PREPAREDNESS

PREPAREDNESS Management and Administration For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Preparedness, the Office of the Chief Medical Officer, and the Office of National Capital Region Coordination, $16,079,000: Provided, That not to exceed $7,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses. Office for Domestic Preparedness SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses for the Office for Domestic Preparedness, $5,000,000. State and Local Programs For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, including grants to State and local governments for terrorism prevention activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $2,501,300,000, which shall be allocated as follows:(1) $550,000,000 for formula-based grants and $400,000,000 for law enforcement terrorism prevention grants pursuant to section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT ACT (42 U.S.C. 3714): Provided, That the application for grants shall be made available to States within 45 days from the date of enactment of this Act; that States shall submit applications within 90 days after the grant announcement; and that the Office for Domestic Preparedness shall act within 90 days after receipt of an application: Provided further, That no less than 80 percent of any grant under this paragraph to a State shall be made available by the State to local governments within 60 days after the receipt of the funds. (2) $1,155,000,000 for discretionary grants, as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security, of which—(A) $765,000,000 shall be for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas: Provided, That $25,000,000 shall be available until expended for assistance to organizations (as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section 501(a) of such Code) determined by the Secretary to be at high-risk of international terrorist attack, and that these determinations shall not be delegated to any Federal, State, or local government official: Provided further, That the Secretary shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives the threat to each designated tax exempt grantee at least 3 full business days in advance of the announcement of any grant award;(B) $175,000,000 shall be for port security grants pursuant to the purposes of 46 United States Code 70107(a) through (h), which shall be awarded based on risk and threat notwithstanding subsection (a), for eligible costs as defined in subsections (b)(2)–(4);119 STAT. 2076(C) $5,000,000 shall be for trucking industry security grants; (D) $10,000,000 shall be for intercity bus security grants;(E) $150,000,000 shall be for intercity passenger rail transportation (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code), freight rail, and transit security grants; and(F) $50,000,000 shall be for buffer zone protection grants:Provided, That for grants under subparagraph (A), the application for grants shall be made available to States within 45 days from the date of enactment of this Act; that States shall submit applications within 90 days after the grant announcement; and that the Office for Domestic Preparedness shall act within 90 days after receipt of an application: Provided further, That no less than 80 percent of any grant under this paragraph to a State shall be made available by the State to local governments within 60 days after the receipt of the funds. (3) $50,000,000 shall be available for the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program.(4) $346,300,000 for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs: Provided, That none of the grants provided under this heading shall be used for the construction or renovation of facilities, except for a minor perimeter security project, not to exceed $1,000,000, as determined necessary by the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That the proceeding proviso shall not apply to grants under subparagraphs (B), (E), and (F) of paragraph (2) of this heading: Provided further, That grantees shall provide additional reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary by the Secretary of Homeland Security: Provided further, That funds appropriated for law enforcement terrorism prevention grants under paragraph (1) and discretionary grants under paragraph (2)(A) of this heading shall be available for operational costs, to include personnel overtime and overtime associated with Office for Domestic Preparedness certified training, as needed: Provided further, That in accordance with the Department’s implementation plan for Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8, the Office for Domestic Preparedness shall issue the final National Preparedness Goal no later than December 31, 2005; and no funds provided under paragraphs (1) and (2)(A) shall be awarded to States that have not submitted to the Office for Domestic Preparedness an updated State homeland strategy based on the interim National Preparedness Goal, dated March 31, 2005: Provided further, That the Government Accountability Office shall review the validity of the threat and risk factors used by the Secretary for the purposes of allocating discretionary grants funded under this heading, and the application of those factors in the allocation of funds, and report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the findings of its review by November 17, 2005: Provided further, That within seven days from the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide the Government Accountability Office with the threat and risk methodology and factors that will be used to allocate discretionary grants funded under this heading.119 STAT. 2077 Firefighter Assistance Grants For necessary expenses for programs authorized by the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $655,000,000, of which $545,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 33 (15 U.S.C. 2229) and $110,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 34 (15 U.S.C. 2229a) of such Act, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of this amount shall be available for program administration. Emergency Management Performance Grants For necessary expenses for emergency management performance grants, as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $185,000,000: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not exceed 3 percent of the total appropriation. Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2006, as authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland Security necessary for its radiological emergency preparedness program for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including administrative costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That fees received under this heading shall be deposited in this account as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized purposes on October 1, 2006, and remain available until expended. United States Fire Administration and Training For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Administration and for other purposes, as authorized by 15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq. and 6 U.S.C. 101 et seq., $44,948,000. Infrastructure Protection and Information Security For necessary expenses for infrastructure protection and information security programs and activities, as authorized by title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 121 et seq.), $625,499,000, of which $542,157,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007.