National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Reauthorization Act

Summary

Updates the membership and funding rules for the federal National Domestic Preparedness Consortium that provides training for public-safety personnel. It renames and replaces certain consortium members, adds a new rural consortium, expands who may receive training, and authorizes higher multi-year funding levels for consortium members through FY2031 with a new method for allocating funds if appropriations fall short. The bill does not appropriate money now; it changes the statute to list members, broaden training beneficiaries and delivery language, set authorized funding amounts for FY2027–FY2031, and ties minimum funding guarantees to each member’s FY2023 funding levels with proportional allocation rules if appropriations are lower than authorized.

• Updates the list of National Domestic Preparedness Consortium members: renames one, replaces two, and adds a Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium.
• Expands eligible training beneficiaries to include territorial public-safety entities and additional providers.
• Broadens statutory language about how training may be delivered (various modalities).
• Authorizes increased funding for consortium members: $111M (FY2027) rising to $125M (FY2031).
• Ties minimum funding guarantees to each entity’s FY2023 funding level for defined members.
• Requires proportional allocation if appropriations are less than authorized and equally distributes increases unless directed otherwise.
• Does not appropriate funds immediately; it changes authorization and allocation rules in law.
• Adds named, location-specific institutions (e.g., MxV in Pueblo, Rural Consortium in Somerset), which directs funding to particular entities.