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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4650 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to develop and make available 

guidance relating to domestic preparedness for and collective response 

to terrorism regarding active shooter and mass casualty incident response 

assistance, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2017 

Mr. AGUILAR (for himself, Ms. TITUS, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to develop 

and make available guidance relating to domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism regarding active shooter and mass casualty incident response 

assistance, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Providing Rational Op5 tions Toward the Elimination of Catastrophic Terrorism 

6 Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘PROTECT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACTIVE SHOOTER AND MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT 

2 RESPONSE ASSISTANCE. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle H of title VIII of the 

4 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) 

5 is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 890B. ACTIVE SHOOTER AND MASS CASUALTY INCI7 DENT RESPONSE ASSISTANCE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

9 with the Attorney General and the heads of other Federal 

10 agencies as appropriate, shall develop and make available 

11 to State, local, tribal, territorial, private sector, and non12 governmental partners guidance relating to domestic pre13 paredness for and collective response to terrorism in order 

14 to assist in the development of emergency action and re15 sponse plans for active shooter and mass casualty inci16 dents in public and private locations, including facilities 

17 that have been identified by the Department as potentially 

18 vulnerable targets. 

19 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE DESCRIBED.—Guidance developed 

20 and provided pursuant to subsection (a) may relate to the 

21 development of the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) A strategy for properly responding to an 

23 active shooter or mass casualty incident in a public 

24 or private location, including training, evacuating, 

25 and providing care to persons in such location, with 


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1 consideration given to the needs of persons with dis2 abilities. 

3 ‘‘(2) A plan for establishing a unified command, 

4 including identification of casualty collection points 

5 and staging areas for law enforcement, fire response, 

6 and medical personnel. 

7 ‘‘(3) A schedule for regular testing of equip8 ment used to receive communications during such an 

9 incident. 

10 ‘‘(4) A practiced method and plan to commu11 nicate with occupants of such location during such 

12 an incident. 

13 ‘‘(5) A practiced method and plan to commu14 nicate with the surrounding community regarding 

15 such an incident and the needs of Federal, State, 

16 and local officials. 

17 ‘‘(6) A plan for coordinating with volunteer or18 ganizations to expedite assistance for victims. 

19 ‘‘(7) A schedule for joint exercises and training. 

20 ‘‘(8) A plan for outreach to facilities that have 

21 been identified by the Department as potentially vul22 nerable targets. 

23 ‘‘(9) Other planning documents, as determined 

24 by the Secretary, including appropriate regionally fo25 cused products, plans, training, and outreach.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by in3 serting after the item relating to section 890A the fol4 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 890B. Active shooter and mass casualty incident response assistance.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF ACTIVE SHOOTER THREATS. 

6 Subsection (b) of section 2007 of the Homeland Se7 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 608) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para9 graph (10); and 

10 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol11 lowing new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(9) Active shooters.’’. 

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