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tions shall, as the Administrator may determine, re-
main available for up to 3 years, consistent with sec-
tion 7303(e) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (6 U.S.C. 194(e)).
‘‘(h) STATE RESPONSIBILITIES.—
‘‘(1) PASS-THROUGH OF FUNDS TO LOCAL AND
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—The Administrator shall de-
termine a date by which a State that receives a grant
shall obligate or otherwise make available to local and
tribal 
governments 
and 
emergency 
response
providers—
‘‘(A) not less than 80 percent of the funds
of the amount of the grant;
‘‘(B) resources purchased with the grant
funds having a value equal to not less than 80
percent of the total amount of the grant; or
‘‘(C) grant funds combined with resources
purchased with the grant funds having a value
equal to not less than 80 percent of the total
amount of the grant.
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING DISTRIBUTION
OF GRANT FUNDS TO LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERN-
MENTS.—Any State that receives a grant shall certify
to the Administrator, by not later than 30 days after
the date described under paragraph (1) with respect
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to the grant, that the State has made available for ex-
penditure by local or tribal governments and emer-
gency response providers the required amount of
grant funds under paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) REPORT ON GRANT SPENDING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any State that receives
a grant shall submit a spending report to the
Administrator at such time, in such manner,
and accompanied by such information as the Ad-
ministrator may reasonably require.
‘‘(B) MINIMUM CONTENTS.—At a minimum,
each report under this paragraph shall include—
‘‘(i) the amount, ultimate recipients,
and dates of receipt of all funds received
under the grant;
‘‘(ii) the amount and the dates of dis-
bursements of all such funds expended in
compliance with paragraph (1) or under
mutual aid agreements or other intrastate
and interstate sharing arrangements, as ap-
plicable;
‘‘(iii) how the funds were used by each
ultimate recipient or beneficiary;
‘‘(iv) the extent to which emergency
communications operability and interoper-
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able communications identified in the ap-
plicable Statewide plan and application
have been achieved, maintained, or en-
hanced as the result of the expenditure of
grant funds; and
‘‘(v) the extent to which emergency
communications operability and interoper-
able communications identified in the ap-
plicable Statewide plan and application re-
main unmet.
‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY ON WEBSITE.—
The Administrator shall make each report sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A) publicly avail-
able on the website of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency. The Administrator may re-
dact such information from the reports as the
Administrator determines necessary to protect
national security.
‘‘(4) PENALTIES FOR REPORTING DELAY.—If a
State fails to provide the information required by the
Administrator under paragraph (3), the Adminis-
trator may—
‘‘(A) reduce grant payments to the State
from the portion of grant funds that are not re-
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quired to be passed through under paragraph
(1);
‘‘(B) terminate payment of funds under the
grant to the State, and transfer the appropriate
portion of those funds directly to local and tribal
governments and emergency response providers
that were intended to receive funding under that
grant; or
‘‘(C) impose additional restrictions or bur-
dens on the use of funds by the State under the
grant, which may include—
‘‘(i) prohibiting use of such funds to
pay the grant-related expenses of the State;
or
‘‘(ii) requiring the State to distribute
to local and tribal government and emer-
gency response providers all or a portion of
grant funds that are not required to be
passed through under paragraph (1).
‘‘(i) PROHIBITED USES.—Grants awarded under this
section may not be used for recreational or social purposes.
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this
section—
‘‘(1) $400,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;