[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5803 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5803

 To amend title 46, United States Code, regarding port security grant 
    funding for mandated security personnel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2012

Ms. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 46, United States Code, regarding port security grant 
    funding for mandated security personnel, 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 ``Port Security Boots on the Ground 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PORT SECURITY GRANT FUNDING FOR MANDATED SECURITY PERSONNEL.

    Section 70107(b)(1) of title 46, United States Code, is amended by 
striking the period and inserting the following: ``, including overtime 
and backfill costs incurred in support of other expenditures authorized 
under this subsection, except that not more than 50 percent of amounts 
received by a grantee under this section for a fiscal year may be used 
under this paragraph.''.
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