(a) In General.--In allocating funds among States and high-
risk urban areas applying for grants under section 2003 or
2004, the Administrator shall consider, for each State or high-
risk urban area--
(1) its relative threat, vulnerability, and
consequences from acts of terrorism, including
consideration of--
(A) its population, including appropriate
consideration of military, tourist, and
commuter populations;
(B) its population density;
(C) its history of threats, including
whether it has been the target of a prior act
of terrorism;
(D) its degree of threat, vulnerability,
and consequences related to critical
infrastructure (for all critical infrastructure
sectors) or key resources identified by the
Administrator or the State homeland security
plan, including threats, vulnerabilities, and
consequences related to critical infrastructure
or key resources in nearby jurisdictions;
(E) the most current threat assessments
available to the Department;
(F) whether the State has, or the high-risk
urban area is located at or near, an
international border;
(G) whether it has a coastline bordering an
ocean (including the Gulf of Mexico) or
international waters;
(H) its likely need to respond to acts of
terrorism occurring in nearby jurisdictions;
(I) the extent to which it has unmet target
capabilities;
(J) in the case of a high-risk urban area,
the extent to which that high-risk urban area
includes--
(i) those incorporated
municipalities, counties, parishes, and
Indian tribes within the relevant
eligible metropolitan area, the
inclusion of which will enhance
regional efforts to prevent, prepare
for, protect against, and respond to
acts of terrorism; and
(ii) other local and tribal
governments in the surrounding area
that are likely to be called upon to
respond to acts of terrorism within the
high-risk urban area; and
(K) such other factors as are specified in
writing by the Administrator; and
(2) the anticipated effectiveness of the proposed
use of the grant by the State or high-risk urban area
in increasing the ability of that State or high-risk
urban area to prevent, prepare for, protect against,
and respond to acts of terrorism, to meet its target
capabilities, and to otherwise reduce the overall risk
to the high-risk urban area, the State, or the Nation.
(b) Types of Threat.--In assessing threat under this
section, the Administrator shall consider the following types
of threat to critical infrastructure sectors and to populations
in all areas of the United States, urban and rural:
(1) Biological.
(2) Chemical.
(3) Cyber.
(4) Explosives.
(5) Incendiary.
(6) Nuclear.
(7) Radiological.
(8) Suicide bombers.
(9) Such other types of threat determined relevant
by the Administrator.