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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10024 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10024

To direct the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
 Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security to issue a rule 
  requiring the installation or modification of interior and exterior 
    doors in schools for the purpose of reinforcing such doors and 
 improving the safety of students, teachers, and school personnel, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2024

    Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL

 
To direct the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
 Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security to issue a rule 
  requiring the installation or modification of interior and exterior 
    doors in schools for the purpose of reinforcing such doors and 
 improving the safety of students, teachers, and school personnel, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure And Fortify Entrances and 
Rooms in Schools Act of 2024'' or the ``SAFER Schools Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. INSTALLATION OR MODIFICATION OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DOORS IN 
              SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Cybersecurity and 
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
shall convene a rulemaking advisory committee to review and develop 
findings and recommendations to require the installation or 
modification of interior and exterior doors in any primary or secondary 
school in the United States which receives Federal funding.
    (b) Membership.--The Director of CISA shall chair and, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, appoint the 
members of the rulemaking committee under subsection (a), which shall 
be comprised of the Secretary of Education (or his or her designee) and 
at least one representative from the constituencies of--
            (1) State and local law enforcement officers;
            (2) school safety personnel or school resource officers;
            (3) school safety advocates, which may include parents;
            (4) public, private, or parochial school teachers or 
        administrators;
            (5) individuals with expertise in the area of ballistic 
        shielding technology;
            (6) individuals with expertise in the field of school 
        construction, including structural engineering or architecture; 
        and
            (7) other stakeholders or experts the Director of CISA, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        determines appropriate.
    (c) Considerations.--The rulemaking advisory committee under 
subsection (a) shall consider the following:
            (1) Requirements for any reinforced door, including an 
        identification or specification of appropriate technologies, 
        mechanisms, covers, adhesives, or other qualities of such doors 
        that may be utilized to better guarantee security within a 
        classroom or primary or secondary school building.
            (2) Reinforced door performance standards that 
        manufacturers and primary or secondary schools are required to 
        satisfy.
            (3) The development, certification, testing, manufacturing, 
        installation, and training relating to reinforced doors.
            (4) The appropriate term of service or lifetime of a 
        reinforced door.
            (5) How requirements will ensure the effectiveness of a 
        reinforced door in protecting against threats while not 
        inhibiting the movement of law enforcement personnel in pursuit 
        of a threat or the ability of students, teachers, and primary 
        or secondary school personnel to safely evacuate in the event 
        of an emergency.
            (6) Other considerations the Director of CISA determines 
        appropriate.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the 
convening of the rulemaking advisory committee under subsection (a), 
the Director of CISA shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs and the Committee on Heath, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate a report based on the findings and recommendations of such 
committee.
    (e) Final Rule Relating to Installation or Modification of Interior 
and Exterior Doors in Schools.--Not later than six months after the 
date of submission of the report required under subsection (d), the 
Director of CISA, taking into consideration the findings and 
recommendations contained in such report, shall issue a final rule 
requiring the installation or modification of interior and exterior 
doors in primary or secondary school for the purpose of reinforcing 
such doors.
    (f) State Homeland Security Grant Program.--This section shall be 
administered under the authorization of the Homeland Security Grant 
Program under section 2004 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 605). There is authorized to be appropriated to such Program to 
carry out this section an additional $100,000,000 for the fiscal year 
in which the final rule is issued in accordance with subsection (e) and 
for each of the nine fiscal years thereafter. Such additional amounts 
may only be obligated and expended for the purpose of carrying out this 
section.
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