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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 732 
To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary of Homeland 
Security makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density 
urban areas, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2009 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary 
of Homeland Security makes discretionary grants for 
use in high-threat, high-density urban areas, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘Targeting Homeland Secu-
rity Resources Effectively Against Terrorism Act of 2009’’ 
or the ‘‘THREAT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR USE IN HIGH-THREAT, 
HIGH-DENSITY URBAN AREAS. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall, in accordance with this section, 
carry out a program under which the Secretary makes dis-
cretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density 
urban areas. 
(b) FUNDING.—Amounts made available to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security for discretionary grants for 
use in high-threat, high-density urban areas— 
(1) shall be used for carrying out the program 
under this section; and 
(2) shall not be used for any other purpose. 
(c) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF GRANTEES.—For any fis-
cal year, the Secretary may award such grants to not more 
than 15 such areas. 
(d) FACTORS CONSIDERED.—In determining wheth-
er, and in what allocation, to award such a grant to such 
an area, the Secretary shall consider the following three 
factors: 
(1) The population of that urban area. 
(2) The presence of critical infrastructure in 
that urban area. 
(3) The credibility of the terrorism-related 
threat to that urban area. 
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(e) FACTORS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED.—In deter-
mining whether, and in what allocation, to award such a 
grant to such an area, the Secretary shall not consider 
any threat (such as a threat of natural disaster, or a 
threat of infectious disease) that is not a terrorism-related 
threat. 
(f) WEIGHT OF FACTORS.—In considering the factors 
required by subsection (d), the Secretary shall give the 
factor described in subsection (d)(2) two times the weight 
given the factor described in subsection (d)(1), and shall 
give the factor described in subsection (d)(3) three times 
the weight given the factor described in subsection (d)(1). 
(g) DEFINITION OF FACTORS.—The Secretary shall, 
for purposes of this section, define the factors required 
by subsection (d). In defining the factor described in sub-
section (d)(1), the Secretary shall ensure that tourists and 
commuters are considered as part of the population. 
(h) DISBURSEMENT DIRECTLY TO LOCALITIES.—All 
amounts awarded to an area under this section shall be 
disbursed directly to one or more local governments within 
the area. 
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