,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #agdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjag,ms4
 ,michelle ,lujan ,grisham of ,new      
,mexico 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,ms4  
,rosen1 ,mr4 ,katko1 ,mr4 ,norcross1    
,mr4 ,sean ,patrick ,maloney of ,new    
,york1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mrs4 ,murphy of    
,florida1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,lance1 ,mr4
 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4 ,peters1
 ,ms4 ,frankel of ,florida1 ,mr4        
,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1   
,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4    
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4      
,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4      
,sinema1 ,ms4 ,shea-,porter1 ,mr4 ,brown
 of ,maryland1 ,mr4 ,faso1 ,ms4         
,pingree1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,ms4
 ,adams1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4           
,perlmutter1 and ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security1 and in addition to the      
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 

the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
allow ,homeland ,security ,grant        
,program funds to be used to safeguard  
faith-based community centers across the
 ,united ,states1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,faith-,based       
,community ,center ,protection ,act4    
#b4 ,amendment to ,homeland ,security   
,grant ,program ,title ,,xx of the      
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb 7#f   
,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq47 is amended--    
7#a7 in section #bjja 7#f ,u4,s4,c4     
#fja7-- 7,a7 by redesignating paragraphs
 7#f7 through 7#ad7 as paragraphs 7#g7  
through 7#ae71 respectively2 and  7,b7  
by inserting after paragraph 7#e7 the   
following3  7#f7 ,faith-based community 
center ,the term faith-based community  
center means a facility operated by a   
nonprofit faith-based community         
organization for the provision of       

recreational1 social1 or education      
services4 ,for purposes of this         
paragraph1 the term nonprofit means an  
organization described under section    
#eja7;c77#c7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf and exempt from tax under
 section #eja7;a7 of such ,code4  2 and 
7#b7 in section #bjjh 7#f ,u4,s4,c4     
#fji7-- 7,a7 in subsection 7a7--  7i7 in
 paragraph 7#ac71 by striking and at the
 end2  7ii7 by redesignating paragraph  
7#ad7 as paragraph 7#ae72 and  7iii7 by 
inserting after paragraph 7#ac7 the     
following3  7#ad7 protecting faith-based
 community centers or vulnerable        
populations1 including children or the  
elderly2 and  2 and  7,b7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7g7 ,protection 
of faith-,based community centers and   
vulnerable populations  7#a7 ,allocation
 of grant funds ,of the total amount    
authorized to be appropriated under     
paragraph 7#c7 for grants awarded for   
the purpose described in subsection     
7a77#ad71 the ,administrator shall      

award--  7,a7 #ej percent for the       
protection of faith-based community     
centers and vulnerable populations in   
communities with a population of not    
more than #a1jjj1jjj individuals1 as    
determined by the latest available      
decennial census2 and  7,b7 #ej percent 
for the protection of faith-based       
community centers and vulnerable        
populations in communities with a       
population of more than #a1jjj1jjj      
individuals1 as determined by the latest
 available decennial census4  7#b7      
,federal share  7,a7 ,in general ,the   
,federal share of a grant awarded for   
the purpose described in subsection     
7a77#ad7 may not exceed #ej percent of  
the total cost of a project and the     
non-,federal share shall be the         
remaining percentage of such total cost4
  7,b7 ,method of payment ,the          
non-,federal share of project costs     
under a grant awarded for the purpose   
described in subsection 7a77#ad7 may be 
paid in cash or in-kind from a grantee  

or a nonprofit entity involved with the 
project4  7#c7 ,authorization of        
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated #bj1jjj1jjj for fiscal  
year #bjag to the ,administrator to make
 grants for the purpose described in    
subsection 7a77#ad74  4  #c4 ,false     
information and hoaxes ,section         
#ajch7;a77#a77;,a7 of title #ah1 ,united
 ,state ,code1 is amended by striking #e
 years and inserting #aj years4