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[H.R. 2476 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2476

                     One Hundred Sixteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure 
  nonprofit 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 Nonprofit 
Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. NONPROFIT 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. NONPROFIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department a 
program to be known as the `Nonprofit 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 protect against terrorist attacks.
    ``(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 
    Administrator.
    ``(c) Permitted Uses.--The recipient of a grant under this section 
may use such grant for any of the following uses:
        ``(1) Target hardening activities, including physical security 
    enhancement equipment and inspection and screening systems.
        ``(2) Fees for security training relating to physical security 
    and cybersecurity, target hardening, terrorism awareness, and 
    employee awareness.
        ``(3) Any other appropriate activity, including cybersecurity 
    resilience activities, as determined by the Administrator.
    ``(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 less than 36 months.
    ``(e) Report.--The Administrator shall annually for each of fiscal 
years 2020 through 2024 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.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
        ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated $75 
    million for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2024 to carry out 
    this section.
        ``(2) Specification.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
    appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) $50 million is authorized for eligible recipients 
        located in jurisdictions that receive funding under section 
        2003; and
            ``(B) $25 million is authorized for eligible recipients in 
        jurisdictions not receiving funding under section 2003.''.
    (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. Nonprofit security grant program.''.


                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.