,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #abb  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4     
#bahh  ,report ,no4 #aae-aha  ,,in ,,the
 ,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april 
#bg1 #bjag ,mr4 ,mc,caul 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,hurd1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,ms4        
,mc,sally1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,louisiana1 
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,katko1  
,ms4 ,sinema1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,mr4      
,ratcliffe1 ,mr4 ,williams1 ,mr4        
,conaway1 ,mr4 ,brady of ,texas1 ,mr4   
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1
 ,mr4 ,flores1 and ,mr4 ,donovan7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security  ,june #ae1 #bjag;,additional
 sponsors3 ,mr4 ,sam ,johnson of ,texas1
 ,mr4 ,burgess1 and ,mrs4 ,brooks of    
,indiana  ,june #ae1 #bjag ,reported    
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed ,strike out all after the       
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic ,for text of          

introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,april #bg1 #bjag  ,a     
,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland         
,security ,act of #bjjb to establish the
 major metropolitan area                
counterterrorism training and exercise  
grant program1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,community ,counterterrorism    
,preparedness ,act4  #b4 ,major         
metropolitan area counterterrorism      
training and exercise grant program  7a7
 ,in general ,subtitle ,a of title ,,xx 
of the ,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb
 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #fjc et seq47 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new  
section3  #bjji4 ,major metropolitan    
area counterterrorism training and      
exercise grant program  7a7             
,establishment  7#a7 ,in general ,the   
,secretary1 acting through the          
,administrator and the heads of other   
relevant components of the ,department1 
shall carry out a program for emergency 
response providers to prevent1 prepare  

for1 and respond to emerging terrorist  
attack scenarios1 including complex1    
coordinated terrorist attacks and active
 shooters1 as determined by the         
,secretary1 against major metropolitan  
areas4  7#b7 ,information ,in           
establishing the program pursuant to    
paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall    
provide to eligible applicants--  7,a7  
information1 in an unclassified format1 
on emerging terrorist attack scenarios1 
including complex1 coordinated terrorist
 attacks and active shooters1 which     
grants under such program are intended  
to address2 and  7,b7 information on    
training and exercises best practices4  
7b7 ,eligible applicants  7#a7 ,in      
general ,jurisdictions that receive1 or 
that previously received1 funding under 
section #bjjc may apply for a grant     
under the program established pursuant  
to subsection 7a74  7#b7 ,additional    
jurisdictions ,eligible applicants      
receiving funding under the program     
established pursuant to subsection 7a7  

may include in activities funded by such
 program neighboring jurisdictions that 
would be likely to provide mutual aid in
 response to emerging terrorist attack  
scenarios1 including complex1           
coordinated terrorist attacks and active
 shooters4  7c7 ,permitted uses ,the    
recipient of a grant under the program  
established pursuant to subsection 7a7  
may use such grant to--  7#a7 identify  
capability gaps related to preparing    
for1 preventing1 and responding to      
emerging terrorist attack scenarios1    
including complex1 coordinated terrorist
 attacks and active shooters2  7#b7     
develop or update plans1 annexes1 and   
processes to address any capability gaps
 identified pursuant to paragraph 7#a72 
7#c7 conduct training to address such   
identified capability gaps2 and  7#d7   
conduct exercises1 including at         
locations such as mass gathering venues1
 places of worship1 or educational      
institutions1 as appropriate1 to        
validate capabilities4  7d7 ,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 fewer than #cf
 months4  7e7 ,information sharing ,the 
,administrator shall1 to the extent     
practicable1 aggregate1 analyze1 and    
share with relevant emergency response  
providers information on best practices 
and lessons learned from--  7#a7 the    
planning1 training1 and exercises       
conducted using grants authorized under 
the program established pursuant to     
subsection 7a72 and  7#b7 responses to  
actual terrorist attacks around the     
world4  7f7 ,authorization of           
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated for grants under this   
section #ci1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal  
years #bjah through #bjbb4  4  7b7      
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents in section #a7;b7 of the       
,homeland ,security ,act of #bjjb is    
amended by inserting after the item     
relating to section #bjjh the following 

new item3  ,sec4 #bjji4 ,major          
metropolitan area counterterrorism      
training and exercise grant program4  4 
,june #ae1 #bjag ,reported with an      
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed