IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5859 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 
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 establish 
the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training 
and exercise grant program, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Counter-
terrorism Preparedness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTERROR-
ISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2009. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTER-
RORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator and the heads of other 
relevant components of the Department, shall carry 
out a program for emergency response providers to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to the most likely 
terrorist attack scenarios, including active shooters, 
as determined by the Secretary, against major met-
ropolitan areas. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—In establishing the pro-
gram under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pro-
vide to eligible applicants— 
‘‘(A) information, in an unclassified for-
mat, on the most likely terrorist attack sce-
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narios, including active shooters, which such 
grants are intended to address; and 
‘‘(B) information on training and exercises 
best practices. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Emergency response pro-
viders in jurisdictions that are currently receiving, or 
that previously received, funding under section 2003 
may apply for a grant under the program estab-
lished in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTIONS.—Eligible ap-
plicants receiving funding under the program estab-
lished in subsection (a) may include in activities 
funded by such program neighboring jurisdictions 
that would be likely to provide mutual aid in re-
sponse to the most likely terrorist attack scenarios, 
including active shooters. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Eligible applicants de-
scribed in subsection (b) may apply for a grant 
under this section, and shall submit such informa-
tion in support of an application as the Adminis-
trator may require. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.— 
The Administrator shall require that each applicant 
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include in its application at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The purpose for which the applicant 
seeks grant funds, including a description of 
how the applicant plans to use such funds. 
‘‘(B) A description of how the activity for 
which the funding is sought will prepare the ap-
plicant to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
complex, coordinated attacks. 
‘‘(C) A description of how the applicant 
will work with community partners located 
within the applicant’s jurisdiction, such as 
schools, places of worship, and businesses, as 
appropriate, when conducting activities per-
mitted under subsection (d). 
‘‘(D) Such other information as deter-
mined necessary by the Administrator. 
‘‘(d) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section may use such grant to conduct training 
and exercises consistent with preventing, preparing for, 
and responding to the most likely terrorist attack sce-
narios, including active shooters. 
‘‘(e) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator 
shall make funds provided under this section available for 
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use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not fewer 
than 24 months. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this 
section $39,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 
2022.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2008 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2009. Major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise 
grant program.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 21, 
2016. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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