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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6825 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the funding 

and administration of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the 

Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2022 

Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. KATKO, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 

Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. CORREA, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. CLEAVER, 

Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. 

TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Miss RICE of New York, Mrs. DEMINGS, 

Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. MALINOWSKI, and Mr. TORRES

of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance 

the funding and administration of the Nonprofit Security 

Grant Program of the Department of Homeland Security, 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 ‘‘Nonprofit Security 

5 Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENTS TO FUNDING AND ADMINISTRA2 TION OF NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PRO3 GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

4 SECURITY. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2009 of the Homeland 

6 Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c)— 

8 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 

9 and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (E), re10 spectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as 

11 so redesignated, two ems to the right; 

12 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘The recipi14 ent’’ and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The recipient’’; 

16 (C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig17 nated, by striking ‘‘equipment and inspection 

18 and screening systems’’ and inserting ‘‘equip19 ment, inspection and screening systems, and al20 teration or remodeling of existing buildings or 

21 physical facilities’’; 

22 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B), 

23 as so redesignated, the following new subpara24 graphs: 


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1 ‘‘(C) Facility security personnel costs, in2 cluding costs associated with contracted secu3 rity. 

4 ‘‘(D) Expenses directly related to the ad5 ministration of the grant, except that such ex6 penses may not exceed five percent of the 

7 amount of the grant.’’; and 

8 (E) by adding at the end the following new 

9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(2) RETENTION.—Each State through which a 

11 recipient receives a grant under this section may re12 tain up to five percent of each grant for expenses di13 rectly related to the administration of the grant.’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (e)— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘2020 through 2024’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2028’’; and 

17 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

18 sentence: ‘‘Each such report shall also include 

19 information on the number of applications sub20 mitted by eligible nonprofit organizations to 

21 each State, the number of applications sub22 mitted by each State to the Administrator, and 

23 the operations of the Nonprofit Security Grant 

24 Program Office, including staffing resources 


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1 and efforts with respect to subparagraphs (A) 

2 through (E) of subsection (c)(1).’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub4 section (j); 

5 (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol6 lowing new subsections: 

7 ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.—Not later than 120 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Ad9 ministrator shall establish within the Federal Emergency 

10 Management Agency a program office for the Nonprofit 

11 Security Grant Program (in this subsection referred to as 

12 the ‘program office’). The program office shall be headed 

13 by a senior official of the Agency. The program office shall 

14 administer the Program (including, where appropriate, in 

15 coordination with States), including relating to the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(1) Outreach, engagement, education, and 

18 technical assistance and support to eligible nonprofit 

19 organizations described in subsection (b), with par20 ticular attention to such organizations in under21 served communities, prior to, during, and after the 

22 awarding of grants, including web-based training 

23 videos for eligible nonprofit organizations that pro24 vide guidance on preparing an application and the 


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1 environmental planning and historic preservation 

2 process. 

3 ‘‘(2) Establishment of mechanisms to ensure 

4 program office processes are conducted in accord5 ance with constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and 

6 other legal and agency policy requirements that pro7 tect civil rights and civil liberties and, to the max8 imum extent practicable, advance equity for mem9 bers of underserved communities. 

10 ‘‘(3) Establishment of mechanisms for the Ad11 ministrator to provide feedback to eligible nonprofit 

12 organizations that do not receive grants. 

13 ‘‘(4) Establishment of mechanisms to collect 

14 data to measure the effectiveness of grants under 

15 the Program. 

16 ‘‘(5) Establishment and enforcement of stand17 ardized baseline operational requirements for States, 

18 including requirements for States to eliminate or 

19 prevent any administrative or operational obstacles 

20 that may impact eligible nonprofit organizations de21 scribed in subsection (b) from receiving grants under 

22 the Program. 

23 ‘‘(6) Carrying out efforts to prevent waste, 

24 fraud, and abuse, including through audits of grant25 ees. 


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1 ‘‘(g) GRANT GUIDELINES.—For each fiscal year, 

2 prior to awarding grants under this section, the Adminis3 trator— 

4 ‘‘(1) shall publish guidelines, including a notice 

5 of funding opportunity or similar announcement, as 

6 the Administrator determines appropriate; and 

7 ‘‘(2) may prohibit States from closing applica8 tion processes prior to the publication of such guide9 lines. 

10 ‘‘(h) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 

12 this section, the Administrator shall ensure that— 

13 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 

14 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

15 under subsection (j) is provided to eligible re16 cipients located in jurisdictions that receive 

17 funding under section 2003, inclusive of any 

18 amounts States may retain pursuant to para19 graph (2) of subsection (c); and 

20 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 

21 pursuant to the authorizations of appropria22 tions under subsection (j) is provided to eligible 

23 recipients located in jurisdictions not receiving 

24 funding under section 2003, inclusive of any 


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1 amounts States may retain pursuant to para2 graph (2) of subsection (c). 

3 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

4 (1), the Administrator may allocate a different per5 centage if the Administrator does not receive a suffi6 cient number of applications from eligible recipients 

7 to meet the allocation percentages described in ei8 ther subparagraph (A) or (B) of such paragraph. If 

9 the Administrator exercises the authorization under 

10 this paragraph, the Administrator shall, not later 

11 than 30 days after such exercise, report to the Com12 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep13 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu14 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regard15 ing such exercise. 

16 ‘‘(i) PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 of 

17 title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Pa18 perwork Reduction Act’), shall not apply to any changes 

19 to the application materials, Program forms, or other core 

20 Program documentation intended to enhance participation 

21 by eligible nonprofit organizations in the Program.’’; and 

22 (5) in subsection (j), as so redesignated— 

23 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$75 mil24 lion for each of fiscal years 2020 through 

25 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000 for fiscal 


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1 year 2022 and $500,000,000 for each of fiscal 

2 years 2023 through 2028’’; and 

3 (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 

4 follows: 

5 ‘‘(2) TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.—During a fis6 cal year, the Administrator may transfer not more 

7 than five percent of amounts appropriated pursuant 

8 to the authorization of appropriations under para9 graph (1) or other amounts appropriated or other10 wise made available to carry out the Program for 

11 such fiscal year to an account of the Federal Emer12 gency Management Agency for costs incurred for the 

13 management, administration, or evaluation of this 

14 section.’’. 

15 (b) PLAN.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

16 the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed17 eral Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the 

18 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep19 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

20 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a plan for the 

21 administration of the program office for the Nonprofit Se22 curity Grant Program established under subsection (f) of 

23 section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act 2002 (6 


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1 U.S.C. 609a), as amended by subsection (a), including a 

2 staffing plan for such program office. 

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