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[H.R. 6098 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.6098

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial 
    assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for 
         information sharing activities, 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. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Personnel Reimbursement for 
Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act of 
2008'' or the ``PRICE of Homeland Security Act''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION ON USE OF FUNDS.
    Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)--
            (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Grants'' and all that follows through ``used'' and inserting 
        the following: ``The Administrator shall permit the recipient 
        of a grant under section 2003 or 2004 to use grant funds''; and
            (B) in paragraph (10), by inserting ``, regardless of 
        whether such analysts are current or new full-time employees or 
        contract employees'' after ``analysts''; and
        (2) in subsection (b)--
            (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (4) and (5), respectively; and
            (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
        ``(3) Limitations on discretion.--
            ``(A) In general.--With respect to the use of amounts 
        awarded to a grant recipient under section 2003 or 2004 for 
        personnel costs in accordance with paragraph (2) of this 
        subsection, the Administrator may not--
                ``(i) impose a limit on the amount of the award that 
            may be used to pay for personnel, or personnel-related, 
            costs that is higher or lower than the percent limit 
            imposed in paragraph (2)(A); or
                ``(ii) impose any additional limitation on the portion 
            of the funds of a recipient that may be used for a specific 
            type, purpose, or category of personnel, or personnel-
            related, costs.
            ``(B) Analysts.--If amounts awarded to a grant recipient 
        under section 2003 or 2004 are used for paying salary or 
        benefits of a qualified intelligence analyst under subsection 
        (a)(10), the Administrator shall make such amounts available 
        without time limitations placed on the period of time that the 
        analyst can serve under the grant.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.