To establish a realistic, threat-based allocation of grant funds for first responders.
First Responders Funding Reform Act of 2005 - 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security (Select).
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
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