S 3973 — National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Reauthorization Act

Summary

This bill reauthorizes the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, an interagency program that coordinates training on emergency preparedness and counterterrorism for state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency responders and public safety personnel. The bill updates the list of member training institutions and organizations, adding the Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium and modifying the descriptions of some existing members. It authorizes increasing funding levels for the Consortium from $111 million in fiscal year 2027 to $125 million in fiscal year 2031. The bill requires that each existing Consortium member receives at least the same funding it received in fiscal year 2023, and mandates that any funding increases be distributed equally among the entities. The legislation expands the Consortium's scope to explicitly include education activities alongside training and to serve tribal and territorial jurisdictions.

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Sponsor (1)

Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] (R-LA)

Actions (2)

Mar 3, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. · senate
Mar 3, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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Full text

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

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).”. <all>

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