A Democratic bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.
Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill is known as the Safe Spaces for All Act. It amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 regarding the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the Department of Homeland Security. The legislation clarifies certain requirements and adds new eligible uses for grant funds. Specifically, it allows grant money to be used for hiring onsite security personnel and off-duty police officers. It also allows funds to be used for applying for and administering the grants, with a cap on application expenses.
Yes· 3 of 4
- Scored +3
Does this put more money into stopping terrorism?
The bill expands the allowable uses and administration of the Department of Homeland Security's Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
- Scored +2
Is this likely to create jobs?
The bill allows grant funds to be used for hiring onsite security personnel and personnel to apply for funding.
- Scored +2
Does this make it easier to run a small business?
The bill expands eligible uses of nonprofit security grants, including administrative and application expenses.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Section 2 updates subparagraph (C) to explicitly include the hiring of onsite security personnel, which could benefit nonprofits by helping them protect their facilities and the people inside them.
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Section 2 adds subparagraph (F) to allow the hiring of off-duty police officers, which gives organizations another practical option to improve their local security.
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Section 2 amends subparagraph (D) and adds subparagraph (G) to allow spending on the application for and administration of the grants, including hiring personnel to apply for funding as long as those expenses do not exceed 5 percent of the grant amount, which helps organizations with the paperwork burden of securing these funds.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- The provided text does not mention any specific sections or provisions that would cause negative consequences or burdens for individuals or groups.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make it easier to run a small business? — The bill expands eligible uses of nonprofit security grants, including administrative and application expenses. Is this likely to create jobs? — The bill allows grant funds to be used for hiring onsite security personnel and personnel to apply for funding.
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Does this put more money into stopping terrorism? — The bill expands the allowable uses and administration of the Department of Homeland Security's Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
- Social Issues And Justice
- Does this change how police departments operate? — The legislation explicitly permits the hiring of off-duty police officers for nonprofit security purposes.
- 9/30/2026
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
John HickenlooperDemocrat · Colorado