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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 283

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and the 

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize 

the use of grant funds for bullying and gang prevention, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 6, 2005

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 

Act and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant funds for 

bullying and gang prevention, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bullying and Gang 

5 Prevention for School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 

6 2005’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS 

2 AND COMMUNITIES ACT REGARDING BUL3 LYING AND GANGS. 

4 (a) AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE

5 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT.—Part A of title IV of 

6 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Safe 

8 and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act’’) is amend9 ed—

10 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) in 

11 section 4002, and in sections 4112(a)(5)(A), 

12 4115(b)(1)(C)(i), and 4115(b)(2)(A)(i), by striking 

13 ‘‘violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, and 

14 gangs’’; 

15 (2) in clause (ii) of section 4112(c)(2)(D), by 

16 striking ‘‘violence that is associated’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘violence, bullying, and gangs that are associated’’; 

18 (3) by striking the term ‘‘drug and violence pre19 vention’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

20 ‘‘drug, violence, bullying, and gang prevention’’, in21 cluding in sections 4002(1), 4002(2), 4002(4), 

22 4112(a)(3), 4112(a)(5), 4112(c)(2)(D), 4113(a)(4), 

23 4113(a)(5), 4113(a)(9), 4113(a)(10), 4113(a)(14), 

24 4114(a)(1), 4114(c)(1)(A), 4114(d)(2), 4114(d)(6), 

25 4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(b)(2)(B), 4115(b)(2)(C), 

26 4115(b)(2)(D), 4115(b)(2)(E), 4115(d), 
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1 4116(a)(1)(B), 4121(a)(1), 4121(a)(2), and 

2 4121(a)(5); 

3 (4) by striking the term ‘‘drug use and vio4 lence’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

5 ‘‘drug use, violence, bullying, and gangs’’, including 

6 in sections 4002(4), 4112(a)(2), 4112(c)(3)(B)(iv), 

7 4113(a)(9)(A), 4115(b)(1)(C)(ii), 4116(a)(2)(B), 

8 and 4122(c); 

9 (5) in section 4112(c)(3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘vi10 olence and drug-related’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 

11 bullying, gang, and drug-related’’; 

12 (6) in section 4114(d)(6), by striking ‘‘acts of 

13 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence, bullying, 

14 and gangs’’; 

15 (7) in sections 4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(a)(1)(C), 

16 4115(a)(2)(A), 4115(b)(2)(E), and 4122(a), by 

17 striking the term ‘‘violence and illegal drug use’’ 

18 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘vio19 lence, bullying, gangs, and illegal drug use’’; 

20 (8) in section 4115(b)(2)(B), by striking the 

21 term ‘‘violence and illegal use of drugs’’ each place 

22 such term appears and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, 

23 gangs, and illegal use of drugs’’; 

24 (9) in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 

25 4115(b)(2)(E), and in section 4152(a), by striking 
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1 the term ‘‘Drug and violence prevention’’ each place 

2 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Drug, violence, 

3 bullying, and gang prevention’’; 

4 (10) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(vii) and 4122(b) 

5 by striking ‘‘illegal drug use and violence’’ and in6 serting ‘‘violence, bullying, gangs, and illegal drug 

7 use’’; 

8 (11) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(ix), by striking 

9 ‘‘violent or drug abusing students’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘violent, bullying, gang-affiliated, or drug abusing 

11 students’’; 

12 (12) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(x), by striking 

13 ‘‘violent behavior and illegal use of drugs’’ and in14 serting ‘‘violent behavior, bullying, gang affiliation, 

15 and illegal use of drugs’’; 

16 (13) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xiii)—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘violence prevention and 

18 education programs’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 

19 bullying, and gang prevention and education 

20 programs’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘resolve conflicts without 

22 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘resolve conflicts with23 out violence, bullying, or gangs’’; 

24 (14) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xv), by striking 

25 ‘‘major accident, or a drug-related incident’’ and in-
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1 serting ‘‘major accident, bullying incident, gang-re2 lated incident, or a drug-related incident’’; 

3 (15) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(xviii) and 

4 4116(b)(1), by striking ‘‘safety hotline’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘safety, bullying prevention, and gang preven6 tion hotline’’; 

7 (16) in section 4116(a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘vio8 lence and drug prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug, vio9 lence, bullying, and gang prevention’’; 

10 (17) in section 4121(a), by striking ‘‘illegal use 

11 of drugs and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bul12 lying, gang activity, and illegal drug use’’; 

13 (18) in section 4121(a)(4), by striking ‘‘violence 

14 prevention and education’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 

15 bullying, and gang prevention and education’’; 

16 (19) in sections 4121(a)(6) and 4121(a)(8), by 

17 striking ‘‘drug and violence problems’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘drug, violence, bullying, and gang problems’’; 

19 (20) in section 4122(a)(2), by striking ‘‘and 

20 school violence’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, bul21 lying, gang activity,’’; 

22 (21) in sections 4124(a)(1)(B) and 4124(a)(3), 

23 by striking ‘‘substance abuse and violence preven24 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, gang, and 

25 substance abuse prevention’’; 
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1 (22) in section 4124(b)(4)(A)(i), by striking 

2 ‘‘substance abuse and violence problem’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘violence, bullying, gang, and substance abuse 

4 problem’’; 

5 (23) in section 4127(c), by striking ‘‘school vio6 lence research’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, bul7 lying, and gang research’’; 

8 (24) in section 4128(b)(2), by striking ‘‘such as 

9 substance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘such as bullying, 

10 substance abuse’’; 

11 (25) in section 4128(b)(4), by striking ‘‘school 

12 violence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, 

13 bullying, and gang prevention’’; 

14 (26) in section 4130(b)(1)(B)(iv), by striking 

15 ‘‘violence, use of dangerous weapons’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘violence, bullying, gangs, use of dangerous weap17 ons’’; 

18 (27) in section 4130(b)(5)(B)(i), by striking 

19 ‘‘schools with violence problems’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘schools with violence, bullying, or gang problems’’; 

21 (28) in section 4151—

22 (A) in paragraph (3)—

23 (i) by striking ‘‘DRUG AND VIOLENCE

24 PREVENTION’’ in the heading and inserting 
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1 ‘‘DRUG, VIOLENCE, BULLYING, AND GANG

2 PREVENTION’’; 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘drug and violence 

4 prevention’’ each place such term appears 

5 and inserting ‘‘drug, violence, bullying, and 

6 gang prevention’’; and 

7 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

8 ‘‘with respect to violence’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘with respect to violence, bullying, and 

10 gangs’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking 

12 ‘‘violent behavior’’ and inserting ‘‘violent, bul13 lying, or gang behavior’’; and 

14 (29) in section 4152(a), by striking ‘‘acts of vi15 olence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence and bul16 lying’’. 

17 (b) AMENDMENT TO OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND

18 SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Paragraph (13) of section 

19 1801 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

20 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 2796ee; relating to juvenile account21 ability block grants) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account23 ability-based programs that are designed to enhance 
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1 school safety, which programs may include research2 based bullying and gang prevention programs;’’.

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