and efforts with respect to subparagraphs (A) 
through (E) of subsection (c)(1).’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (j); 
(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Ad-
ministrator shall establish within the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency a program office for the Nonprofit 
Security Grant Program (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘program office’). The program office shall be headed 
by a senior official of the Agency. The program office shall 
administer the Program (including, where appropriate, in 
coordination with States), including relating to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Outreach, engagement, education, and 
technical assistance and support to eligible nonprofit 
organizations described in subsection (b), with par-
ticular attention to such organizations in under-
served communities, prior to, during, and after the 
awarding of grants, including web-based training 
videos for eligible nonprofit organizations that pro-
vide guidance on preparing an application and the 
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environmental planning and historic preservation 
process. 
‘‘(2) Establishment of mechanisms to ensure 
program office processes are conducted in accord-
ance with constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and 
other legal and agency policy requirements that pro-
tect civil rights and civil liberties and, to the max-
imum extent practicable, advance equity for mem-
bers of underserved communities. 
‘‘(3) Establishment of mechanisms for the Ad-
ministrator to provide feedback to eligible nonprofit 
organizations that do not receive grants. 
‘‘(4) Establishment of mechanisms to collect 
data to measure the effectiveness of grants under 
the Program. 
‘‘(5) Establishment and enforcement of stand-
ardized baseline operational requirements for States, 
including requirements for States to eliminate or 
prevent any administrative or operational obstacles 
that may impact eligible nonprofit organizations de-
scribed in subsection (b) from receiving grants under 
the Program. 
‘‘(6) Carrying out efforts to prevent waste, 
fraud, and abuse, including through audits of grant-
ees. 
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‘‘(g) GRANT GUIDELINES.—For each fiscal year, 
prior to awarding grants under this section, the Adminis-
trator— 
‘‘(1) shall publish guidelines, including a notice 
of funding opportunity or similar announcement, as 
the Administrator determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) may prohibit States from closing applica-
tion processes prior to the publication of such guide-
lines. 
‘‘(h) ALLOCATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 
this section, the Administrator shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations 
under subsection (j) is provided to eligible re-
cipients located in jurisdictions that receive 
funding under section 2003, inclusive of any 
amounts States may retain pursuant to para-
graph (2) of subsection (c); and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent of amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorizations of appropria-
tions under subsection (j) is provided to eligible 
recipients located in jurisdictions not receiving 
funding under section 2003, inclusive of any 
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