[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3978 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3978

To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 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 and response to 
                   terrorism, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2009

Mr. Rogers of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
2007 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 and 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.

    Section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1102) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Acceptance of Gifts.--
            ``(1) Authority.--Notwithstanding section 873(b) of the 
        Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 453(b)), 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 preparedness for 
        and response to terrorism.
            ``(2) Report.--The Secretary shall report annually to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate--
                    ``(A) any gifts that were accepted under this 
                subsection in the preceding year;
                    ``(B) how such 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 such gifts.''.
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