[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3973 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3973

 To reauthorize the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2026

  Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, 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 ``National Domestic Preparedness 
Consortium Reauthorization Act''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC PREPAREDNESS 
              CONSORTIUM.

    Section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1102) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``/Academy of 
                Counter-Terrorist Education'' after ``Training'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by striking ``Rescue'' and inserting 
                        ``Recovery''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``University'' and 
                        inserting ``Engineering Extension Service'';
                    (C) by amending paragraphs (5) and (6) to read as 
                follows:
            ``(5) Counterterrorism Operations Support/Nevada Nuclear 
        Security Sites under the National Nuclear Security 
        Administration;
            ``(6) MxV Learning Institute in Pueblo, Colorado;'';
                    (D) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium of the 
        Center for Rural Development, Somerset, Kentucky.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``and tribal'' and inserting 
                ``tribal, and territorial public safety and'';
                    (B) by striking ``at the performance and'' and 
                inserting ``through various modalities at the 
                performance,''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``and education'' after ``of 
                training'';
            (3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(2) for the entities described in paragraphs (2) through 
        (8) of subsection (b)--
                    ``(A) $111,000,000 for fiscal year 2027;
                    ``(B) $114,000,000 for fiscal year 2028;
                    ``(C) $117,000,000 for fiscal year 2029;
                    ``(D) $120,000,000 for fiscal year 2030; and
                    ``(E) $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2031.''; and
            (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
    ``(e) Savings Provision.--
            ``(1) In general.--From the amounts appropriated pursuant 
        to this section, the Secretary shall ensure that amounts 
        provided to each of the entities described in paragraphs (2) 
        through (7) of subsection (b) are not less than the amounts 
        provided to each such entity for participation in the 
        Consortium in fiscal year 2023.
            ``(2) Proportional allocation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the event the total amount 
                appropriated, in the aggregate, for all entities 
                described in paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection 
                (b) in a fiscal year under subsection (d)(2) is less 
                than the sum of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated in that fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
                allocate funds proportionally to those entities in the 
                same manner as such funds were allocated in fiscal year 
                2023.
                    ``(B) Equal distribution.--Unless otherwise 
                directed, appropriation increases under subparagraph 
                (A) shall be equally distributed to the entities 
                described in paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection 
                (b).''.
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