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Nonprofit and School Security Grant Program Act

H.R. 8037 · 117th Congress · Jun 13, 2022 · Lineage

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.

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.”

(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: