In committee
Jewish American Security Act
This bill increases federal security grant funding for houses of worship and nonprofit organizations to $1 billion annually between 2027 and 2031 to cover security personnel and building protections. It mandates that federally funded schools and colleges designate civil rights coordinators, establish formal investigation procedures for discrimination and harassment, and detailedly report campus hate crimes using standard FBI categories. Additionally, large social media companies must publish regular reports on how they moderate antisemitic content, while federal security agencies must issue annual threat assessments on extremist violence.
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill broadly affects students and staff at federally funded educational institutions, users of major online platforms (platforms with 50M+ monthly users), and nonprofit/religious organizations, but does not provide a specific aggregate count.
Fiscal magnitude$5.0Bprovisional · pending reviewSection 5(a)(5) authorizes $1,000,000,000 per fiscal year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031 ($5,000,000,000 total) for the FEMA Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Section 5(b)(3) authorizes such sums as may be necessary for DOJ law enforcement grants from existing reserved funds.
Reach68provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Spending vs. restraint+25Big-tech & platforms+35Policing & funding−25Online speech+25
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Nonprofit organizations and houses of worshipGain access to a streamlined Nonprofit Security Grant Program authorized at $1 billion annually, protection against grant caps on security guards, and increased local law enforcement patrols around at-risk houses of worship.
- Students and school staff facing discriminationGain rights to formal institutional grievance procedures, supportive safety measures, public awareness campaigns, and faster federal handling of Title VI discrimination complaints pending over 180 days.
- State and local law enforcement agenciesEligible to receive Department of Justice grants to fund increased patrols, security presence, and specialized training around at-risk religious institutions.
Who it burdens
- Federally funded schools and universitiesMust designate and train Title VI coordinators, establish formal grievance procedures and supportive measures for discrimination complaints, publish policies, give annual notices, retain records for seven years, and report expanded campus hate crime statistics.
- Large online platformsMust publish semi-annual transparency reports detailing content moderation policies, algorithm operations, and account suspensions regarding antisemitic content, subject to Federal Trade Commission enforcement.
- State homeland security and grant administering agenciesMust process grant reimbursement requests within 90 days, notify applicants of funding opportunities, and are barred from imposing percentage caps on security guard spending.