Direct Funding for First Responders Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-4810
Sponsor: Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2004-07-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to law enforcement
Federal-local relations
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Law enforcement officers
Medical personnel
Paramedical personnel
Police
Terrorism
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: 
Direct Funding for First Responders Act of 2004 - Requires 50 percent of the amounts provided under certain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grants for first responders to be distributed directly to local entities (including local governments and first responders) and allocated among and by such entities in the manner proposed in the approved grant application. 
 
Makes this Act applicable to DHS grants to States or regions to improve the ability of first responders to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or mitigate threatened or actual terrorist attacks, especially those involving weapons of mass destruction, including any grant under DHS's State Homeland Security Grant Program or Urban Area Security Initiative. Excludes grants not administered by DHS, fire grant programs authorized under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and grants under the Emergency Management Performance Grant and the Urban Search and Rescue Grants Programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-07-09
text: Introduced in House