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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 65 (Friday, May 1, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. PAYNE:H.R. 2206.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests isthe power of Congress to make rules for the government andregulation of the land and naval forces, as enumerated inArticle I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States[Page H2793]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act or the SWIC Enhancement Act</strong></p> <p> (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a state to include in its application for State Homeland Security Grant Program funding a certification: (1) that the governor of the state has designated a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, or (2) indicating that the state is performing the functions of such a Coordinator in another manner and identifying the primary point of contact for performance of such functions.</p> <p>Sets forth as such Coordinator's functions: </p> <ul> <li>coordinating the daily operations of the state's interoperability efforts; </li> <li>coordinating state interoperability and communications projects and grant applications for such projects; </li> <li>establishing and maintaining working groups to develop and implement key interoperability initiatives; and </li> <li>coordinating and updating a Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan that specifies the current status of state efforts to enhance communications interoperability within the state, including future goals for communications interoperability among emergency response agencies in the state. </li></ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 17, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</p> <p><strong>State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act or the SWIC Enhancement Act</strong></p> <p> (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a state to include in its application for State Homeland Security Grant Program funding a certification: (1) that the governor of the state has designated a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, or (2) indicating that the state is performing the functions of such a Coordinator in another manner and identifying the primary point of contact for performance of such functions.</p> <p>Sets forth as such Coordinator's functions: </p> <ul> <li>coordinating the daily operations of the state's interoperability efforts; </li> <li>coordinating state interoperability and communications projects and grant applications for such projects; </li> <li>establishing and maintaining working groups to develop and implement key interoperability initiatives; and </li> <li>coordinating and updating a Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan that specifies the current status of state efforts to enhance communications interoperability within the state, including future goals for communications interoperability among emergency response agencies in the state. </li></ul>]]></text>
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