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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2550 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of 
Homeland Security Grant Program funds for anti-blood loss purposes, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2019 
Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Mr. WENSTRUP, and Ms. JACKSON LEE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Home-
land Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize 
the use of Homeland Security Grant Program funds 
for anti-blood loss purposes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Prevent Blood Loss 
with Emergency Equipment Devices Act of 2019’’ or the 
‘‘Prevent BLEEDing Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM 
FUNDS FOR ANTI-BLOOD LOSS PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2002 of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ANTI-BLOOD LOSS GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under section 2003 
or 2004 may be used for any of the following pur-
poses: 
‘‘(A) To purchase or distribute anti-blood 
loss supplies for use in medical emergencies in 
a place where people gather. 
‘‘(B) To provide training on the proper use 
of anti-blood loss supplies to appropriate per-
sons for the purpose of enhancing public safety. 
‘‘(C) To make grants to an eligible entity 
for a purpose described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B). 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.—Subject 
to the availability of funds, any State, local, or tribal 
government or high-risk urban area that applies for 
a grant under section 2003 or 2004 for a purpose 
described in paragraph (1) shall be awarded such 
grant. The Secretary shall allocate funds made avail-
able under this subsection by a formula developed by 
the Secretary for such purpose that takes into con-
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sideration the relative populations of each geo-
graphic area for which a grant is made. 
‘‘(3) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall conduct 
outreach to inform State, local, and tribal govern-
ments and high-risk urban areas that apply for 
grants under sections 2003 and 2004 of the avail-
ability of funds under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘anti-blood loss supplies’ 
means tourniquets, gauze, wound-packing mate-
rials, hemostatic dressings, gloves, markers, or 
other appropriate materials. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘eligible entity’ means an 
entity that— 
‘‘(i) does not use anti-blood loss sup-
plies in the ordinary course of business; 
and 
‘‘(ii) certifies as part of a grant appli-
cation process that the entity intends to 
place anti-blood loss supplies procured 
using the grant in locations where the 
equipment is immediately available for 
public use when needed, such as with a 
publicly 
displayed 
automated 
external 
defibrillator.’’. 
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