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124 STAT. 2852 PUBLIC LAW 111–271—OCT. 12, 2010 Public Law 111–271 111th Congress An Act To provide for identifying and eliminating redundant reporting requirements and developing meaningful performance metrics for homeland security preparedness grants, 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 ‘‘Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act’’. SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR HOME- LAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS GRANT PROGRAMS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘SEC. 2023. IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING REDUNDANCIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE METRICS. ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘covered grants’ means grants awarded under section 2003, grants awarded under section 2004, and any other grants specified by the Administrator. ‘‘(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that includes— ‘‘(1) an assessment of redundant reporting requirements imposed by the Administrator on State, local, and tribal govern- ments in connection with the awarding of grants, including— ‘‘(A) a list of each discrete item of data requested by the Administrator from grant recipients as part of the process of administering covered grants; ‘‘(B) identification of the items of data from the list described in subparagraph (A) that are required to be sub- mitted by grant recipients on multiple occasions or to mul- tiple systems; and ‘‘(C) identification of the items of data from the list described in subparagraph (A) that are not necessary to be collected in order for the Administrator to effectively and efficiently administer the programs under which cov- ered grants are awarded; 6 USC 613. Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act. 6 USC 101 note. Oct. 12, 2010 [H.R. 3980]