[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5943 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5943

To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
      2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of funds for public 
  transportation security assistance grants and establish periods of 
          performance for such grants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2016

Mr. Donovan (for himself, Mr. Katko, Mr. King of New York, Miss Rice of 
  New York, Mr. Payne, and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 
      2007 to clarify certain allowable uses of funds for public 
  transportation security assistance grants and establish periods of 
          performance for such 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 ``Transit Security Grant Program 
Flexibility Act''.

SEC. 2. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    Subparagraph (A) of section 1406(b)(2) of the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 
1135(b)(2); Public Law 110-53) is amended by inserting ``and associated 
backfill'' after ``security training''.

SEC. 3. PERIODS OF PERFORMANCE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
              ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    Section 1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135; Public Law 110-53) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(m) Periods of Performance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        funds provided pursuant to a grant awarded under this section 
        for a use specified in subsection (b) shall remain available 
        for use by a grant recipient for a period of not fewer than 36 
        months.
            ``(2) Exception.--Funds provided pursuant to a grant 
        awarded under this section for a use specified in subparagraph 
        (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(1) shall remain available for use 
        by a grant recipient for a period of not fewer than 55 
        months.''.
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