SEC. 206. URBAN AREA ALL HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
Subtitle A of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 617. URBAN AREA ALL HAZARDS PREPAREDNESS 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist urban areas to prepare 
for any hazard, the Administrator shall establish an urban 
area all hazards preparedness grant program. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—The 100 most populous metropoli-
tan statistical areas, as defined by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, shall be eligible to receive a grant award 
under this section. The Administrator may consider addi-
tional urban areas for a grant award based on criteria es-
tablished by the Administrator. 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION
AND INFORMATION.—Not later 
than 30 days before the Administrator accepts applications 
for the urban area all hazards preparedness grant program, 
the Administrator shall notify the chief elected official of 
each urban area and the Governor of the State in which 
such urban area is located if the urban area is eligible for 
a grant under this section and provide information regard-
ing the application procedures and grant award criteria. 
Such notification and information shall also be published 
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in the Federal Register not later than 15 days before the 
Administrator accepts applications for the grant program. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An urban area eligible under sub-
section (b) may apply to the Administrator for a grant 
award under this section. Such application shall dem-
onstrate, to the satisfaction of the Administrator, that— 
‘‘(1) the urban area will use funds awarded 
under this section to develop or implement activities 
that support the emergency management goals of the 
State in which an urban area is located; and 
‘‘(2) the State has reviewed the application. 
‘‘(e) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall al-
locate funds to each State in which an urban area se-
lected to receive a grant award under this section is 
located based on— 
‘‘(A) the population of each eligible urban 
area; 
‘‘(B) the relative level of risk of any hazard 
faced by each eligible urban area; and 
‘‘(C) other factors as determined appro-
priate by the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—In determining the 
allocation amount under paragraph (1), the Adminis-
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trator may provide each eligible urban area with a 
minimum allocation. 
‘‘(3) STATE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 
after the date on which a State receives a grant 
award under this section, the State shall provide 
each urban area awarded a grant not less than 
80 percent of the award amount for such area. 
Any funds retained by a State shall be expended 
on items, services, or activities related to emer-
gency preparedness that benefit such urban area 
for activities described in subsection (f). 
‘‘(B) FUNDS RETAINED.—A State shall pro-
vide each urban area awarded such a grant with 
an accounting of the items, services, or activities 
on which any funds retained by the State under 
subparagraph (A) were expended. 
‘‘(4) INTERSTATE URBAN AREAS.—If an urban 
area selected to receive a grant award under this sec-
tion is located in 2 or more States, the Administrator 
shall distribute to each such State a portion of the 
grant funds that the Administrator determines to be 
appropriate. 
‘‘(f) USES OF FUNDS.—An urban area that receives 
a grant award under this section may use funds only for 
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activities determined by the Administrator to enhance the 
preparedness of an urban area for a hazard, and shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) planning; 
‘‘(2) purchase and maintenance of equipment; 
‘‘(3) training; 
‘‘(4) exercises; and 
‘‘(5) management and administration. 
‘‘(g) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall issue 
regulations to implement the urban area all hazards pre-
paredness grant program under this section. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) $525,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 
‘‘(2) $575,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; and 
‘‘(3) $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2012.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 416 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1174 
[Report No. 111–459, Part I] 
A BILL 
To establish the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency as a cabinet-level independent agency in 
the executive branch, and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 22, 2010 
The Committee on Homeland Security discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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