Title: Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a grant program for emergency response providers to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging terrorist attack scenarios in major metropolitan areas.
DHS shall provide to eligible applicants: (1) unclassified information on such scenarios, and (2) information on training and exercises best practices.
Jurisdictions that receive funding under the Urban Area Security Initiative may apply for such a grant.
Eligible applicants receiving funding under the program may include in funded activities neighboring jurisdictions that would be likely to provide mutual aid in response in such scenarios.
Recipients may use grants to:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2188 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2188

   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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2017

   Mr. McCaul (for himself, Mr. Hurd, Mr. Sessions, Ms. McSally, Mr. 
Higgins 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. Flores, and Mr. Donovan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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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.

    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 ``Community Counterterrorism 
Preparedness Act''.

SEC. 2. MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING AND EXERCISE 
              GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title XX of the Homeland 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 COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING AND 
              EXERCISE GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the 
        Administrator and the heads of other relevant components of the 
        Department, shall carry out a program for emergency response 
        providers to prevent, prepare for, and respond to emerging 
        terrorist attack scenarios, including complex, coordinated 
        terrorist 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 provide to eligible 
        applicants--
                    ``(A) information, in an unclassified format, on 
                emerging terrorist attack scenarios, including 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 applicants 
        receiving funding under the program established pursuant to 
        subsection (a) may include in activities funded by such program 
        neighboring jurisdictions that would be likely to provide 
        mutual aid in response to emerging terrorist attack scenarios, 
        including complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and active 
        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 preparing for, 
        preventing, and responding to emerging terrorist attack 
        scenarios, including complex, coordinated terrorist attacks and 
        active shooters;
            ``(2) develop or update plans, annexes, and processes to 
        address any capability gaps identified pursuant to paragraph 
        (1); and
            ``(3) conduct training and exercises to address such 
        identified gaps and 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) 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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