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not support the application, not later than 30 days after the date of 
receipt of that application the Governor shall— 
(A) notify the Secretary, in writing, of that fact; and 
(B) provide an explanation of the reason for not supporting the 
application. 
(d) FINAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall have final authority to ap-
prove any application of a directly eligible tribe. The Secretary shall notify 
each State within the boundaries of which any part of a directly eligible 
tribe is located of the approval of an application by the tribe. 
(e) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary shall allocate funds to directly eligi-
ble tribes in accordance with the factors applicable to allocating funds 
among States under section 12507 of this title. 
(f) DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS TO DIRECTLY ELIGIBLE TRIBES.—If the 
Secretary awards funds to a directly eligible tribe under this section, the 
Secretary shall distribute the grant funds directly to the tribe and not 
through any State. 
(g) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In allocating funds under this section, the Sec-
retary shall ensure that, for each fiscal year, directly eligible tribes col-
lectively receive, from the funds appropriated for the State Homeland 
Security Grant Program established under section 12504 of this title, 
not less than an amount equal to 0.1 percent of the total funds appro-
priated for grants under sections 12503 and 12504 of this title. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not apply in any fiscal year 
in which the Secretary— 
(A) receives fewer than 5 applications under this section; or 
(B) does not approve at least 2 applications under this section. 
(h) TRIBAL LIAISON.—A directly eligible tribe applying for a grant under 
section 12504 of this title shall designate an individual to serve as a tribal 
liaison with the Department and other Federal, State, local, and regional 
government officials concerning preventing, preparing for, protecting 
against, and responding to acts of terrorism. 
(i) ELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER FUNDS.—A directly eligible tribe that re-
ceives a grant under section 12504 of this title may receive funds for other 
purposes under a grant from the State or States within the boundaries of 
which any part of the tribe is located and from any high-risk urban area 
of which it is a part, consistent with the homeland security plan of the State 
or high-risk urban area. 
(j) STATE OBLIGATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—States are responsible for allocating grant funds 
received under section 12504 of this title to tribal governments in order 
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to help those tribal communities achieve target capabilities not achieved 
through grants to directly eligible tribes. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION OF GRANT FUNDS.—With respect to a grant to 
a State under section 12504, an Indian tribe shall be eligible for fund-
ing directly from that State, and shall not be required to seek funding 
from any local government. 
(3) IMPOSITION OF REQUIREMENTS.—A State may not impose un-
reasonable or unduly burdensome requirements on an Indian tribe as 
a condition of providing the Indian tribe with grant funds or resources 
under section 12504 of this title. 
(k) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to affect the authority of an Indian tribe that receives funds under this 
chapter. 
§ 12506. Terrorism prevention 
(a) LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Administrator, 
shall ensure that not less than 25 percent of the total combined funds 
appropriated for grants under sections 12503 and 12504 of this title 
is used for law enforcement terrorism prevention activities. 
(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT TERRORISM PREVENTION ACTIVITIES.—Law 
enforcement terrorism prevention activities include— 
(A) information sharing and analysis; 
(B) target hardening; 
(C) threat recognition; 
(D) terrorist interdiction; 
(E) training exercises to enhance preparedness for and response 
to mass casualty and active shooter incidents and security events 
at public locations, including airports and mass transit systems; 
(F) overtime expenses consistent with a State homeland security 
plan, including for the provision of enhanced law enforcement op-
erations in support of Federal agencies, including for increased 
border security and border crossing enforcement; 
(G) establishing, enhancing, and staffing with appropriately 
qualified personnel State, local, and regional fusion centers that 
comply with the guidelines established under section 10512(j) of 
this title; 
(H) paying salaries and benefits for personnel, including individ-
uals employed by the grant recipient on the date of the relevant 
grant application, to serve as qualified intelligence analysts; 
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(I) any other activity permitted under the Fiscal Year 2007 
Program Guidance of the Department for the Law Enforcement 
Terrorism Prevention Program; and 
(J) any other terrorism prevention activity authorized by the 
Secretary. 
(3) PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN FU-
SION CENTERS.—The Secretary shall ensure that grant funds described 
in paragraph (1) are used to support the participation in fusion cen-
ters, as appropriate, of law enforcement and other emergency response 
providers from rural and other underrepresented communities at risk 
from acts of terrorism. 
(b) OFFICE FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is in the Policy Directorate of the De-
partment the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement. 
(2) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCE-
MENT.— The Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforce-
ment— 
(A) is the head of the Office for State and Local Law Enforce-
ment; and 
(B) shall have an appropriate background with experience in 
law enforcement, intelligence, and other counterterrorism func-
tions. 
(3) ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL.—The Secretary shall assign to the 
Office for State and Local Law Enforcement permanent staff and, as 
appropriate and consistent with sections 10311(a), 10312(b)(2), and 
11106(b)(2) of this title, other appropriate personnel detailed from 
other components of the Department to carry out the responsibilities 
under this subsection. 
(4) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Assistant Secretary for State and 
Local Law Enforcement shall— 
(A) lead the coordination of Department-wide policies relating 
to the role of State and local law enforcement in preventing, pre-
paring for, protecting against, and responding to natural disasters, 
acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters within the United 
States; 
(B) serve as a liaison between State, local, and tribal law en-
forcement agencies and the Department; 
(C) coordinate with the Office of Intelligence and Analysis to 
ensure the intelligence and information sharing requirements of 
State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies are being ad-
dressed; 
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(D) work with the Secretary to ensure that law enforcement and 
terrorism-focused grants to State, local, and tribal government 
agencies, including grants under sections 12503 and 12504 of this 
title, the Commercial Equipment Direct Assistance Program, and 
other grants administered by the Department to support fusion 
centers and law enforcement-oriented programs, are appropriately 
focused on terrorism prevention activities; 
(E) coordinate with the Directorate of Science and Technology, 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Department of 
Justice, the National Institute of Justice, law enforcement organi-
zations, and other appropriate entities to support the development, 
promulgation, and updating, as necessary, of national voluntary 
consensus standards for training and personal protective equip-
ment to be used in a tactical environment by law enforcement offi-
cers; and 
(F) conduct, jointly with the Secretary, a study to determine the 
efficacy and feasibility of establishing specialized law enforcement 
deployment teams to assist State, local, and tribal governments in 
responding to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man- 
made disasters and report on the results of that study to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress. 
(5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to diminish, supersede, or replace the responsibilities, au-
thorities, or role of the Secretary. 
§ 12507. Prioritization 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In allocating funds among States and high-risk urban 
areas applying for grants under section 12503 or 12504 of this title, the 
Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall consider, for each State 
or high-risk urban area— 
(1) its relative threat, vulnerability, and consequences from acts of 
terrorism, including consideration of— 
(A) its population, including appropriate consideration of mili-
tary, tourist, and commuter populations; 
(B) its population density; 
(C) its history of threats, including whether it has been the tar-
get of a prior act of terrorism; 
(D) its degree of threat, vulnerability, and consequences related 
to critical infrastructure (for all critical infrastructure sectors) or 
key resources identified by the Secretary or the State homeland 
security plan, including threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences 
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