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HR 6748 110th Congress House Emergency Management Emergency planning and evacuation Homeland security Terrorism Urban and suburban affairs and development

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…

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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.

Introduced: July 31, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
Jul 31, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Jul 31, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) limit to 35 the number of Urban Area Security Initiative grants awarded; (2) require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), when weighing "threat," "vulnerability," and "consequences from acts of terrorism" in allocating funds, to assign to "threat" a value that is not less than 33%; and (3) apply minimum allocation requirements only to state Homeland Security grants.

Requires the Administrator, in carrying out the Urban Area Security Initiative grant program, to disregard the tier system used to determine the award of such grants and to not make use of any similar system in making such awards.

What's happening now September 29, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Sep 18, 2008
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 31, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). 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.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6748/
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"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.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6748/.
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H.R. 6748, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-6748/.
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