[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3928 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3928

To provide for the Office of Domestic Preparedness of the Department of 
  Homeland Security to provide grants to local governments for public 
  awareness education relating to preparedness for natural disasters, 
               terrorist attacks, and influenza pandemic.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 21, 2006

  Mrs. Boxer 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 Office of Domestic Preparedness of the Department of 
  Homeland Security to provide grants to local governments for public 
  awareness education relating to preparedness for natural disasters, 
               terrorist attacks, and influenza pandemic.

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

SECTION 1. PUBLIC AWARENESS PREPAREDNESS GRANTS.

    Section 430 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 238) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Public Awareness Preparedness Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Office of Domestic Preparedness may 
        provide grants to local governments for the promotion of public 
        awareness, through media campaigns and educational materials, 
        relating to preparedness for natural disasters, terrorist 
        attacks, and influenza pandemic.
            ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry 
        out this subsection.''.
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