[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 228 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 228

 To establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for 
                           first responders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

 Mr. Sweeney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for 
                           first responders.

    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 the ``First Responders Funding Reform Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS.

    Section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 3714) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``0.75 percent'' and 
        inserting ``0.5 percent'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (3) by adding after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c) Basis for Grant Awards.--(1) Grants under this section shall 
be awarded based on a quantitative assessment of risk for three 
categories: threat, vulnerability, and consequences.
            ``(2) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Office shall 
        submit to Congress the quantitative assessment required by 
        paragraph (1).''.
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