H. R. 2476 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 

An Act 

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

facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing American Nonprofit 

Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019’’. 

SEC. 2. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding 

at the end the following new section: 

‘‘SEC. 2009. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

a program to be known as the ‘Nonprofit Security Grant Program’ 

(in this section referred to as the ‘Program’). Under the Program, 

the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall make grants 

to eligible nonprofit organizations described in subsection (b), 

through the State in which such organizations are located, for 

target hardening and other security enhancements to protect 

against terrorist attacks. 

‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Eligible nonprofit organizations 

described in this subsection (a) are organizations that are— 

‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 

such Code; and 

‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack by the 

Administrator. 

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

section may use such grant for any of the following uses: 

‘‘(1) Target hardening activities, including physical security 

enhancement equipment and inspection and screening systems. 

‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to physical security 

and cybersecurity, target hardening, terrorism awareness, and 

employee awareness. 

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

resilience activities, as determined by the Administrator. 

‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator shall make 

funds provided under this section available for use by a recipient 

of a grant for a period of not less than 36 months. 
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‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually for each of 

fiscal years 2020 through 2024 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

a report containing information on the expenditure by each grant 

recipient of grant funds made under this section. 

‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

$75 million for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry 

out this section. 

‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be 

appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 

‘‘(A) $50 million is authorized for eligible recipients 

located in jurisdictions that receive funding under section 

2003; and 

‘‘(B) $25 million is authorized for eligible recipients 

in jurisdictions not receiving funding under section 2003.’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of section 2002 

of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603) is amended 

by striking ‘‘sections 2003 and 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 

2004, and 2009’’. 

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in section 

1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting 

after the item relating to section 2008 the following new item: 

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

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.