[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3978 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.3978
One Hundred Eleventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten
An Act
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of
Homeland Security to accept and use gifts for otherwise authorized
activities of the Center for Domestic Preparedness that are related to
preparedness for a response to terrorism, 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 ``First Responder Anti-Terrorism
Training Resources Act''.
SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS FOR FIRST RESPONDER TERRORISM PREPAREDNESS
AND RESPONSE TRAINING.
(a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et
seq.) is amended--
(1) in title V (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.), by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 525. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.
``(a) Authority.--The Secretary may accept and use gifts of
property, both real and personal, and may accept gifts of services,
including from guest lecturers, for otherwise authorized activities of
the Center for Domestic Preparedness that are related to efforts to
prevent, prepare for, protect against, or respond to a natural
disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, including the
use of a weapon of mass destruction.
``(b) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not accept a gift under this
section if the Secretary determines that the use of the property or
services would compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of--
``(1) a program of the Department; or
``(2) an individual involved in a program of the Department.
``(c) Report.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall submit to the Committee
on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate an annual report disclosing--
``(A) any gifts that were accepted under this section
during the year covered by the report;
``(B) how the gifts contribute to the mission of the Center
for Domestic Preparedness; and
``(C) the amount of Federal savings that were generated
from the acceptance of the gifts.
``(2) Publication.--Each report required under paragraph (1)
shall be made publically available.'';
(2) in section 873(b) (6 U.S.C. 453(b)), by striking ``and by
section 93'' and all that follows through ``or donations'' and
inserting ``by section 93 of title 14, United States Code, or by
section 525 or 884 of this Act, gifts or donations''; and
(3) in section 884 (6 U.S.C. 464), by adding at the end the
following:
``(c) Acceptance and Use of Gifts.--The Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center may accept and use gifts of property, both real and
personal, and accept services, for authorized purposes.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) The homeland security act of 2002.--The Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended in the table of
contents by inserting after the item relating to section 524 the
following:
``Sec. 525. Acceptance of gifts.''.
(2) Repeal.--The matter under the heading ``salaries and
expenses'' under the heading ``Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center'' under title IV of the Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations Act, 2004 (6 U.S.C. 464a) is amended by striking
``Provided, That in fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, the Center is
authorized to accept and use gifts of property, both real and
personal, and to accept services, for authorized purposes: Provided
further,'' and inserting ``Provided,''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.