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Union Calendar No. 675 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6229 

[Report No. 118–826, Part I] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize a program 

to assess the threat, vulnerability, and consequences of terrorism or 

other security threats, as appropriate, to certain events, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 3, 2023 

Ms. TITUS (for herself and Mr. HUDSON) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to 

the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, and Mr. MOSKOWITZ

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

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


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 

a program to assess the threat, vulnerability, and consequences of terrorism or other security threats, as appropriate, to certain events, 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 ‘‘DHS Special Events 

5 Program and Support Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DHS SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM. 

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

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

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

10 ‘‘SEC. 890E. SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized within the 

12 Department a program to assess the threat, vulnerability, 

13 and consequences of terrorism or other security threats, 

14 as appropriate, at certain special events in accordance 

15 with subsection (b). 

16 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The program authorized 

17 under subsection (a) shall— 

18 ‘‘(1) apply to special events that are pre19 planned and not designated as National Special Se20 curity Events by the Secretary; 

21 ‘‘(2) include a standard process for Federal, 

22 State, local, Tribal, and territorial officials to volun23 tarily submit to the Secretary requests for a special 

24 event rating that could result in direct support for 


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1 security and situational awareness for such special 

2 event; 

3 ‘‘(3) maintain a risk-based methodology to as4 sess ratings requests, including requests submitted 

5 pursuant to paragraph (2), that considers the antici6 pated attendance by United States officials or for7 eign dignitaries, the size and venue of the special 

8 event, credible threats of terrorism or other security 

9 threats, and other homeland security information, as 

10 appropriate; and 

11 ‘‘(4) include a process for expedited consider12 ation and, where appropriate, a process for the reas13 sessment, of a special event rating. 

14 ‘‘(c) SUPPORT TO SPECIAL EVENTS.—For purposes 

15 of protecting a special event described in subsection (b), 

16 the Secretary may provide security and situational aware17 ness support to a Federal, State, local, Tribal, or terri18 torial official at the request of an appropriate Federal, 

19 State, local, Tribal, or territorial official. 

20 ‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than one year 

21 after the date of the enactment of this section and annu22 ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Com23 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa24 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov25 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the program 


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1 authorized under subsection (a). Each such report shall 

2 include information relating to the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) The total number of special events sub4 mitted to the program authorized under subsection 

5 (a) in the prior year, including the number of special 

6 events at each rating level. 

7 ‘‘(2) The total number of events in the prior 

8 year for which the Secretary designated a Federal 

9 coordinator or coordinated security and situational 

10 awareness support, including a summary of Federal 

11 support provided. 

12 ‘‘(3) The total number of requests for special 

13 event rating reassessment under subsection (b)(4), 

14 including the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) The identification of the requesting 

16 entity. 

17 ‘‘(B) The special event name, date, and lo18 cation. 

19 ‘‘(C) The initial and final rating deter20 mination. 

21 ‘‘(D) The justification for such final rating 

22 determination. 

23 ‘‘(e) PERIODIC ASSESSMENTS.—Not later than one 

24 year after the date of the enactment of this section and 

25 every five years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 


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1 the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 

2 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

3 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an assessment of 

4 the program authorized under subsection (a). 

5 ‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘home6 land security information’ has the meaning given such 

7 term in section 892.’’. 

8 (b) MASS GATHERING RESEARCH.—Not later than 

9 one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

10 Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 

11 Undersecretary for Science and Technology of the Depart12 ment of Homeland Security and the official responsible for 

13 carrying out section 890E of the Homeland Security Act 

14 of 2002, as added by subsection (a), shall, to the extent 

15 practicable, carry out research and development, including 

16 operational testing, of technologies and techniques for en17 hancing the Department’s security and situational aware18 ness support to Federal, State, local, Tribal, and terri19 torial officials relating to mass gatherings consistent with 

20 applicable constitutional, privacy, civil rights, and civil lib21 erties protections. 

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

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

24 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

25 890D the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 890E. Special events program.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 675 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6229 

[Report No. 118–826, Part I] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

events, and for other purposes. security threats, as appropriate, to certain ability, and consequences of terrorism or other authorize a program to assess the threat, vulnerDECEMBER 10, 2024 

Reported from the Committee on Homeland Security 

DECEMBER 10, 2024 

Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the 

Union and ordered to be printed Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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