H.R. 2206: State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-05-01 · Emergency Management · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-05-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 17, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.) State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act or the SWIC Enhancement Act (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a state to include in its application for State Homeland Security Grant Program funding a certification: (1) that the governor of the state has designated a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, or (2) indicating that the state is performing the functions of such a Coordinator in another manner and identifying the primary point of contact for performance of such functions. Sets forth as such Coordinator's functions: coordinating the daily operations of the state's interoperability efforts; coordinating state interoperability and communications projects and grant applications for such projects; establishing and maintaining working groups to develop and implement key interoperability initiatives; and coordinating and updating a Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan that specifies the current status of state efforts to enhance communications interoperability within the state, including future goals for communications interoperability among emergency response agencies in the state.

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Official text

State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2206, State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act (2015-05-28)

Cosponsors on this site

Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr2206.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr2206 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114