‘‘(7) physical security enhancement equipment; 
‘‘(8) terrorism incident prevention equipment; 
‘‘(9) medical supplies and limited types of phar-
maceuticals; or 
‘‘(10) other equipment as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—For each fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall make a grant under this section to 
each State that submits an application in an amount equal 
to not less than 0.025 percent of the total amount award-
ed under the State Homeland Security Grant Program for 
that fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) PRIORITIZATION OF GRANTS.—In prioritizing 
grants to States under this section, the Secretary shall 
consider— 
‘‘(1) the criticality of the areas in each State 
that may be affected by all-hazards disasters; 
‘‘(2) the risk, vulnerability, threat, and unmet 
capabilities of each State (as determined by the Sec-
retary); and 
‘‘(3) such other factors as the Secretary shall 
prescribe. 
‘‘(f) RESTRICTION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Except as 
provided in section 1806(e), an amount awarded or allo-
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cated to a State under this section may only be expended 
for a purpose described in this section. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(1) $633,000,000 for each fiscal years 2007 
through 2009; and 
‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for each 
subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 1809. METROPOLITAN MEDICAL RESPONSE SYSTEM 
(MMRS) GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) The Secretary is authorized to establish a grant 
program to assist highly populated jurisdictions (as deter-
mined by the Secretary) to achieve enhanced capabilities 
necessary to meet medical logistical challenges posed by 
mass casualty event, including, but not limited to emer-
gency medical quarantine and evacuation. 
‘‘(b) Metropolitan Medical Response System grants 
are authorized to assist highly populated areas (as deter-
mined by the Secretary) in funding the cost of— 
‘‘(1) developing medical response plans, which 
include input from medical volunteers, public and 
private health care professionals, first responders, 
emergency managers, and are consistent with feder-
ally-approved State emergency preparedness plans 
under section 1806; 
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‘‘(2) conduct training and exercises; 
‘‘(3) acquire pharmaceuticals; and 
‘‘(4) personal protective equipment. 
‘‘(c) MMRS teams shall obtain pharmaceuticals suffi-
cient to provide care for at least 1,000 victims of a chem-
ical incident and for 10,000 victims for the first 48 hours 
of response to a biological event. 
‘‘(d) MMRS teams shall create local hospital and 
healthcare system plans that ensure surge capacity to ac-
commodate 500 critically ill patients. 
‘‘(e) There is authorized to be appropriated for this 
section— 
‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for each fiscal years 2007 
through 2009; and 
‘‘(2) such sums as may be necessary for each 
subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(f) Upon application by local government entities, 
the Secretary is authorized to make grants, not to be less 
than $250,000 in the aggregate to such jurisdiction (or 
0.8% of the program total). 
‘‘(g) Regulations governing allocations to Jurisdic-
tions shall give due regard to— 
‘‘(1) the criticality of the target and support 
areas and the areas which may be affected by all- 
hazards disasters; 
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‘‘(2) risk, vulnerability, threat, unmet capabili-
ties (as determined by the Secretary); and 
‘‘(3) such other factors as the Secretary shall 
prescribe. 
‘‘(h) Amounts paid to any jurisdiction or political 
subdivision under this section shall be expended solely for 
the purposes set forth in this section except as prescribed 
under section 1806(e). 
‘‘(i) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall report 
annually to the Congress all contributions made pursuant 
to this section as prescribed in section 1806(h). 
‘‘SEC. 1810. URBAN AREA SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish the Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Program to 
make grants to States and local government entities that 
are designated by the Secretary as urban area security ini-
tiative jurisdictions in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section an urban area security initiative jurisdiction 
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information and as-
surances as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An urban area security initia-
tive jurisdiction that is a recipient of a grant under this 
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section shall use the grant to enhance emergency response 
provider capabilities in that urban area security initiative 
jurisdiction through funding the acquisition of— 
‘‘(1) personal protective equipment; 
‘‘(2) explosive device mitigation and remedi-
ation equipment; 
‘‘(3) chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear 
and explosive search and rescue equipment, incident 
response vehicles, logistical support, and reference 
materials; 
‘‘(4) interoperable communications equipment; 
‘‘(5) detection equipment; 
‘‘(6) decontamination equipment; 
‘‘(7) physical security enhancement equipment; 
‘‘(8) terrorism incident prevention equipment; 
‘‘(9) medical supplies and limited types of phar-
maceuticals; or 
‘‘(10) other equipment as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—For each fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall make a grant to each eligible urban 
area security initiative jurisdiction in an amount equal to 
not less than the greater of— 
‘‘(1) $209,500; or 
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