Domestic Defense Fund Act of 2004
Latest action · Jan 22, 2004 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S187-193)
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Domestic Defense Fund Act of 2004 - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes for homeland security development. Requires grant awardees, among other requirements, to develop a homeland security plan identifying both short- and long-term homeland security needs. Provides authorized uses of grant assistance, including: (1) funding additional law enforcement, fire, and other emergency response resources and equipment; and (2) improving cyber and infrastructure security. Requires one percent of grant funds to be reserved for Indian tribes. Requires 70 percent of grant funds to be allocated among metropolitan cities and urban counties based on the Secretary's calculations of various infrastructure vulnerabilities and threats such as proximity to international borders, nuclear or other energy facilities, air, rail or water transportation, and national icons and Federal buildings. Requires the remaining percentage to be allocated among the States for use in non-qualifying communities (not a metropolitan city, urban county, or Indian tribe).
Requires certifications and annual reports with respect to grant uses. Provides for grant reallocations for failure to comply with use requirements.
Allocates funds to States, regional cooperations, and units of local government for: (1) homeland defense planning; (2) increased security through additional first responder personnel; (3) purchasing and refurbishing protective equipment for such personnel; (4) the development and maintenance of Statewide training facilities and homeland security best practices clearinghouses; and (5) the development and maintenance of communications systems that can be used between and among first responders, including law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical personnel.
Allocates funds for discretionary grants to high-threat, high-density urban areas, and for the protection of critical infrastructure.
Earmarks funds for a flexible emergency assistance fund for States and local governmental units that incur extraordinary homeland security costs.
Directs the Department of Homeland Security to develop national homeland security preparedness, first responder training, and equipment standards, and best practices for the use of funds authorized and allocated under this Act.
Mandates a ten percent matching funds requirement from grant recipients.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 22, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Jan 22, 2004 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jan 22, 2004 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jan 22, 2004 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jan 22, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jan 22, 2004 |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Original | Jan 22, 2004 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 22, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2004 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S187-193)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S187–S193 | Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY (text) | Jan 22, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for a domestic defense fund to improve the Nation's homeland defense, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Domestic Defense Fund Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Airports
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Armed forces reserves
- Auditing
- Aviation safety
- Block grants
- Boundaries
- Bridges
- Canals
- Chemical industries
- Chemical warfare
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Community policing
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Depressed areas
- Disaster relief
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electric power transmission
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Energy
- Energy security
- Energy storage
- Environmental Protection
- Equipment and supplies
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Federal installations
- Federal office buildings
- Fire fighters
- Food safety
- Gas pipelines
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Harbors
- Health
- Hours of labor
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Inland water transportation
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- International Affairs
- Interstate compacts
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Marine safety
- Marine terminals
- Metropolitan areas
- Minorities
- National Guard
- Natural gas
- Nondiscrimination provisions
- Nuclear power plants
- Nuclear terrorism
- Paramedical personnel
- Performance measurement
- Petroleum pipelines
- Petroleum storage
- Planning
- Police
- Police communication systems
- Police training
- Population
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroad passenger traffic
- Railroad safety
- Railroads
- Regional planning
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security measures
- Standards
- Terminals (Transportation)
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation of hazardous substances
- Transportation safety
- Tunnels
- Urban affairs
- Urban areas
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Water treatment plants
- Waterways
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 22, 2004Introduced in Senate
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