1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) incidents of targeted violence are impacting our Nation frequently and indiscriminately; (2) a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and multi-jurisdictional behavioral threat assessment and management process on a Federal, State, local, and Tribal level complements the development of better methods for strategically preventing targeted violence in communities, including schools; (3) the United States has the capability to rapidly develop behavioral threat assessment and management guidelines and best practices; (4) the United States should encourage the sharing of such guidelines and best practices for streamlined and cohesive use across the United States; (5) establishing such guidelines and best practices is an important step toward preventing targeted violence; (6) such guidelines and best practices should account for different needs of communities across the United States; and (7) it is in the national security interest of the United States to develop such guidelines and best practices. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of Congress The term appropriate committees of Congress means the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. (2) Behavioral threat assessment and management The term behavioral threat assessment and management means the systematic and evidence-based process of— (A) identifying individuals who are exhibiting patterns of concerning behavior that indicate an interest, motive, intention, or capability of carrying out an act of violence