What does SHSGP stand for?

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Key points in the House-Senate compromise bill to carry out the national security recommendations of the 9/11 Commission: _Changes the formula for the state homeland security grant program so that more funds go to areas designated as high-risk.

In particular, the State Homeland Security Grant Program faces a proposed 63 percent reduction from $509 million in FY07 to $187 million.

The initiative was designed to aid big cities whose needs were not met under the State Homeland Security Grant Program, which has been criticized for perceived inequities in the way it allocated funding.

75 percent of the funds appropriated for the State Homeland Security Grant Program, the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program and the Citizen Corp Grant Program, with the remaining funds distributed to states based on population.

The three programs are the Office of Domestic Preparedness' FY03 State Homeland Security Grant Programs (SHSGPI and SHSGPII), the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI).

75 percent share of the roughly $900 million in the state homeland security grant program.

75 percent of total appropriations for the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) and the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP) to be given equally to each state.