S.Amdt. 493

1. Inserts new text at the end of chapter 6 of title I

   Inserts

   In S. 762 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   For an additional amount for "Operating Expenses" for the Coast Guard in support of Department of Defense initiatives in relation to Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Liberty Shield, $580,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2003: Provided, That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives 15 days prior to obligation of any amount of these funds.

   Inserted: GENERAL PROVISIONS, THIS CHAPTER

   Inserted: Sec. 601. (a) Grants Relating to Mobilized First Responders.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may make a grant of financial assistance to any State or local government or Indian tribe in order to reimburse the State or local government or tribe for costs incurred by the State or local government or tribe as a result of a call or order to active duty of one or more Reserves who are first responder personnel of the State or local government or tribe if the call or order to duty is issued under the authority of a provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of title 10, United States Code.

   Inserted: (b) First Responder Personnel.--For purposes of this section, the term "first responder personnel"--

   Inserted: (1) means police, fire, rescue, emergency medical service, and emergency hazardous material disposal personnel; and

   Inserted: (2) includes such other personnel as the Secretary may specify in regulations prescribed under this section.

   Inserted: (c) Covered Costs.--(1) The costs that may be reimbursed by a grant under subsection (a) to a State or local government or Indian tribe in connection with a call or order of first responder personnel of the State or local government or tribe to active duty are any costs incurred by the State or local government or tribe as follows:

   Inserted: (A) Costs (including salary and benefits) of hiring first responder personnel to replace the first responder personnel called or ordered to active duty.

   Inserted: (B) Costs of overtime pay for other first responder personnel of the State or local government or tribe.

   Inserted: (C) Any other costs that the Secretary specifies in regulations prescribed under this section.

   Inserted: (2) Costs of a State or local government or tribe may be reimbursed by a grant under subsection (a) only if the State or local government or tribe would not have incurred such costs but for the absence of first responder personnel pursuant to a call or order to active duty described in that subsection.

   Inserted: (3) In seeking reimbursement for costs under subsection (a), a State or local government or tribe shall deduct from the costs for which reimbursement is sought the amounts, if any, saved by the State or local government or tribe by reason of the absence of first responder personnel for active duty pursuant to a call or order to active duty described in that subsection.

   Inserted: (d) Period Covered by Grant.--A grant under subsection (a) shall reimburse a State or local government or Indian tribe for costs incurred by the State or local government or tribe during 2002 and 2003.

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   Inserted: (e) Minimum Period of Duty for Reimbursement.--Costs may be reimbursed by a grant under subsection (a) with respect to a particular Reserve only if the Reserve serves six or more consecutive months on active duty pursuant to a call or order to active duty issued under the authority of a provision of law referred to in subsection (a) at any time during the period beginning on January 1, 2002, and ending on December 31, 2003.

   Inserted: (f) Minimum Grant Allocation.--If the total amount made available under subsection (j) for grants under subsection (a) is less than the amount of grants that could otherwise be made under subsection (a), the aggregate amount available for grants under subsection (a) for each State (including grants to such State and local governments and Indian tribes in such State) shall be not less than the amount equal to 0.75 percent of the amount made available under subsection (j) for grants under subsection (a), except that the aggregate amount available for grants under subsection (a) for each of the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be not less than the amount equal to 0.25 percent of the amount made available under subsection (j) for grants under subsection (a).

   Inserted: (g) Application.--(1) A State or local government or Indian tribe seeking a grant under subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary an application therefor in such form, and containing such information, as the Secretary shall prescribe in the regulations under this section.

   Inserted: (2) An application for a grant under subsection (a) shall be submitted not later than December 31, 2003.

   Inserted: (h) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for purposes of the administration of this section.

   Inserted: (i) State Defined.--In this section, the term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

   Inserted: (j) Funding.--(1) Of the amount appropriated by this chapter under the heading "office for domestic preparedness", $200,000,000 shall be available for grants under this section.

   Inserted: (2) The amount available under paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.

   Original wording

   At the end of chapter 6 of title I, add the following:

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