,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fgac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #f1       
#bjah,mr4 ,coffman 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,himes7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to promote  
the creation of ,state anonymous school 
threat reporting programs1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,safe to ,tell ,act 
of #bjah4  #b4 ,grants  7a7 ,in general 
,the ,attorney ,general may make grants 
to ,states that enact a law described in
 section #c and otherwise conforms its  
laws to the requirements of section #c4 
7b7 ,use of grant funds ,a grant under  
this section may be used for the        
establishment of a program described in 
section #c4  7c7 ,application ,a ,state 
seeking a grant under this section shall
 submit to the ,attorney ,general an    
application at such time1 in such       
manner1 and containing such information 
as the ,attorney ,general may reasonably

 require1 including a copy of the law   
described in section #c7;a74  7d7       
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated        
#be1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjai through #bjbc4  #c4 ,state law    
described  7a7 ,in general ,a law       
described in this section is a law      
establishing a program described in     
subsection 7b74  7b7 ,program           
requirements ,a program established     
under subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7       
establish and maintain methods          
7including a telephone hotline1 a mobile
 application1 and a website7 that       
provide individuals with the means to   
relay information anonymously concerning
 unsafe1 potentially harmful1 dangerous1
 violent1 or criminal activities1 or the
 threat of these activities1 to         
appropriate law enforcement and public  
safety agencies and school officials2   
7#b7 establish methods and procedures to
 ensure that the identity of the        
reporting parties remains unknown to all

 persons and entities1 including law    
enforcement officers and employees      
operating the program2  7#c7 establish  
methods and procedures so that          
information obtained from a reporting   
party who voluntarily discloses his or  
her identity and verifies that he or she
 is willing to be identified may be     
shared with law enforcement officers1   
employees operating the program1 and    
with school officials2  7#d7 establish  
methods and procedures to ensure that a 
reporting party's identity that becomes 
known through any means other than      
voluntary disclosure is not further     
disclosed2  7#e7 promptly forward       
information received by the program to  
the appropriate law enforcement or      
public safety agency or school          
officials2  7#f7 train law enforcement  
dispatch centers1 school districts1     
individual schools1 and other entities  
on appropriate awareness and response to
 information received under the program2
  7#g7 provide awareness and education  

materials to participating schools and  
school district2  7#h7 monitor each     
reporting method under the program #bd  
hours per day1 #g days per week1        
including providing an answering service
 staffed with an individual trained in  
receiving reports under the program2    
7#i7 provide accountability and quality 
assurance measures1 including           
disposition reporting1 as well as       
measures to prevent abuse2  7#aj7       
provide that1 except as provided under  
paragraph 7#aa71 materials created or   
obtained through the implementation or  
operation of the program are            
confidential1 and a person shall not    
disclose the material2 and  7#aa7       
provide that a person administering the 
program may not be compelled to produce 
any information received under the      
program or other materials produced as  
part of the program except on the motion
 of a criminal defendant to the court in
 which the offense is being tried4