I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2476 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure 
nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2019 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. KING of New 
York, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. 
BALDERSON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. MOORE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Miss 
RICE of New York, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. SPEIER, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. BASS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. 
HIGGINS of New York, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. WELCH, Ms. 
JACKSON
LEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. HOULAHAN, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MI-
CHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. NOR-
CROSS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. SAR-
BANES, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. TURNER, Mr. CORREA, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, 
Ms. MENG, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. COOPER, 
Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. RYAN, Mr. 
CISNEROS, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. HURD of Texas, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Ms. GABBARD, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. LAMB, Mr. PETERS, Mr. HARDER 
of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. DEFAZIO, 
Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. BERA, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New 
Mexico, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. HIMES, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. 
MCCAUL, Mr. BACON, Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Ms. 
FUDGE, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. DEAN, 
Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. COURTNEY, and Mr. CHABOT) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 
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funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist at-
tacks, 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 ‘‘Securing American 
Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2009. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department a program to be known as the ‘Nonprofit Se-
curity Grant Program’ (in this section referred to as the 
‘Program’). Under the Program, the Secretary, acting 
through the Administrator, shall make grants to eligible 
nonprofit organizations described in subsection (b), 
through the State in which such organizations are located, 
for target hardening and other security enhancements to 
protect against terrorist attacks. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Eligible nonprofit or-
ganizations described in this subsection (a) are organiza-
tions that are— 
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‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) of such Code; and 
‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist at-
tack by the Administrator. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section may use such grant for any of the fol-
lowing uses: 
‘‘(1) Target hardening activities, including 
physical security enhancement equipment and in-
spection and screening systems. 
‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to phys-
ical security and cybersecurity, target hardening, 
terrorism awareness, and employee awareness. 
‘‘(3) Any other appropriate activity, including 
cybersecurity resilience activities, as determined by 
the Administrator. 
‘‘(d) PERIOD
OF PERFORMANCE.—The Adminis-
trator shall make funds provided under this section avail-
able for use by a recipient of a grant for a period of not 
less than 36 months. 
‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually for 
each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
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and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report con-
taining information on the expenditure by each grant re-
cipient of grant funds made under this section. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2024 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $50,000,000 is authorized for eligible 
recipients located in jurisdictions that receive 
funding under section 2003; and 
‘‘(B) $25,000,000 is authorized for eligible 
recipients in jurisdictions not receiving funding 
under section 2003.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of 
section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 603) is amended by striking ‘‘sections 2003 and 
2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 2009’’. 
(c) 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. Nonprofit security grant program.’’ 
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