EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS

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[For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Preparedness Grants program, not more available by section 5116(h) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more than 4 percent of the amounts made available from this account shall be available to pay the administrative costs of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States Code, and the limitation on obligations provided under this heading, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year shall be available to develop and deliver hazardous materials emergency response training for emergency responders, including response activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such training available through an electronic format: Provided further, That the prior year recoveries made available under this Obligation Limitation: The FY 2027 Request repeats a proposal made in FY 2026 to remove the appropriations language that provides an obligation limitation to allow PHMSA to use all registration fees collected. The obligation limitation sets a maximum amount that can be used each year and limits PHMSA's ability to direct all collected funds toward critical hazardous materials response needs. With the obligation limitation in place, if collections exceed the obligation limitation, PHMSA cannot award those funds. PHMSA would like to ensure the award of all available resources to train and prepare first responders for hazardous materials Removing the obligation limitation would streamline the program and enable PHMSA to disperse all collected funds and operate as authorized to ensure that communities across the Nation are better prepared to respond to dangerous and life-threatening hazardous materials more than 4 percent of the amounts made available from the fund established under such section shall be available to pay the administrative costs of carrying out Sec. 180 is related to the Emergency Preparedness Grant account and places a cap of 4% on the amount of the grant funding that can be used for costs to administer the program. PHMSA is proposing removing this portion of the appropriations language in the Emergency Preparedness Grant account that limits obligations on this otherwise mandatory budget authority and including it instead as an Administrative Provision.

Extracted from PHMSA, p. 1. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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