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The bill secures and broadens federal preparedness training and access for more jurisdictions (including tribal and rural areas) but does so at a measurable increase in taxpayer cost and with funding rules that limit DHS flexibility to target funds where they would yield the greatest return.
First responders and state and local public-safety agencies will receive sustained federal funding for preparedness training through FY2031, improving readiness and response capabilities.
Adds new Consortium members (e.g., Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, MxV, Counterterrorism Ops Support), expanding training expertise and geographic reach for local and rural agencies.
Tribal and territorial public-safety agencies are explicitly eligible for Consortium training and assistance, increasing access to preparedness resources in tribal lands and U.S. territories.
Taxpayers will bear higher federal spending — appropriations increase by about $111M–$125M per year through FY2031 versus the prior baseline.
Funding allocation floors and proportional rules may lock in existing funding shares and reduce DHS’s flexibility to reallocate resources to emerging risks or higher-performing programs.
A requirement to distribute appropriation increases equally across entities could prevent directing additional funds to consortium members with greater need or capacity, diluting overall program effectiveness.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Updates NDPC membership and training rules, requires tribal/territorial inclusion, clarifies training delivery, authorizes FY2027–FY2031 funding, and protects FY2023 funding floors for listed members.
Makes targeted changes to the law governing the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium (NDPC): it revises which organizations are official Consortium members, expands the program to explicitly serve tribal and territorial public safety entities, updates how training may be delivered, and sets authorized funding levels for fiscal years 2027–2031. The bill also protects each listed Consortium entity’s funding at no less than what they received in FY2023 and specifies how any increases or shortfalls in appropriations are to be allocated among members. The result is a multi-year reauthorization and funding framework that adds new member organizations (including a rural consortium based in Somerset, KY), modernizes training language, and gives Congress requested authorization levels for FY2027–FY2031 while guaranteeing FY2023 funding floors for existing members; actual spending still requires future appropriations.
Introduced March 3, 2026 by John Neely Kennedy · Last progress March 3, 2026