S.Amdt. 1427

SA 1427. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1373 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Byrd (for himself, Mr.
Inouye, and Mrs. Murray)) to the bill H.R. 2892, making appropriations
for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

On page 30, strike line 15 and all that follows through
page 32, line 11, and insert the following:

state and local programs

(including transfer of funds)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other
activities, $3,097,200,000 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $950,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland Security
Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605): Provided, That of the amount provided
by this paragraph, $60,000,000 shall be for Operation
Stonegarden.
(2) $887,000,000 shall be for the Urban Area Security
Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which, notwithstanding subsection
(c)(1) of such section, $20,000,000 shall be for grants to
organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section
501(a) of such code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland
Security to be at high risk of a terrorist attack.
(3) $35,000,000 shall be for Regional Catastrophic
Preparedness Grants.
(4) $40,000,000 shall be for the Metropolitan Medical
Response System under section 635 of the Post-Katrina
Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 723).
(5) $15,000,000 shall be for the Citizen Corps Program.
(6) $356,000,000 shall be for Public Transportation
Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and Over-
the-Road Bus Security Assistance under sections 1406, 1513,
and 1532 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11
Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53; 6 U.S.C. 1135,
1163, and 1182), of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be
for Amtrak security, and not less than $6,000,000 shall be
for Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance.
(7) $350,000,000 shall be for Port Security Grants in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107.
(8) $50,000,000 shall be for Buffer Zone Protection Program
Grants.
(9) $50,000,000 shall be allocated for grants, contracts,
cooperative agreements and other such activities under the
Driver's License Security Grants Program, pursuant to section
204(a) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law
109-13) or 232(b)(15) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 162(b)(15)).
(10) $30,000,000 shall be allocated for the establishment
of cooperative exchange of electronic vital event
verification information among the State Motor Vehicle
Administrators and carried out by the Secretary of Homeland
Security, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, and in consultation with State vital
statistics offices and appropriate Federal agencies:
Provided, That the amount appropriated under title I for
departmental management and operations is hereby reduced by
$30,000,000.
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