[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3553 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3553

  To establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to assist 
States and local governments in improving their ability to prevent and 
                     respond to domestic terrorism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2000

 Mr. Andrews introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Judiciary, and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish a grant program in the Department of Defense to assist 
States and local governments in improving their ability to prevent and 
                     respond to domestic terrorism.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GRANTS TO IMPROVE DOMESTIC 
              PREPAREDNESS TO COMBAT TERRORISM.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may make grants to 
States and political subdivisions of States for the purpose of 
assisting grant recipients to improve their ability to prevent and 
respond to domestic terrorism through the purchase of suitable anti-
terrorism equipment.
    (b) Maximum Amount of Grant.--The amount of a grant under 
subsection (a) may not exceed 50 percent of the net present value of 
the amount calculated to pay the principal and interest on bonds that 
would have to be issued by the grant recipient to purchase the anti-
terrorism equipment in the absence of the grant.
    (c) Funding Mechanism.--There shall be available for the purposes 
of carrying out this section $1,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 and 
each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years from the proceeds from the use of 
a competitive bidding system under section 309(j) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)).
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