H.R. 549

On February 3rd, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 549, the "National Bombing Preventative Act Of 2009." It is now before the U.S. Senate for action by them. It amends, if passed, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 by giving the DHS more resources to help prevent terrorist bombings here in the U.S. It is listed on the U.S. Congresses website under current legislation. According to the bill, if passed, it will make $10,000,000 available for fiscal year 2010 to the DHS to distribute to State and Local authorities for the training and retention of dogs and dog handlers that would be able to sniff out bombs planted either by criminals or terrorists, whether of U.S. or foreign groups, thus reducing the risk of casualties if the bomb would go off. Of course, like most other laws, it can be used to help set up normally law abiding citizens who get goaded into taking action against the USG by law enforcement provocateurs.