FY2006 Homeland Security Grant Distribution Methods: Issues for the 109th Congress


 

Publication Date: January 2006

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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Homeland security assistance to states and localities is available from three primary sources -- the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP), the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP), and the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI). In FY2006, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to allocate grants from these programs as follows: