Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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IPR Appendix | 2023 Page F-7 •Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosive (CBRNE) operational search and rescue equipment, logistical support equipment, reference materials, or incident response vehicles; •Interoperable communications equipment, including for alert and warning capabilities; •Components or systems needed to address flaws in the computerized systems that control generators, switching stations, and electrical substations as well as other threats to infrastructure critical to the U.S. economy; •Detection Equipment; •Power equipment; •Terrorism incident prevention equipment; and •Physical security enhancement equipment. Recipients may purchase equipment not listed on the AEL, but only if they first seek and obtain prior approval from FEMA. Unless otherwise noted, equipment must be certified as meeting required regulatory and FEMA-adopted standards to be eligible for purchase using IPR funds. Equipment must comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act requirement for certification of electrical equipment by a nationally recognized testing laboratory and demonstrate compliance with relevant FEMA-adopted standards through a supplier’s declaration of conformity with appropriate supporting data and documentation per International Organization for Standardization/International Electro-technical Commission (ISO/IEC) 17050, Parts One and Two. The recipient must have all necessary certifications and licenses for the requested equipment, as appropriate, prior its purchase. In addition, recipients that are using IPR funds to support emergency communications equipment activities must comply with the SAFECOM Guidance on Emergency Communications Grants, including provisions on technical standards that ensure and enhance interoperable communications. This SAFECOM Guidance can be found at: https://www.cisa.gov/safecom/funding. Requirements for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems All requests to purchase Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) with FEMA grant funding must comply with FEMA Policy 207-22-0002, Prohibited or Controlled Equipment Under FEMA Awards, and also include a description of the policies and procedures in place to safeguard individuals’ privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of the jurisdiction that will purchase, take title to or otherwise use the sUAS equipment. SUAS policies are not required at the time of application but must be received and approved by FEMA prior to obligating IPR funds. All grant-funded procurements must be executed in a manner compliant with federal procurement standards at 2 C.F.R. §§ 200.317 – 200.327. For recipients that use IPR funds for sUAS, FEMA advises that there is a general privacy concern related to the use of this equipment if the data the devices collect is transmitted to servers not under the control of the operator. It has been reported that some manufacturers of sUAS encrypt data and send that data to servers outside the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Privacy Office suggests the recipient fully explore data transmission and storage issues with vendors to reduce the possibility of data breaches. Additionally, the Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) accompanying the FY 2023 DHS Appropriations further requires recipients to certify they have reviewed the Industry Alert on Chinese Manufactured Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and completed a risk assessment that considers the proposed use of foreign- made sUAS to ascertain potential risks (e.g., privacy, data breaches, cybersecurity, etc.) related to foreign- made versus domestic sUAS.