An amendment to appropriate $50,000,000 for the purposes of Interoperable Emergency Operations Grants.

1. Inserts “, $50,000,000 shall be for Interoperable Emergency Operations Grants,” after “Stonegarden”

   InsertsPage 47, line 10Printed page

   In H.R. 2017 · Reported in House

   (8) The Driver's License Security Grants Program in accordance with section 204 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. 30301 note).

   (9) The Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program under section 1809 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579). Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, $55,000,000 shall be for Operation Stonegarden[struck: ][inserted: , $50,000,000 shall be for Interoperable Emergency Operations Grants, ]and $192,663,000 shall be for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs, of which $107,000,000 shall be for training of State, local, and tribal emergency response providers: Provided further, That funds provided under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604) shall only be provided to the top 10 highest risk urban areas: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605), for fiscal year 2012, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to local and tribal governments amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under the State Homeland Security Grant Program in accordance with subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004: Provided further, That 10 percent of the amounts provided under this heading shall be transferred to "Federal Emergency Management Agency, Management and Administration" for program administration, and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide an expenditure plan for program administration to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide a detailed expenditure plan for program administration for each fiscal year to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at the time that the President's budget is submitted each year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 2008(a)(11) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609(a)(11)), or any other provision of law, a grantee may use not more than five percent of the amount of a grant made available under this heading for expenses directly related to administration of the grant: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) through (4), the applications for grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than 25 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit applications not later than 90 days after the grant announcement, and that the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall act within 90 days after receipt of an application: Provided further, That for grants awarded under paragraphs (5) through (9), the applications for grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible applicants shall submit applications within 45 days after the grant announcement, and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall act not later than 60 days after receipt of an application: Provided further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is not considered construction of a building or other physical facility: Provided further, That grantees shall provide reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by the Secretary: Provided further, That (a) the Center for Domestic Preparedness may provide training to emergency response providers from the Federal Government, foreign governments, or private entities, if the Center is reimbursed for the cost of such training, and any reimbursement under this subsection shall be credited to the account from which the expenditure being reimbursed was made and shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, for the purposes for which amounts in the account may be expended, and (b) the head of the Center for Domestic Preparedness shall ensure that any training provided under (a) does not interfere with the primary mission of the Center to train State and local emergency response providers: Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a plan to expend by the end of fiscal year 2012 all unexpended balances of funds appropriated for fiscal years before fiscal year 2008 under this heading.

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   Original wording

   Page 47, line 10, after “Stonegarden” insert “, $50,000,000 shall be for Interoperable Emergency Operations Grants,”.

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