[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6748 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6748

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit the number of Urban 
    Area Security Initiative grants awarded and to clarify the risk 
 assessment formula to be used when making such grants, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2008

   Mrs. Lowey (for herself, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Ms. 
   Corrine Brown of Florida, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit the number of Urban 
    Area Security Initiative grants awarded and to clarify the risk 
 assessment formula to be used when making such grants, 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. DISTRIBUTION AND AWARDING OF URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE 
              GRANTS.

    (a) Limitation on Number of Urban Area Security Initiative 
Grants.--Section 2003(b)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 604(b)(1)) is amended by inserting ``not more than 35'' after 
``designate''.
    (b) Risk Assessment Formula.--The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended--
            (1) in section 2003(b)(2)(A) (6 U.S.C. 604(b)(2)(A)), in 
        the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``in accordance 
        with section 2007(c)'' after ``shall conduct''; and
            (2) in section 2007 (6 U.S.C. 608)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1), in the matter preceding 
                subparagraph (A), by inserting ``in accordance with 
                subsection (c)'' after ``terrorism''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(c) Risk Assessment Formula.--In allocating the funds referred to 
in subsection (a), the Administrator shall, when weighing 
considerations of threat, vulnerability, and consequences from acts of 
terrorism, assign to threat a percentage value that is not less than 
33.''.
    (c) Clarification of Minimum Allocation To Apply Only to State 
Homeland Security Grants.--Clauses (i) through (v) of section 
2004(e)(1)(A) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
605(e)(1)(A)) are amended by striking ``and section 2003'' each place 
it appears.
    (d) Abolition of Tier and Related Systems.--Notwithstanding any 
guidance or regulations issued to the contrary, in carrying out the 
Urban Area Security Initiative grant program, the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency shall disregard the Tier system 
used to determine the awarding of such grants, and may not make use of 
any such similar system to determine the awarding of such grants.
    (e) Effective Date.--This Act (and the amendments made by this Act) 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall 
apply to grants made on or after such date.
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