Domestic Preparedness Act of 2004

Bill: 108-hr-3839
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2004-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Federal aid to law enforcement
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Intergovernmental relations
Labor and Employment
Law enforcement officers
Medical supplies
Nuclear terrorism
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police training
Risk
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2004-02-25
text: 
Domestic Preparedness Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to address homeland security preparedness shortcomings of units of municipal and county government. 
 
Specifies that each grant shall be made for one of the following categories: (1) equipment and training; and (2) improving interoperability between members of a consortium of municipal and county governments.
 
Sets limitations on the Federal share of the costs of activities carried out with such grants.
 
Mandates that an applicant be a unit of municipal or county government or a consortium of such units in order to be eligible for a grant under this Act.
 
Provides that grant amounts: (1) shall be used only for the category of use for which the grant is made; (2) may be used only for new domestic preparedness initiatives; (3) shall not be used to sustain or supplement an existing program; and (4) may be distributed to fire departments, police departments, emergency services, and public health agencies of the grantee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2004-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2004-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-25
text: Introduced in House