S.Amdt. 298

SA 298. Mr. Inhofe submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 600, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 187, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

(c) National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.--

(1) In general.--The Secretary shall--

(A) contract with the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (referred to in this subsection as the “NMIPT”) to review national response plans and the training of first responders; and

(B) make use of the expertise of the NMIPT in carrying out activities under subsection (a).

(2) Findings.--Established in 1997 by Public Law 105-58, the NMIPT is a nonprofit nongovernmental entity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with a mission to prevent terrorism and assist the emergency responder community. The NMIPT provides a neutral forum for discussion of the issues associated with combating terrorism and provides an excellent setting for a world-class library of resources related to terrorism. The NMIPT sponsors and works with partners to explore counterterrorism research. One of the most important functions the NMIPT performs is to provide a means for emergency first responders to share information, the foundation of which information sharing effort is a manual of lessons learned by first responders.