Summary

Creates and funds a reauthorized National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the U.S. Secret Service to expand research, training, consultation, and information-sharing on behavioral threat assessment to prevent targeted violence, especially in schools. Requires the Center to run a national Safe School program that researches school-targeted violence, publishes findings, offers training, and makes a plan to provide resources to every State within one year. Authorizes $10 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2030, bars using those funds for firearms training, requires a Director and staff, and requires a report to Congress within two years; the authority terminates on September 30, 2030.

Key Points

• Creates/reauthorizes a National Threat Assessment Center within the U.S. Secret Service focused on behavioral threat assessment to prevent targeted violence.
• Requires a national Safe School program to research school-targeted violence, publish findings, provide training, and plan to offer resources to every State within one year.
• Authorizes $10 million per year for FY2026–FY2030 to support NTAC activities; funds may not be used for firearms training.
• Director-led Center may hire staff and must report to Congress within two years on activities and findings.
• Emphasizes evidence-based, fact-driven behavioral threat assessment based on prior Secret Service research and a 3-step assessment model.
• Includes a statutory sunset: the authority terminates on September 30, 2030.
• Focuses on training, research, consultation, information-sharing, and program development rather than creating new criminal penalties or enforcement powers.
• Implementation depends on DHS/Secret Service execution and on appropriations consistent with the authorization.

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