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will serve the needs of the applicant better than equipment
or systems that meet or exceed such standards.
‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts appro-
priated for grants under this title shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other State, local, and tribal govern-
ment public funds obligated for the purposes provided under
this title.
‘‘SEC. 2007. ADMINISTRATION AND COORDINATION.
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATOR.—The Administrator shall, in
consultation with other appropriate offices within the De-
partment, have responsibility for administering all home-
land security grant programs administered by the Depart-
ment and for ensuring coordination among those programs
and consistency in the guidance issued to recipients across
those programs.
‘‘(b) NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.—To ensure input
from and coordination with State, local, and tribal govern-
ments and emergency response providers, the Administrator
shall regularly consult and work with the National Advi-
sory Council established under section 508 on the adminis-
tration and assessment of grant programs administered by
the Department, including with respect to the development
of program guidance and the development and evaluation
of risk-assessment methodologies.
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‘‘(c) REGIONAL COORDINATION.—The Administrator
shall ensure that—
‘‘(1) all recipients of homeland security grants
administered by the Department, as a condition of re-
ceiving those grants, coordinate their prevention, pre-
paredness, and protection efforts with neighboring
State, local, and tribal governments, as appropriate;
and
‘‘(2) all metropolitan areas and other recipients
of homeland security grants administered by the De-
partment that include or substantially affect parts or
all of more than 1 State, coordinate across State
boundaries, including, where appropriate, through the
use of regional working groups and requirements for
regional plans, as a condition of receiving Depart-
mentally administered homeland security grants.
‘‘(d) PLANNING COMMITTEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any State or metropolitan
area receiving grants under section 2003 or 2004
shall establish a planning committee to assist in
preparation and revision of the State, regional, or
local homeland security plan and to assist in deter-
mining effective funding priorities.
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The planning com-
mittee shall include representatives of significant
stakeholders, including—
‘‘(i) local and tribal government offi-
cials; and
‘‘(ii) emergency response providers,
which shall include representatives of the
fire service, law enforcement, emergency
medical response, and emergency managers.
‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION.—The
members of the planning committee shall be a
representative group of individuals from the
counties, cities, towns, and Indian tribes within
the State or metropolitan areas, including, as
appropriate, representatives of rural, high-popu-
lation, and high-threat jurisdictions.
‘‘(3) EXISTING
PLANNING
COMMITTEES.—Noth-
ing in this subsection may be construed to require
that any State or metropolitan area create a plan-
ning committee if that State or metropolitan area has
established and uses a multijurisdictional planning
committee or commission that meets the requirements
of this subsection.
‘‘(e) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—The Secretary,
through the Administrator, in coordination with the Attor-
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ney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
and other agencies providing assistance to State, local, and
tribal governments for preventing, preparing for, protecting
against, responding to, and recovering from natural disas-
ters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, and
not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the
Improving America’s Security Act of 2007, shall—
‘‘(1) compile a comprehensive list of Federal pro-
grams that provide assistance to State, local, and
tribal governments for preventing, preparing for, and
responding to, natural disasters, acts of terrorism,
and other man-made disasters;
‘‘(2) develop a proposal to coordinate, to the
greatest extent practicable, the planning, reporting,
application, and other requirements and guidance for
homeland security assistance programs to—
‘‘(A) eliminate redundant and duplicative
requirements, including onerous application and
ongoing reporting requirements;
‘‘(B) ensure accountability of the programs
to the intended purposes of such programs;
‘‘(C) coordinate allocation of grant funds to
avoid duplicative or inconsistent purchases by
the recipients; and
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‘‘(D) make the programs more accessible
and user friendly to applicants; and
‘‘(3) submit the information and proposals under
paragraphs (1) and (2) to the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives.
‘‘SEC. 2008. ACCOUNTABILITY.
‘‘(a) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—
‘‘(1) FUNDING
EFFICACY.—The Administrator
shall submit to Congress, as a component of the an-
nual Federal Preparedness Report required under sec-
tion 652 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management
Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 752), an evaluation of
the extent to which grants Administered by the De-
partment, including the grants established by this
title—
‘‘(A) have contributed to the progress of
State, local, and tribal governments in achieving
target capabilities; and
‘‘(B) have led to the reduction of risk na-
tionally and in State, local, and tribal jurisdic-
tions.
‘‘(2) RISK ASSESSMENT.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each fiscal year,
the Administrator shall provide to the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives a
detailed and comprehensive explanation of the
methodology used to calculate risk and compute
the allocation of funds under sections 2003 and
2004 of this title, including—
‘‘(i) all variables included in the risk
assessment and the weights assigned to each;
‘‘(ii) an explanation of how each such
variable, as weighted, correlates to risk, and
the basis for concluding there is such a cor-
relation; and
‘‘(iii) any change in the methodology
from the previous fiscal year, including
changes in variables considered, weighting
of those variables, and computational meth-
ods.
‘‘(B) CLASSIFIED ANNEX.—The information
required under subparagraph (A) shall be pro-
vided in unclassified form to the greatest extent
possible, and may include a classified annex if
necessary.
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‘‘(C) DEADLINE.—For each fiscal year, the
information required under subparagraph (A)
shall be provided on the earlier of—
‘‘(i) October 31; or
‘‘(ii) 30 days before the issuance of any
program guidance for grants under sections
2003 and 2004.
‘‘(b) REVIEWS AND AUDITS.—
‘‘(1) DEPARTMENT REVIEW.—The Administrator
shall conduct periodic reviews of grants made under
this title to ensure that recipients allocate funds con-
sistent with the guidelines established by the Depart-
ment.
‘‘(2) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.—
‘‘(A) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—Each re-
cipient of a grant under this title and the De-
partment shall provide the Government Account-
ability Office with full access to information re-
garding the activities carried out under this
title.
‘‘(B) AUDITS AND REPORTS.—
‘‘(i) AUDIT.—Not later than 12 months
after the date of enactment of the Improving
America’s Security Act of 2007, and peri-
odically thereafter, the Comptroller General
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of the United States shall conduct an audit
of grants made under this title.
‘‘(ii) REPORT.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit a re-
port to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Homeland Security
of the House of Representatives on—
‘‘(I) the results of any audit con-
ducted under clause (i), including an
analysis of the purposes for which the
grant funds authorized under this title
are being spent; and
‘‘(II) whether the grant recipients
have allocated funding consistent with
the State homeland security plan and
the guidelines established by the De-
partment.
‘‘(3) AUDIT
REQUIREMENT.—Grant recipients
that expend $500,000 or more in grant funds received
under this title during any fiscal year shall submit
to the Administrator an organization-wide financial
and compliance audit report in conformance with the
requirements of chapter 75 of title 31, United States
Code.