THREAT Act

Targeting Homeland Security Resources Effectively Against Terrorism Act of 2006 (THREAT Act) - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a program of discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas. Directs the Secretary to make grants to not more than 15 areas in a fiscal year after considering the population, presence of critical infrastructure, and credibility of the terrorism-related threat for an area. Requires amounts awarded to be disbursed directly to local governments.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5165 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5165

 To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-
              density urban areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2006

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary of Homeland 
   Security makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-
              density urban areas, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``Targeting Homeland Security Resources 
Effectively Against Terrorism Act of 2006'' or the ``THREAT Act''.

SEC. 2. PROGRAM OF GRANTS FOR USE IN HIGH-THREAT, HIGH-DENSITY URBAN 
              AREAS.

    (a) Grant Program Required.--The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall, in accordance with this section, carry out a program under which 
the Secretary makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-
density urban areas.
    (b) Funding.--Amounts made available to the Secretary of Homeland 
Security for discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density 
urban areas--
            (1) shall be used for carrying out the program under this 
        section; and
            (2) shall not be used for any other purpose.
    (c) Maximum Number of Grantees.--For any fiscal year, the Secretary 
may award such grants to not more than 15 such areas.
    (d) Factors Considered.--In determining whether, and in what 
allocation, to award such a grant to such an area, the Secretary shall 
consider the following three factors:
            (1) The population of that urban area.
            (2) The presence of critical infrastructure in that urban 
        area.
            (3) The credibility of the terrorism-related threat to that 
        urban area.
    (e) Factors not to Be Considered.--In determining whether, and in 
what allocation, to award such a grant to such an area, the Secretary 
shall not consider any threat (such as a threat of natural disaster, or 
a threat of infectious disease) that is not a terrorism-related threat.
    (f) Weight of Factors.--In considering the factors required by 
subsection (d), the Secretary shall give the factor described in 
subsection (d)(2) two times the weight given the factor described in 
subsection (d)(1), and shall give the factor described in subsection 
(d)(3) three times the weight given the factor described in subsection 
(d)(1).
    (g) Definition of Factors.--The Secretary shall, for purposes of 
this section, define the factors required by subsection (d). In 
defining the factor described in subsection (d)(1), the Secretary shall 
ensure that tourists and commuters are considered as part of the 
population.
    (h) Disbursement Directly to Localities.--All amounts awarded to an 
area under this section shall be disbursed directly to one or more 
local governments within the area.
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