I 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1486 

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 

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. 

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 

5 Non-Profit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 

6 2017’’. 

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

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 

9 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 

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


asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 1486 IH

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

2 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

3 Department a program to be known as the ‘Non-Profit 

4 Security Grant Program’ (in this section referred to as 

5 the ‘Program’). Under the Program, the Secretary, acting 

6 through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 

7 nonprofit organizations described in subsection (b), 

8 through the State in which such organizations are located, 

9 for target hardening and other security enhancements to 

10 nonprofit organizations that are at risk of a terrorist at11 tack. 

12 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Eligible nonprofit or13 ganizations described in this subsection (a) are organiza14 tions that are— 

15 ‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter16 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

17 under section 501(a) of such Code; and 

18 ‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist at19 tack by the Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT DETER21 MINATION.—A nonprofit organization described in sub22 section (b) shall not be treated as ineligible to receive a 

23 grant under this section solely because such organization 

24 is not located within a jurisdiction receiving funding under 

25 section 2003. 


asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 1486 IH

1 ‘‘(d) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 

2 under this section may use such grant for any of the fol3 lowing uses: 

4 ‘‘(1) The acquisition or installation of certain 

5 security equipment, such as the acquisition or instal6 lation of security equipment on real property (in7 cluding buildings and improvements) owned or 

8 leased by such recipient, specifically to prevent or 

9 protection against the risk of a terrorist attack. 

10 ‘‘(2) Fees for training relating to the protection 

11 of critical infrastructure key resources, including 

12 physical security and cybersecurity, target hard13 ening, terrorism awareness, and employee awareness. 

14 ‘‘(3) Any other appropriate activity, as deter15 mined by the Administrator. 

16 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 is authorized $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 

18 through 2022 to carry out this section. 

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

20 each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022 submit to the 

21 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

23 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report con24 taining information on the expenditure by each grant re25 cipient of grant funds made under this section.’’. 


asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 1486 IH

1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 

2 section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

3 U.S.C. 603) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 2003 and 

4 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 2009’’. 

5 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

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

7 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

8 2008 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 2009. Non-Profit Security Grant Program.’’. 

Æ 


asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS