Homeland Security Block Grant Act
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Requires grantees to: (1) prepare a statement of homeland security objectives and projected fund use; and (2) provide the Attorney General with a certification that they have developed a homeland security plan that meets short- and long-term security needs and that they will comply with applicable laws.
Directs: (1) each grantee to submit to the Attorney General a performance and evaluation report concerning the use of funds, together with an assessment of the relationship of such use to security objectives; and (2) the Attorney General to encourage and assist national associations of eligible grantees, States, and local governments in non-qualifying areas to develop and recommend uniform record-keeping, performance reporting, evaluation reporting, and auditing requirements, to establish such requirements, and to make specified reviews and audits at least annually.
Lists activities eligible for assistance under this Act, including funding additional law enforcement, fire, and emergency resources, improving cyber and infrastructure security, and devising a homeland security plan.
Sets forth provisions regarding allocation and distribution of funds and matching requirements. Mandates nondiscrimination in programs and activities. Sets forth remedies for noncompliance with Act requirements.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12102-12106)
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1737: Homeland Security Block Grant Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1737/
"S. 1737: Homeland Security Block Grant Act." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1737/.
S. 1737, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1737/.
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