To provide funds for research and development grants to increase security for United States ports.

SA 31. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the joint resolution H.J. Res. 2, making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 723, strike lines 16 through 23, and insert the following:

“$72,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $3,500,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund: Provided, That there may be credited to and used for the purposes of this appropriation funds received from State and local governments, other public authorities, private sources, and foreign countries, for expenses incurred for research, development, testing, and evaluation: Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated under this paragraph, $50,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to national laboratories, private nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other entities for the support of research and development of technologies that can be used to secure the ports of the United States: Provided further, That, the proceeds of grants made under the preceding proviso may be used to develop technologies such as equipment that accurately detects explosives or chemical and biological agents that could be used to commit terrorist acts in the United States, equipment that accurately detects nuclear materials (including scintillation-based detection equipment capable of attachment to spreaders to signal the presence of nuclear materials during the unloading of containers), improved tags and seals designed for use on shipping containers to track the transportation of the merchandise in such containers (including “smart sensors” that are able to track a container throughout its entire supply chain, detect hazardous and radioactive materials within that container, and transmit such information to the appropriate authorities at a remote location), and tools to mitigate the consequences of a terrorist act at a port of the United States (including a network of sensors to predict the dispersion of radiological, chemical, or biological agents that might be intentionally or accidentally released): Provided further, That the proceeds of grants made under such preceding proviso may also be used to develop pilot projects that could be implemented within 12 months at the Port of New York and New Jersey, the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, and the port of Virginia to demonstrate the effectiveness of a system of radiation detection monitors located throughout the port to detect nuclear or radiological material: Provided further, That each entity desiring a grant under such preceding proviso shall submit an application to the Secretary of Homeland Security at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.”.