I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5485 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 8, 2010 Mr. Tonko introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To expand the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium to include the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Enhancement Act of 2010.

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Findings

Congress finds that— (1)the State University of New York (SUNY) is the Nation’s largest comprehensive system of public higher education, comprising 64 campuses across the State of New York; (2)the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness oversees a coordinated strategy to leverage the resources of all 64 SUNY campuses to develop homeland security training programs and to apply SUNY’s homeland security research expertise; (3)the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness and the SUNY campuses provide extraordinary capabilities to help the Nation in the areas of intelligence, preparedness, protection analysis, information sharing, and critical decisionmaking; (4)the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness is poised to create a program in the areas of intelligence, preparedness, protection analysis, information sharing, and critical decisionmaking; (5)the management team of the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness has many years of experience with working with the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium; (6)the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness has established partnerships that will allow the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness immediately to identify and certify instructors, pilot and certify courses, and set up an infrastructure that is compatible with the reporting requirements of the Department of Homeland Security; and (7)none of the member institutions of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium of the Department of Homeland Security are currently focusing on providing training in the areas of intelligence, protection analysis, information sharing, and critical decisionmaking.

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Enhancement of National Domestic Preparedness Consortium

The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium of the Department of Homeland Security shall include the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness in order to train State, local, and tribal emergency response providers to prepare for and respond to acts of terrorism, including weapons of mass destruction.