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Union Calendar No. 122 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2188 
[Report No. 115–181] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the major metro-
politan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant program, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2017 
Mr. MCCAUL (for himself, Mr. HURD, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. HIG-
GINS of Louisiana, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KATKO, Ms. SINEMA, 
Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 
BRADY of Texas, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. OLSON, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. FLO-
RES, and Mr. DONOVAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Homeland Security 
JUNE 15, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, and Mrs. 
BROOKS of Indiana 
JUNE 15, 2017 
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 April 27, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 
the major metropolitan area counterterrorism training 
and exercise grant program, 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 ‘‘Community Counterter-
rorism Preparedness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTERRORISM 
TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XX of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 603 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2009. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTER-
RORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Administrator and the heads of other rel-
evant components of the Department, shall carry out 
a program for emergency response providers to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to emerging terrorist 
attack scenarios, including complex, coordinated ter-
rorist attacks and active shooters, as determined by 
the Secretary, against major metropolitan areas. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—In establishing the program 
pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pro-
vide to eligible applicants— 
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‘‘(A) information, in an unclassified for-
mat, on emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in-
cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks 
and active shooters, which grants under such 
program are intended to address; and 
‘‘(B) information on training and exercises 
best practices. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdictions that receive, or 
that previously received, funding under section 2003 
may apply for a grant under the program established 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL JURISDICTIONS.—Eligible ap-
plicants receiving funding under the program estab-
lished pursuant to subsection (a) may include in ac-
tivities funded by such program neighboring jurisdic-
tions that would be likely to provide mutual aid in 
response to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, in-
cluding complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and ac-
tive shooters. 
‘‘(c) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) 
may use such grant to— 
‘‘(1) identify capability gaps related to pre-
paring for, preventing, and responding to emerging 
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terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordi-
nated terrorist attacks and active shooters; 
‘‘(2) develop or update plans, annexes, and proc-
esses to address any capability gaps identified pursu-
ant to paragraph (1); 
‘‘(3) conduct training to address such identified 
capability gaps; and 
‘‘(4) conduct exercises, including at locations 
such as mass gathering venues, places of worship, or 
educational institutions, as appropriate, to validate 
capabilities. 
‘‘(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 fewer than 
36 months. 
‘‘(e) INFORMATION
SHARING.—The Administrator 
shall, to the extent practicable, aggregate, analyze, and 
share with relevant emergency response providers informa-
tion on best practices and lessons learned from— 
‘‘(1) the planning, training, and exercises con-
ducted using grants authorized under the program es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) responses to actual terrorist attacks around 
the world. 
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‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 
$39,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.’’. 
(b) 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. Major metropolitan area counterterrorism training and exercise grant 
program.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 122 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2188 
[Report No. 115–181] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
establish the major metropolitan area counterter-
rorism training and exercise grant program, and 
for other purposes. 
JUNE 15, 2017 
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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