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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1470
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 10, 2013
Mrs. Capps introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
of 1968 to enhance the safety of America’s schools.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
School Safety Enhancements Act of
2013.
2.
Grant program for
school security
Section 2701
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3797a) is amended—
(1) in subsection
(b)—
(A) in paragraph
(1)—
(i) by
striking Placement and inserting Installation;
and
(ii) by
inserting surveillance equipment, after
detectors,;
(B) by redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
(C) by inserting after
paragraph (4) the following:
(5) Establishment of
hotlines or tiplines for the reporting of potentially dangerous students and
situations.
;
and
(2) by adding at the
end the following:
(g)
Interagency task
force
(1)
Establishment
Not
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
Director, in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, shall establish an
interagency task force to develop a set of advisory school safety
guidelines.
(2)
Publication of
guidelines
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the interagency task force shall publish the advisory school
safety guidelines developed under paragraph (1) in the Federal Register.
(3)
Required
consultation
In developing the advisory school safety guidelines
under paragraph (1), the interagency task force shall consult with stakeholders
and interested parties, including parents, teachers, and agencies.
(4)
Use of
guidelines
In determining permissible uses of funds under
subsection (b)(6), the Director shall consider the advisory school safety
guidelines developed under paragraph (1).
.
3.
Applications
Section 2702(a)(2) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is amended
to read as follows:
(2) be accompanied by
a report—
(A) signed by the
heads of each law enforcement agency and school district with jurisdiction of
the schools where the safety improvements will be implemented; and
(B) demonstrating that
each proposed use of the grant funds will be—
(i) an
effective means for improving the safety of one or more schools;
(ii) consistent with a
comprehensive approach to preventing school violence; and
(iii) individualized
to the needs of each school at which those improvements are to be
made.
.
4.
Authorization of
appropriations
Section 2705 of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3797e) is amended—
(1) by striking
$30,000,000 and inserting $40,000,000; and
(2) by striking
2001 through 2009 and inserting 2014 through
2023.