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Union Calendar No. 368 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1486 

[Report No. 115–495] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure 

non-profit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 9, 2017 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security 

JANUARY 9, 2018 

Additional sponsors: Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. CLARKE

of New York, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mr. ELLISON, Mr. WELCH, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. 

FASO

JANUARY 9, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 9, 2017] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 

funding to secure non-profit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Securing American Non5 Profit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2017’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NON-PROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the Home8 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended 

9 by adding at the end the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 2009. NON-PROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De12 partment a program to be known as the ‘Non-Profit Secu13 rity Grant Program’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Pro14 gram’). Under the Program, the Secretary, acting through 

15 the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible nonprofit 

16 organizations described in subsection (b), through the State 

17 in which such organizations are located, for target hard18 ening and other security enhancements to protect against 

19 terrorist attacks. 

20 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Eligible nonprofit orga21 nizations described in this subsection (a) are organizations 

22 that are— 

23 ‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter24 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

25 section 501(a) of such Code; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack 

2 by the Administrator. 

3 ‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 

4 under this section may use such grant for any of the fol5 lowing uses: 

6 ‘‘(1) Target hardening activities, including phys7 ical security enhancement equipment and inspection 

8 and screening systems. 

9 ‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to phys10 ical security and cybersecurity, target hardening, ter11 rorism awareness, and employee awareness. 

12 ‘‘(3) Any other appropriate activity, including 

13 cybersecurity resilience activities, as determined by 

14 the Administrator. 

15 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator 

16 shall make funds provided under this section available for 

17 use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not less than 

18 36 months. 

19 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually for 

20 each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 submit to the Com21 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa22 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov23 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report containing infor24 mation on the expenditure by each grant recipient of grant 

25 funds made under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap3 propriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 

4 through 2022 to carry out this section. 

5 ‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts author6 ized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 

7 ‘‘(A) $35,000,000 is authorized for eligible 

8 recipients located in jurisdictions that receive 

9 funding under section 2003; and 

10 ‘‘(B) $15,000,000 is authorized for eligible 

11 recipients in jurisdictions not receiving funding 

12 under section 2003.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of sec14 tion 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

15 603) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 2003 and 2004’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 2009’’. 

17 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

18 section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2008 

20 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 2009. Non-profit security grant program.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 368 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1486 

[Report No. 115–495] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. provide funding to secure non-profit facilities 

JANUARY 9, 2018 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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