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Union Calendar No. 232 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6825 

[Report No. 117–312] 

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 

MAY 6, 2022 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. LURIA, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. MEIJER, Mr. 

GARBARINO, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Ms. MANNING, Ms. SALAZAR, Mrs. 

CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 

Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CARSON, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. BICE

of Oklahoma, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. PORTER, 

Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BACON, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. WEXTON, 

Mrs. HAYES, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. MENG, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. 

LARSEN of Washington, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. DEAN, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. 

BONAMICI, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. BOWMAN, and Ms. STRICKLAND

MAY 6, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 


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[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 25, 2022] 

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. 


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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 ‘‘Nonprofit Security 

5 Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENTS TO FUNDING AND ADMINISTRA7 TION OF NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PRO8 GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

9 SECURITY. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2009 of the Homeland Se11 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and threats’’ 

13 before the period at the end; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

16 by striking ‘‘this’’ before ‘‘subsection’’; and 

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

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(2) determined by the Secretary to be at risk of 

20 terrorist attacks and threats.’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (c)— 

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

23 and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (E), re24 spectively, and moving such subparagraphs, as 

25 so redesignated, two ems to the right; 


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1 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘The recipi3 ent’’ and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The recipient’’; 

5 (C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig6 nated, by striking ‘‘equipment and inspection 

7 and screening systems’’ and inserting ‘‘equip8 ment, inspection and screening systems, and al9 teration or remodeling of existing buildings or 

10 physical facilities’’; 

11 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B), as 

12 so redesignated, the following new subpara13 graphs: 

14 ‘‘(C) Facility security personnel costs, in15 cluding costs associated with contracted security. 

16 ‘‘(D) Expenses directly related to the ad17 ministration of the grant, except that such ex18 penses may not exceed five percent of the amount 

19 of the grant.’’; and 

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

21 paragraph: 

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

23 recipient receives a grant under this section may re24 tain up to five percent of each grant for expenses di25 rectly related to the administration of the grant.’’; 


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1 (4) in subsection (e)— 

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

3 inserting ‘‘2022 through 2028’’; and 

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

5 sentence: ‘‘Each such report shall also include in6 formation on the number of applications sub7 mitted by eligible nonprofit organizations to each 

8 State, the number of applications submitted by 

9 each State to the Administrator, and the oper10 ations of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program 

11 Office, including staffing resources and efforts 

12 with respect to subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 

13 subsection (c)(1).’’; 

14 (5) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 

15 (j); 

16 (6) by inserting after subsection (e) the following 

17 new subsections: 

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

19 the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Adminis20 trator shall establish within the Federal Emergency Man21 agement Agency a program office for the Program (in this 

22 subsection referred to as the ‘program office’). The program 

23 office shall be headed by a senior official of the Agency. The 

24 Administrator shall administer the Program (including, 


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1 where appropriate, in coordination with States), including 

2 relating to the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) Outreach, engagement, education, and tech4 nical assistance and support to eligible nonprofit or5 ganizations described in subsection (b), with par6 ticular attention to such organizations in underserved 

7 communities, prior to, during, and after the award8 ing of grants, including web-based training videos for 

9 eligible nonprofit organizations that provide guidance 

10 on preparing an application and the environmental 

11 planning and historic preservation process. 

12 ‘‘(2) Establishment of mechanisms to ensure pro13 gram office processes are conducted in accordance 

14 with constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and other 

15 legal and agency policy requirements that protect 

16 civil rights and civil liberties and, to the maximum 

17 extent practicable, advance equity for members of un18 derserved communities. 

19 ‘‘(3) Establishment of mechanisms for the Ad20 ministrator to provide feedback to eligible nonprofit 

21 organizations that do not receive grants. 

22 ‘‘(4) Establishment of mechanisms to collect data 

23 to measure the effectiveness of grants under the Pro24 gram. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Establishment and enforcement of standard2 ized baseline operational requirements for States, in3 cluding requirements for States to eliminate or pre4 vent any administrative or operational obstacles that 

5 may impact eligible nonprofit organizations described 

6 in subsection (b) from receiving grants under the Pro7 gram. 

8 ‘‘(6) Carrying out efforts to prevent waste, fraud, 

9 and abuse, including through audits of grantees. 

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

11 to awarding grants under this section, the Administrator— 

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

13 of funding opportunity or similar announcement, as 

14 the Administrator determines appropriate; and 

15 ‘‘(2) may prohibit States from closing applica16 tion processes prior to the publication of such guide17 lines. 

18 ‘‘(h) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

20 this section, the Administrator shall ensure that— 

21 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 

22 pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 

23 under subsection (k) is provided to eligible re24 cipients located in high-risk urban areas that re25 ceive funding under section 2003 in the current 


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1 fiscal year or received such funding in any of the 

2 preceding ten fiscal years, inclusive of any 

3 amounts States may retain pursuant to para4 graph (2) of subsection (c); and 

5 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 

6 pursuant to the authorizations of appropriations 

7 under subsection (k) is provided to eligible re8 cipients located in jurisdictions not receiving 

9 funding under section 2003 in the current fiscal 

10 year or have not received such funding in any 

11 of the preceding ten fiscal years, inclusive of any 

12 amounts States may retain pursuant to para13 graph (2) of subsection (c). 

14 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

15 (1), the Administrator may allocate a different per16 centage if the Administrator does not receive a suffi17 cient number of applications from eligible recipients 

18 to meet the allocation percentages described in either 

19 subparagraph (A) or (B) of such paragraph. If the 

20 Administrator exercises the authorization under this 

21 paragraph, the Administrator shall, not later than 30 

22 days after such exercise, report to the Committee on 

23 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives 

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1 ernmental Affairs of the Senate regarding such exer2 cise. 

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

4 title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘Pa5 perwork Reduction Act’), shall not apply to any changes 

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

7 Program documentation intended to enhance participation 

8 by eligible nonprofit organizations in the Program.’’; 

9 (7) in subsection (j), as so redesignated— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$75 mil11 lion for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 

13 and $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

14 through 2028’’; and 

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

16 follows: 

17 ‘‘(2) TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.—During a fiscal 

18 year, the Administrator may transfer not more than 

19 five percent of amounts appropriated pursuant to the 

20 authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) 

21 or other amounts appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available to carry out the Program for such fiscal 

23 year to an account of the Federal Emergency Manage24 ment Agency for costs incurred for the management, 

25 administration, or evaluation of this section.’’; and 


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1 (8) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(k) TREATMENT.—Nonprofit organizations deter4 mined by the Secretary to be at risk of extremist attacks 

5 other than terrorist attacks and threats under subsection (a) 

6 are deemed to satisfy the conditions specified in subsection 

7 (b) if protecting such organizations against such other ex8 tremist attacks would help protect such organizations 

9 against such terrorist attacks and threats.’’. 

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

11 the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 

12 Emergency Management Agency shall submit to the Com13 mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa14 tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov15 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan for the administra16 tion of the program office for the Nonprofit Security Grant 

17 Program established under subsection (f) of section 2009 of 

18 the Homeland Security Act 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a), as 

19 amended by subsection (a), including a staffing plan for 

20 such program office. 

21 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2008 of the 

22 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609) is amend23 ed— 


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1 (1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘sections 2003 

2 and 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 

3 2009’’; and 

4 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘section 2003 or 

5 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, or 2009’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 232 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6825 

[Report No. 117–312] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

purposes. partment of Homeland Security, and for other Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the Deenhance the funding and administration of the 

MAY 6, 2022 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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