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      "id": 103238,
      "date": "2003-12-19",
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      "title": "First Responder Resources: The Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse Program -- Description and Issues",
      "summary": "There has been general support for providing additional equipment to state and local first\nresponders\nto help them deal with potential terrorist attacks. The Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse (HDER)\nProgram is a small program operated jointly by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Office for\nDomestic Preparedness (ODP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). HDER gives first\nresponders identified by ODP excess radiological detection and related equipment obtained mainly\nfrom DOE sites and the Navy. (1)  It was established in 2002 as\na pilot project for large metropolitan areas to determine if there was sufficient supply and demand. \nBased on their experience, DOE and DHS decided to continue HDER as a program for first\nresponders nationwide beginning June 1, 2003. A likely future issue is the appropriate size and role\nof such a program. Should Congress expand it to foreign recipients, permit it to accept excess\nequipment from nongovernmental sources, or specify the types of equipment it should provide? This\nreport will be updated as appropriate. \n \n   \n \n  1.   See U. S.  Department of Homeland\nSecurity. Office for Domestic Preparedness. \u201cHomeland Defense Equipment Reuse\nProgram (HDER) Program Fact Sheet,\u201d June 2003,\n http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/HDERFactSheet0603.pdf , and \u201cHomeland Defense\nEquipment Reuse ... Program Bulletins,\u201d\n http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/hderbulletins.htm ; and U.S. Department of Energy. \nAssets Utilization Program. \u201cHomeland Defense Equipment Reuse Program,\u201d\n http://epic.er.doe.gov/epic/pdfs/HDERP_Factsheet.pdf . For other programs that assist\nfirst responders, see  CRS Report RL32348 ,  Selected Federal Homeland Security\nAssistance Programs: A Summary , by Shawn Reese",
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