,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bb1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself and ,mr4     
,blumenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to provide financial assistance
 for school construction after a violent
 or traumatic crisis4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,helping 
,communities ,rebuild ,after ,deadly    
,school ,shootings and ,other ,traumatic
 ,events ,act4  #b4 ,grant ,authority   
for school construction ,section #daba  
of the ,elementary and ,secondary       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#gaca7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection 
7a7--  7,a7 by redesignating paragraph  
7#i7 as paragraph 7#aj72  7,b7 in       
paragraph 7#h71 by striking and after   
the semicolon2 and  7,c7 by inserting   
after paragraph 7#h7 the following3     
7#i7 from the funds appropriated under  

subsection 7c71 and notwithstanding     
section #daed7a71 the provision of      
financial assistance 7not to exceed #ej 
percent of the total cost specified in  
the application7 for a local educational
 agency that has an application approved
 by the ,secretary and serves a school  
in which the learning environment has   
been disrupted due to a violent or      
traumatic crisis that took place on the 
school campus1 to enable such local     
educational agency to carry out--  7,a7 
the acquisition 7by purchase1 lease1    
donation1 or otherwise7 of an interest  
in improved or unimproved real property 
that the local educational agency deems 
necessary to commence or continue an    
appropriate learning environment in a   
public elementary or secondary school1  
as a result of damage incurred by a     
violent or traumatic crisis2 and  7,b7  
the construction of new facilities1 or  
the renovation1 repair1 or alteration of
 existing facilities1 that the local    
educational agency deems necessary to   

commence or continue an appropriate     
learning environment in a public        
elementary or secondary school1 as a    
result of damage incurred by a violent  
or traumatic crisis2 and  2 and  7#b7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7c7  
,authorization of ,appropriations ,there
 are authorized to be appropriated to   
carry out the activities described in   
subsection 7a77#i7 such sums as may be  
necessary for fiscal year #bjad and each
 of the #d succeeding fiscal years4     
,funds made available to carry out      
subsection 7a77#i7 shall remain         
available until expended4  4