II 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1282 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 27, 2011 Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 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 2011.

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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, infrastructure protection analysis, information sharing, and critical decision-making; (4)the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness is poised to create a program in the areas of intelligence, infrastructure protection analysis, information sharing, and critical decision-making with national training capabilities; (5)the management team of the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness has many years of experience 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)of the member institutions of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium of the Department of Homeland Security, none are currently focusing on providing training in the areas of intelligence, infrastructure protection analysis, information sharing, and critical decision-making.

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Enhancement of the national domestic preparedness consortium

The National Domestic Preparedness Consortium shall include the SUNY National Center for Security and Preparedness.