I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1486 
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 
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. 
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 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘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 
nonprofit organizations that are at risk of a terrorist at-
tack. 
‘‘(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 Secretary. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT DETER-
MINATION.—A nonprofit organization described in sub-
section (b) shall not be treated as ineligible to receive a 
grant under this section solely because such organization 
is not located within a jurisdiction receiving funding under 
section 2003. 
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‘‘(d) PERMITTED USES.—The recipient of a grant 
under this section may use such grant for any of the fol-
lowing uses: 
‘‘(1) The acquisition or installation of certain 
security equipment, such as the acquisition or instal-
lation of security equipment on real property (in-
cluding buildings and improvements) owned or 
leased by such recipient, specifically to prevent or 
protection against the risk of a terrorist attack. 
‘‘(2) Fees for training relating to the protection 
of critical infrastructure key resources, including 
physical security and cybersecurity, target hard-
ening, terrorism awareness, and employee awareness. 
‘‘(3) Any other appropriate activity, as deter-
mined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 
through 2022 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(f) 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.’’. 
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(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. Non-Profit Security Grant Program.’’. 
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