IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 1486 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JANUARY 10, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide 
funding to secure non-profit 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, 
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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 
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. NON-PROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department a program to be known as the ‘Non-Profit 
Security 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— 
‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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 2018 through 2022 submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
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.— 
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