,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #geda  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjbb    
,mr4 ,neguse 7for himself1 ,ms4         
,escobar1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 
,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,ms4     
,williams of ,georgia1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 and
 ,mr4 ,horsford7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland         
,security ,act of #bjjb and the ,victims
 of ,crime ,act of #aihd to authorize   
the use of certain grant funds for      
active shooter preparedness1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,strengthen and
 ,tackle ,opportunities to ,prevent     
,violence ,act of #bjbb or as the ,,stop
 ,violence ,act of #bjbb4  #b4          
,antiterrorism and ,emergency           
,assistance ,program ,section           
#adjd;,b7b7 of the ,victims of ,crime   
,act of #aihd 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #bjaje7;b77
 is amended--  7#a7 by inserting after  

compensation1 training and technical    
assistance the following3 7including    
efforts to prepare against mass violence
 and to protect public assembly         
facilities72  7#b7 by striking ,the     
,director may and inserting the         
following3  7#a7 ,in general ,the       
,director may  2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#b7            
,definitions ,in this subsection3 7,a7  
,the term mass violence includes active 
shooter incidents and targeted violence4
  7,b7 ,the term active shooter means an
 individual actively engaged in the     
unauthorized killing or attempting to   
kill a person or persons in a confined  
and populated area with a firearm4  7,c7
 ,the term targeted violence means an   
incident of violence where an assailant 
who is known or knowable to a law       
enforcement agency for a jurisdiction   
where the assailant resides1 identifies 
a particular target prior to a violent  
attack1 which may be one or more        
individuals1 a class or category of     

individuals1 or an institution1 without 
regard to whether the assailant is able 
to successfully harm the chosen target4 
7,d7 ,the term public assembly facility 
means a permanent or temporary structure
 or facility1 place1 or activity where  
concentrations of people gather in      
reasonably close quarters for purposes  
including deliberation1 education1      
worship1 shopping1 employment1          
entertainment1 recreation1 sporting     
events1 or similar activities4  4