On May 16, the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee held a markup of the FY2014 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations bill. Among other things, the proposal would provide $1.5 billion for FEMA State and Local Programs with roughly $1.26 billion distributed at the discretion of the DHS Secretary to the following programs:
- State Homeland Security Grant Program
- Operation Stonegarden ($55 million)
- Urban Area Security Initiative
- Private nonprofit organizations determined to be at high risk
- Public Transportation Security Assistance and Railroad Security Assistance
- Port Security Grants
- Over-the-Road Bus Security Assistance
- Metropolitan Medical Response System
- Citizens Corp
- Driver’s License Security Grants
- Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program
- Emergency Operations Centers
- Buffer Zone Protection Program
- National Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants
*Roughly $235 million would be provided to sustain current operations for training, exercises, technical assistance and other programs; roughly $157 million for training of state, local, and tribal emergency response providers. A copy of the subcommittee draft can be found here - http://appropriations.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=333242.
