3.0.0 796 2019-11-15T21:12:18Z 2019-11-15T21:12:18Z House H HR 2005-02-14 109 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm08 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee Referred to 2005-03-09T19:07:15Z Referred to 2005-02-14T17:00:45Z 2005-03-09 hshm08 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology. Committee 2005-02-14 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2005-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-02-14 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 N Crime and Law Enforcement Armed Forces and National Security Biological warfare Chemical warfare Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee training Equipment and supplies Federal aid to law enforcement Fire departments Fire fighters Fire prevention Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health Intergovernmental relations Labor and Employment Law enforcement officers Medical supplies Nuclear terrorism Paramedical personnel Police Police training Risk Terrorism Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2005-02-14 Introduced in House 2005-03-12T15:59:56Z Domestic Preparedness Act of 2005 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to address homeland security preparedness shortcomings of units of municipal and county government.

Specifies that each grant shall be made for one of the following categories: (1) equipment and training; or (2) improving interoperability between members of a consortium of municipal and county governments.

Sets limitations on the Federal share of the costs of activities carried out with such grants.

Mandates that an applicant be a unit of municipal or county government or a consortium of such units in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act.

States that the Secretary may not make a grant under this Act unless the applicant conducts an assessment of the applicant's risk and vulnerability to possible acts of terrorism, including conventional, biological, nuclear, and chemical attacks.

Provides that grant amounts: (1) shall be used only for the category of use for which the grant is made; (2) may be used only for new domestic preparedness initiatives; (3) shall not be used to sustain or supplement an existing program; and (4) may be distributed to fire departments, police departments, emergency services, and public health agencies of the grantee.

]]> Domestic Preparedness Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Domestic Preparedness Act of 2005 Display Title Domestic Preparedness Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to address homeland security preparedness shortcomings of units of municipal and county government. Introduced in House 2005-02-14T05:00:00Z 2005-03-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.