Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs : A Summary March 25, 2005

By Reese, Shawn

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs : A Summary March 25, 2005
Author:	Reese, Shawn
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Summary: Congress has supported a limited number of assistance programs specifically designed to assist state and local governments with homeland security activities. Some programs assist first responders with preparing for terrorist attacks, particularly those involving weapons of mass destruction. In addition, Congress has authorized several general assistance programs that states and localities may use for terrorism preparedness.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Department of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 State Homeland Security Grant Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Urban Area Security Initiative Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Assistance to Firefighters Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Citizen Corps’ Community Emergency Response Teams . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Emergency Management Performance Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Other DHS Homeland Security Assistance Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Emergency Management Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 National Fire Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Department of Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases . . . . . . 10 Department of Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Department of Health and Human Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Public Health Preparedness and Response for Bioterrorism . . . . . . . . 10 Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Department of Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 List of Tables Table 1. Urban Search & Rescue Task Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Table 2. Eligible Activities and Applicants for Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12