve the needs of the applicant bet-
ter than equipment or systems that meet or ex-
ceed existing consensus standards. 
‘‘(F) Any other factor determined appro-
priate by the Administrator.’’. 
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—Not later than 
three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
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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 
assessing the implementation of the review process estab-
lished under paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of section 2008 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (as added by sub-
section (a) of this section), including information on the 
following: 
(1) The number of requests to purchase equip-
ment or systems that do not meet or exceed any appli-
cable consensus standard evaluated under such review 
process. 
(2) The capability gaps identified by applicants 
and the number of such requests granted or denied. 
(3) The processing time for the review of such re-
quests. 
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Union Calendar No. 616 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5460 
[Report No. 114–788] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish a review process to review applications 
for certain grants to purchase equipment or sys-
tems that do not meet or exceed any applicable 
national voluntary consensus standards, and for 
other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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