# 114-hr-5643: Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016

114-hr-5643, Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5643
- Congress: 114
- Title: Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- Introduced: 2016-07-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and make available to state, local, tribal, territorial, and nongovernmental partners guidance to assist in the development of emergency action and response plans for active shooter and mass casualty incidents. Such guidance may relate to the development of: a strategy for properly responding to such incidents, a plan for establishing a unified command, a schedule for regular testing of equipment used to receive communications during such incidents, a practiced method and plan to communicate with occupants of locations of such incidents and with the surrounding community, a plan for coordinating with volunteer organizations to expedite assistance for victims, a schedule for joint exercises and training, and a plan for outreach to facilities that have been identified by DHS as potentially vulnerable targets. The bill permits funds under homeland security grants to states and high-risk urban areas to be used for training exercises to enhance preparedness for and response to mass casualty and active shooter incidents and security events at private locations (current law permits such funds to be used for such exercises at public locations). In allocating grant funds among states and high-risk urban areas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall consider the threat from active shooters to critical infrastructure and U.S. populations.

## Related bills

- 114-hr-6502: Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6441: Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016
- 114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act
- 114-hr-6132: National Trauma Care System Act
- 114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act
- 114-hr-5932: Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-5643 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5643)

## Related
- [114-hr-6502: Seat Belts Save Lives Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6502)
- [114-hr-6441: Video Visitation in Prisons Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6441)
- [114-hr-6318: Fair Pay for Presidential Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6318)
- [114-hr-6132: National Trauma Care System Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6132)
- [114-hr-5980: Mark Takai Atomic Veterans Healthcare Parity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5980)
- [114-hr-5932: Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5932)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5643 (as of 2025-11-18).