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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 732 

To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary of Homeland 

Security makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density 

urban areas, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 27, 2009 

Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary 

of Homeland Security makes discretionary grants for 

use in high-threat, high-density urban areas, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as ‘‘Targeting Homeland Secu5 rity Resources Effectively Against Terrorism Act of 2009’’ 

6 or the ‘‘THREAT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR USE IN HIGH-THREAT, 

2 HIGH-DENSITY URBAN AREAS. 

3 (a) GRANT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

4 Homeland Security shall, in accordance with this section, 

5 carry out a program under which the Secretary makes dis6 cretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density 

7 urban areas. 

8 (b) FUNDING.—Amounts made available to the Sec9 retary of Homeland Security for discretionary grants for 

10 use in high-threat, high-density urban areas— 

11 (1) shall be used for carrying out the program 

12 under this section; and 

13 (2) shall not be used for any other purpose. 

14 (c) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GRANTEES.—For any fis15 cal year, the Secretary may award such grants to not more 

16 than 15 such areas. 

17 (d) FACTORS CONSIDERED.—In determining wheth18 er, and in what allocation, to award such a grant to such 

19 an area, the Secretary shall consider the following three 

20 factors: 

21 (1) The population of that urban area. 

22 (2) The presence of critical infrastructure in 

23 that urban area. 

24 (3) The credibility of the terrorism-related 

25 threat to that urban area. 


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1 (e) FACTORS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED.—In deter2 mining whether, and in what allocation, to award such a 

3 grant to such an area, the Secretary shall not consider 

4 any threat (such as a threat of natural disaster, or a 

5 threat of infectious disease) that is not a terrorism-related 

6 threat. 

7 (f) WEIGHT OF FACTORS.—In considering the factors 

8 required by subsection (d), the Secretary shall give the 

9 factor described in subsection (d)(2) two times the weight 

10 given the factor described in subsection (d)(1), and shall 

11 give the factor described in subsection (d)(3) three times 

12 the weight given the factor described in subsection (d)(1). 

13 (g) DEFINITION OF FACTORS.—The Secretary shall, 

14 for purposes of this section, define the factors required 

15 by subsection (d). In defining the factor described in sub16 section (d)(1), the Secretary shall ensure that tourists and 

17 commuters are considered as part of the population. 

18 (h) DISBURSEMENT DIRECTLY TO LOCALITIES.—All 

19 amounts awarded to an area under this section shall be 

20 disbursed directly to one or more local governments within 

21 the area. 

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