#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #aeid  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb to    
establish a process to review           
applications for certain grants to      
purchase equipment or systems that do   
not meet or exceed any applicable       
national voluntary consensus standards1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,first ,responder ,access to ,innovative
 ,technologies ,act4  #b4 ,approval of  
certain equipment  7a7 ,in general      
,section #bjjh of the ,homeland         
,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4   
#fji7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection  
7f7-- 7,a7 by striking ,if an applicant 
and inserting the following3  7#a7      
,application requirement ,if an         
applicant  2 and  7,b7 by adding at the 
end the following new paragraphs3  7#b7 
,review process ,the ,administrator     
shall implement a uniform process for   
reviewing applications that1 in         
accordance with paragraph 7#a71 contain 

explanations to use grants provided     
under section #bjjc or #bjjd to purchase
 equipment or systems that do not meet  
or exceed any applicable national       
voluntary consensus standards developed 
under section #fdg of the ,post-,katrina
 ,emergency ,management ,reform ,act of 
#bjjf 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #gdg74  7#c7        
,factors ,in carrying out the review    
process under paragraph 7#b71 the       
,administrator shall consider the       
following3  7,a7 ,current or past use of
 proposed equipment or systems by       
,federal agencies or the ,armed ,forces4
  7,b7 ,the absence of a national       
voluntary consensus standard for such   
equipment or systems4  7,c7 ,the        
existence of an international consensus 
standard for such equipment or systems1 
and whether such equipment or systems   
meets such standard4  7,d7 ,the nature  
of the capability gap identified by the 
applicant and how such equipment or     
systems will address such gap4  7,e7    
,the degree to which such equipment or  

systems will serve the needs of the     
applicant better than equipment or      
systems that meet or exceed existing    
consensus standards4  7,f7 ,any other   
factor determined appropriate by the    
,administrator4  2 and  7#b7 by adding  
at the end the following new subsection3
  7g7 ,review process ,the              
,administrator shall implement a uniform
 process for reviewing applications to  
use grants provided under section #bjjc 
or #bjjd to purchase equipment or       
systems not included on the ,authorized 
,equipment ,list maintained by the      
,administrator4  4  7b7 ,inspector      
general report ,not later than #c years 
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,inspector ,general of the    
,department of ,homeland ,security 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        
assessing the implementation of the     

review process established under        
paragraph 7#b7 of subsection 7f7 of     
section #bjjh of the ,homeland ,security
 ,act of #bjjb 7as added by subsection  
7a7 of this section71 including         
information on the following3 7#a7 ,the 
number of requests to purchase equipment
 or systems that do not meet or exceed  
any applicable consensus standard       
evaluated under such review process4    
7#b7 ,the capability gaps identified by 
applicants and the number of such       
requests granted or denied4  7#c7 ,the  
processing time for the review of such  
requests4  ,passed the ,house of        
,representatives ,may #ad1              
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