(1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘sections 2003 
and 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, and 
2009’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘section 2003 
or 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 2003, 2004, or 
2009’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nonprofit Security 
Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENTS TO FUNDING AND ADMINISTRA-
TION OF NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PRO-
GRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2009 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 609a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and other 
threats’’ before the period at the end; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and 
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) determined by the Secretary to be at risk of 
terrorists attacks and other threats.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (E), re-
spectively, and adjusting the margins accord-
ingly; 
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘The recipi-
ent’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The recipient’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘equipment and inspection 
and screening systems’’ and inserting ‘‘equip-
ment, inspection and screening systems, and al-
teration or remodeling of existing buildings or 
physical facilities’’; 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(C) Facility security personnel costs, in-
cluding contracted security. 
‘‘(D) Expenses directly related to the ad-
ministration of the grant, except that those ex-
penses may not exceed 5 percent of the amount 
of the grant.’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RETENTION.—Each State through which a 
recipient receives a grant under this section may re-
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tain not more than 5 percent of each grant for ex-
penses directly related to the administration of the 
grant. 
‘‘(3) OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator es-
tablishes target allocations in determining award 
amounts under the Program, a State may re-
quest a project to use some of the target alloca-
tion for outreach and technical assistance if the 
State does not receive enough eligible applica-
tions from nonprofit organizations located out-
side high-risk urban areas. 
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—Any outreach or technical 
assistance described in subparagraph (A) should 
prioritize underserved communities and non-
profit 
organizations 
that 
are 
traditionally 
underrepresented in the Program. 
‘‘(C) PARAMETERS.—In determining grant 
guidelines under subsection (g), the Adminis-
trator may determine the parameters for out-
reach and technical assistance.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2020 through 2024’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2022 through 2028’’; 
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(B) by striking ‘‘on the expenditure’’ and 
inserting ‘‘on— 
‘‘(1) the expenditure’’; 
(C) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by 
striking the period at the end and inserting a 
semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) the number of applications submitted by eli-
gible nonprofit organizations to each State; 
‘‘(3) the number of applications submitted by 
each State to the Administrator; and 
‘‘(4) the operations of the program office of the 
Program, including staffing resources and efforts with 
respect to subparagraphs (A) through (D) of sub-
section (c)(1).’’; and 
(5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of the Nonprofit Security Grant Pro-
gram Improvement Act of 2022, the Administrator shall en-
sure that within the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy, a program office for the Program (in this subsection 
referred to as the ‘program office’) shall— 
‘‘(1) be headed by a senior official of the Agency; 
and 
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