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(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) include information on the governance
structure used to develop the plan, such as all agen-
cies and organizations that participated in devel-
oping the plan and the scope and timeframe of the
plan; and
‘‘(7) describe the method by which multi-jurisdic-
tional, multi-disciplinary input was provided from
all regions of the jurisdiction and the process for con-
tinuing to incorporate such input.’’; and
(2) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘or video’’
and inserting ‘‘and video’’.
(c) NATIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.—
Section 1802(c) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 652(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(10) set a date, including interim benchmarks,
as appropriate, by which State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments, Federal departments and agencies, emer-
gency response providers, and the private sector will
achieve interoperable communications as that term is
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defined under section 7303(g)(1) of the Intelligence
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (6
U.S.C. 194(g)(1).’’.
SEC. 302. BORDER INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in
the Department an International Border Community
Interoperable Communications Demonstration Project
(referred to in this section as ‘‘demonstration
project’’).
(2) MINIMUM NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES.—The
Secretary shall select no fewer than 6 communities to
participate in a demonstration project.
(3) LOCATION OF COMMUNITIES.—No fewer than
3 of the communities selected under paragraph (2)
shall be located on the northern border of the United
States and no fewer than 3 of the communities se-
lected under paragraph (2) shall be located on the
southern border of the United States.
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—The demonstration
projects shall—
(1) address the interoperable communications
needs of emergency response providers and the Na-
tional Guard;
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(2) foster interoperable emergency communica-
tions systems—
(A) among Federal, State, local, and tribal
government agencies in the United States in-
volved in preventing or responding to a natural
disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made
disaster; and
(B) with similar agencies in Canada or
Mexico;
(3) identify common international cross-border
frequencies for communications equipment, including
radio or computer messaging equipment;
(4) foster the standardization of interoperable
emergency communications equipment;
(5) identify solutions that will facilitate inter-
operable communications across national borders ex-
peditiously;
(6) ensure that emergency response providers can
communicate with each other and the public at dis-
aster sites;
(7) provide training and equipment to enable
emergency response providers to deal with threats and
contingencies in a variety of environments;
(8) identify and secure appropriate joint-use
equipment to ensure communications access; and
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(9) identify solutions to facilitate communica-
tions between emergency response providers in com-
munities of differing population densities.
(c) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall distribute
funds under this section to each community partici-
pating in a demonstration project through the State,
or States, in which each community is located.
(2) OTHER PARTICIPANTS.—Not later than 60
days after receiving funds under paragraph (1), a
State shall make the funds available to the local and
tribal governments and emergency response providers
selected by the Secretary to participate in a dem-
onstration project.
(d) REPORTING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
2007, and each year thereafter in which funds are ap-
propriated for a demonstration project, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the demonstration projects.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report under this sub-
section shall contain the following:
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(A) The name and location of all commu-
nities involved in the demonstration project.
(B) The amount of funding provided to each
State for the demonstration project.
(C) An evaluation of the usefulness of the
demonstration project towards developing an ef-
fective interoperable communications system at
the borders.
(D) The factors that were used in deter-
mining how to distribute the funds in a risk-
based manner.
(E) The specific risks inherent to a border
community that make interoperable communica-
tions more difficult than in non-border commu-
nities.
(F) The optimal ways to prioritize funding
for interoperable communication systems based
upon risk.
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary
in each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 2009 to carry out
this section.
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TITLE IV—EMERGENCY MANAGE-
MENT 
PERFORMANCE
GRANTS PROGRAM
SEC. 
401. 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT 
PERFORMANCE
GRANTS PROGRAM.
Section 622 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Manage-
ment Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 763) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 
622. 
EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT 
PERFORMANCE
GRANTS PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
‘‘(1) 
POPULATION.—The 
term 
‘population’
means population according to the most recent United
States census population estimates available at the
start of the relevant fiscal year.
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the meaning
given that term in section 101 of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101).
‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—There is an Emergency Manage-
ment Performance Grants Program to make grants to
States to assist State, local, and tribal governments in pre-
paring for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating
against all hazards.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State may apply for a
grant under this section, and shall submit such infor-
mation in support of an application as the Adminis-
trator may reasonably require.
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
APPLICATIONS.—Applicants for
grants under this section shall apply or reapply on
an annual basis for grants distributed under the pro-
gram.
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION.—Funds available under the Emer-
gency Management Performance Grants Program shall be
allocated as follows:
‘‘(1) BASELINE AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), each State shall receive an
amount equal to 0.75 percent of the total funds
appropriated for grants under this section.
‘‘(B) TERRITORIES.—American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Guam, and the Virgin Islands each shall receive
an amount equal to 0.25 percent of the amounts
appropriated for grants under this section.
‘‘(2) PER CAPITA ALLOCATION.—The funds re-
maining for grants under this section after allocation
of the baseline amounts under paragraph (1) shall be
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allocated to each State in proportion to its popu-
lation.
‘‘(3) CONSISTENCY
IN
ALLOCATION.—Notwith-
standing paragraphs (1) and (2), in any fiscal year
in which the appropriation for grants under this sec-
tion is equal to or greater than the appropriation for
Emergency Management Performance Grants in fiscal
year 2007, no State shall receive an amount under
this section for that fiscal year less than the amount
that State received in fiscal year 2007.
‘‘(e) ALLOWABLE USES.—Grants awarded under this
section may be used to prepare for, respond to, recover from,
and mitigate against all hazards through—
‘‘(1) any activity authorized under title VI or
section 201 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195 et
seq. and 5131);
‘‘(2) any activity permitted under the Fiscal
Year 2007 Program Guidance of the Department for
Emergency Management Performance Grants; and
‘‘(3) any other activity approved by the Admin-
istrator that will improve the emergency management
capacity of State, local, or tribal governments to co-
ordinate, integrate, and enhance preparedness for, re-