Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/320

 PUBLIC LAW 110–53—AUG. 3, 2007

121 STAT. 299

Secretary, the Secretary may terminate or reduce the amount of the grant awarded to that State or transfer grant funds previously awarded to the State directly to the appropriate local or tribal government. ‘‘(m) REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) ANNUAL REPORTS BY STATE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—A State that receives a grant under this section shall annually submit to the Director of Emergency Communications a report on the progress of the State in implementing that State’s Statewide Interoperable Communications Plans required under section 7303(f) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194(f)) and achieving interoperability at the city, county, regional, State, and interstate levels. The Director shall make the reports publicly available, including by making them available on the Internet website of the Office of Emergency Communications, subject to any redactions that the Director determines are necessary to protect classified or other sensitive information. ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—At least once each year, the Director of Emergency Communications shall submit to Congress a report on the use of grants awarded under this section and any progress in implementing Statewide Interoperable Communications Plans and improving interoperability at the city, county, regional, State, and interstate level, as a result of the award of such grants. ‘‘(n) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed or interpreted to preclude a State from using a grant awarded under this section for interim or long-term Internet Protocol-based interoperable solutions. ‘‘(o) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section— ‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2008, such sums as may be necessary; ‘‘(2) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012, $400,000,000; and ‘‘(3) for each subsequent fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.’’. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section l(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1808 the following:

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‘‘Sec. 1809. Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program.’’.

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(c) INTEROPERABLE COMMUNICATIONS PLANS.—Section 7303 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194) is amended— (1) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (B) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(6) include information on the governance structure used to develop the plan, including such information about all agencies and organizations that participated in developing the plan and the scope and timeframe of the plan; and ‘‘(7) describe the method by which multi-jurisdictional, multidisciplinary input is provided from all regions of the jurisdiction, including any high-threat urban areas located in the

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