# 119-hr-5430: FORTIFY Act

119-hr-5430, FORTIFY Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5430
- Congress: 119
- Title: FORTIFY Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands federal school-security grants to allow hiring and equipping school resource officers (SROs) and to fund their vehicles.** It would also require the Attorney General to provide technical assistance and report on how that help improves grant access for rural and geographically underserved areas. - Families and students: Local districts would be able to use matching grants to place school resource officers on campus, which changes how schools can staff on-site security. - School staff and SROs: Grants would cover hiring SROs and buying their firearms, protective equipment, and vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles, golf carts, scooters, and bicycles. - Rural and underserved communities: The Attorney General must offer technical assistance to improve grant access and report to Congress on whether that assistance widened access in rural and underserved areas.

## Provisions PRIA read

- School safety grants can hire officers: benefit, medium. If enacted, school security matching grants could pay to hire school resource officers. They could also buy firearms and protective gear for those officers. Grants could buy vehicles for them, like ATVs, golf carts, scooters, and bicycles. The bill would not add new money; it only expands allowed u…
- Help for rural areas to get grants: benefit, low. If enacted, the Attorney General would give technical help so states, local governments, and tribes can apply for school security grants. The help would focus on rural and geographically underserved areas. The bill does not set a funding amount for this help. The Department would also report to Con…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5168: Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-5430 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5430)

## Related
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-5168: Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5168)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-740: Veterans’ ACCESS Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-740)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5430 (as of 2026-04-21).