Title: Prevent BLEEDing Act of 2019
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
Prevent Blood Loss with Emergency Equipment Devices Act of 2019 or the Prevent BLEEDing Act of 2019
This bill authorizes the use of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant funds for certain anti-blood loss purposes.
Specifically, a grant under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program may be used
DHS shall (1) allocate such funds by a formula developed by DHS that takes into consideration the relative populations of each geographic area for which a grant is made; and (2) conduct outreach to inform state, local, and tribal governments and high-risk urban areas that apply for grants under that initiative or program of the availability of funds under this bill.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2550 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2550

  To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of 
Homeland Security Grant Program funds for anti-blood loss purposes, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2019

     Mr. Hastings (for himself, Mr. Wenstrup, and Ms. Jackson Lee) 
 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 authorize the use of 
Homeland Security Grant Program funds for anti-blood loss purposes, 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 ``Prevent Blood Loss with Emergency 
Equipment Devices Act of 2019'' or the ``Prevent BLEEDing Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. USE OF HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR ANTI-BLOOD 
              LOSS PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 2002 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 603) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(d) Anti-Blood Loss Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--A grant under section 2003 or 2004 may 
        be used for any of the following purposes:
                    ``(A) To purchase or distribute anti-blood loss 
                supplies for use in medical emergencies in a place 
                where people gather.
                    ``(B) To provide training on the proper use of 
                anti-blood loss supplies to appropriate persons for the 
                purpose of enhancing public safety.
                    ``(C) To make grants to an eligible entity for a 
                purpose described in subparagraph (A) or (B).
            ``(2) Priority in awarding grants.--Subject to the 
        availability of funds, any State, local, or tribal government 
        or high-risk urban area that applies for a grant under section 
        2003 or 2004 for a purpose described in paragraph (1) shall be 
        awarded such grant. The Secretary shall allocate funds made 
        available under this subsection by a formula developed by the 
        Secretary for such purpose that takes into consideration the 
        relative populations of each geographic area for which a grant 
        is made.
            ``(3) Outreach.--The Secretary shall conduct outreach to 
        inform State, local, and tribal governments and high-risk urban 
        areas that apply for grants under sections 2003 and 2004 of the 
        availability of funds under this subsection.
            ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) The term `anti-blood loss supplies' means 
                tourniquets, gauze, wound-packing materials, hemostatic 
                dressings, gloves, markers, or other appropriate 
                materials.
                    ``(B) The term `eligible entity' means an entity 
                that--
                            ``(i) does not use anti-blood loss supplies 
                        in the ordinary course of business; and
                            ``(ii) certifies as part of a grant 
                        application process that the entity intends to 
                        place anti-blood loss supplies procured using 
                        the grant in locations where the equipment is 
                        immediately available for public use when 
                        needed, such as with a publicly displayed 
                        automated external defibrillator.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to amounts 
otherwise authorized to be appropriated for sections 2002, 2003, and 
2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to make 
grants under subsection (d) of section 2002 of such Act.
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