,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bj1 #bjag,mr4
 ,messer introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the development  
of a national strategy to secure schools
 against terrorism nationwide1 and      
ensure domestic preparedness for and the
 response to terrorism1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,national ,strategy 
for ,school ,security ,act of #bjag4    
#b4 ,national strategy to secure schools
 from threats of terrorism  7a7 ,in     
general ,to assist in the domestic      
preparedness for and response to acts of
 terrorism and other emergencies and to 

coordinate ,federal efforts to secure   
elementary and secondary schools 7as    
such terms are defined in section #haja 
of the ,elementary and ,secondary       
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja771 not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security1  
in consultation and cooperation with the
 ,secretary of ,education and the heads 
of other appropriate ,federal agencies  
and departments1 shall develop and      
submit to the ,committee on ,homeland   
,security1 the ,committee on            
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 the ,committee on ,education and the   
,workforce of the ,house of             
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs and the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions of the
 ,senate a national school security     
strategy including1 as appropriate1     
updates to such strategy4  7b7 ,contents
 ,the strategy required under subsection

 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 account and describe  
all ,federal programs1 projects1 and    
activities1 including spending levels1  
to secure elementary and secondary      
schools from acts of terrorism and other
 emergencies2  7#b7 identify specific   
school security vulnerabilities from    
acts of terrorism or other emergencies  
within the ,united ,states1 and         
delineate goals for closing such        
security vulnerabilities2  7#c7 describe
 actions to be taken to achieve such    
goals and the means necessary to do so1 
including steps to reform1 improve1 and 
streamline existing efforts to align the
 current threat environment to schools2 
and  7#d7 identify new authorities or   
changes in existing authorities required
 to address school security4  7c7       
,sunset ,the requirement to transmit    
updated national strategies under this  
section shall terminate on the date that
 is seven years after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act4