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House vote: H.R. 1544 // May 12, 2005

Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2005

Sponsor: CHRISTOPHER COX (R-CA)

Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2005 - (Sec. 3) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to set forth provisions governing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant funding for first responders pursuant to the State Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Area Security Initiative, and the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program. Excludes non-DHS programs, fire grant programs, and the Emergency Management Performance Grant program and Urban Search and Rescue Grants program authorized by specified Federal laws. Makes eligible for a covered grant any State, region, or directly eligible tribe.

Emergency Management Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service. CRS gives each bill one topic, based on the bill as introduced. This one carries 106 subject terms, so it spans well beyond that single label.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Nay

331 votes, representing 165,055,278 people76.8%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

88 votes, representing 42,107,286 people19.6%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon33176.8%
YeaLost8819.6%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.6%