Nonprofit and School Security Grant Program Act
Bill: H.R.8037 | Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. (R-CA)
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Nonprofit and School Security Grant Program Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and expands the Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Under this program, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) makes grants to eligible nonprofit organizations (tax-exempt organizations and those determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack) for target hardening and other security enhancements to protect against terrorist attacks.
In particular, the bill makes elementary, secondary, private, and religious schools eligible for grants under the program.

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide eligibility to 
elementary and secondary schools for certain security grants for target 
hardening and other security enhancements to protect against 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 ``Nonprofit and School Security Grant 
Program Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR CERTAIN DHS 
              SECURITY GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2009 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609a) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and school'' 
        after ``nonprofit'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and to elementary 
        schools, secondary schools, private schools, and religious 
        schools'' before ``for target hardening'';
            (3) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``, including 
        magnetometers'' before the period;
            (4) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$75 million for 
                each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024'' and inserting 
                ``$500,300,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
                2027''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                    (I) by striking ``$50 million'' and 
                                inserting ``$125,075,000''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and'' after the 
                                semicolon;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``$25 million'' and 
                                inserting ``$125,075,000''; and
                                    (II) by striking the period and 
                                inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following 
                        new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) $250,150,000 is authorized for elementary 
                schools, secondary schools, private schools, and 
                religious schools, to be derived initially from the 
                unobligated balances of all amounts made available to 
                such schools to prevent, prepare for, or respond to the 
                coronavirus.''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Definition.--In this section, the terms `elementary school' 
and `secondary school' have the meanings given such terms in section 
8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by amending the item 
relating to section 2009 to read as follows:

``Sec. 2009. Nonprofit and school security grant program.''.
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