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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 838 

To develop a national strategy to prevent targeted violence through behavioral 

threat assessment and management, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2019 

Mr. BABIN (for himself and Mrs. DEMINGS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To develop a national strategy to prevent targeted violence 

through behavioral threat assessment and management, 

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 ‘‘Threat Assessment, 

5 Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) incidents of targeted violence are impacting 

9 our Nation frequently and indiscriminately; 


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1 (2) a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and 

2 multi-jurisdictional behavioral threat assessment and 

3 management process on a Federal, State, local, and 

4 Tribal level complements the development of better 

5 methods for strategically preventing targeted vio6 lence in communities, including schools; 

7 (3) the United States has the capability to rap8 idly develop behavioral threat assessment and man9 agement guidelines and best practices; 

10 (4) the United States should encourage the 

11 sharing of such guidelines and best practices for 

12 streamlined and cohesive use across the United 

13 States; 

14 (5) establishing such guidelines and best prac15 tices is an important step toward preventing tar16 geted violence; 

17 (6) such guidelines and best practices should 

18 account for different needs of communities across 

19 the United States; and 

20 (7) it is in the national security interest of the 

21 United States to develop such guidelines and best 

22 practices. 

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON2 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con3 gress’’ means the Committee on Appropriations, the 

4 Committee on Homeland Security and the Com5 mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa6 tives and the Committee on Appropriations, the 

7 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 

8 Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

9 Senate. 

10 (2) BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT AND

11 MANAGEMENT.—The term ‘‘behavioral threat assess12 ment and management’’ means the systematic and 

13 evidence-based process of— 

14 (A) identifying individuals who are exhib15 iting patterns of concerning behavior that indi16 cate an interest, motive, intention, or capability 

17 of carrying out an act of violence; 

18 (B) investigating and gathering informa19 tion from multiple sources to assess whether an 

20 individual described in subparagraph (A) poses 

21 a threat, based on articulable facts; and 

22 (C) the subsequent management of such a 

23 threat, if necessary. 

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1 cation program’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local edu2 cational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State 

3 educational agency’’ have the meanings given those 

4 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec5 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

6 (4) EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES.—The term ‘‘edu7 cational entities’’ means— 

8 (A) a State educational agency; 

9 (B) a local educational agency; 

10 (C) an institution of higher education; 

11 (D) an elementary school or secondary 

12 school; 

13 (E) an early childhood education program; 

14 or 

15 (F) a postsecondary vocational institution. 

16 (5) FUSION CENTER.—The term ‘‘fusion cen17 ter’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

18 210A(j)(1) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

19 U.S.C. 124h(j)(1)). 

20 (6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

21 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

22 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Higher 

23 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

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1 sional’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

2 799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 295p). 

4 (8) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION.—The 

5 term ‘‘nongovernmental organization’’ means an or6 ganization that is not a Federal, State, or local gov7 ernmental agency. 

8 (9) POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL INSTITU9 TION.—The term ‘‘postsecondary vocational institu10 tion’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

11 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

12 U.S.C. 1002(c)). 

13 (10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

14 means the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

15 (11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 

16 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

17 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 

18 States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 

19 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is20 lands. 

21 (12) TARGETED VIOLENCE.—The term ‘‘tar22 geted violence’’ means any incident of predatory vio23 lence with respect to which an identifiable individual 

24 or group focuses an attack on a particular target. 


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1 SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT BEHAVIORAL THREAT 

2 ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT TASK 

3 FORCE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 

6 within the Department of Homeland Security a Joint Be7 havioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force 

8 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

9 (b) DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 

11 Task Force to provide recommendations to the ap12 propriate committees of Congress and the Secretary 

13 on the development and implementation of a na14 tional strategy for preventing targeted violence 

15 through behavioral threat assessment and manage16 ment (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘national strat17 egy’’). 

18 (2) REQUIREMENT.—In developing the national 

19 strategy required under paragraph (1), the Task 

20 Force shall take into account the different needs of 

21 communities across the United States. 

22 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The national 

23 strategy developed under this subsection shall not be 

24 construed to be a national standard. 

25 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

26 (1) COMPOSITION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Task Force shall 

2 be composed of not more than 24 members as 

3 follows: 

4 (i) The Secretary or a designee with a 

5 position classified at GS–15 or above. 

6 (ii) Not more than 2 representatives 

7 of a nongovernmental organization that is 

8 determined by the Secretary to have exper9 tise in behavioral threat assessment and 

10 management. 

11 (iii) Not more than 2 mental health 

12 service professionals with clinical experi13 ence who are determined by the Secretary 

14 to have expertise in behavioral threat as15 sessment and management. 

16 (iv) One State or local prosecutor who 

17 is determined by the Secretary to have ex18 pertise in behavioral threat assessment and 

19 management. 

20 (v) Not more than 2 representatives 

21 from an educational entity who are deter22 mined by the Secretary to have expertise in 

23 behavioral threat assessment and manage24 ment. 


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1 (vi) Not more than 2 representatives 

2 from local behavioral threat assessment 

3 and management units who are determined 

4 by the Secretary to have expertise in be5 havioral threat assessment and manage6 ment. 

7 (vii) Not more than 2 representatives 

8 from State behavioral threat assessment 

9 and management units who are determined 

10 by the Secretary to have expertise in be11 havioral threat assessment and manage12 ment. 

13 (viii) One expert in behavioral threat 

14 assessment and management appointed by 

15 the head of each of the following entities: 

16 (I) The National Threat Assess17 ment Center of the United States Se18 cret Service. 

19 (II) The Protective Intelligence 

20 and Assessment Division of the 

21 United States Secret Service. 

22 (III) The Behavioral Analysis 

23 Unit–1 of the Critical Incident Re24 sponse Group of the Federal Bureau 

25 of Investigation. 


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1 (IV) The Joint Terrorism Task 

2 Force of the Federal Bureau of Inves3 tigation. 

4 (V) The Office of Protective In5 telligence of the United States Mar6 shals Service of the Department of 

7 Justice. 

8 (VI) The Office on Violence 

9 Against Women of the Department of 

10 Justice. 

11 (VII) The Naval Criminal Inves12 tigative Service of the Department of 

13 the Navy. 

14 (VIII) The Threat Assessment 

15 Section of the United States Capitol 

16 Police. 

17 (IX) The Department of Edu18 cation. 

19 (X) The Department of Health 

20 and Human Services. 

21 (XI) The Department of Vet22 erans Affairs. 

23 (XII) The Office of Protective 

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1 lomatic Security Service of the De2 partment of State. 

3 (B) REPRESENTATION.—If a member of 

4 the Task Force has expertise in more than 1 of 

5 the subject matter areas described in subpara6 graph (A), the member shall be considered a 

7 representative of only 1 subject matter area. 

8 (2) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary shall ap9 point a chairperson of the Task Force. 

10 (3) CONSULTATION.—The Task Force may, as 

11 the chairperson determines necessary, consult with 

12 experts in behavioral threat assessment and manage13 ment from Federal, State, local, and Tribal govern14 ment agencies and private entities. 

15 (4) TERM OF MEMBERSHIP.— 

16 (A) TERM OF MEMBERS.—Members of the 

17 Task Force shall serve until the head of the re18 spective entity of the member appoints a new 

19 representative to the Task Force. 

20 (B) TERM OF CHAIRPERSON.—The chair21 person shall serve until the Secretary appoints 

22 a new chairperson. 

23 (5) MEMBER COMPENSATION.—Members of the 

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1 ances, or benefits by reason of their service on the 

2 Task Force. 

3 (d) OPERATING RULES AND PROCEDURES.— 

4 (1) RULES AND PROCEDURES.—Any member of 

5 the Task Force may propose to develop or change 

6 existing operating rules and procedures of the Task 

7 Force consistent with the functions of the Task 

8 Force. Any change to such operating rules and pro9 cedures shall be adopted upon a majority vote of the 

10 Task Force. 

11 (2) FINDINGS AND SOLUTIONS.—The Task 

12 Force shall adopt recommendations for the imple13 mentation of the national strategy only upon a ma14 jority vote of the Task Force. 

15 (3) VOTING.—Each member of the Task Force 

16 shall have one vote. 

17 (4) QUORUM.—Two-thirds of the members of 

18 the Task Force shall be present to constitute a 

19 quorum, but a lesser number may hold meetings. 

20 (e) STAFF DIRECTOR AND STAFF.— 

21 (1) STAFF DIRECTOR.—The chairperson may 

22 appoint a staff director, who shall be paid at a rate 

23 not to exceed the rate of basic pay for level IV of 

24 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 

25 5, United States Code. 


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1 (2) STAFF.—The staff director may appoint not 

2 more than 3 additional staff personnel. 

3 (3) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE

4 LAWS.—The staff of the Task Force shall be ap5 pointed subject to the provisions of title 5, United 

6 States Code, governing appointments in the competi7 tive service, and shall be paid in accordance with the 

8 provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap9 ter 53 of that title relating to classification and Gen10 eral Schedule pay rates. 

11 (4) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Task 

12 Force and the staff director, acting with the ap13 proval of the Task Force, may procure temporary 

14 and intermittent services pursuant to section 

15 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

16 (5) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Upon the 

17 request of the Secretary, the head of any Federal 

18 department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 

19 basis, any of the personnel of such Federal depart20 ment or agency to the Task Force to assist it in car21 rying out the duties of the Task Force under this 

22 section. 

23 (f) POWERS OF THE TASK FORCE.—Any member of 

24 the Task Force may, if authorized by the Task Force, take 


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1 any action which the Task Force is authorized to take by 

2 this section. 

3 (g) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—Subject to applica4 ble privacy laws and regulations, the Task Force may se5 cure directly from any Federal department or agency in6 formation necessary to enable it to carry out the duties 

7 of the Task Force under this section. Upon request of the 

8 chairperson of the Task Force, the head of such Federal 

9 department or agency shall furnish such information to 

10 the Task Force. 

11 (h) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES.—Upon 

12 the request of the Task Force, the Administrator of Gen13 eral Services shall provide to the Task Force, on a reim14 bursable basis, the administrative support services nec15 essary for the Task Force to carry out the duties of the 

16 Task Force under this section. 

17 (i) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—To the extent and in the 

18 amounts made available in advance in appropriations Acts, 

19 the Task Force may contract with and compensate State, 

20 local, and Tribal government agencies and private entities 

21 or persons for services necessary to carry out the duties 

22 of the Task Force under this section. 

23 (j) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

24 of enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall submit to 

25 the appropriate committees of Congress and the Secretary 


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1 a report on recommendations related to the national strat2 egy, including recommendations for the development and 

3 implementation of the national strategy. 

4 (k) DISSOLUTION OF TASK FORCE.—The Task Force 

5 shall terminate 180 days after the date of enactment of 

6 this Act. 

7 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 not more than $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

10 SEC. 5. CONTENTS OF NATIONAL STRATEGY RECOMMENDA11 TIONS. 

12 The national strategy recommendations required to 

13 be provided by the Task Force under section 4(j) shall 

14 include each of the following: 

15 (1) EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS.—Rec16 ommendations relating to the most effective use of 

17 existing Federal, State, local, and Tribal infrastruc18 ture, workforce, and experience, including— 

19 (A) the use of personnel, communication 

20 channels, and information sharing capabilities 

21 of fusion centers; and 

22 (B) a model behavioral threat assessment 

23 and management process. 

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1 and Management Unit Support Program, which 

2 shall— 

3 (A) assist Federal, State, local, Tribal gov4 ernment agencies and private entities in the im5 plementation of community-based, multi-dis6 ciplinary, and multi-jurisdictional behavioral 

7 threat assessment and management units; 

8 (B) consult on real-world complex behav9 ioral threat assessment and management cases 

10 or programs; 

11 (C) promote coordination and information 

12 sharing among Federal, State, local, and Tribal 

13 government agencies and private entities with 

14 protective or public safety responsibilities; and 

15 (D) support collaboration between Federal, 

16 State, local, and Tribal government agency be17 havioral threat assessment and management 

18 units. 

19 (3) TRAINING PROGRAM.—Recommendations 

20 relating to a Behavioral Threat Assessment and 

21 Management Training Program, which may train of22 ficers and employees of Federal, State, local, and 

23 Tribal government agencies and private entities in 

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1 dictional behavioral threat assessment and manage2 ment, including— 

3 (A) integrated operations; 

4 (B) information sharing among Federal, 

5 State, local, and Tribal government agencies 

6 and private entities with protective or public 

7 safety responsibilities; and 

8 (C) disseminating published evidence-based 

9 research materials on targeted violence preven10 tion through behavioral threat assessment and 

11 management. 

12 (4) SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PRO13 GRAM.—Recommendations relating to a Behavioral 

14 Threat Assessment and Management School Vio15 lence Prevention Program for educational entities, 

16 which shall— 

17 (A) train and support a multi-disciplinary 

18 and multi-jurisdictional behavioral threat as19 sessment and management process, including 

20 the coordination of information sharing; 

21 (B) consult on real-world complex behav22 ioral threat assessment and management cases 

23 or programs; 


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1 (C) support collaboration between edu2 cational entity behavioral threat assessment and 

3 management units; and 

4 (D) disseminate to educational entities 

5 published research materials on behavioral 

6 threat assessment and management and the 

7 prevention of targeted violence within edu8 cational entities. 

9 (5) MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROFESSIONAL

10 ASSESSMENT.—Recommendations relating to the in11 volvement of mental health service professionals to 

12 collaborate, advise, and consult in a behavioral 

13 threat assessment process, as permitted under appli14 cable Federal and State law. 

15 SEC. 6. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

16 (a) NATIONAL STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 

18 a national strategy relating to behavioral threat as19 sessment and management and consider the rec20 ommendations made by the Task Force pursuant to 

21 section 5 in the development of such strategy. 

22 (2) REQUIREMENT.—In developing the national 

23 strategy required under paragraph (1), the Secretary 

24 shall account for diverse needs and existing re25 sources of different communities. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The national strategy re2 quired under subsection (a) shall take effect 180 days 

3 after the date of enactment of this Act, unless Congress 

4 enacts a joint resolution of disapproval of the national 

5 strategy during such 180-day period. 

6 SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that the 

8 national strategy takes effect under section 6(b), the Sec9 retary shall implement the national strategy and provide 

10 information and training services related to the national 

11 strategy at the request of any Federal, State, local, or 

12 Tribal government agency or private entity with protective 

13 or public safety responsibilities. 

14 (b) CONSULTATION.—In implementing the national 

15 strategy, the Secretary may consult with Federal, State, 

16 local, and Tribal government agencies and private entities. 

17 (c) APPOINTMENT OF HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIAL.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall des19 ignate a senior official within the Department of 

20 Homeland Security to be responsible for coordi21 nating the implementation of the national strategy. 

22 (2) DUTIES.—The duties of the official des23 ignated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include the 

24 following: 


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1 (A) Acting as a liaison between each Fed2 eral agency, as well as any State, local, or Trib3 al government agency or private entity with 

4 protective or public safety responsibilities re5 garding the implementation and coordination of 

6 the strategy. 

7 (B) Being knowledgeable about budget pri8 orities and familiar with all efforts within the 

9 Department of Homeland Security and the 

10 Federal Government related to the strategy. 

11 (d) CONTRACTING SERVICES.—The Secretary shall 

12 enter into contracts with public agencies or private entities 

13 with expertise in behavioral threat assessment and man14 agement to assist with the implementation of the national 

15 strategy. 

16 (e) WEBSITE.—The Secretary shall develop and pub17 lish an interactive public website to publicize information 

18 and data on evidence-based best practices in behavioral 

19 threat assessment and management, except that such 

20 website may not include law enforcement sensitive or clas21 sified data or processes and sources. 

22 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

23 after the date of enactment of this Act and each year 

24 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

25 committees of Congress a report on any action taken to 


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1 implement the national strategy, which shall include the 

2 following: 

3 (1) Information relating to the number of 

4 detailees hired (on a full-time equivalent basis). 

5 (2) Information relating to the number of, and 

6 use of, contracts entered into with public agencies or 

7 private entities, as required under subsection (d). 

8 (3) Information relating to the number of enti9 ties participating in the Behavioral Threat Assess10 ment and Management Training Program under sec11 tion 5(3). 

12 (4) Information relating to the number of edu13 cational entities participating in the Behavioral 

14 Threat Assessment and Management School Vio15 lence Prevention Program under section 5(4). 

16 (5) Information relating to the number of Fed17 eral, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement enti18 ties participating in the Behavioral Threat Assess19 ment and Management Unit Support Program 

20 under section 5(2). 

21 (6) Information relating to the number of 

22 States participating in the Behavioral Threat As23 sessment and Management Grant Program under 

24 section 8. 


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1 (7) A formal evaluation conducted by the 

2 Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute of 

3 the Department of Homeland Security studying the 

4 implementation and effectiveness of the national 

5 strategy. 

6 (8) Information relating to the level of coopera7 tion between Federal Government agencies in the 

8 implementation of the strategy. 

9 (9) An assessment of future trends, challenges, 

10 and opportunities, including new technologies, that 

11 will impact Federal, State, local, and Tribal govern12 ment agency efforts to combat targeted violence 

13 through behavioral threat assessment and manage14 ment. 

15 (10) A detailed accounting of the use of the 

16 waiver authority described in section 8(d). 

17 (g) ANNUAL BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after 

18 the date of enactment of this Act and each year thereafter, 

19 the Secretary shall brief the appropriate committees of 

20 Congress on the progress, changes, and other develop21 ments with respect to implementing the national strategy. 

22 SEC. 8. BEHAVIORAL THREAT ASSESSMENT AND MANAGE23 MENT GRANT PROGRAM. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants 

25 to eligible entities to establish community-based behavioral 


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1 threat assessment and management units that implement 

2 the national strategy. 

3 (b) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under this 

4 subsection, an eligible entity shall submit an application 

5 to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con6 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

7 (c) MATCHING FUNDS.—An eligible entity that re8 ceives a grant under this subsection shall provide a cash 

9 contribution in an amount that is not less than 10 percent 

10 of the amount of the grant. 

11 (d) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive or reduce the 

12 cash contribution required under subsection (c) for eligible 

13 entities that demonstrate a need for such a waiver or re14 duction. 

15 (e) ELIGIBLE ENTITY DEFINED.—In this section, the 

16 term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 

17 (1) a State; 

18 (2) a Tribal organization; 

19 (3) an educational entity; 

20 (4) a unit of local government; or 

21 (5) a nongovernmental organization. 

22 SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro24 priated to carry out sections 7 and 8 $25,000,000 for each 

25 of fiscal years 2020 through 2024. 


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1 (b) LIMITATION.—No funds authorized to be appro2 priated under this section may be used to— 

3 (1) train any individual in the use of a firearm; 

4 or 

5 (2) encourage or discourage the otherwise legal 

6 ownership and use of firearms. 

7 (c) NO EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 

8 Act may be construed to preclude or contradict any other 

9 provision of law authorizing the provision of firearms or 

10 training in the use of firearms. 

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