[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 3980 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 199
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3980
[Report No. 111-346]
To provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting
requirements and developing meaningful performance metrics for homeland
security preparedness grants, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 2, 2009
Mr. Cuellar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Homeland Security
December 1, 2009
Additional sponsor: Ms. Richardson
December 1, 2009
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
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 congressional homeland security
committees 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.
``(d) Congressional Homeland Security Committees Defined.--In this
section the term `congressional homeland security committees' means the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate.''.
(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.''.
Union Calendar No. 199
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3980
[Report No. 111-346]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting
requirements and developing meaningful performance metrics for homeland
security preparedness grants, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
December 1, 2009
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed