,i  #aae? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4
 ,r4 #eajg  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(          
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #bg1         
#bjah,mr4 ,williams introduc$ ! foll[+  
bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on   
,education & ! ,work=ce  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
direct ! ,secret>y ( ,education to c>ry 
out a grant program to secure elem5t>y  
s*ools & second>y s*ools4  #a4 ,s5se (  
,congress ,x is ! s5se ( ,congress t !  
top priority ( ! ,dep>tm5t ( ,education 
%\ld be to keep ,am]ican *ildr5 safe 9  
s*ools4  #b4 ,grant program to secure   
s*ools  7a7 ,9 g5]al ,f ! am\nts        
appropriat$ to c>ry out ?is ,act1 !     
,secret>y ( ,education %all aw>d grants 
to local educational ag5cies to secure !
 elem5t>y s*ools & second>y s*ools s]v$ 
by su* ag5cies4  7b7 ,application ,to   
receive a grant "u ?is ,act1 a local    
educational ag5cy %all submit an        
application to ! ,secret>y ( ,education 
at su* "t1 9 su* mann]1 & conta9+ su*   
in=mation t ! ,secret>y may require1 :i*
 %all include ! results ( an indep5d5t  

security assessm5t4  7c7 ,uses ( funds  
,a local educational ag5cy receiv+ a    
grant "u ?is ,act-- 7#a7 %all use su*   
grant to make ! necess>y improvem5ts to 
! security ( ! elem5t>y s*ools &        
second>y s*ools s]v$ by ! ag5cy bas$ ^u 
! vuln]abilities det]m9$ 9 ! individual 
security assessm5t complet$ by ! ag5cy  
"u subsection 7b72  7#b7 may use su*    
grant to cov] ! co/ ( su* assessm5t2 &  
7#c7 may n use su* grant = exp5ses      
unrelat$ to ! co/ ( su* assessm5t or su*
 necess>y improvem5ts4  7d7 ,funds ,any 
am\nts appropriat$ or o!rwise made      
available to ! ,secret>y ( ,education = 
any purpose = a fiscal ye> may be made  
available = ?is ,act = t fiscal ye>1    
not)/&+ any provision ( law ) respect to
 ! purpose1 reprogramm+1 or transf] (   
su* am\nts4  7e7 ,def9itions ,9 ?is     
,act3 7#a7 ,,esea t]ms ,! t]ms elem5t>y 
s*ool1 local educational ag5cy1 &       
second>y s*ool h ! mean+s giv5 su* t]ms 
9 section #haja ( ! ,elem5t>y &         
,second>y ,education ,act ( #aife 7#bj  

,u4,s4,c4 #ghja74  7#b7 ,indep5d5t      
security assessm5t ,! t]m indep5d5t     
security assessm5t means an assessm5t-- 
7,a7 conduct$ by an organization t does 
n h a bus9ess relation%ip ) ! local     
educational ag5cy = :i* ! assessm5t is  
be+ conduct$2 &  7,b7 = :i* ! cont5t is 
det]m9$ by ! ,secret>y ( ,education4