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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1308 

To allow Homeland Security Grant Program funds to be used to safeguard 

faith-based community centers and houses of worship across the United 

States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2019 

Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Ms. MCSALLY) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To allow Homeland Security Grant Program funds to be 

used to safeguard faith-based community centers and 

houses of worship across the United States, 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 ‘‘Faith-Based Commu5 nity Center Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT 

2 PROGRAM. 

3 Title XX of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 

4 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended— 

5 (1) in section 2001 (6 U.S.C. 601)— 

6 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

7 through (14) as paragraphs (12) through (16), 

8 respectively; 

9 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

10 through (9) as paragraphs (7) through (10), re11 spectively; 

12 (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 

13 following: 

14 ‘‘(6) FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY CENTER.—The 

15 term ‘faith-based community center’ means— 

16 ‘‘(A) a facility operated by a nonprofit 

17 faith-based community organization for the pro18 vision of recreational, social, or education serv19 ices; or 

20 ‘‘(B) a house of worship.’’; and 

21 (D) by inserting after paragraph (10), as 

22 so redesignated, the following: 

23 ‘‘(11) NONPROFIT.—The term ‘nonprofit’ 

24 means an organization described under section 

25 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 


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1 exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such 

2 Code.’’; and 

3 (2) in section 2008 (6 U.S.C. 609)— 

4 (A) in subsection (a)— 

5 (i) in paragraph (13), by striking 

6 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

7 (ii) by redesignating paragraph (14) 

8 as paragraph (15); and 

9 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (13) 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(14) protecting a faith-based community cen12 ter or vulnerable populations, including children or 

13 the elderly; and’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(g) PROTECTION OF FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY

16 CENTERS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—Of the 

18 total amount authorized to be appropriated under 

19 paragraph (3) for grants awarded for the purpose 

20 described in subsection (a)(14), the Administrator 

21 shall award— 

22 ‘‘(A) 50 percent for the protection of faith23 based community centers and vulnerable popu24 lations in communities with a population of not 


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1 more than 1,000,000 individuals, as determined 

2 by the latest available decennial census; and 

3 ‘‘(B) 50 percent for the protection of faith4 based community centers in communities and 

5 vulnerable populations with a population of 

6 more than 1,000,000 individuals, as determined 

7 by the latest available decennial census. 

8 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 There are authorized to be appropriated 

10 $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to the Adminis11 trator to make grants for the purpose described in 

12 subsection (a)(14).’’. 

13 SEC. 3. FALSE INFORMATION AND HOAXES. 

14 Section 1038(a)(1)(A) of title 18, United States 

15 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 

16 years’’. 

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