uch sums as may be
necessary;
(2) for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012,
$400,000,000; and
(3) for each subsequent fiscal year, such sums as
may be necessary.

SEC. 1810. [6 U.S.C. 580] BORDER INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.

(a) In General.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through
the Director of the Office of Emergency Communications
(referred to in this section as the ``Director''), and
in coordination with the Federal Communications
Commission and the Secretary of Commerce, shall
establish an International Border Community
Interoperable Communications Demonstration Project
(referred to in this section as the ``demonstration
project'').
(2) Minimum number of communities.--The Director
shall select no fewer than 6 communities to participate
in a demonstration project.
(3) Location of communities.--No fewer than 3 of
the communities selected under paragraph (2) shall be
located on the northern border of the United States and
no fewer than 3 of the communities selected under
paragraph (2) shall be located on the southern border
of the United States.
(b) Conditions.--The Director, in coordination with the
Federal Communications Commission and the Secretary of
Commerce, shall ensure that the project is carried out as soon
as adequate spectrum is available as a result of the 800
megahertz rebanding process in border areas, and shall ensure
that the border projects do not impair or impede the rebanding
process, but under no circumstances shall funds be distributed
under this section unless the Federal Communications Commission
and the Secretary of Commerce agree that these conditions have
been met.
(c) Program Requirements.--Consistent with the
responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Communications
under section 1801, the Director shall foster local, tribal,
State, and Federal interoperable emergency communications, as
well as interoperable emergency communications with appropriate
Canadian and Mexican authorities in the communities selected
for the demonstration project. The Director shall--
(1) identify solutions to facilitate interoperable
communications across national borders expeditiously;
(2) help ensure that emerge