I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6507 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and certain other laws relating 
to certain preparedness, transit, and port security grant programs to 
improve oversight, transparency, and stakeholder engagement in the ad-
ministration of such grant programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2025 
Mr. KENNEDY of New York (for himself and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and certain 
other laws relating to certain preparedness, transit, and 
port security grant programs to improve oversight, trans-
parency, and stakeholder engagement in the administra-
tion of such grant programs, 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 ‘‘DHS Grants Account-
ability Act’’. 
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(3) ADMINISTRATION
AND
COORDINATION.— 
Section 2021 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 611) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (e); 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(c) DEADLINES AND APPLICATION PERIODS.—For 
each notice of funding opportunity for a grant program 
under a specified section, the Administrator shall carry 
out the following: 
‘‘(1) Make such notice publicly available in ac-
cordance with the deadlines, if any, specified in the 
applicable appropriations Act, but if no such dead-
line is so specified, make such notice publicly avail-
able not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of such Act. 
‘‘(2) Allow each eligible recipient under such 
grant program not fewer than 30 days after such 
notice is made publicly available to submit an appli-
cation with respect to such grant program. 
‘‘(d) PERIODS
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Adminis-
trator shall make grant funds provided under a specified 
section available for use by the recipient of such grant 
funds for a period of not fewer than 54 months.’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(f) SPECIFIED SECTION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘specified section’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(1) Section 2003. 
‘‘(2) Section 2004. 
‘‘(3) Section 2009.’’. 
(4) RISK ASSESSMENT DEADLINE.—Subsection 
(c)(2)(C) of section 2022 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 612) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(C) DEADLINE.—With respect to any fis-
cal year for which the Department intends to 
make a grant or administers a grant, the infor-
mation required under subparagraph (A) shall 
be provided not fewer than 30 days before any 
notice of funding opportunity or other program 
guidance relating to any such grant.’’. 
(5) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2009 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
609a) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (d); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(e) 
through (i) as subsections (d) through (h), re-
spectively; and 
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(C) in subsection (c)(3)(C), by striking 
‘‘(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘(f)’’. 
(b) TRANSIT
AND PORT SECURITY GRANT PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(1) DEADLINES AND PERIODS WITH RESPECT 
TO
PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
GRANTS.—Section 
1406 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 
9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1135) is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (n) as sub-
section (o); and 
(B) by striking subsection (m) and insert-
ing the following new subsections: 
‘‘(m) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—Funds provided 
pursuant to a grant awarded under this section for a use 
specified in subsection (b) shall remain available for use 
by a grant recipient for a period of not fewer than 54 
months. 
‘‘(n) DEADLINES AND APPLICATION PERIODS.—For 
each notice of funding opportunity for the grant program 
under this section, the Secretary shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Make such notice publicly available in ac-
cordance with the deadlines, if any, specified in the 
applicable appropriations Act, but if no such dead-
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line is so specified, make such notice publicly avail-
able not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of such Act. 
‘‘(2) Allow each eligible recipient under such 
grant program not fewer than 30 days after such 
notice is made publicly available to submit an appli-
cation with respect to such grant program.’’. 
(2) RAILROAD SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1513 of the Implementing Recommendations of the 
9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (6 U.S.C. 1163) is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-
section (j); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (h) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) DEADLINES AND APPLICATION PERIODS.—For 
each notice of funding opportunity for the grant program 
under this section, the Secretary shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Make such notice publicly available in ac-
cordance with the deadlines, if any, specified in the 
applicable appropriations Act, but if no such dead-
line is so specified, make such notice publicly avail-
able not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of such Act. 
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‘‘(2) Allow each eligible recipient under such 
grant program not fewer than 30 days after such 
notice is made publicly available to submit an appli-
cation with respect to such grant program.’’. 
(3) OVER-THE-ROAD
BUS
SECURITY
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 1532 of the Implementing Rec-
ommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
(6 U.S.C. 1182) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (l); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (j) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) DEADLINES AND APPLICATION PERIODS.—For 
each notice of funding opportunity for the grant program 
under this section, the Secretary shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Make such notice publicly available in ac-
cordance with the deadlines, if any, specified in the 
applicable appropriations Act, but if no such dead-
line is so specified, make such notice publicly avail-
able not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of such Act. 
‘‘(2) Allow each eligible recipient under such 
grant program not fewer than 30 days after such 
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notice is made publicly available to submit an appli-
cation with respect to such grant program.’’. 
(4) PORT SECURITY GRANTS.—Section 70107 
of title 46, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(n) DEADLINES AND APPLICATION PERIODS.—For 
each notice of funding opportunity for a grant program 
under this section, the Secretary shall carry out the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Make such notice publicly available in ac-
cordance with the deadlines, if any, specified in the 
applicable appropriations Act, but if no such dead-
line is so specified, make such notice publicly avail-
able not later than 60 days after the date of the en-
actment of such Act. 
‘‘(2) Allow each eligible recipient under such 
grant program not fewer than 30 days after such 
notice is made publicly available to submit an appli-
cation with respect to such grant program.’’. 
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