[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3980 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3980


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 3, 2009

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting 
requirements and developing meaningful performance metrics for homeland 
         security preparedness grants, 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 ``Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced 
Performance for Preparedness Grants Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF 
              PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS 
              GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT 
              OF PERFORMANCE METRICS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator shall, for grants under 
sections 2003 and 2004 and any other grants specified by the 
Administrator, submit a report to the appropriate committees of 
Congress by not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness 
Grants Act, and by October 1st every 2 years thereafter, that--
            ``(1) identifies redundant rules, regulations, and 
        requirements for reporting by recipients of such grants, and 
        includes a plan for eliminating such identified redundancies 
        and requirements;
            ``(2) includes a plan for developing and improving the 
        performance metrics required under section 2022(a)(4) for such 
        grants; and
            ``(3) includes an assessment of each program under which 
        such grants are awarded.
    ``(b) Plan Requirements.--Each plan under subsection (a)--
            ``(1) shall be developed in coordination with State, local, 
        tribal, and territorial governments; and
            ``(2) shall include a proposed timeline for actions to 
        implement the plan.
    ``(c) Program Assessment Requirements.--Each program assessment 
under subsection (a)(3) shall include--
            ``(1) a brief summary of the program purposes, objectives, 
        and performance goals, and of the key findings of the 
        assessment;
            ``(2) an assessment of the quality of the program's 
        performance metrics, and the extent to which necessary 
        performance data are collected;
            ``(3) a summary of how the program's strengths and 
        weaknesses are impeding or contributing to its failures or 
        successes, including reasons for any substantial variation from 
        the targeted level of performance of the program;
            ``(4) a description of the extent to which any trends, 
        developments, or emerging conditions affect the need to change 
        the mission of the program or the way that the program is being 
        carried out;
            ``(5) an identification of the best practices used in the 
        program for allocating resources in an efficient and effective 
        manner that resulted in positive outcomes and the key reasons 
        why such practices resulted in positive outcomes;
            ``(6) recommendations for program modifications to improve 
        the results that the program achieves;
            ``(7) a summary of key results of the program assessment 
        that support maximizing the amount of funds appropriated for 
        the program; and
            ``(8) an assessment of the quality of customer service 
        offered to recipients of funds under the program and a strategy 
        for improving such service.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title 
XX the following new item:

``Sec. 2023. Identification of reporting redundancies and development 
                            of performance metrics.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 2, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.