12 2 STA T .43 3 6PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 412 —O CT. 14 , 200 8PublicLaw1 1 0–4 1 2 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamendth e H ome l and S e curi t yA cto f20 02toim p ro v e the financial a s sistance provided to State , local, and tri b al g overnments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ P e r s on ne lR eimb u rsement f or I ntelli g ence C oo p eration and E nhancement of H omeland S ecurity Act of 20 0 8’ ’ or the ‘‘PRICE of Homeland Security Act’’ . SEC. 2 .CL A RI F ICATION ON U SE OF FUN D S. Section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6U .S.C. 60 9) is amended — ( 1 ) in subsection (a)— (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) , by stri k ing ‘‘ G rants’’ and all that follo w s through ‘‘used’’ and inserting the following
‘‘The Administrator shall permit the recipient of a grant under section 200 3 or 200 4 to use grant funds’’
and ( B ) in paragraph (10), by inserting ‘‘, regardless of whether such analysts are current or new full - time employees or contract employees’’ after ‘‘analysts’’; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as para- graphs (4) and ( 5 ), respecti v ely; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: ‘‘(3) LIM I TA TI ONS ON D IS CRE TION.— ‘‘(A) IN G ENERA L .— W ith respect to the use of amounts awarded to a grant recipient under section 2003 or 2004 for personnel costs in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Administrator may not— ‘‘(i) impose a limit on the amount of the award that may be used to pay for personnel, or personnel- related, costs that is higher or lower than the percent limit imposed in paragraph (2)(A); or ‘‘(ii) impose any additional limitation on the por- tion of the funds of a recipient that may be used for a specific type, purpose, or category of personnel, or personnel-related, costs. ‘‘(B) ANAL Y STS.—If amounts awarded to a grant recipient under section 2003 or 2004 are used for paying salary or benefits of a q ualified intelligence analyst under subsection (a)(10), the Administrator shall make such Person ne lR e imbu rsemen tf or I ntelli g en c e C oo p er a tion an dE n h ancement of H omeland S ecurit yA ct of 20 0 8.6U SC 1 01 note. O ct. 1 4, 2008 [ H.R. 60 9 8 ]
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