H. R. 3980 
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
An Act 
To provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting requirements and 
developing meaningful performance metrics for homeland security preparedness 
grants, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Redundancy Elimination and 
Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act’’. 
SEC. 
2. 
IDENTIFICATION 
OF 
REPORTING 
REDUNDANCIES 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR HOME-
LAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES AND 
DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered grants’ 
means grants awarded under section 2003, grants awarded under 
section 2004, and any other grants specified by the Administrator. 
‘‘(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced 
Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, the Administrator shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that 
includes— 
‘‘(1) an assessment of redundant reporting requirements 
imposed by the Administrator on State, local, and tribal govern-
ments in connection with the awarding of grants, including— 
‘‘(A) a list of each discrete item of data requested 
by the Administrator from grant recipients as part of the 
process of administering covered grants; 
‘‘(B) identification of the items of data from the list 
described in subparagraph (A) that are required to be sub-
mitted by grant recipients on multiple occasions or to mul-
tiple systems; and 
‘‘(C) identification of the items of data from the list 
described in subparagraph (A) that are not necessary to 
be collected in order for the Administrator to effectively 
and efficiently administer the programs under which cov-
ered grants are awarded;
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‘‘(2) a plan, including a specific timetable, for eliminating 
any redundant and unnecessary reporting requirements identi-
fied under paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(3) a plan, including a specific timetable, for promptly 
developing a set of quantifiable performance measures and 
metrics to assess the effectiveness of the programs under which 
covered grants are awarded. 
‘‘(c) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
on which the initial report is required to be submitted under sub-
section (b), and once every 2 years thereafter, the Administrator 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a grants 
management report that includes— 
‘‘(1) the status of efforts to eliminate redundant and 
unnecessary reporting requirements imposed on grant recipi-
ents, including— 
‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the plan required 
under subsection (b)(2); 
‘‘(B) a reassessment of the reporting requirements to 
identify and eliminate redundant and unnecessary require-
ments; 
‘‘(2) the status of efforts to develop quantifiable performance 
measures and metrics to assess the effectiveness of the pro-
grams under which the covered grants are awarded, including— 
‘‘(A) progress made in implementing the plan required 
under subsection (b)(3); 
‘‘(B) progress made in developing and implementing 
additional performance metrics and measures for grants, 
including as part of the comprehensive assessment system 
required under section 649 of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); and 
‘‘(3) a performance assessment of each program under 
which the covered grants are awarded, including— 
‘‘(A) a description of the objectives and goals of the 
program; 
‘‘(B) an assessment of the extent to which the objectives 
and goals described in subparagraph (A) have been met, 
based on the quantifiable performance measures and 
metrics required under this section, section 2022(a)(4), and 
section 649 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management 
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 749); 
‘‘(C) recommendations for any program modifications 
to improve the effectiveness of the program, to address 
changed or emerging conditions; and 
‘‘(D) an assessment of the experience of recipients of 
covered grants, including the availability of clear and 
accurate information, the timeliness of reviews and awards, 
and the provision of technical assistance, and recommenda-
tions for improving that experience. 
‘‘(d) GRANTS PROGRAM MEASUREMENT STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the enact-
ment of Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance 
for Preparedness Grants Act, the Administrator shall enter 
into a contract with the National Academy of Public Adminis-
tration under which the National Academy of Public Adminis-
tration shall assist the Administrator in studying, developing, 
and implementing—