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Union Calendar No. 67 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2476 

[Report No. 116–92] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure 

nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 2, 2019 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KING of New 

York, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. 

BALDERSON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Miss 

RICE of New York, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Ms. BASS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. 

HIGGINS of New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. WELCH, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. 

VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 

Mr. TURNER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, 

Ms. MENG, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. COOPER, 

Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. RYAN, Mr. 

CISNEROS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. BONAMICI, 

Ms. GABBARD, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. LAMB, Mr. PETERS, Mr. HARDER

of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. DEFAZIO, 

Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. BERA, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New 

Mexico, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. 

MCCAUL, Mr. BACON, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Ms. 

FUDGE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. DEAN, 

Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 


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MAY 30, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LATTA, 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. MAST, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Mr. 

SCHWEIKERT, and Mrs. BUSTOS

MAY 30, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 

funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, 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 ‘‘Securing American 

5 Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

8 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 

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

10 ‘‘SEC. 2009. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

11 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

12 Department a program to be known as the ‘Nonprofit Se13 curity Grant Program’ (in this section referred to as the 

14 ‘Program’). Under the Program, the Secretary, acting 

15 through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 

16 nonprofit organizations described in subsection (b), 

17 through the State in which such organizations are located, 

18 for target hardening and other security enhancements to 

19 protect against terrorist attacks. 

20 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Eligible nonprofit or21 ganizations described in this subsection (a) are organiza22 tions that are— 

23 ‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter24 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

25 under section 501(a) of such Code; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist at2 tack by the Administrator. 

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

4 under this section may use such grant for any of the fol5 lowing uses: 

6 ‘‘(1) Target hardening activities, including 

7 physical security enhancement equipment and in8 spection and screening systems. 

9 ‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to phys10 ical security and cybersecurity, target hardening, 

11 terrorism awareness, and employee awareness. 

12 ‘‘(3) Any other appropriate activity, including 

13 cybersecurity resilience activities, as determined by 

14 the Administrator. 

15 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Adminis16 trator shall make funds provided under this section avail17 able for use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not 

18 less than 36 months. 

19 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually for 

20 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 submit to the 

21 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep22 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

23 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report con24 taining information on the expenditure by each grant re25 cipient of grant funds made under this section. 


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1 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

3 appropriated $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

4 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 

5 ‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts author6 ized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 

7 ‘‘(A) $50,000,000 is authorized for eligible 

8 recipients located in jurisdictions that receive 

9 funding under section 2003; and 

10 ‘‘(B) $25,000,000 is authorized for eligible 

11 recipients in jurisdictions not receiving funding 

12 under section 2003.’’. 

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 

14 section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

15 U.S.C. 603) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 2003 and 

16 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 2009’’. 

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

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

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

20 2008 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 2009. Nonprofit security grant program.’’ 


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Union Calendar No. 67 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2476 

[Report No. 116–92] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities 

MAY 30, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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