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First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2003

Introduced: June 18, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 2003
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 25, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jun 18, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 18, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2003 - Amends the USA PATRIOT Act to require: (1) that each State be allocated in each fiscal year not less than .5 percent (currently, .75 percent) of the total amount appropriated for domestic preparedness grants; (2) such grants to be awarded based on a quantitative risk assessment for threat, vulnerability, and consequences; and (3) the Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support of the Office of Justice Programs, by March 1 of each year, to submit that assessment to Congress.

What's happening now November 20, 2003

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 24, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 29, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2512: First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2512/
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"H.R. 2512: First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2512/.
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H.R. 2512, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-2512/.
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