S.Amdt. 4612

SA 4612. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 5441, making appropriations for the Department
of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 127, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

SEC. 540. REPORT ON CROSS BORDER COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGES
FOR THE 2010 OLYMPICS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, the Federal
Communications Commission, and relevant agencies in the
States of Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington,
shall--
(1) evaluate the technical and operational challenges with
respect to interoperable communications facing regional,
local, State, and Federal authorities in preparing for the
2010 Olympics; and
(2) develop an integrated plan for addressing such
technical and operational challenges.
(b) Report to Congress.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall submit and present the plan developed under subsection
(a) to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives.
(c) SAFECOM Pilot.--The Secretary of Homeland Security
shall make $1,000,000 of its SAFECOM Program funds available
to conduct a pilot project based on the bi-national component
of the integrated plan developed under subsection (a)(2)
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