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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5399 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that grants made 
pursuant to the Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland 
Security Grant Program may be used to increase the preparedness of 
high-risk State, local, territorial, and tribal governments against weapons 
of mass destruction and biological and chemical attacks, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2018 
Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mr. GARRETT, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, 
Ms. HANABUSA, and Mr. YOUNG of Alaska) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify 
that grants made pursuant to the Urban Area Security 
Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Pro-
gram may be used to increase the preparedness of high- 
risk State, local, territorial, and tribal governments 
against weapons of mass destruction and biological and 
chemical attacks, 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 ‘‘Civil Defense Pre-
paredness Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. WMD GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 is amended— 
(1) in section 2001 (6 U.S.C. 601)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), 
(13), and (14) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), 
(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), 
and (16), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) ADVERSARY COUNTRY.—The term ‘adver-
sary country’ means a country referred to or de-
scribed as hostile or as an adversary country in the 
most recent National Security Strategy.’’; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4), as so 
redesignated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) HIGH-RISK STATE.—The term ‘high-risk 
State’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State or territory that is geographi-
cally closest to known adversary countries; and 
‘‘(B) a State or territory proven or deter-
mined by the Secretary, in consultation with the 
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Secretary of Defense, to be highly susceptible to 
a rocket-propelled or other form of kinetically- 
delivered weapon of mass destruction from an 
adversary country.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(17) WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.—The 
term ‘weapon of mass destruction’ means— 
‘‘(A) any explosive, incendiary, poison gas, 
or missile having an explosive or incendiary 
charge of more than one-quarter ounce; or 
‘‘(B) any weapon— 
‘‘(i) intended to cause widespread 
death or serious bodily injury through the 
release, dissemination, or impact of toxic 
chemicals or disease organisms; or 
‘‘(ii) that is designed to release radi-
ation or radioactivity at a level dangerous 
to human life.’’; 
(2) in subsection (a) of section 2003 (6 U.S.C. 
604), by inserting ‘‘, including to assist high-risk 
urban areas to increase preparedness against rocket- 
propelled or other forms of kinetically-delivered 
weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, bio-
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logical, and chemical attacks’’ before the period at 
the end; 
(3) in subsection (a) of section 2004 (6 U.S.C. 
605), by inserting ‘‘, including to assist high-risk 
States to increase preparedness against rocket-pro-
pelled or other forms of kinetically-delivered weapons 
of mass destruction, including nuclear, biological, 
and chemical attacks’’ before the period at the end; 
(4) in subsection (b) of section 2007 (6 U.S.C. 
608)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (9) as 
paragraph (10); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) 
Rocket-propelled 
or 
other 
form 
of 
kinetically-delivered weapon of mass destruction.’’; 
and 
(5) in subsection (a) of section 2008 (6 U.S.C. 
609)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (14) as 
paragraph (15); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (13) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(14) joint projects with State, local, and tribal 
entities for the procurement of, building, and related 
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training of biological weapons attack protective 
equipment, chemical weapons attack protective 
equipment, and nuclear weapons attack building re-
inforcement;’’. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 
31, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Home-
land Security shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and make publically available on an internet 
website of the Department of Homeland Security a report 
on the number of grants made under sections 2003 and 
2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
604 and 605) during the immediately preceding fiscal 
year, with specific information relating to the number of 
such grants that pertained to increasing preparedness 
against rocket-propelled or other forms of kinetically-deliv-
ered weapons of mass destruction (as such term is defined 
in section 2001 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 
as amended by subsection (a)(1)), including nuclear, bio-
logical, and chemical attacks. 
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