SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO STATES.
(a) POPULATION-BASED MATCHING GRANTS TO IM-
PLEMENT STATE PLANS.—
(1) The Administrator shall, not later than 90
days after the Governor of a State or the Governor’s
designee submits to the Administrator a plan de-
scribed in paragraph (2), make a grant in the
amount and available for the time specified in para-
graph (3) to the State to be used for the purposes
set forth in paragraph (4), except as provided by
paragraph (5).
(2) The plan to which paragraph (1) refers
shall—
(A) contain a certification by the Governor
or the Governor’s designee that the State—
(i) has designated 9–1–1 as a univer-
sal emergency telephone number in such
State for reporting an emergency to appro-
priate authorities and requesting assist-
ance;
(ii) has in place policies to encourage
members of the public to report significant
risks to the safety of members of the trav-
eling public, such as incidents of driving
under the influence of alcohol or illegal
drugs, driving aggressively, or other driv-
ing behavior that poses a risk to such safe-
ty;
(iii) makes significant efforts to mini-
mize, such as through youth and adult
driver education, driving behavior that
poses a risk to the safety of members of
the public;
(iv) will use funds, other than funds
provided by the Federal Government or
funds raised by a tax or surcharge on wire-
less carriers or subscribers, in a specified
dollar amount for the purposes set forth in
paragraph (4) during a specified period;
and
(v) consulted in the development of
the plan to which paragraph (1) refers,
and will consult in the implementation of
the plan, officials of the State and of polit-
ical subdivisions of the State, the tele-
communications industry (specifically in-
cluding the cellular and other wireless tele-
communications elements of the industry),
emergency medical service providers and
emergency dispatch providers, public safe-
ty, fire service and law enforcement offi-
cials, and hospital emergency and trauma
care personnel (including emergency physi-
cians, trauma surgeons, and nurses);
(B) provide for coordination on a statewide
basis, through a single focal point designated by
the Governor of the State, of deployment and
functioning of a comprehensive end-to-end
emergency communications system, including
enhanced wireless 9–1–1 service;
(C) contain a description of the mecha-
nisms used in the State for wireless carrier re-
covery of costs related to the provision of auto-
matic numbering identification and call location
services in response to a request from a PSAP;
(D) describe the activities to be undertaken
with the grant to achieve the purposes set forth
in paragraph (4); and
(E) provide such uniform assurances as
the Administrator may require that the grant
funds will be used to implement the plan con-
sistent with the provisions of this Act.
(3) The amount of a grant to a State under
paragraph (1) for any fiscal year—
(A) shall be the lesser of—
(i) the amount that bears the same
proportion to the amount that is 2⁄3 of the
total amount of funds appropriated to
carry out this section for such fiscal year
as the proportion of the population of the
State to the population of the United
States in the most recent decennial census
of the United States; or
(ii) 3 times the amount of funds set
forth in the certification under paragraph
(2)(A)(iv); and
(B) shall not be obligated by the State (or
an entity under subsection (c)(2) as the case
may be) after the end of the period set forth in
the certification under paragraph (2)(A)(iv).
(4) The purposes to which paragraph (1) refers
are—
(A) payment of nonrecurring costs associ-
ated with acquisition, upgrade, or modification
of equipment to be used by units of States or
of political subdivisions thereof (including
PSAPs) for receipt of enhanced wireless 9–1–1
service information;
(B) payment of nonrecurring costs in-
curred by nongovernmental entities in providing
enhanced wireless 9–1–1 service or in acquiring
the capability to provide such service; and
(C) implementation of other emergency
prevention, educational, or pre-hospital emer-
gency programs and investments which will uti-
lize or make effective the end-to-end system en-
visioned by this Act.
(5) The Administrator shall not make a grant
under paragraph (1) if funds are not available from
the WICAPS Fund to make the grant.
(b) RURAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS TO STATES.—
(1) The Administrator may, after the Governor
of a State or the Governor’s designee submits to the
Administrator a plan described in paragraph (2),
make a grant in the amount and available for the
time specified in paragraph (3) to the State to be
used for the purposes set forth in paragraph (4),
subject to paragraph (5), to assist in ensuring the
achievement of the purpose of this Act in rural areas
of the United States.
(2) The plan to which paragraph (1) refers is
a plan meeting the description set forth in sub-
section (a)(2) (excluding subsection (a)(2)(A)(iv)).
(3) The amount of the grant to which para-
graph (1) refers shall be such amount as the Admin-
istrator deems appropriate to assist in ensuring the
achievement of the purpose of this Act in rural areas
of the State.
(4) The purposes to which paragraph (1) refers
are the purposes set forth in subsection (a)(4).
(5) The Administrator shall not make a grant
under paragraph (1) if funds are not available from
the WICAPS Fund to make the grant.
(6) A grant made to a State pursuant to this
subsection is in addition to any grant made to that
State pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) MECHANISMS FOR DISBURSEMENT OF GRANT
FUNDS.—A State that receives a grant under this section
may disburse the grant funds—
(1) directly; or
(2) through governmental entities of that State,
political subdivisions of that State or entities there-
of, or nongovernmental entities, that are associated
with an emergency communications system if—
(A) the system with which the entity or
subdivision is associated uses the number
9–1–1 as a universal emergency telephone num-
ber; or
(B) a purpose of the disbursements is to
enable such system to use the number