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Union Calendar No. 122 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2188 

[Report No. 115–181] 

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 

JUNE 15, 2017 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, and Mrs. 

BROOKS of Indiana 

JUNE 15, 2017 

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 April 27, 2017] 

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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. 

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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 ‘‘Community Counterter5 rorism Preparedness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTERRORISM 

7 TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT PROGRAM. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 2009. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTER12 RORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT 

13 PROGRAM. 

14 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

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

16 through the Administrator and the heads of other rel17 evant components of the Department, shall carry out 

18 a program for emergency response providers to pre19 vent, prepare for, and respond to emerging terrorist 

20 attack scenarios, including complex, coordinated ter21 rorist attacks and active shooters, as determined by 

22 the Secretary, against major metropolitan areas. 

23 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—In establishing the program 

24 pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pro25 vide to eligible applicants— 

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1 ‘‘(A) information, in an unclassified for2 mat, on emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in3 cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks 

4 and active shooters, which grants under such 

5 program are intended to address; and 

6 ‘‘(B) information on training and exercises 

7 best practices. 

8 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 

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

10 that previously received, funding under section 2003 

11 may apply for a grant under the program established 

12 pursuant to subsection (a). 

13 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTIONS.—Eligible ap14 plicants receiving funding under the program estab15 lished pursuant to subsection (a) may include in ac16 tivities funded by such program neighboring jurisdic17 tions that would be likely to provide mutual aid in 

18 response to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in19 cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and ac20 tive shooters. 

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

22 under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) 

23 may use such grant to— 

24 ‘‘(1) identify capability gaps related to pre25 paring for, preventing, and responding to emerging 

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1 terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordi2 nated terrorist attacks and active shooters; 

3 ‘‘(2) develop or update plans, annexes, and proc4 esses to address any capability gaps identified pursu5 ant to paragraph (1); 

6 ‘‘(3) conduct training to address such identified 

7 capability gaps; and 

8 ‘‘(4) conduct exercises, including at locations 

9 such as mass gathering venues, places of worship, or 

10 educational institutions, as appropriate, to validate 

11 capabilities. 

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

13 shall make funds provided under this section available for 

14 use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not fewer than 

15 36 months. 

16 ‘‘(e) INFORMATION SHARING.—The Administrator 

17 shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate, analyze, and 

18 share with relevant emergency response providers informa19 tion on best practices and lessons learned from— 

20 ‘‘(1) the planning, training, and exercises con21 ducted using grants authorized under the program es22 tablished pursuant to subsection (a); and 

23 ‘‘(2) responses to actual terrorist attacks around 

24 the world. 

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1 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

2 authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 

3 $39,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

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

6 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2008 

7 the following new item: 

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

program.’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 122 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2188 

[Report No. 115–181] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

for other purposes. rorism training and exercise grant program, and establish the major metropolitan area counterterJUNE 15, 2017 

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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