SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF PRE-9/11 GRANT PROGRAMS FOR 
TRADITIONAL FIRST RESPONDER MISSIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act does not affect any au-
thority to make grants under any Federal grant program 
in existence immediately prior to September 11, 2001, 
that enhance traditional missions of State and local law 
enforcement, firefighters, ports, emergency medical serv-
ices, or public health missions. 
(b) INCLUDED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred 
to in subsection (a) include the following: 
(1) FIRE GRANT PROGRAM.—The Fire Grant 
Program authorized by section 1703 of the Defense 
Authorization Act of 2001 (Public Law 106–398). 
(2) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND 
ASSISTANCE
ACCOUNT
GRANTS.—The Emergency 
Management Performance Grant program and the 
Urban Search and Rescue Grants program author-
ized by title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5195 et seq.); the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
and Housing and Urban Development, and Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (113 
Stat. 1047 et seq.); and the Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.). 
(3) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAW ENFORCE-
MENT GRANT PROGRAMS.—The Local Law Enforce-
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ment Block Grant program of the Department of 
Justice. 
(4) BYRNE MEMORIAL FORMULA GRANTS.—The 
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law En-
forcement Assistance Programs authorized by part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.). 
(5) COPS.—The Public Safety and Community 
Policing (‘‘COPS ON THE BEAT’’) grant program 
authorized by part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd et seq.). 
(6) HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
GRANT 
PROGRAMS.—Grant programs under the Public 
Health Service Act regarding preparedness for bio-
terrorism and other public health emergencies (in-
cluding grants under sections 319C–1, 319C–2, and 
319F), and the emergency response assistance pro-
gram authorized by section 1412 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (50 
U.S.C. 2312). 
SEC. 3. FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RE-
SPONDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 6 
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U.S.C. 361 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 802. FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RE-
SPONDERS. 
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act’. 
‘‘(b) FIRST RESPONDER GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a State and Regional First Responder Grant 
Program, under which the Secretary may make 
grants in accordance with this section to States and 
eligible regional entities. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION
TO
OTHER
GRANTS.—All 
grants by the Secretary with amounts made avail-
able after the date of the enactment of this Act for 
first responders shall be awarded under the pro-
gram, and shall be made to either States or eligible 
regional cooperatives in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall 
administer the program through the Office for State 
and Local Government Coordination. 
‘‘(c) GRANT CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT
CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 
make grants under this section on the basis of the 
threat to a State or region’s population and critical 
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