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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2476 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 11, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 

funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019’’. 

4 SEC. 2. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

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

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

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

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

10 Department a program to be known as the ‘Nonprofit Se11 curity Grant Program’ (in this section referred to as the 

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

13 through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 

14 nonprofit organizations described in subsection (b), 

15 through the State in which such organizations are located, 

16 for target hardening and other security enhancements to 

17 protect against terrorist attacks. 

18 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Eligible nonprofit or19 ganizations described in this subsection (a) are organiza20 tions that are— 

21 ‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter22 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

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

24 ‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist at25 tack by the Administrator. 


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

2 under this section may use such grant for any of the fol3 lowing uses: 

4 ‘‘(1) Target hardening activities, including 

5 physical security enhancement equipment and in6 spection and screening systems. 

7 ‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to phys8 ical security and cybersecurity, target hardening, 

9 terrorism awareness, and employee awareness. 

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

11 cybersecurity resilience activities, as determined by 

12 the Administrator. 

13 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Adminis14 trator shall make funds provided under this section avail15 able for use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not 

16 less than 36 months. 

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

18 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 submit to the 

19 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

21 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report con22 taining information on the expenditure by each grant re23 cipient of grant funds made under this section. 

24 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 


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

2 appropriated $75 million for each of fiscal years 

3 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 

4 ‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts author5 ized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 

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

7 recipients located in jurisdictions that receive 

8 funding under section 2003; and 

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

10 recipients in jurisdictions not receiving funding 

11 under section 2003.’’. 

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

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

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

15 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 2009’’. 

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

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

18 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

19 2008 the following new item: 

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

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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