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HR 1555 112th Congress House Emergency Management Homeland security Law enforcement administration and funding 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: April 14, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 4, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
Apr 14, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Apr 14, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) limit to 25 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.

What's happening now May 4, 2011

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
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All 2 Democratic 1
ACKERMAN, GARY
· May 4, 2011
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 2, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1555: 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.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1555/
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"H.R. 1555: 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.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1555/.
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H.R. 1555, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1555/.
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