[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3424 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3424

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that matching 
funds are not required under the State Homeland Security Grant Program 
                 or the Urban Area Security Initiative.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2008

  Mrs. Murray 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 amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that matching 
funds are not required under the State Homeland Security Grant Program 
                 or the Urban Area Security Initiative.

    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 Partners 
Preservation Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON REQUIRING MATCHING.

    Section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Limitation on Requiring Matching.--The Administrator may not 
require the recipient of a grant under section 2003 or 2004 to provide 
a non-Federal contribution for an activity carried out with the grant 
as a condition of the grant.''.
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