[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2793 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2793

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for clarification 
 on the use of funds relating to certain homeland security grants, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2009

  Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for clarification 
 on the use of funds relating to certain homeland security 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 ``Strengthening and Updating Resources 
and Equipment Act'' or the ``SURE Act''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATING TO CERTAIN HOMELAND 
              SECURITY GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(4), by inserting before the semicolon 
        at the end the following: ``, and any related maintenance 
        agreements, user fees, or sustainment costs''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(3), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(C) Equipment maintenance.--With respect to the 
                use of amounts awarded to a grant recipient under 
                section 2003 or 2004 for equipment purchase and 
                maintenance costs, the Administrator may not--
                            ``(i) impose a limit on the amount of any 
                        such award that may be used to pay for such 
                        purchase and maintenance costs, including any 
                        costs referred to in subsection (a)(4); or
                            ``(ii) impose any additional limitation, 
                        including any fiscal year limitation, beyond 
                        any limitation under this section, on the 
                        amount of any such award that may be used for a 
                        specific type, purpose, or category of 
                        equipment purchase or maintenance cost.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this section and shall 
apply to grants made under section 2003 or 2004 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604 and 605), in accordance with the 
provisions specified in section 2008 of such Act (6 U.S.C. 609), as 
amended by subsection (a) of this section, on or after October 1, 2008.
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