[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15393-15394]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         FIRST RESPONDER ANTI-TERRORISM TRAINING RESOURCES ACT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed to 
Calendar No. 498.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 3978) to amend the Implementing 
     Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to 
     authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept and 
     use gifts for otherwise authorized activities of the Center 
     for Domestic Preparedness that are related to preparedness 
     for and response to terrorism, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the 
enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``First Responder Anti-
     Terrorism Training Resources Act''.

     SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS FOR FIRST RESPONDER TERRORISM 
                   PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TRAINING.

       (a) In General.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
     U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in title V (6 U.S.C. 311 et seq.), by adding at the end 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 525. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.

       ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary may accept and use gifts of 
     property, both real and personal, and may accept gifts of 
     services, including from guest lecturers, for otherwise 
     authorized activities of the Center for Domestic Preparedness 
     that are related to efforts to prevent,

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     prepare for, protect against, or respond to a natural 
     disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, 
     including the use of a weapon of mass destruction.
       ``(b) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not accept a gift 
     under this section if the Secretary determines that the use 
     of the property or services would compromise the integrity or 
     appearance of integrity of--
       ``(1) a program of the Department; or
       ``(2) an individual involved in a program of the 
     Department.
       ``(c) Report.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate an annual report 
     disclosing--
       ``(A) any gifts that were accepted under this section 
     during the year covered by the report;
       ``(B) how the gifts contribute to the mission of the Center 
     for Domestic Preparedness; and
       ``(C) the amount of Federal savings that were generated 
     from the acceptance of the gifts.
       ``(2) Publication.--Each report required under paragraph 
     (1) shall be made publically available.'';
       (2) in section 873(b) (6 U.S.C. 453(b)), by striking ``and 
     by section 93'' and all that follows through ``or donations'' 
     and inserting ``by section 93 of title 14, United States 
     Code, or by section 525 or 884 of this Act, gifts or 
     donations''; and
       (3) in section 884 (6 U.S.C. 464), by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(c) Acceptance and Use of Gifts.--The Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center may accept and use gifts of 
     property, both real and personal, and accept services, for 
     authorized purposes.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) The homeland security act of 2002.--The Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.) is amended in the 
     table of contents by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 524 the following:

``Sec. 525. Acceptance of gifts.''.

       (2) Repeal.--The matter under the heading ``salaries and 
     expenses'' under the heading ``Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center'' under title IV of the Department of 
     Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 (6 U.S.C. 464a) is 
     amended by striking ``Provided, That in fiscal year 2004 and 
     thereafter, the Center is authorized to accept and use gifts 
     of property, both real and personal, and to accept services, 
     for authorized purposes: Provided further,'' and inserting 
     ``Provided,''.
         Amend the title so as to read: ``An Act to amend the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security to accept and use gifts for otherwise 
     authorized activities of the Center for Domestic Preparedness 
     that are related to preparedness for a response to terrorism, 
     and for other purposes.''.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-
reported substitute amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be 
read the third time and passed; the title amendment be agreed to; the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action 
or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The amendment was orderd to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill, (H.R. 3978), as amended, was read the third time and 
passed.
  The title was amended so as to read:
  ``An Act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to accept and use gifts for otherwise 
authorized activities of the Center for Domestic Preparedness that are 
related to preparedness for a response to terrorism, and for other 
purposes.''.

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