[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3726 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3726

 To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-
              density urban areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2004

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-
              density urban areas, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Targeting Homeland Security Resources 
Effectively Against Terrorism Act of 2004'' or the ``THREAT Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR USE IN HIGH-THREAT, HIGH-DENSITY URBAN 
              AREAS.

    (a) Grant Program.--From amounts made available to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security for discretionary grants for use in high-threat, 
high-density urban areas, the Secretary shall carry out a program under 
which the Secretary makes such grants in accordance with this section.
    (b) Maximum Number of Grantees.--For any fiscal year, the Secretary 
may award such grants to not more than 15 such areas.
    (c) Factors Considered.--In determining whether, and in what 
allocation, to award such a grant to such an area, the Secretary shall 
consider the following three factors:
            (1) The population of that urban area.
            (2) The presence of critical infrastructure in that urban 
        area.
            (3) The credibility of the threat to that urban area.
    (d) Weight of Factors.--In considering the factors required by 
subsection (c), the Secretary shall give the factor described in 
subsection (c)(2) two times the weight given the factor described in 
subsection (c)(1), and shall give the factor described in subsection 
(c)(3) three times the weight given the factor described in subsection 
(c)(1).
    (e) Definition of Factors.--The Secretary shall, for purposes of 
this section, define the factors required by subsection (c). In 
defining the factor described in subsection (c)(1), the Secretary shall 
ensure that tourists and commuters are considered as part of the 
population.
    (f) Disbursement Directly to Localities.--All amounts awarded to an 
area under this section shall be disbursed directly to one or more 
local governments within the area.
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