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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5643 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for active shooter 

and mass casualty incident response assistance, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 6, 2016 

Ms. DUCKWORTH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the 

Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 

for active shooter and mass casualty incident response 

assistance, 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 ‘‘Active Shooter Pre5 paredness Enhancement Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ACTIVE SHOOTER AND MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT 

2 RESPONSE ASSISTANCE. 

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

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

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

6 ‘‘SEC. 890B. ACTIVE SHOOTER AND MASS CASUALTY INCI7 DENT RESPONSE ASSISTANCE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 

9 with the Attorney General and the heads of other Federal 

10 agencies as appropriate, shall develop and make available 

11 to State, local, tribal, territorial, private sector, and non12 governmental partners guidance to assist in the develop13 ment of emergency action and response plans for active 

14 shooter and mass casualty incidents in public and private 

15 locations, including facilities that have been identified by 

16 the Department as potentially vulnerable targets. 

17 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE DESCRIBED.—Guidance developed 

18 and provided pursuant to subsection (a) may relate to the 

19 development of the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) A strategy for properly responding to an 

21 active shooter or mass casualty incident in a public 

22 or private location, including evacuating and pro23 viding care to persons in such location, with consid24 eration given to the needs of persons with disabil25 ities. 


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1 ‘‘(2) A plan for establishing a unified command, 

2 including identification of staging areas for law en3 forcement, fire response, and medical personnel. 

4 ‘‘(3) A schedule for regular testing of equip5 ment used to receive communications during such an 

6 incident. 

7 ‘‘(4) A practiced method and plan to commu8 nicate with occupants of such location during such 

9 an incident. 

10 ‘‘(5) A practiced method and plan to commu11 nicate with the surrounding community regarding 

12 such an incident and the needs of Federal, State, 

13 and local officials. 

14 ‘‘(6) A plan for coordinating with volunteer or15 ganizations to expedite assistance for victims. 

16 ‘‘(7) A schedule for joint exercises and training. 

17 ‘‘(8) A plan for outreach to facilities that have 

18 been identified by the Department as potentially vul19 nerable targets. 

20 ‘‘(9) Other planning documents, as determined 

21 by the Secretary, including appropriate regionally fo22 cused products, plans, training, and outreach.’’. 

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

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1 serting after the item relating to section 890A the fol2 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 890B. Active shooter and mass casualty incident response assistance.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR MASS CAS4 UALTY AND ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS. 

5 Paragraph (2) of section 2006(a) of the Homeland 

6 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 607(a)) is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 

8 through (I) as subparagraphs (F) through (J), re9 spectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol11 lowing new subparagraph: 

12 ‘‘(E) training exercises to enhance pre13 paredness for and response to mass casualty 

14 and active shooter incidents and security events 

15 at public and private locations;’’. 

16 SEC. 4. CONSIDERATION OF ACTIVE SHOOTER THREATS. 

17 Subsection (b) of section 2007 of the Homeland Se18 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 608) is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para20 graph (10); and 

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol22 lowing new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(9) Active shooters.’’. 

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