H. R. 2476 
One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen 
An Act 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure nonprofit 
facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Secu-
rity 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 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 organizations 
described in this subsection (a) are organizations that are— 
‘‘(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 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 attack by the 
Administrator. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant under this 
section may use such grant for any of the following uses: 
‘‘(1) Target hardening activities, including physical security 
enhancement equipment and inspection and screening systems. 
‘‘(2) Fees for security training relating to physical 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 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.
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‘‘(e) REPORT.—The Administrator shall annually for each of 
fiscal years 2020 through 2024 submit to the Committee on Home-
land Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
a report containing information on the expenditure by each grant 
recipient of grant funds made under this section. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
$75 million for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry 
out this section. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFICATION.—Of the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) $50 million is authorized for eligible recipients 
located in jurisdictions that receive funding under section 
2003; and 
‘‘(B) $25 million 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.’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.