Pray Safe Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a federal clearinghouse of safety and security best practices, grant information, contacts, updates, and reports for at-risk nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship, with the act expiring after four years.
Who Benefits and How
At-risk nonprofits, faith-based groups, and houses of worship would gain a centralized federal source for security practices, grant opportunities, points of contact, and related training materials.
Who Bears the Burden and How
DHS and other agencies would have to staff and maintain the clearinghouse, compile evidence-based recommendations and grant information, collect feedback, coordinate notices, and produce reports; GAO would also take on a reporting assignment.
Key Provisions
- Defines covered entities and key terms for the clearinghouse framework.
- Requires DHS to establish a clearinghouse within 270 days and make it the federal government's primary online resource for safety and security best practices and related grants.
- Requires evidence tiers, ongoing updates, grant-program indexing, coordination with federal and State entities, and recurring congressional reporting.
- Requires a GAO report on existing federal grants and resources for nonprofit and worship security.
- Ends the act four years after enactment.
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a federal clearinghouse of safety and security best practices, grant information, contacts, updates, and reports for at-risk nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship, with the act expiring after four years.
Key Policy Areas
Homeland Security, Nonprofits, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish a federal clearinghouse of safety and security best practices, grant information, contacts, updates, and reports for at-risk nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship, with the act expiring after four years.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- At-risk nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship seeking security guidance and grant navigation help
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- DHS, other agencies, and GAO staff responsible for building, updating, and reporting on the clearinghouse
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Hassan (for herself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Peters, Mr. Lankford, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Department of Homeland Security staff establishing, maintaining, and updating the clearinghouse, Government Accountability Office staff preparing the required congressional report
At-risk nonprofit organizations, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship using the clearinghouse
Federal agencies and State entities supplying grant or resource information for the clearinghouse
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
- "comptroller_general"
- → Comptroller General of the United States
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