[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5620 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5620

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funding assistance to 
 State training centers certified by the Federal Emergency Management 
      Agency as capable of providing emergency response training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2012

   Mr. Kind introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funding assistance to 
 State training centers certified by the Federal Emergency Management 
      Agency as capable of providing emergency response training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELAND DEFENSE MISSION TRAINING.

    (a) Assistance Authorized.--Chapter 9 of title 32, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 909. Training assistance
    ``(a) Assistance Authorized.--To improve the training of National 
Guard units and Federal agencies performing homeland defense 
activities, the Secretary of Defense may provide funding assistance 
through a special military cooperative agreement for the operation and 
maintenance of any State training center certified by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency as capable of providing emergency response 
training.
    ``(b) Merit-Based or Competitive Decisions.--A decision to commit, 
obligate, or expend funds under subsection (a) with or to a specific 
entity shall--
            ``(1) be based on merit-based selection procedures in 
        accordance with the requirements of sections 2304(k) and 2374 
        of title 10 or on competitive procedures; and
            ``(2) comply with other applicable provisions of law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``909. Training assistance.''.
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