‘‘(H) a statement of how the applicant in-
tends to meet the matching requirement, if any, 
that applies under section 1806(g)(2). 
‘‘(5) REGIONAL APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) RELATIONSHIP
TO
STATE
APPLICA-
TIONS.—A regional application— 
‘‘(i) shall be coordinated with an ap-
plication submitted by the State or States of 
which such region is a part; 
‘‘(ii) shall supplement and avoid du-
plication with such State application; and 
‘‘(iii) shall address the unique regional 
aspects of such region’s terrorism prepared-
ness needs beyond those provided for in the 
application of such State or States. 
‘‘(B) STATE REVIEW AND SUBMISSION.—To 
ensure the consistency required under subsection 
(d) and the coordination required under sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph, an applicant 
that is a region must submit its application to 
each State of which any part is included in the 
region for review and concurrence prior to the 
submission of such application to the Secretary. 
The regional application shall be transmitted to 
the Secretary through each such State within 30
days of its receipt, unless the Governor of such 
a State notifies the Secretary, in writing, that 
such regional application is inconsistent with the 
State’s homeland security plan and provides an 
explanation of the reasons therefor. 
‘‘(C) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REGIONAL 
AWARDS.—If the Secretary approves a regional 
application, then the Secretary shall distribute a 
regional award to the State or States submitting 
the applicable regional application under sub-
paragraph (B), and each such State shall, not 
later than the end of the 45-day period beginning 
on the date after receiving a regional award, 
pass through to the region all covered grant 
funds or resources purchased with such funds, ex-
cept those funds necessary for the State to carry 
out its responsibilities with respect to such re-
gional application: Provided, That in no such 
case shall the State or States pass through to the 
region less than 80 percent of the regional 
award. 
‘‘(D) 
CERTIFICATIONS
REGARDING
DIS-
TRIBUTION OF GRANT FUNDS TO REGIONS.—Any 
State that receives a regional award under sub-
paragraph (C) shall certify to the Secretary, by
not later than 30 days after the expiration of the 
period described in subparagraph (C) with re-
spect to the grant, that the State has made avail-
able to the region the required funds and re-
sources in accordance with subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(E) DIRECT PAYMENTS TO REGIONS.—If 
any State fails to pass through a regional award 
to a region as required by subparagraph (C) 
within 45 days after receiving such award and 
does not request or receive an extension of such 
period under section 1806(h)(2), the region may 
petition the Secretary to receive directly the por-
tion of the regional award that is required to be 
passed through to such region under subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(F) REGIONAL LIAISONS.—A regional liai-
son designated under paragraph (4)(E)(iii) 
shall— 
‘‘(i) coordinate with Federal, State, 
local, regional, and private officials within 
the region concerning terrorism prepared-
ness; 
‘‘(ii) develop a process for receiving 
input from Federal, State, local, regional, 
and private sector officials within the re-
gion to assist in the development of the re-
gional application and to improve the re-
gion’s access to covered grants; and 
‘‘(iii) administer, in consultation with 
State, local, regional, and private officials 
within the region, covered grants awarded 
to the region. 
‘‘(6) TRIBAL APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION
TO
THE
STATE
OR 
STATES.—To ensure the consistency required 
under subsection (d), an applicant that is a di-
rectly eligible tribe must submit its application 
to each State within the boundaries of which any 
part of such tribe is located for direct submission 
to the Department along with the application of 
such State or States. 
‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE COMMENT.— 
Before awarding any covered grant to a directly 
eligible tribe, the Secretary shall provide an op-
portunity to each State within the boundaries of 
which any part of such tribe is located to com-
ment to the Secretary on the consistency of the 
tribe’s application with the State’s homeland se-
curity plan. Any such comments shall be sub-
mitted to the Secretary concurrently with the 
submission of the State and tribal applications. 
‘‘(C) FINAL
AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
shall have final authority to determine the con-
sistency of any application of a directly eligible 
tribe with the applicable State homeland security 
plan or plans, and to approve any application 
of such tribe. The Secretary shall notify each 
State within the boundaries of which any part 
of such tribe is located of the approval of an ap-
plication by such tribe. 
‘‘(D) TRIBAL
LIAISON.—A tribal liaison 
designated under paragraph (4)(G) shall— 
‘‘(i) coordinate with Federal, State, 
local, regional, and private officials con-
cerning terrorism preparedness; 
‘‘(ii) develop a process for receiving 
input from Federal, State, local, regional, 
and private sector officials to assist in the 
development of the application of such tribe 
and to improve the tribe’s access to covered 
grants; and 
‘‘(iii) administer, in consultation with 
State, local, regional, and private officials, 
covered grants awarded to such tribe.