H.R. 7956 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7956 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 7, 2022Mr. Carter of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the President to submit a report to Congress on the actions Executive agencies are taking to make school security improvements at public elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Reports On The Efforts Combating Threats in Schools Act or the PROTECTS Act. 2. Report on actions to protect children in public elementary and secondary schools (a) Report Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report on the actions Executive agencies are taking to make school security improvements to protect children in public elementary and secondary schools, including— (1) improvements to the infrastructure of school property perimeter, parking lot perimeter, building perimeter, entrance and exit points of the school building, video monitoring equipment, and the interior and perimeter of the classroom, and any other physical improvements related to camera systems and related hardware, alarm and notification technology, and visitor management technologies; and (2) increasing the number of school resource officers and other law enforcement agencies at such schools. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Executive agency The term Executive agency has the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code. (2) Relevant congressional committees The term relevant congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.