[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1986 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1986

   To provide for the coordination and use of the National Domestic 
Preparedness Consortium by the Department of Homeland Security, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 9, 2005

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for the coordination and use of the National Domestic 
Preparedness Consortium by the Department of Homeland Security, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM.

    (a) In General.--Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 512. NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS CONSORTIUM.

    ``(a) In General.--The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium 
shall consist of--
            ``(1) the Center for Domestic Preparedness;
            ``(2) the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing 
        Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology;
            ``(3) the National Center for Bio-Medical Research and 
        Training, Louisiana State University;
            ``(4) the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training 
        Center, Texas A&M University;
            ``(5) the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, 
        Nevada test site; and
            ``(6) the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, 
        Colorado.
    ``(b) Use of Consortium.--To the fullest extent possible, the Under 
Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response shall use the 
Consortium members, including the facilities, resources, and expertise 
of Consortium members, to support cooperative programs to achieve cost-
effective delivery of equipment, technical assistance, training, and 
situational exercises. To maximize training accessibility, multiple 
facilities and expertise of the Consortium members shall be used, 
requiring parallel efforts to be coordinated between the Department and 
Consortium members.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--
            (1) Table of contents.--The table of contents under section 
        1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101) is 
        amended by inserting after the item relating to section 509 the 
        following:

        ``Sec. 510. Procurement of security countermeasures for 
                            strategic national stockpile.
        ``Sec. 511. Urban and other high risk area communications 
                            capabilities.
        ``Sec. 512. National Domestic Preparedness Consortium.''.
            (2) Redesignation.--The second section 510 of the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321) (relating to urban and 
        other high risk area communications capabilities) is 
        redesignated as section 511.
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