Amendment requires the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to conduct jointly, or contract with an entity to conduct, a study of the operations of Federal, State, and local government entities to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat.

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Amendment Number
776
Description
Amendment requires the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence to conduct jointly, or contract with an entity to conduct, a study of the operations of Federal, State, and local government entities to identify best practices for the communication of information concerning a terrorist threat.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 109-438 to authorize $5 million for a study to be conducted by the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to identify the problems and the successes of terrorist-threat information sharing between the Federal, State, and local levels of government and authorize $10 million to establish centers of best practices. $3 million is authorized for the following five years to cover operational expenses of the centers.
Congress
109
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Apr 26, 2006
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Fossella amendment (A002) Agreed to by voice vote.
Latest Action Time
16:10:55
Submitted Date
Apr 26, 2006
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Dec 5, 2020
Amendment 776 — Informed