SEC. 885. PROCUREMENT BY STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF EQUIPMENT FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Expansion of Procurement Authority to Include Equipment for
Homeland Security and Emergency Response Activities-
(1)
PROCEDURES- Subsection (a)(1) of section 381 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended--
(A)
in subsection (a)(1)--
(i)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
(I) by striking `law enforcement'; and
(II) by inserting `, homeland security, and emergency
response' after `counter-drug';
(ii) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting `,
homeland security, or emergency response' after
`counter-drug'; and
(II) in clause (i), by striking `law enforcement';
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking `law enforcement'
each place it appears; and
(iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking `law enforcement'.
(2)
GSA CATALOG- Subsection (c) of such section is amended--
(A)
by striking `law enforcement'; and
(B) by inserting `, homeland security, and emergency
response' after `counter-drug'.
(3)
DEFINITIONS- Subsection (d) of such section is amended--
(A)
in paragraph (2), by inserting `or emergency response' after
`law enforcement' both places it appears; and
(B) in paragraph (3)--
(i)
by striking `law enforcement';
(ii) by inserting `, homeland security, and emergency
response' after `counter-drug'; and
(iii) by inserting `and, in the case of equipment for
homeland security activities, may not include any
equipment that is not found on the Authorized Equipment
List published by the Department of Homeland Security'
after `purposes'.
(b)
Clerical Amendments-
(1)
HEADING AMENDMENT- The heading of such section is amended to
read as follows:
-`Sec. 381. Procurement of equipment by State and local
governments through the Department of Defense: equipment for
counter-drug, homeland security, and emergency response
activities'.
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS- The table of sections at the beginning
of chapter 18 of such title is amended by striking the item
relating to section 381 and inserting the following new item:
`381. Procurement of equipment by State and local governments
through the Department of Defense: equipment for counter-drug,
homeland security, and emergency response activities.'.
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Procurement by State and local
governments of equipment for homeland security and emergency
response activities through the Department of Defense (sec. 1031)
The committee recommends a provision that
would expand the categories of equipment that may be purchased
through the Department of Defense (DOD) by State and local
governments to include consequence management equipment for
homeland security and emergency response activities, as requested
by DOD.
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