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Homeland Security State and Local Formula Grant Allocation
Alternatives
The following tables examine state-by-state formula allocations employed to distribute federal funding through the Office of Domestic Preparedness at the Department of Homeland Security. The tables include alternative allocation schemes as well as a simulation of the DHS allocation scheme.
Bulletin articles re Homeland Security
President’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2005, assuming
proposed funding level but NO formula change
Table: State ODP Formula Grants, with Per Capita Comparison (2/11/2004) — html
or pdf
(including Homeland Security State Grants and Law Enforcement LETPP grants)
NOTE: The budget proposes a change in the distribution formula, this
table runs the funding level with no change in the formula. Grant allocations
are instead run using the 40/60 formula contained in the USA Patriot Act.
Fiscal Year 2004 Grants
Table: State ODP Formula Grants, with Per Capita Comparison (11/03/2003) — html
or pdf
(including Homeland Security State Grants, Law Enforcement LETPP grants, and Citizen
Corps grants)
all grant allocations use the 40/60 formula contained in the USA Patriot Act
Chart: Graphic Comparison of 2004 ODP Grant Allocation, by State — pdf
Table: State ODP Formula Grants AND Urban Area Security Initiative Grants — html or pdf
Fiscal Year 2003 Grants
PDF (printable) Version of All 6 Tables
Table:
Allocation of $566 million from FY 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Table:
Allocation of $1.3 million from FY 2003 Supplemental Appropriations Bill
Table:
Allocation of $1.866 Billion Combined ODP Total
Table:
Allocation of $200 Million in FY 2003 "Critical Infrastructure
Protection" Funds
Table:
Allocation of GRAND TOTAL $2.066 Billion Combined Homeland Security Grant Funds
Reference
Table: State Population for 2000, 2001, and 2002
COMBINED
Table (all six above tables on one REALLY wide spreadsheet)
INTERACTIVE
Combined Table (all six spreadsheet tables with Excel Functionality)
Table (July 2003): Calif. share of $700 million "High Threat Urban Area" grants – or pdf version
Graphic
Showing Each State’s Per Capita Receipts of $1.8 Billion ODP Funds as Allocated
by DHS
Graphic
Showing Each State’s Per Capita Receipts of $2.066 Billion GRAND TOTAL as Allocated by DHS
Bulletin Articles Re Homeland Security Issues:
Feinstein
Alternative to Collins’ Homeland Security Formula Would Lessen Unevenness of Small-State Guarantee
(May 20, 2005)
House Near Unanimous in Approving Homeland
Formula Change (May 13, 2005)
House Appropriations Backs Homeland
Security Bill, Floor Vote Tuesday (May 13, 2005)
Energy & Commerce and Judiciary
Committees Alter Homeland Security Authorization Bill (May 13, 2005)
House Appropriations Panel Approves
2006 Homeland Security Bill (May 6, 2005)
RAND and California Institute Hold
Briefing on Public Health Preparedness In California ( April 28, 2005)
House Homeland Security Committee
Unanimously Approves Bill To Change First Responder Grant Formula (April 21, 2005)
House Homeland Bill Reduces
Small-State Minimum to Typical Level (April 21, 2005)
April 25 RAND Briefing to Focus on
Public Health Preparedness in California (April 21, 2005)
9/11 Panel Leader, First Responders, &
Victims Group Head Laud New Cox Bill for Formula Changes and "Rational" Methodology (April
15, 2005)
Senate Homeland Panel Approves Bill
With Minor Formula Changes (April 15, 2005)
House Homeland Subcommittee Considers
First Responders Formula (April 15, 2005)
Senate Homeland Security Formula
Markup Moved to Next Week (April 7, 2005)
House Judiciary Examines Port
Security (March 18, 2005)
Newly Renamed Senate Committee Holds
Homeland Security Hearing (January 28, 2005)
Cox’s Homeland Security Committee
Gains Permanent Status (January 7, 2005)
Congress Approves Sweeping
Intelligence Reorganization, Formula Revisions Omitted (December 10, 2004)
Intelligence Overhaul Bill
Negotiations Down to the Wire (November 19, 2004)
Congress Approves Conferenced FY 2005
Appropriations Bill for Homeland Security (October 15, 2004)
House Approves Intelligence Overhaul
Measure, Conferees May Seek Final Bill Before November 2 Election (October 15, 2004)
Senate Changes Committee Lineup for
Intelligence Spending and Homeland Security Oversight (October 15, 2004)
House Considers Bill to Revamp
Intelligence, Alter Homeland Formula (October 8, 2004)
Senate Passes Intelligence Overhaul
Bill Retaining First Responder Formula’s Small-State Minimum (October 8, 2004)
Conferees Agree on Homeland Spending (October
8, 2004)
Terrorism Reinsurance Extension
Proponents Seeking Vehicle (October 8, 2004)
House Grapples With Intelligence
Revamp, Includes Changes to First Responders Formula and Immigration Provision (October 1, 2004)
Senate Passes Port Security Bill (September
23, 2004)
Senate Completes Action on Homeland
Security Appropriations (September 23, 2004)
Senate Considers Homeland Security
Appropriations Bill (September 9, 2004)
House Armed Services Committee Holds
Series of Hearings on 9/11 Commission Report (August 12, 2004)
9/11 Commission Report Reviewed by
House Government Reform Panel (August 12, 2004)
Senate Committee Holds Hearings on
September 11 Commission Findings (August 12, 2004)
9/11 Commission Report Released, Urges
Against State Grant Minimum (July 22, 2004)
Floor Vote Pending in House on Homeland
Security Formula, State Minimum (July 16, 2004)
DHS Announces New Security Rules For U.S.
Ports (June 25, 2004)
House Judiciary Marks Up First Responder
Formula Bill; California Members Work to Rein in State Minimum Percentage (June 18, 2004)
House Debating 2005 Homeland Security
Appropriations, Rejects Bid To Send More Funds to High-Risk Urban Areas (June 18, 2004)
Speaker Extends Judiciary Committee’s
Deadline for Marking Up First Responder Bill (June 11, 2004)
Port Security Oversight Hearing Held
(June 11, 2004)
Energy & Commerce Committee Endorses
Cox Approach to Homeland Security Bill (June 4, 2004)
Homeland Security Bill Reported By
Transportation Committee Diverges From Formula Changes Endorsed by Other Committees (June 4,
2004)
Contentious Transportation Committee Marks
Up Homeland Security Formulas Bill (June 4, 2004)
Energy & Commerce Examines Cox
Homeland Security Bill (May 14, 2004)
House Homeland Security Panel Examines ODP
Grants (April 30, 2004)
Homeland Security Committee Releases
Analysis of First Responder Grant Funding (April 30, 2004)
Homeland Security Public-Private
Partnerships Examined (April 23, 2004)
Sea Cargo Security Hearing Held
(April 2, 2004)
Senate Approps Hears From Homeland
Security Bureaus (April 2, 2004)
Senate Committee Examines Maritime
Security Issues (March 26, 2004)
Transportation Subcommittee Looks At
Emergency Preparedness (March 18, 2004)
Homeland Security Appropriations Panel
Discusses State and Local First Responder Grants (March 18, 2004)
Homeland Security Committee Unanimously
Approves Cox Bill To Overhaul State and Local First Responder Funding (March 18, 2004)
FEMA Awards The Last of Its FY 2003
Firefighter Assistance Grants (March 12, 2004)
Appropriations Panel Discusses Border and
Transportation Security (March 12, 2004)
Homeland Security Appropriations Panel
Hears from Secretary Ridge (March 4, 2004)
Homeland Security Budget Proposal Examined
(February 13, 2004)
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Examines
Seaport Security (January 29, 2004)
Homeland Security Announces 2004 Port
Security Grants, California’s $33.7 Million to Represent 19 Percent of U.S. Total (December 11,
2003)
Cox Bill to Address Homeland Security
Formula Receives Unanimous Bipartisan Support In Subcommittee Markup (November 21, 2003)
Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing Examines
Homeland Security Bills (November 21, 2003)
California To Receive Nearly 20% of
Homeland Security Urban Grants, Softening Yet Not Erasing Low Per Capita Share of Formula Grants (November
14, 2003)
Homeland Security Grants Announced,
California Again At Lowest Per Capita (November 6, 2003)
Homeland Security Committee Considers
First Responders Bill (October 23, 2003)
Cox Bill Would Change Homeland Security
Grant Allocation Scheme (October 17, 2003)
Homeland Security Subcommittee Examines
Cox Bill (October 17, 2003)
House And Senate Pass Homeland Security
Conference Report (September 25, 2003)
Senate Nomination Hearing for DHS Domestic
Preparedness Director Focuses on Formula Issue (September 25, 2003)
Conference Committee Finalizes Homeland
Security Spending Bill (September 18, 2003)
Senate Judiciary Committee Examines First
Responder Issues (September 5, 2003)
Senate Passes Homeland Security
Appropriations (July 25, 2003)
Transportation Subcommittee Examines Port
Security Regulations (July 25, 2003)
Homeland Security Chair Christopher Cox
Takes Aim at First Responder Grant Formula (July 17, 2003)
Goods Movement and Port Security
Conference Held in Long Beach (July 11, 2003)
House Passes Homeland Security
Appropriation (June 27, 2003)
Cox to Address Homeland Security Funding
Allocation Concerns (June 27, 2003)
Senate Panel Approves Homeland Security
Bill That Advantages Small States Over California (June 19, 2003)
New Appropriations Panel on Homeland
Security Marks Up First FY2004 Spending Bill (June 12, 2003)
House Subcommittee Examines Port Security
(June 6, 2003)
DHS Releases Homeland Security Funds,
Formula Skewed To Benefit Small States (May 2, 2003)
Homeland Security Secretary Visits
California, Sends Divergent Messages on Formula Fund Choice (April 25, 2003)
Unorthodox Formula for State and Local
Homeland Security Grants, Formula Run Tables Available on Institute Website (April 25, 2003)
Ridge Identifies Homeland Security Agency
Progress Since Inception; Supports Change in Formula for First Responder Funding (April 11,
2003)
Homeland Security Funds Being Released To
State and Local Governments; Pres. Requests $2 Billion More In Supplemental (March 27, 2003)
Homeland Security Announces First
Responders Grants Available (March 13, 2003)
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