,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ai1 #bjad 
,mr4 ,payne 7for himself and ,mr4       
,thompson of ,mississippi7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland    
,security ,act of #bjjb to require      
recipients of ,state ,homeland ,security
 ,grant ,program funding to preserve and
 strengthen interoperable emergency     
communications capabilities1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,state ,wide   
,interoperable ,communications          
,enhancement ,act or the ,,swic         
,enhancement ,act4  #b4 ,minimum        
contents of application for certain     
homeland security grant funds  7a7 ,in  
general ,paragraph 7#b7 of section      
#bjjd7;b7 of the ,homeland ,security    
,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #fje7;b77 is
 amended by--  7#a7 redesignating       
subparagraphs 7,b7 and 7,c7 as          

subparagraphs 7,c7 and 7,d71            
respectively2 and  7#b7 inserting after 
subparagraph 7,a7 the following new     
subparagraph3  7,b7  7i7 certification  
that the ,governor of the ,state has    
designated a ,statewide                 
,interoperability ,coordinator1         
including identification in such        
certification of the individual so      
designated1 who is shall be responsible 
for--  7,i7 overseeing the daily        
operations of the ,state's              
interoperability efforts2  7,,ii7       
coordinating ,state interoperability and
 communications projects and grant      
applications for such projects2  7,,iii7
 establishing and maintaining working   
groups to develop and implement key     
interoperability initiatives2 and       
7,,iv7 implementing and updating1 as    
necessary1 a ,statewide ,communications 
,interoperability ,plan that specifies  
the current status of ,state efforts to 
enhance communications interoperability 
within the ,state1 including progress or

 setbacks1 and future goals for         
communications interoperability among   
emergency response agencies in the      
,state2 or  7ii7 if a ,statewide        
,interoperability ,coordinator has not  
been designated in accordance with      
clause 7i7--  7,i7 certification that   
the ,state is performing in another     
manner the functions described in       
subclauses 7,i7 through 7,,iv7 of such  
clause2 and  7,,ii7 identification in   
such certification of an individual who 
has been designated by the ,state as the
 primary point of contact for           
performance of such functions2  4  7b7  
,limitation on application ,the         
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
not apply with respect to any grant for 
which an application was submitted under
 the ,state ,homeland ,security ,grant  
,program before the date of the         
enactment of this ,act4