AUTHORITY TO MAKE EXCESS NONLETHAL SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR DOMESTIC EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 1074. AUTHORITY TO MAKE EXCESS NONLETHAL SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR DOMESTIC EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.(a) Domestic Authority.—Section 2557 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the following new sentence: “In addition, the Secretary may make nonlethal excess supplies of the Department available to support domestic emergency assistance activities.”; and(2) in subsection (b)—(A) by inserting “(1)” before “Excess”; and(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) Excess supplies made available under this section to support domestic emergency assistance activities shall be transferred to the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Defense may provide assistance in the distribution of such supplies at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security.”.(b) Clerical Amendments.—(1) Section heading.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:“§ 2557. Excess nonlethal supplies: availability for humanitarian relief, domestic emergency assistance, and homeless veterans assistance” .(2) Table of sections.—The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 152 of such title is amended to read as follows: “2557. Excess nonlethal supplies: availability for humanitarian relief, domestic emergency assistance, and homeless veterans assistance.”.