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(10) $50,000,000 shall be for Buffer Zone Protection Pro-
gram Grants. 
(11) $8,000,000 shall be for the Commercial Equipment 
Direct Assistance Program. 
(12) $50,000,000 shall be for the Interoperable Emergency 
Communications Grant Program under section 1809 of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 579). 
(13) $35,000,000 shall remain available until expended, 
for grants for Emergency Operations Centers under section 
614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c), as detailed in the statement 
accompanying this Act. 
(14) $264,200,000 shall be for training, exercises, technical 
assistance, and other programs, of which— 
(A) $164,500,000 is for purposes of training in accord-
ance with section 1204 of the Implementing Recommenda-
tions of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1102), 
of which $62,500,000 shall be for the Center for Domestic 
Preparedness; $23,000,000 shall be for the National Ener-
getic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico 
Institute of Mining and Technology; $23,000,000 shall be 
for the National Center for Biomedical Research and 
Training, Louisiana State University; $23,000,000 shall be 
for the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training 
Center, Texas A&M University; $23,000,000 shall be for 
the National Exercise, Test, and Training Center, Nevada 
Test Site; $5,000,000 shall be for the Transportation Tech-
nology Center, Incorporated, in Pueblo, Colorado; and 
$5,000,000 shall be for the National Disaster Preparedness 
Training Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii; 
and 
(B) $1,700,000 for the Center for Counterterrorism and 
Cyber Crime, Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont: 
Provided, That not to exceed 3 percent of the amounts provided 
under this heading may be transferred to the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency ‘‘Management and Administration’’ account 
for program administration, and an expenditure plan for program 
administration shall be provided to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives within 60 
days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
for grants under paragraphs (1) through (5), the applications for 
grants shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than 
25 days after the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible 
applicants shall submit applications not later than 90 days after 
the grant announcement, and that the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall act within 90 days after 
receipt of an application: Provided further, That for grants under 
paragraphs (6) through (10) and (12), the applications for grants 
shall be made available to eligible applicants not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, that eligible applicants 
shall submit applications within 45 days after the grant announce-
ment, and that the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
act not later than 60 days after receipt of an application: Provided 
further, That for grants under paragraphs (1) and (2), the installa-
tion of communications towers is not considered construction of 
a building or other physical facility: Provided further, That grantees 
shall provide reports on their use of funds, as determined necessary
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by the Secretary: Provided further, That (a) the Center for Domestic 
Preparedness may provide training to emergency response providers 
from the Federal Government, foreign governments, or private enti-
ties, if the Center for Domestic Preparedness is reimbursed for 
the cost of such training, and any reimbursement under this sub-
section shall be credited to the account from which the expenditure 
being reimbursed was made and shall be available, without fiscal 
year limitation, for the purposes for which amounts in the account 
may be expended, (b) the head of the Center for Domestic Prepared-
ness shall ensure that any training provided under (a) does not 
interfere with the primary mission of the Center to train State 
and local emergency response providers: Provided further, That 
the Government Accountability Office shall report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives regarding the data, assumptions, and methodology that the 
Department of Homeland Security uses to assess risk and allocate 
grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative and State Home-
land Security Grant Program not later than 45 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the report 
shall include an assessment of the reliability and validity of the 
data used, the basis for the assumptions used, how the methodology 
is applied to determine the risk scores for individual locations, 
an analysis of the usefulness of placing States and cities into 
tier groups, and the allocation of grants to eligible locations: Pro-
vided further, That the Department provide the Government 
Accountability Office with the actual data that the Department 
used for its risk assessment and grant allocation: Provided further, 
That the Department provide the Government Accountability Office 
with access to all data needed for its analysis and report, including 
specifics on all changes for the fiscal year 2009 process, including, 
but not limited to, all changes in data, assumptions, and weights 
used in methodology within 7 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That any subsequent changes made 
regarding the risk methodology after the initial information is pro-
vided to the Government Accountability Office shall be provided 
within 7 days after the change is made. 
FIREFIGHTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for programs authorized by the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), 
$775,000,000, of which $565,000,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 33 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229) and $210,000,000 shall 
be available to carry out section 34 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a), 
to remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not 
to exceed 5 percent of the amount available under this heading 
shall be available for program administration, and an expenditure 
plan for program administration shall be provided to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. 
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS 
For necessary expenses for emergency management perform-
ance grants, as authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), 
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701
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et seq.), and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), 
$315,000,000: Provided, That total administrative costs shall not 
exceed 3 percent of the total amount appropriated under this 
heading. 
RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM 
The aggregate charges assessed during fiscal year 2009, as 
authorized in title III of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (42 U.S.C. 5196e), shall not be less than 100 
percent of the amounts anticipated by the Department of Homeland 
Security necessary for its radiological emergency preparedness pro-
gram for the next fiscal year: Provided, That the methodology 
for assessment and collection of fees shall be fair and equitable 
and shall reflect costs of providing such services, including adminis-
trative costs of collecting such fees: Provided further, That fees 
received under this heading shall be deposited in this account 
as offsetting collections and will become available for authorized 
purposes on October 1, 2009, and remain available until expended. 
UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the United States Fire Administra-
tion and for other purposes, as authorized by the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) and 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), 
$44,979,000. 
DISASTER RELIEF 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.), $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
submit an expenditure plan to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives detailing the use 
of the funds for disaster readiness and support within 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall provide a quar-
terly report detailing obligations against the expenditure plan and 
a justification for any changes in spending: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided, $16,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General 
for audits and investigations related to disasters, subject to section 
503 of this Act: Provided further, That up to $105,600,000 may 
be transferred to Federal Emergency Management Agency ‘‘Manage-
ment and Administration’’ for management and administration 
functions: Provided further, That the amount provided in the pre-
vious proviso shall not be available for transfer to ‘‘Management 
and Administration’’ until the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency submits an implementation plan to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives: 
Provided further, That the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall submit the monthly ‘‘Disaster Relief’’ report, as specified in 
Public Law 110–161, to the Committees on Appropriations of the
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Senate and the House of Representatives, and include the amounts 
provided to each Federal agency for mission assignments: Provided 
further, That for any request for reimbursement from a Federal 
agency to the Department of Homeland Security to cover expendi-
tures under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), or any mission assignment 
orders issued by the Department for such purposes, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall take appropriate steps to ensure that 
each agency is periodically reminded of Department policies on— 
(1) the detailed information required in supporting docu-
mentation for reimbursements; and 
(2) the necessity for timeliness of agency billings. 
DISASTER ASSISTANCE DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For activities under section 319 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5162), 
$295,000 is for the cost of direct loans: Provided, That gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed 
$25,000,000: Provided further, That the cost of modifying such 
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 
FLOOD MAP MODERNIZATION FUND 
For necessary expenses under section 1360 of the National 
Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4101), $220,000,000, and 
such additional sums as may be provided by State and local govern-
ments or other political subdivisions for cost-shared mapping activi-
ties under section 1360(f)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4101(f)(2)), 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That total administra-
tive costs shall not exceed 3 percent of the total amount appro-
priated under this heading. 
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE FUND 
For activities under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), and the Flood Disaster Protection Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), $156,599,000, which shall be 
derived from offsetting collections assessed and collected under 
section 1308(d) of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 4015(d)), which is available as follows: (1) not to exceed 
$49,418,000 for salaries and expenses associated with flood mitiga-
tion and flood insurance operations; and (2) no less than 
$107,181,000 for flood plain management and flood mapping, which 
shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
any additional fees collected pursuant to section 1308(d) of the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(d)) shall 
be credited as an offsetting collection to this account, to be available 
for flood plain management and flood mapping: Provided further, 
That in fiscal year 2009, no funds shall be available from the 
National Flood Insurance Fund under section 1310 of that Act 
(42 U.S.C. 4017) in excess of: (1) $85,000,000 for operating expenses; 
(2) $869,905,000 for commissions and taxes of agents; (3) such 
sums as are necessary for interest on Treasury borrowings; and 
(4) $125,700,000, which shall remain available until expended for 
flood mitigation actions, of which $80,000,000 is for severe repetitive 
loss properties under section 1361A of the National Flood Insurance