[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2979 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2979

   To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from limiting the 
  amount of Urban Area Security Initiative or State Homeland Security 
Grant Program grant funds that may be used to pay salaries or overtime 
 pay of law enforcement officials engaged in antiterrorism activities, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from limiting the 
  amount of Urban Area Security Initiative or State Homeland Security 
Grant Program grant funds that may be used to pay salaries or overtime 
 pay of law enforcement officials engaged in antiterrorism activities, 
                        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 the ``First Responder Funding 
Modernization Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT FUNDS FOR SALARIES OR OVERTIME 
              PAY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ENGAGED IN ANTITERRORISM 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Limitation on Use Prohibited.--The Department of Homeland 
Security may not limit the amount of covered grant funds that may be 
used to pay salaries or overtime pay of law enforcement officials 
engaged in antiterrorism activities.
    (b) Treatment in Ranking Proposed Uses.--In evaluating the 
anticipated effectiveness of proposed uses of covered grant funds for 
purposes of determining eligibility for or the amount of a covered 
grant, the Department of Homeland Security (including any peer reviewer 
acting on behalf of the Department) shall treat a proposed use for 
salaries and overtime pay of law enforcement officials engaged in 
antiterrorism activities as at least as effective as all other proposed 
uses.
    (c) Covered Grant Funds Defined.--In this section the term 
``covered grant funds'' means grant funds provided under the Urban Area 
Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program.
    (d) Application.--This section shall not apply with respect to any 
grant awarded before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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