I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1187 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to first 
responders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 25, 2009 
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make 
grants to first responders, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Smarter Funding for 
All of America’s Homeland Security Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF PRE-9/11 GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 
TRADITIONAL FIRST RESPONDER MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act does not affect any au-
thority to make grants under any Federal grant program 
in existence immediately prior to September 11, 2001, 
that enhance traditional missions of State and local law 
enforcement, firefighters, ports, emergency medical serv-
ices, or public health missions. 
(b) INCLUDED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred 
to in subsection (a) include the following: 
(1) FIRE GRANT PROGRAM.—The Fire Grant 
Program authorized by section 1703 of the Defense 
Authorization Act of 2001 (Public Law 106–398). 
(2) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND 
ASSISTANCE
ACCOUNT
GRANTS.—The Emergency 
Management Performance Grant program and the 
Urban Search and Rescue Grants program author-
ized by title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5195 et seq.); the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 
Stat. 1047 et seq.); and the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.). 
(3) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAW ENFORCE-
MENT GRANT PROGRAMS.—The Local Law Enforce-
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ment Block Grant program of the Department of 
Justice. 
(4) BYRNE MEMORIAL FORMULA GRANTS.—The 
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance Programs authorized by part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
(5) COPS.—The Public Safety and Community 
Policing (‘‘COPS ON THE BEAT’’) grant program 
authorized by part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd et seq.). 
(6) HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
GRANT 
PROGRAMS.—Grant programs under the Public 
Health Service Act regarding preparedness for bio-
terrorism and other public health emergencies (in-
cluding grants under sections 319C–1, 319C–2, and 
319F), and the emergency response assistance pro-
gram authorized by section 1412 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (50 
U.S.C. 2312). 
SEC. 3. FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RE-
SPONDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 
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