Providing Resources and Oversight for Tactical Equipment to Communities and Troops Act

More oversight and training for coordinators

If enacted, the bill would require the Department of Defense to set standard procedures to get input from State coordinators and federal stakeholders before transferring excess military property. It would require yearly consultations that prioritize transfers for counterdrug, counterterrorism, disaster preparedness, and border security. The bill would also require the Secretary of Defense to set minimum annual training for State coordinators on program compliance, accountability, and property management; training would be provided electronically, in writing, or in person, subject to available resources. The Defense Logistics Agency would have to conduct a program review within one year after enactment and then every two years, and the Secretary would have to send those review findings to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees within two years after enactment and every two years after that, with the report posted on the DLA website within 30 days.