SEC. 2. RESILIENCY IN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FEL-
LOWSHIP AND RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 318. RESILIENCY IN RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FEL-
LOWSHIP AND RESEARCH PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
shall establish a program for fellowships and research (in 
this section referred to as the ‘program’) to enhance do-
mestic preparedness and the collective response to acts of 
terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies. 
‘‘(b) FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the program, 
the Secretary shall award fellowships to individ-
uals— 
‘‘(A) to promote research on and the col-
lective response to acts of terrorism, natural 
disasters, and other emergencies; and 
‘‘(B) to provide for the development of best 
practices for the collective response to and ef-
fective recovery from acts of terrorism, natural 
disasters, and other emergencies. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Recipients of fel-
lowships under the program shall be individuals 
who— 
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‘‘(A) are enrolled in an institution of high-
er education, giving priority to the selection of 
individuals enrolled in minority serving institu-
tions; 
‘‘(B) 
have 
demonstrated 
an 
interest 
through academic work for credit or other 
means in homeland security or emergency man-
agement and response; and 
‘‘(C) are geographically diverse. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE.—The purpose of research to be 
conducted by recipients of fellowships under the pro-
gram shall be— 
‘‘(A) to enhance resiliency and collective 
response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, 
and other emergencies; 
‘‘(B) to mitigate damages related to such 
events; and 
‘‘(C) to promote expedited recovery from 
such events. 
‘‘(4) GULF
COAST
REBUILDING
AND
RECOV-
ERY.—Recipients of fellowships in fiscal year 2009 
and as appropriate in subsequent fiscal years shall 
focus their research on and participate in the re-
building and recovery of the Gulf Coast region in the 
wake of Hurricane Katrina. 
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‘‘(c) RESEARCH RESULTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each fiscal year in 
which fellowships are awarded under the program, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the re-
sults of research conducted by recipients of fellow-
ships under the program. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall submit a 
report under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year on or 
before the date in the succeeding fiscal year on 
which the President submits to Congress the budget 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall carry 
out this section acting through the Under Secretary for 
Science and Technology. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) MINORITY
SERVING
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘minority serving institution’ means a histori-
cally Black college or university (as defined in sec-
tion 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965), a 
Hispanic-serving institution (as defined in section 
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502 of such Act), a Tribal College or University (as 
defined in section 316 of such Act), a Predominantly 
Black institution (as defined in section 499A(c) of 
such Act), or a Native American-serving nontribal 
institution (as defined in section 499A(c) of such 
Act). 
‘‘(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means 
the program to be established under subsection (a). 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2009 and 
2010.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents contained in section (1)(b) of such Act (6 U.S.C. 
101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end of the items 
relating to title III the following: 
‘‘Sec. 318. Resiliency in response and recovery fellowship and research pro-
gram.’’. 
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