Homeland Security Block Grant Act of 2002
Latest action · May 6, 2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 20, 2002
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires grantees to: (1) prepare a statement of homeland security objectives and projected fund use; and (2) provide the Director with a certification that they have developed a homeland security plan that meets short- and long-term security needs and that they will comply with applicable laws.
Directs: (1) each grantee to submit to the Director a performance and evaluation report concerning the use of funds, together with an assessment of the relationship of such use to security objectives; and (2) the Director to encourage and assist national associations of eligible grantees, States, and local governments in non-qualifying areas to develop and recommend uniform record-keeping, performance reporting, evaluation reporting, and auditing requirements, to establish such requirements, and to make specified reviews and audits at least annually.
Lists activities eligible for assistance under this Act, including funding additional law enforcement, fire, and emergency resources, improving cyber and infrastructure security, and devising a homeland security plan. Provides that grants may be used to cover costs incurred for eligible activities on or after September 11, 2001.
Sets forth provisions regarding allocation and distribution of funds and matching requirements. Earmarks specified sums for State and regional homeland defense planning, Statewide training facilities and homeland best-practices clearinghouses, and first responder communication systems. Mandates nondiscrimination in programs and activities. Sets forth remedies for noncompliance with Act requirements.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 9, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | May 9, 2002 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2002 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Mar 21, 2002 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2002 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 6, 2002 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 20, 2002 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Apr 2, 2002 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 6, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Apr 2, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- Mar 21, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Mar 20, 2002Introduced in House
- Mar 20, 2002Referred 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2038 | Homeland Security Block Grant Act of 2002 | Identical bill | Mar 20, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for homeland security block grants.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Homeland Security Block Grant Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Auditing
- Block grants
- Bridges
- Chemical industries
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- County politics and government
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Depressed areas
- Disaster relief
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power production
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical personnel
- Emergency medical services
- Employee training
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Equipment and supplies
- Factories
- Federal aid to cities
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fire departments
- Fire fighters
- Gas pipelines
- Gas storage
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- International Affairs
- Interstate compacts
- Labor and Employment
- Metropolitan areas
- Minorities
- Nuclear power plants
- Overtime
- Performance measurement
- Petroleum pipelines
- Petroleum storage
- Planning
- Police
- Population statistics
- Regional planning
- Rescue work
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- September 11, 2001
- Telecommunication systems
- Terrorism
- Traffic accidents and safety
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation safety
- Tunnels
- Urban affairs
- Urban areas
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water supply engineering
- Water treatment plants
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 20, 2002Introduced in House
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