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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2308 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide 

grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external 

defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 11, 2013 

Mrs. CAPPS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce, 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 direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program 

to provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 

automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools. 

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 ‘‘Teaching Children to 

5 Save Lives Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

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1 (1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death 

2 in the United States. 

3 (2) Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause 

4 of death in young athletes. 

5 (3) Each year there are nearly 10,000 cases of 

6 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in children nationwide. 

7 (4) Receiving proper treatment known as the 

8 chain of survival can double or triple the chances of 

9 survival of a victim of cardiac arrest. 

10 (5) The 5 links in the chain of survival are 

11 prompt notification of emergency services, early 

12 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (in this Act referred 

13 to as ‘‘CPR’’), rapid defibrillation, effective ad14 vanced life support, and integrated post-cardiac ar15 rest care. 

16 (6) A person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest 

17 has a 90-percent chance of survival if CPR and an 

18 automated external defibrillator (in this Act referred 

19 to as ‘‘AED’’) are used within the first minute after 

20 collapse. 

21 (7) An important part of the education of 

22 school children is learning healthy behaviors, includ23 ing proper nutrition and physical activity, and that 

24 education should also include basic emergency life25 saving skills. 

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1 (8) Teaching school children to recognize and 

2 respond to the signs of cardiac arrest, stroke, and 

3 choking and to perform the life-saving skill of CPR 

4 can improve their confidence in responding to an 

5 emergency and encourage continued efforts to up6 date these skills after graduation, thereby potentially 

7 reducing the rate of death from sudden cardiac ar8 rest, stroke, and choking. 

9 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR CPR TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

10 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu11 cation shall carry out a program under which the Sec12 retary is authorized to award grants to eligible local edu13 cational agencies or targeted schools for implementing na14 tionally recognized CPR and AED training courses. 

15 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency or 

16 targeted school receiving a grant under this section may 

17 use the grant for— 

18 (1) training individuals in CPR and AED skills 

19 and instruction; 

20 (2) obtaining printed informational or instruc21 tional materials; 

22 (3) obtaining manikins; 

23 (4) obtaining AED training devices; and 

24 (5) obtaining other equipment as determined 

25 appropriate by the Secretary. 

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1 (c) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.— 

2 (1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

3 grant under this section, a local educational agency 

4 or targeted school shall submit an application to the 

5 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con6 taining such information and certifications as the 

7 Secretary may reasonably require. 

8 (2) AED TRAINING DEVICES.—To be eligible to 

9 use the grant to obtain an AED training device, a 

10 local agency or targeted school shall demonstrate to 

11 the Secretary that such agency or school has imple12 mented or intends to implement an AED training 

13 program in conjunction with a CPR training pro14 gram as of the date of the submission of the applica15 tion for the grant. 

16 (d) PRIORITY OF AWARD.—In awarding grants under 

17 this section, the Secretary shall award such grants based 

18 on 1 or more of following priorities: 

19 (1) Demonstrated need for initiating a CPR or 

20 AED training program in a targeted school or com21 munity served by targeted schools. 

22 (2) Demonstrated need for continued support of 

23 an existing CPR or AED training program in tar24 geted schools or communities served by targeted 

25 schools. 

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1 (3) Demonstrated need for expanding an exist2 ing CPR or AED training program by adding train3 ing in the use of an AED. 

4 (4) Opportunities to encourage and foster part5 nerships with and among community organizations, 

6 including emergency medical service providers, fire 

7 and police departments, nonprofit organizations, 

8 public health organizations, and parent-teacher asso9 ciations to aid in providing CPR or AED training. 

10 (5) Options to maximize the use of funds pro11 vided under this section. 

12 (e) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date on which funds are first appropriated to carry 

14 out the program, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

15 Congress describing— 

16 (1) grant amounts and recipients; 

17 (2) how the funds were used; and 

18 (3) the impact of the funds on the development 

19 of CPR and AED training programs in schools im20 plementing the grants. 

21 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) TARGETED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘targeted 

23 school’’ means a public elementary school or sec24 ondary school that provides education to students in 

25 any of grades 6 through 12. 

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1 (2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

2 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

3 such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

4 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

5 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

6 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

7 this Act $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 

8 through 2020. 

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