[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8037 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8037

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2022

   Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
  Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 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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