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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2188 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2017 

Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. HURD, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KATKO, Ms. SINEMA, 

Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 

BRADY of Texas, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. OLSON, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. FLORES, and Mr. DONOVAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training 

and exercise grant program, 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 ‘‘Community Counter5 terrorism Preparedness Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTER2 RORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT 

3 PROGRAM. 

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

5 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 et seq.) 

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

7 ‘‘SEC. 2009. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTER8 RORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT 

9 PROGRAM. 

10 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 

12 through the Administrator and the heads of other 

13 relevant components of the Department, shall carry 

14 out a program for emergency response providers to 

15 prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging ter16 rorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordi17 nated terrorist attacks and active shooters, as deter18 mined by the Secretary, against major metropolitan 

19 areas. 

20 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—In establishing the pro21 gram pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

22 provide to eligible applicants— 

23 ‘‘(A) information, in an unclassified for24 mat, on emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in25 cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks 


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1 and active shooters, which grants under such 

2 program are intended to address; and 

3 ‘‘(B) information on training and exercises 

4 best practices. 

5 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdictions that receive, 

7 or that previously received, funding under section 

8 2003 may apply for a grant under the program es9 tablished pursuant to subsection (a). 

10 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTIONS.—Eligible ap11 plicants receiving funding under the program estab12 lished pursuant to subsection (a) may include in ac13 tivities funded by such program neighboring jurisdic14 tions that would be likely to provide mutual aid in 

15 response to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in16 cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and 

17 active shooters. 

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

19 under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) 

20 may use such grant to— 

21 ‘‘(1) identify capability gaps related to pre22 paring for, preventing, and responding to emerging 

23 terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordi24 nated terrorist attacks and active shooters; 


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1 ‘‘(2) develop or update plans, annexes, and 

2 processes to address any capability gaps identified 

3 pursuant to paragraph (1); and 

4 ‘‘(3) conduct training and exercises to address 

5 such identified gaps and validate capabilities. 

6 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Adminis7 trator shall make funds provided under this section avail8 able for use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not 

9 fewer than 36 months. 

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

11 are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this 

12 section $39,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 

13 2022.’’. 

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

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

16 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

17 2008 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 2009. Major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise 

grant program.’’. 

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