Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to first responders, and for other purposes.

1/4/2007--Introduced.
Smarter Funding for All of America's Homeland Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a State and Regional First Responder Grant Program under which the Secretary may make grants to states and eligible regional entities on the basis of the threat to a state or region's population and critical infrastructure, as determined by the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary, to evaluate and prioritize grant applications, considering factors such as threats to the population, specific economic sectors, major communications nodes and transportation systems, specific elements of the food supply, the water and energy supplies, civic infrastructure and emergency response capabilities, and specific structures of symbolic national importance. Bars the use of grant funds to supplant state or local funds that would otherwise be available for homeland security or first responder projects. Directs the Secretary to:
(1) establish the Advisory Council on First Responders, which shall report to the Secretary through the head of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination; and
(2) revise the Homeland Security Advisory System to require that any designation of a threat level or other warning be accompanied by a designation of the geographic regions and economic sectors to which it applies. Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to conduct a study of whether there is a need to assign additional bands of frequencies of electromagnetic spectrum to assist first responders.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11]
• and 9 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Michael Ferguson [R, NJ-7]
  • Rep. E. Scott Garrett [R, NJ-5]
  • Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]
  • Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6]
  • Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8]
  • Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9]
  • Rep. H. James Saxton [R, NJ-3]
  • Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13]
  • Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]
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Committees

• House Transportation and Infrastructure
• 8 more
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Homeland Security
  • House Judiciary
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Judiciary
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Homeland Security
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.130

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 04, 2007

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• Added to calendar on Jun 26, 2008: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Jun 26, 2008: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Jun 26, 2008: Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response Discharged.
• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
• Feb 02, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• Jan 29, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
• Jan 05, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Energy and Commerce
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Judiciary
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to House Homeland Security
• Jan 04, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
• Introduced on Jan 04, 2007.

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