6 U.S.C. § 606 — Grants to directly eligible tribes
submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 696 words · no verdicts yet
The Administrator may award State Homeland Security Grant Program grants directly to eligible tribes. The section sets tribal application, State-review, allocation, liaison, other-funding, and State-duty rules.
(a) Despite section 605(b), the Administrator* may award section 605 grants directly to directly eligible tribes.
(b) A directly eligible tribe* may apply by sending the Administrator an application that includes, as appropriate, information required of a State* under section 605(b).
(c) (1) To keep the application consistent with an applicable State homeland* security plan, the tribe must give a copy to every State containing any part of the tribe before sending it to the Department*. (2) If a Governor finds the application inconsistent with the State plan or otherwise does not support it, the Governor must, within 30 days, (A) notify the Administrator in writing and (B) explain why.
(d) The Administrator has final authority to approve the application and must notify each affected State of approval.
(e) The Administrator must allocate funds using the factors for allocating funds among States under section 608.
(f) Awarded funds must go directly to the tribe, not through a State.
(g) (1) Each fiscal year, directly eligible tribes collectively must receive at least 0.1 percent of funds appropriated for sections 604 and 605. (2) This does not apply if the Administrator receives fewer than five applications or approves fewer than two.
(h) An applying tribe must name a tribal liaison to work with the Department and Federal, State, local, and regional officials on terrorism prevention, preparation, protection, and response.
(i) A tribe receiving a section 605 grant may also receive grants from States within whose boundaries it lies and from a high-risk urban area* of which it is part, consistently with that State or area’s security plan.
(j) (1) States must allocate section 605 funds to tribal governments to help them reach capabilities not achieved through direct tribal grants. (2) A tribe may receive funding directly from the State and need not seek it from a local government*. (3) A State may not impose unreasonable or excessively burdensome conditions on a tribe for providing funds or resources.
(k) Nothing here changes the authority of a tribe receiving funds under this part.
Notwithstanding section 605(b) of this title, the Administrator* may award grants to directly eligible tribes under section 605 of this title.
A directly eligible tribe* may apply for a grant under section 605 of this title by submitting an application to the Administrator that includes, as appropriate, the information required for an application by a State* under section 605(b) of this title.
To ensure consistency with any applicable State homeland* security plan, a directly eligible tribe applying for a grant under section 605 of this title shall provide a copy of its application to each State within which any part of the tribe is located for review before the tribe submits such application to the Department*.
If the Governor of a State determines that the application of a directly eligible tribe is inconsistent with the State homeland security plan of that State, or otherwise does not support the application, not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of that application the Governor shall—
notify the Administrator, in writing, of that fact; and
provide an explanation of the reason for not supporting the application.
The Administrator shall have final authority to approve any application of a directly eligible tribe. The Administrator shall notify each State within the boundaries of which any part of a directly eligible tribe is located of the approval of an application by the tribe.
The Administrator shall allocate funds to directly eligible tribes in accordance with the factors applicable to allocating funds among States under section 608 of this title.
If the Administrator awards funds to a directly eligible tribe under this section, the Administrator shall distribute the grant funds directly to the tribe and not through any State.
In allocating funds under this section, the Administrator shall ensure that, for each fiscal year, directly eligible tribes collectively receive, from the funds appropriated for the State Homeland Security Grant Program established under section 605 of this title, not less than an amount equal to 0.1 percent of the total funds appropriated for grants under sections 604 and 605 of this title.
This subsection shall not apply in any fiscal year in which the Administrator—
receives fewer than 5 applications under this section; or
does not approve at least 2 applications under this section.
A directly eligible tribe applying for a grant under section 605 of this title shall designate an individual to serve as a tribal liaison with the Department and other Federal, State, local, and regional government officials concerning preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism.
A directly eligible tribe that receives a grant under section 605 of this title may receive funds for other purposes under a grant from the State or States within the boundaries of which any part of such tribe is located and from any high-risk urban area* of which it is a part, consistent with the homeland security plan of the State or high-risk urban area.
States shall be responsible for allocating grant funds received under section 605 of this title to tribal governments in order to help those tribal communities achieve target capabilities* not achieved through grants to directly eligible tribes.
With respect to a grant to a State under section 605 of this title, an Indian tribe* shall be eligible for funding directly from that State, and shall not be required to seek funding from any local government*.
A State may not impose unreasonable or unduly burdensome requirements on an Indian tribe as a condition of providing the Indian tribe with grant funds or resources under section 605 of this title.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the authority of an Indian tribe that receives funds under this part.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title XX, § 2005, as added Pub. L. 110–53, title I, § 101, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 279.)
- 2007Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 121 Stat. 279
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