Title: Securing American Non-Profit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2017
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Securing American Non-Profit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2017
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a Non-Profit Security Grant Program in the Department of Homeland Security, under which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall make grants to tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations determined to be at risk of a terrorist attack, through the state in which such organizations are located, for target hardening and other security enhancements.
A nonprofit organization shall not be ineligible for such a grant solely because it is not located within a jurisdiction receiving funding under the Urban Area Security Initiative.
Recipients may use grants for:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1486 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure 
 non-profit facilities from 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 ``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:

``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 attack.
    ``(b) Eligible Recipients.--Eligible nonprofit organizations 
described in this subsection (a) are organizations that are--
            ``(1) described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
        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 attack by the 
        Secretary.
    ``(c) Limitation on Eligible Recipient Determination.--A nonprofit 
organization described in subsection (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.
    ``(d) Permitted Uses.--The recipient of a grant under this section 
may use such grant for any of the following uses:
            ``(1) The acquisition or installation of certain security 
        equipment, such as the acquisition or installation of security 
        equipment on real property (including 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 hardening, terrorism 
        awareness, and employee awareness.
            ``(3) Any other appropriate activity, as determined 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 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report containing information on 
the expenditure by each grant recipient of grant funds made under this 
section.''.
    (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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