[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1612 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1612

To establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program 
              within the Department of Homeland Security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 11, 2003

Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Pryor) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a technology, equipment, and information transfer program 
              within the Department of Homeland Security.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Technology 
Improvement Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. HOMELAND SECURITY TRANSFER PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 430 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 238) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) overseeing and coordinating a multi-agency homeland 
        security technology, equipment, and information transfer 
        program to allow for the transfer of technology, equipment, and 
        information to State and local law enforcement agencies.''; and
            (3) by adding after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Technology, Equipment, and Information Transfer Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director shall--
                    ``(A) identify counterterrorism technologies, 
                equipment, and information developed or proven to be 
                effective by--
                            ``(i) consulting with the Undersecretary 
                        for Science and Technology;
                            ``(ii) establishing an advisory committee 
                        comprised of retired and active-duty law 
                        enforcement officials from geographically 
                        diverse regions;
                            ``(iii) consulting with State and local law 
                        enforcement agencies; and
                            ``(iv) entering into agreements and 
                        coordinating with other Federal agencies to 
                        maximize the effectiveness of the technologies, 
                        equipment, and information available to law 
                        enforcement agencies;
                    ``(B) make these technologies, equipment, and 
                information available to State and local law 
                enforcement agencies on an annual basis;
                    ``(C) accept applications from the head of State 
                and local law enforcement agencies that wish to acquire 
                such technologies, equipment, and information to 
                improve the homeland security capabilities of those 
                agencies, and review such applications in coordination 
                with the advisory committee established under 
                subparagraph (A)(ii); and
                    ``(D) transfer the approved technology, equipment, 
                and information, and provide the appropriate training 
                to the State or local law enforcement agency pending 
                the approval of the application of the State or local 
                law enforcement agency under subparagraph (C).
            ``(2) Limitation on administration expenditure.--No more 
        than 10 percent of the budget of the technology, equipment, and 
        information transfer program under this subsection may be used 
        for administrative expenses.
            ``(3) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
        years 2004 through 2014 to carry out this subsection.''.
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