To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for additional grant amounts for protection against mass violence.
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Neguse (for himself, Ms. Titus, and Ms. Dean of …
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill authorizes $20 million in federal grant funding to help protect public gathering places from mass shootings and other targeted violence. It amends existing crime victim assistance law to allow the Attorney General to award grants to state and local governments, as well as nonprofit victim service organizations, to help schools, places of worship, shopping centers, entertainment venues, sports facilities, and other public assembly facilities prepare for and protect against active shooter incidents and targeted attacks.
Who Benefits and How
State and local governments benefit by receiving federal grant money they can use for security improvements at public facilities in their jurisdictions. Nonprofit organizations that serve crime victims receive new funding opportunities to provide training and technical assistance. Public assembly facility operators—including schools, churches, synagogues, mosques, shopping malls, concert venues, and sports stadiums—benefit by receiving free or subsidized compensation, training, and technical assistance to improve their security preparedness. The security industry benefits significantly: security consulting firms, training companies, and vendors of physical security equipment (like surveillance systems, access control systems, and active shooter detection technology) stand to gain new business as grant recipients spend federal dollars on their services and products.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal taxpayers bear the cost of the $20 million appropriation. The Department of Justice Attorney General office faces new administrative responsibilities for creating and managing this grant program, including developing application processes, reviewing applications, disbursing funds, and monitoring compliance. While this is part of their mission, it represents an additional workload and ongoing administrative expense beyond the $20 million in grants.
Key Provisions
- Appropriates $20 million for a new federal grant program focused specifically on mass violence prevention at public assembly facilities
- Grants authority to the Attorney General to distribute funds to state governments, local governments, and crime victim service nonprofits
- Allows grant money to be used for three purposes: direct compensation to facilities for security improvements, training programs on mass violence preparedness, and technical assistance for protection measures
- Defines "mass violence" to include both active shooter incidents (someone actively killing or attempting to kill people in a confined populated area with a firearm) and targeted violence (attacks where the assailant has identified specific targets in advance and may be known to law enforcement)
- Broadly defines "public assembly facility" to cover permanent or temporary structures where people gather in reasonably close quarters, explicitly including schools, places of worship, shopping areas, workplaces, entertainment venues, sports events, and similar activities
Evidence Chain:
This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.
Primary Purpose
Authorizes $20 million in federal grants to protect public assembly facilities from mass violence including active shooter incidents and targeted violence
Policy Domains
Legislative Strategy
"Expand federal grant funding to prevent mass violence at public gathering spaces through compensation, training, and technical assistance programs"
Likely Beneficiaries
- State governments
- Local governments
- Nonprofit victim service organizations
- Public assembly facility operators (venues, schools, places of worship, shopping centers, entertainment venues)
Likely Burden Bearers
- Federal taxpayers (funding $20M appropriation)
- Attorney General's office (grant administration burden)
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General of the United States
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
includes active shooter incidents and targeted violence
an individual actively engaged in the unauthorized killing or attempting to kill a person or persons in a confined and populated area with a firearm
an incident of violence where an assailant who is known or knowable to a law enforcement agency for a jurisdiction where the assailant resides, identifies a particular target prior to a violent attack, which may be one or more individuals, a class or category of individuals, or an institution, without regard to whether the assailant is able to successfully harm the chosen target
a permanent or temporary structure or facility, place, or activity where concentrations of people gather in reasonably close quarters for purposes including deliberation, education, worship, shopping, employment, entertainment, recreation, sporting events, or similar activities
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