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‘‘(I) vulnerability and consequence 
assessment; 
‘‘(II) threat assessment; and 
‘‘(III) public health assessment, in 
coordination with the State bioter-
rorism plan; and 
‘‘(ii) capabilities and needs, consistent 
with the essential capabilities established by 
the Secretary, including— 
‘‘(I) an evaluation of current pre-
paredness, mitigation, and response ca-
pabilities based on such assessment 
mechanisms as shall be determined by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(II) an evaluation of capabilities 
needed to address the risks described 
under clause (i); and 
‘‘(III) an assessment of the short-
fall between the capabilities described 
under subclause (I) and the required 
capabilities described under subclause 
(II). 
‘‘(D) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each State pre-
paring a plan under this section shall estab-
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lish an advisory committee to receive com-
ments from the public and the local stake-
holders identified under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(ii) COMPOSITION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory 
Committee shall include— 
‘‘(aa) local officials; and 
‘‘(bb) 
emergency 
response 
providers, which shall include rep-
resentatives of the fire service, law 
enforcement, emergency medical 
response, and emergency man-
agers. 
‘‘(II) GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTA-
TION.—The members of the Advisory 
Committee shall be a representative 
group of individuals from the counties, 
cities, towns, and Indian tribes within 
the State, including representatives of 
rural, high-population, and high-threat 
jurisdictions. 
‘‘(4) PLAN APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
prove a plan upon finding that the plan meets the re-
quirements of— 
‘‘(A) paragraphs (2) and (3); and
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‘‘(B) any other criteria the Secretary deter-
mines necessary to the approval of a State plan. 
‘‘(5) REVIEW
OF
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
RE-
PORT.—The Secretary shall review the recommenda-
tions of the advisory committee report incorporated 
into a plan under subsection (e)(2)(D), including any 
dissenting views submitted by advisory committee 
members, to ensure cooperation and coordination be-
tween State and local government jurisdictions in 
planning for the use of grant funds under this section. 
‘‘(f) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(1) SLIDING SCALE BASELINE DISTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(A) STATES.—Each State whose applica-
tion is approved under subsection (d) shall re-
ceive, for each fiscal year, the greater of— 
‘‘(i) 0.55 percent of the amounts ap-
propriated for the Threat-Based Homeland 
Security Grant Program; or 
‘‘(ii) the State’s sliding scale baseline 
allocation of 28.62 percent of the amounts 
appropriated for the Threat-Based Home-
land Security Grant Program. 
‘‘(B) OTHER
ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding 
subparagraph (A)—
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‘‘(i) the District of Columbia shall re-
ceive for each fiscal year 0.55 percent of the 
amounts appropriated for the Threat-Based 
Homeland Security Grant Program; 
‘‘(ii) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
shall receive for each fiscal year 0.35 per-
cent of the amounts appropriated for the 
Threat-Based Homeland Security Grant 
Program; 
‘‘(iii) American Samoa, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
Guam, and the Virgin Islands shall each re-
ceive 0.055 percent of the amounts appro-
priated for the Threat-Based Homeland Se-
curity Grant Program; and 
‘‘(iv) no possession of the United States 
shall receive a baseline distribution under 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) URBAN
AREA
SECURITY
INITIATIVE
DIS-
TRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(A) DISTRIBUTION.—After the distribution 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary may allocate 
up to 50 percent of the funds remaining to pro-
vide grants to eligible metropolitan regions and 
directly eligible tribes.
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‘‘(B) CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allocate the grants under this paragraph to 
assist eligible metropolitan regions and di-
rectly eligible tribes to achieve essential ca-
pabilities to effectively prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to acts of terrorism or other 
catastrophic events. 
‘‘(ii) PRIORITIZATION.—In prioritizing 
among the applications of eligible metro-
politan regions and directly eligible tribes 
for such funds, the Secretary shall consider 
the relative threat, vulnerability, and con-
sequences faced by an eligible metropolitan 
region or directly eligible tribe from a ter-
rorist attack, including consideration of— 
‘‘(I) whether there has been a 
prior terrorist attack in the eligible 
metropolitan region or in the area in 
which the directly eligible tribe is lo-
cated; 
‘‘(II) whether any part of the eli-
gible metropolitan region or the area 
in which the directly eligible tribe is 
located has ever had a higher threat
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level under the Homeland Security Ad-
visory System than the threat level for 
the United States as a whole; 
‘‘(III) the population of the eligi-
ble metropolitan region or directly eli-
gible tribe, except that the Secretary 
shall not establish a minimum popu-
lation requirement that would dis-
qualify from consideration a locality 
that otherwise faces significant threats, 
vulnerabilities, or consequences from 
acts of terrorism; 
‘‘(IV) the population density of 
the eligible metropolitan region or the 
area in which the directly eligible tribe 
is located; 
‘‘(V) the degree of threat, vulner-
ability, and consequence to the eligible 
metropolitan region or directly eligible 
tribe related to critical infrastructure 
or key assets identified by the Sec-
retary or State homeland security 
plan, including threats, vulnerabilities, 
and consequences from critical infra-
structure in nearby jurisdictions;