Public Law 110-329, Title III

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FEMA Preparedness Grants: Operation Stonegarden (OPSG)

Public Law 110-329, Title III

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purposes of planning, coordination, execution, and decision-making
related to mass evacuation during a disaster, the Governors of
the State of West Virginia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
or their designees, shall be incorporated into efforts to integrate
the activities of Federal, State, and local governments in the
National Capital Region, as defined in section 882 of Public Law
107–296, the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other activities, $3,105,700,000 shall be allocated as follows:
(1) $950,000,000 shall be for the State Homeland Security
Grant Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 605): Provided, That of the amount
provided by this paragraph, $60,000,000 shall be for Operation
Stonegarden: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection (c)(4) of such section 2004, for fiscal year 2009, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall make available to local
and tribal governments amounts provided to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico under this paragraph in accordance with
subsection (c)(1) of such section 2004.
(2) $837,500,000 shall be for the Urban Area Security Initiative under section 2003 of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 604), of which, notwithstanding subsection (c)(1)
of such section, $15,000,000 shall be for grants to organizations
(as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and exempt from tax section 501(a) of such
code) determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to
be at high risk of a terrorist attack.
(3) $35,000,000 shall be for Regional Catastrophic
Preparedness Grants.
(4) $41,000,000 shall be for the Metropolitan Medical
Response System under section 635 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 723).
(5) $15,000,000 shall be for the Citizen Corps Program.
(6) $400,000,000 shall be for Public Transportation Security
Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance under sections
1406 and 1513 of the Implementing Recommendations of the
9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C.
1135 and 1163), of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be
for Amtrak security: Provided, That there shall be no cost
share requirement for funds made available under this paragraph and made available for these same purposes in Public
Law 110–161: Provided further, That such public transportation
security assistance shall be provided directly to public transportation agencies.
(7) $400,000,000 shall be for Port Security Grants in accordance with 46 U.S.C. 70107.
(8) $12,000,000 shall be for Over-the-Road Bus Security
Assistance under section 1532 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public
Law 110–53; 6 U.S.C. 1182).
(9) $8,000,000 shall be for Trucking Industry Security
Grants.

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(10) $50,000,000 shall be for Buffer Zone Protection Program Grants.
(11) $8,000,000 shall be for the Commercial Equipment
Direct Assistance Program.
(12) $50,000,000 shall be for the Interoperable Emergency
Communications Grant Program under section 1809 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579).
(13) $35,000,000 shall remain available until expended,
for grants for Emergency Operations Centers under section
614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c), as detailed in the statement
accompanying this Act.
(14) $264,200,000 shall be for training, exercises, technical
assistance, and other programs, of which—
(A) $164,500,000 is for purposes of training in accordance with section 1204 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1102),
of which $62,500,000 shall be for the Center for Domestic
Preparedness; $23,000,000 shall be for the National Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology; $23,000,000 shall be
for the National Center for Biomedical Research and
Training, Louisiana State University; $23,000,000 shall be
for the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training
Center, Texas A&M University; $23,000,000 shall be for
the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada
Test Site; $5,000,000 shall be for the Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated, in Pueblo, Colorado; and
$5,000,000 shall be for the National Disaster Preparedness
Training Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii;
and
(B) $1,700,000 for the Center for Counterterrorism and
Cyber Crime, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont:
Provided, That not to exceed 3 percent of the amounts provided
under this heading may be transferred to the Federal Emergency
Management Agency ‘‘Management and Administration’’ account
for program administration, and an expenditure plan for program
administration shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 60
days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
for grants under paragraphs (1) through (5), the applications for
grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than
25 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible
applicants shall submit applications not later than 90 days after
the grant announcement, and that the Administrator of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 90 days after
receipt of an application: Provided further, That for grants under
paragraphs (6) through (10) and (12), the applications for grants
shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible applicants
shall submit applications within 45 days after the grant announcement, and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
act not later than 60 days after receipt of an application: Provided
further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installation of communications towers is not considered construction of
a building or other physical facility: Provided further, That grantees
shall provide reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary


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