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Calendar No. 193 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1539 

[Report No. 116–89] 

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

nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2019 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. 

CASEY, Ms. WARREN, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. RUBIO, 

and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

A BILL 

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 ‘‘Protecting Faith3 Based and Nonprofit Organizations From Terrorism Act 

4 of 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 

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

7 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 et seq.) 

8 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

10 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘eligible 

11 nonprofit organization’ means an organization that is— 

12 ‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter13 nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 

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

15 ‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist at16 tack by the Administrator. 

17 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

18 Department a program to be known as the ‘Nonprofit Se19 curity Grant Program’, under which the Secretary, acting 

20 through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 

21 nonprofit organizations, through the State in which such 

22 organizations are located, for target hardening and other 

23 security enhancements to protect against terrorist attacks. 

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

25 under this section may use such grant for any of the fol26 lowing uses: 


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1 ‘‘(1) Target hardening activities, including 

2 physical security enhancement equipment and in3 spection and screening systems. 

4 ‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to phys5 ical security and cybersecurity, target hardening, 

6 terrorism awareness, and employee awareness. 

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

8 cybersecurity resilience activities, as determined by 

9 the Administrator. 

10 ‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Adminis11 trator shall make funds provided under this section avail12 able for use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not 

13 less than 36 months. 

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

15 each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 submit to the 

16 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af17 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Secu18 rity of the House of Representatives a report containing 

19 information on the expenditure by each recipient of grant 

20 funds provided under this section. 

21 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

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

24 2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts author2 ized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 

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

4 nonprofit organizations located in jurisdictions 

5 that receive funding under section 2003; and 

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

7 nonprofit organizations located in jurisdictions 

8 not receiving funding under section 2003.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2002(a) of 

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

11 amended by striking ‘‘sections 2003 and 2004’’ and in12 serting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 2009’’. 

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

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

15 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

16 2008 the following: 

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


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Calendar No. 193 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1539 

[Report No. 116–89] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported without amendment 


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