conducted under section 512 of this Act and section 648
of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of
2006 (6 U.S.C. 748);
(3) protecting a system or asset included on the
prioritized critical infrastructure list established
under section 210E(a)(2);
(4) purchasing, upgrading, storing, or maintaining
equipment, including computer hardware and software;
(5) ensuring operability and achieving
interoperability of emergency communications;
(6) responding to an increase in the threat level
under the Homeland Security Advisory System, or to the
needs resulting from a National Special Security Event;
(7) establishing, enhancing, and staffing with
appropriately qualified personnel State, local, and
regional fusion centers that comply with the guidelines
established under section 210A(i);
(8) enhancing school preparedness;
(9) supporting public safety answering points;
(10) paying salaries and benefits for personnel,
including individuals employed by the grant recipient
on the date of the relevant grant application, to serve
as qualified intelligence analysts, regardless of
whether such analysts are current or new full-time
employees or contract employees;
(11) paying expenses directly related to
administration of the grant, except that such expenses
may not exceed 3 percent of the amount of the grant;
(12) any activity permitted under the Fiscal Year
2007 Program Guidance of the Department for the State
Homeland Security Grant Program, the Urban Area
Security Initiative (including activities permitted
under the full-time counterterrorism staffing pilot),
or the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program;
and
(13) any other appropriate activity, as determined
by the Administrator.
(b) Limitations on Use of Funds.--
(1) In general.--Funds provided under section 2003
or 2004 may not be used--
(A) to supplant State or local funds,
except that nothing in this paragraph shall
prohibit the use of grant funds provided to a
State or high-risk urban area for otherwise
permissible use