ts in achieving
target capabilities related to preventing, preparing for,
protecting against, or responding to acts of terrorism.
(d) Reimbursement of Costs.--
(1) Paid-on-call or volunteer reimbursement.--In
addition to the activities described in subsection (a),
a grant under section 2003 or 2004 may be used to
provide a reasonable stipend to paid-on-call or
volunteer emergency response providers who are not
otherwise compensated for travel to or participation in
training or exercises related to the purposes of this
subtitle. Any such reimbursement shall not be
considered compensation for purposes of rendering an
emergency response provider an employee under the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.).
(2) Performance of federal duty.--An applicant for
a grant under section 2003 or 2004 may petition the
Administrator to use the funds from its grants under
those sections for the reimbursement of the cost of any
activity relating to preventing, preparing for,
protecting against, or responding to acts of terrorism
that is a Federal duty and usually performed by a
Federal agency, and that is being performed by a State
or local government under agreement with a Federal
agency.
(e) Flexibility in Unspent Homeland Security Grant Funds.--
Upon request by the recipient of a grant under section 2003 or
2004, the Administrator may authorize the grant recipient to
transfer all or part of the grant funds from uses specified in
the grant agreement to other uses authorized under this
section, if the Administrator determines that such transfer is
in the interests of homeland security.
(f) Equipment Standards.--If an applicant for a grant under
section 2003 or 2004 proposes to upgrade or purchase, with
assistance provided under that grant, new equipment or systems
that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary
consensus standards developed under section 647 of the Post-
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 747),
the applicant shall include in its application an explanation
of why such equipment or systems will serve the needs of the
applicant better than equipment or systems that meet or exceed
such standards.

Subtitle B--Grants Administration

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