Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4058 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4058

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance outreach for the
 Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant
Program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2025

 Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance outreach for the
 Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant
Program of the Department of Homeland Security, 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 ``Enhancing Stakeholder Support and
Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act''.

SEC. 2. DHS GRANT OUTREACH.

    (a) Urban Area Security Initiative.--Section 2003 of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 604) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
    ``(f) Outreach and Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall,
on an ongoing basis, provide stakeholder outreach, engagement,
education, technical assistance, and support, prior to, during, and
after the awarding of grants under this section, including relating to
the following:
            ``(1) Conducting annual surveys to collect feedback from
        State, local, Tribal, and territorial stakeholders on the
        awarding of such grants and the effectiveness of the
        Administrator's outreach efforts.
            ``(2) Summaries of the surveys conducted pursuant to
        paragraph (1) and other State, local, Tribal, and territorial
        feedback and how such feedback was incorporated into subsequent
        grant notices of funding opportunities.
            ``(3) Other feedback mechanisms that the Administrator
        determines appropriate.''.
    (b) State Homeland Security Grant Program.--Section 2004 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Outreach and Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall,
on an ongoing basis, provide stakeholder outreach, engagement,
education, technical assistance, and support, prior to, during, and
after the awarding of grants under this section, including relating to
the following:
            ``(1) Conducting annual surveys to collect feedback from
        State, local, Tribal, and territorial stakeholders on the
        awarding of such grants and the effectiveness of the
        Administrator's outreach efforts.
            ``(2) Summaries of the surveys conducted pursuant to
        paragraph (1) and other State, local, Tribal, and territorial
        feedback and how such feedback was incorporated into subsequent
        grant notices of funding opportunities.
            ``(3) Other feedback mechanisms that the Administrator
        determines appropriate.''.
    (c) Comptroller General Review.--Not later than two years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the Administrator of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency and the Committee on Homeland Security of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the effectiveness of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency's stakeholder outreach, engagement,
education, technical assistance, and support, prior to, during, and
after the awarding of grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative
and State Homeland Security Grant Program, in accordance with
subsection (f) of section 2003 and subsection (g) of section 2004,
respectively, of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by
subsections (a) and (b), respectively.
    (d) Report.--Not later than three years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency 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 a report regarding the actions taken
pursuant to subsection (f) of section 2003 and subsection (g) of
section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by
subsections (a) and (b), respectively, including with respect to the
surveys and summaries required under paragraphs (1) and (2) of each of
such subsections (f) and (g).
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