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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4509 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 14, 2016 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify 

membership of State planning committees or urban area 

working groups for the Homeland Security Grant Program, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State and High-Risk 

3 Urban Area Working Group Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION OF CERTAIN 

5 DHS GRANTS. 

6 Subsection (b) of section 2021 of the Homeland Se7 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 611) is amended to read 

8 as follows: 

9 ‘‘(b) PLANNING COMMITTEES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any State or high-risk 

11 urban area receiving a grant under section 2003 or 

12 2004 shall establish a State planning committee or 

13 urban area working group to assist in preparation 

14 and revision of the State, regional, or local homeland 

15 security plan or the threat and hazard identification 

16 and risk assessment, as the case may be, and to as17 sist in determining effective funding priorities for 

18 grants under such sections. 

19 ‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The State planning 

21 committees and urban area working groups re22 ferred to in paragraph (1) shall include at least 

23 one representative from each of the following 

24 significant stakeholders: 

25 ‘‘(i) Local or tribal government offi26 cials. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Emergency response providers, 

2 which shall include representatives of the 

3 fire service, law enforcement, emergency 

4 medical services, and emergency managers. 

5 ‘‘(iii) Public health officials and other 

6 appropriate medical practitioners. 

7 ‘‘(iv) Individuals representing edu8 cational institutions, including elementary 

9 schools, community colleges, and other in10 stitutions of higher education. 

11 ‘‘(v) State and regional interoperable 

12 communications coordinators, as appro13 priate. 

14 ‘‘(vi) State and major urban area fu15 sion centers, as appropriate. 

16 ‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.— 

17 The members of the State planning committee 

18 or urban area working group, as the case may 

19 be, shall be a representative group of individ20 uals from the counties, cities, towns, and Indian 

21 tribes within the State or high-risk urban area, 

22 including, as appropriate, representatives of 

23 rural, high-population, and high-threat jurisdic24 tions. 


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1 ‘‘(3) EXISTING PLANNING COMMITTEES.—Noth2 ing in this subsection may be construed to require 

3 that any State or high-risk urban area create a 

4 State planning committee or urban area working 

5 group, as the case may be, if that State or high-risk 

6 urban area has established and uses a multijuris7 dictional planning committee or commission that 

8 meets the requirements of this subsection.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives April 13, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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