pursuant to all approved applications for such fiscal 
year as soon as practicable, but not later than 
March 1 of such year. 
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—All funds 
awarded by the Secretary under covered grants in a 
fiscal year shall be available for obligation through 
the end of the subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(4) MINIMUM CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.— 
The Secretary shall require that each applicant in-
clude in its application, at a minimum— 
‘‘(A) the purpose for which the applicant 
seeks covered grant funds and the reasons why 
the applicant needs the covered grant to meet 
the capabilities for terrorism preparedness with-
in the State, urban area, region, or directly eli-
gible tribe to which the application pertains; 
‘‘(B) a description of how, by reference to 
the applicable State homeland security plan or 
plans under subsection (c), the allocation of 
grant funding proposed in the application, in-
cluding, where applicable, the amount not 
passed through under section 2005(g)(1), would 
assist in fulfilling the capabilities for terrorism 
preparedness specified in such plan or plans; 
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‘‘(C) a statement of whether a mutual aid 
agreement applies to the use of all or any por-
tion of the covered grant funds; 
‘‘(D) if the applicant is a State, a descrip-
tion of how the State plans to allocate the cov-
ered grant funds to local governments and In-
dian tribes; 
‘‘(E) if the applicant is a region— 
‘‘(i) a precise geographical description 
of the region and a specification of all par-
ticipating and nonparticipating local gov-
ernments within the geographical area 
comprising that region; 
‘‘(ii) a specification of what govern-
mental entity within the region will admin-
ister the expenditure of funds under the 
covered grant; and 
‘‘(iii) a designation of a specific indi-
vidual to serve as regional liaison; 
‘‘(F) a capital budget showing how the ap-
plicant intends to allocate and expend the cov-
ered grant funds; 
‘‘(G) if the applicant is a directly eligible 
tribe, a designation of a specific individual to 
serve as the tribal liaison; and 
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‘‘(H) a statement of how the applicant in-
tends to meet the matching requirement, if any, 
that applies under section 2005(g)(2). 
‘‘(5) REGIONAL APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE APPLICA-
TIONS.—A regional application— 
‘‘(i) shall be coordinated with an ap-
plication submitted by the State or States 
of which such region is a part; 
‘‘(ii) shall supplement and avoid dupli-
cation with such State application; and 
‘‘(iii) shall address the unique regional 
aspects of such region’s terrorism pre-
paredness needs beyond those provided for 
in the application of such State or States. 
‘‘(B) STATE REVIEW AND SUBMISSION.— 
To ensure the consistency required under sub-
section (d) and the coordination required under 
subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, an appli-
cant that is a region must submit its applica-
tion to each State of which any part is included 
in the region for review and concurrence prior 
to the submission of such application to the 
Secretary. The regional application shall be 
transmitted to the Secretary through each such 
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State within 30 days of its receipt, unless the 
Governor of such a State notifies the Secretary, 
in writing, that such regional application is in-
consistent with the State’s homeland security 
plan and provides an explanation of the reasons 
therefor. 
‘‘(C) 
DISTRIBUTION
OF
REGIONAL 
AWARDS.—If the Secretary approves a regional 
application, then the Secretary shall distribute 
a regional award to the State or States submit-
ting the applicable regional application under 
subparagraph (B), and each such State shall, 
not later than the end of the 45-day period be-
ginning on the date after receiving a regional 
award, pass through to the region all covered 
grant funds or resources purchased with such 
funds, except those funds necessary for the 
State to carry out its responsibilities with re-
spect to such regional application: Provided, 
That in no such case shall the State or States 
pass through to the region less than 80 percent 
of the regional award. 
‘‘(D) CERTIFICATIONS
REGARDING
DIS-
TRIBUTION OF GRANT FUNDS TO REGIONS.— 
Any State that receives a regional award under 
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subparagraph (C) shall certify to the Secretary, 
by not later than 30 days after the expiration 
of the period described in subparagraph (C) 
with respect to the grant, that the State has 
made available to the region the required funds 
and resources in accordance with subparagraph 
(C). 
‘‘(E) DIRECT PAYMENTS TO REGIONS.—If 
any State fails to pass through a regional 
award to a region as required by subparagraph 
(C) within 45 days after receiving such award 
and does not request or receive an extension of 
such period under section 2006(h)(2), the re-
gion may petition the Secretary to receive di-
rectly the portion of the regional award that is 
required to be passed through to such region 
under subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(F) REGIONAL LIAISONS.—A regional li-
aison designated under paragraph (4)(E)(iii) 
shall— 
‘‘(i) coordinate with Federal, State, 
local, regional, and private officials within 
the region concerning terrorism prepared-
ness; 
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‘‘(ii) develop a process for receiving 
input from Federal, State, local, regional, 
and private sector officials within the re-
gion to assist in the development of the re-
gional application and to improve the re-
gion’s access to covered grants; and 
‘‘(iii) administer, in consultation with 
State, local, regional, and private officials 
within the region, covered grants awarded 
to the region. 
‘‘(6) TRIBAL APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SUBMISSION
TO
THE
STATE
OR 
STATES.—To ensure the consistency required 
under subsection (d), an applicant that is a di-
rectly eligible tribe must submit its application 
to each State within the boundaries of which 
any part of such tribe is located for direct sub-
mission to the Department along with the appli-
cation of such State or States. 
‘‘(B) OPPORTUNITY
FOR
STATE
COM-
MENT.—Before awarding any covered grant to 
a directly eligible tribe, the Secretary shall pro-
vide an opportunity to each State within the 
boundaries of which any part of such tribe is lo-
cated to comment to the Secretary on the con-
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