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Union Calendar No. 368 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1486 
[Report No. 115–495] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure 
non-profit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 9, 2017 
Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. CLARKE 
of New York, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PALLONE, 
Mr. ELLISON, Mr. WELCH, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. PASCRELL, and Mr. 
FASO 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 9, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 
funding to secure non-profit facilities from terrorist at-
tacks, and for other purposes. 
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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 Non- 
Profit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. NON-PROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2009. NON-PROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De-
partment a program to be known as the ‘Non-Profit Secu-
rity Grant Program’ (in this section referred to as the ‘Pro-
gram’). 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 hard-
ening and other security enhancements to protect against 
terrorist attacks. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—Eligible nonprofit orga-
nizations described in this subsection (a) are organizations 
that are— 
‘‘(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 
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‘‘(2) determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack 
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 phys-
ical security enhancement equipment and inspection 
and screening systems. 
‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to phys-
ical security and cybersecurity, target hardening, ter-
rorism awareness, and employee awareness. 
‘‘(3) Any other appropriate activity, including 
cybersecurity resilience activities, as determined by 
the Administrator. 
‘‘(d) PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.—The Administrator 
shall make funds provided under this section available 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 2018 through 2022 submit to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report containing infor-
mation on the expenditure by each grant recipient of grant 
funds made under this section. 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $35,000,000 is authorized for eligible 
recipients located in jurisdictions that receive 
funding under section 2003; and 
‘‘(B) $15,000,000 is authorized for eligible 
recipients in jurisdictions not receiving funding 
under section 2003.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (a) of sec-
tion 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. Non-profit security grant program.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 368 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1486 
[Report No. 115–495] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
provide funding to secure non-profit facilities 
from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 
JANUARY 9, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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