S. 1539: Protecting Faith-Based and Nonprofit Organizations From Terrorism Act of 2019

CBO Score

$368 million

Date of Report

Tue July 9th, 2019

CBO Report Details

Legislation Details

116th Congress

A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide funding to secure nonprofit facilities from terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Robert Portman — R — OH

Authorizes the appropriation of $75 million annually from 2020 through 2024 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide grants to certain nonprofit organizations to enhance security measures aimed at guarding against terrorist attacks. Those measures would include hardening potential targets with physical security and covering the costs of security training for employees. Under the act, states would administer the grants to the nonprofit organizations. The act also would require FEMA to report annually to the Congress about the spending of funds provided to recipients.

View the full vote history of this bill on GovTrack.us.

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