FY2008 Appropriations for State and Local Homeland Security

Publication Date: February 2007

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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The Administration's FY2008 budget request could provide approximately $2.02 billion for state and local homeland security assistance programs -- $985 million less than Congress appropriated for these programs in FY2007 (P.L. 109-295). Major proposed changes include the following: (1) the Administration does not request funding for LETPP; instead it requests that $62.5 million of the $250 million requested for SHSGP and $200 million of the $800 million requested for UASI be used for law enforcement terrorism prevention activities; 2) the Administration requests that EMPG and CCP be the only state and local programs funded using Section 1014 of the USA PATRIOT Act (P.L. 107-56), which guarantees each state a minimum of 0.75% of total appropriations for domestic preparedness programs; and 3) the Administration proposes that SHSGP be a discretionary program, but guarantees each state a minimum of 0.25% of total appropriations for SHSGP.

This report will be updated when congressional actions warrant. This report is an overview of the Administration's FY2008 budget request for the following 11 homeland security programs designed to provide assistance to state and local first responders -- firefighters, emergency medical personnel, emergency managers, and law enforcement officers: