3.0.0 1715 2023-01-11T19:50:11Z 2023-01-11T19:50:11Z House H HR 2007-03-27 110 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2007-04-10T18:24:02Z Referred to 2007-03-27T14:32:45Z 2007-04-10 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response. Committee 2007-03-27 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2007-03-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 N Emergency Management Biological warfare Chemical warfare County politics and government Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Equipment and supplies Federal aid to law enforcement Fire departments Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Health Labor and Employment Nuclear terrorism Paramedical personnel Police Police training Public health Risk Science, Technology, Communications Security measures Terrorism Emergency Management 00 2007-03-27 Introduced in House 2007-05-16T18:54:32Z Domestic Preparedness Act of 2007 - 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 2007 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 IH Display Title Domestic Preparedness Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Domestic Preparedness Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-03-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1715ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1715ih.xml 2007-04-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response. 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.