House passes bill to increase security for churches, synagogues, and mosques

By Anthony Leonardi

Published June 11, 2019 8:13pm ET

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House passes bill to increase security for churches, synagogues, and mosques — Police vehicles close the street adjacent to the Tree of Life Synagogue on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, before a Shabbat morning service is held on the street corner in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. | (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

The House passed a bill Monday that increases security for churches, synagogues, and mosques amid an increase in the number of targeted attacks on places of worship globally.

The Securing American Nonprofit Organizations Against Terrorism Act of 2019 creates a $75 million grant program under the Department of Homeland Security to financially support the security needs of religious organizations. The bill had wide-ranging support with 86 Democratic co-sponsors and 18 Republican co-sponsors.

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