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S 1187 111th Congress Senate Emergency Management Law enforcement administration and funding State and local finance Wages and earnings

Local Homeland Event Response Operations Grant Act of 2009

Introduced: June 4, 2009 Introduced by: Murray, Patty Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 4, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Local Homeland Event Response Operations Grant Act of 2009 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make grants to a law enforcement agency or fire department for overtime expenses relating to preparation for, and activities during or directly following, a special event.

Authorizes the President or the Secretary to designate an event as a special event if it is an event of significant national importance that may require consultation, technical advice, and support to specific functional areas in which the state or local government agencies may lack expertise or key resources, designation of a Federal Coordinator, and development of an integrated Federal Support Plan and either: (1) extensive federal interagency security and incident management preparedness and predeployment of federal assets; or (2) direct national-level federal support and situational awareness and limited predeployment of federal assets.

What's happening now June 4, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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