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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2269 

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

1968 to allow funds provided under the Matching Grant Program for 

School Security to be used to improve information sharing between law 

enforcement and schools, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2013 

Mr. MICHAUD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968 to allow funds provided under the 

Matching Grant Program for School Security to be used 

to improve information sharing between law enforcement 

and schools, 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 ‘‘Multi-Hazard School 

5 Disaster Planning and Response Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXPANDING PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS UNDER 

2 THE MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 

3 SCHOOL SECURITY TO IMPROVE INFORMA4 TION SHARING BETWEEN LAW ENFORCE5 MENT AND SCHOOLS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2701 of title I of the Om7 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

8 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

11 paragraph (6); and 

12 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

13 following new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(5) Any law enforcement and school informa15 tion sharing activity described in subsection (g)(1).’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

19 ‘‘(g) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL INFORMA20 TION SHARING ACTIVITIES.— 

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 

22 (b)(5), a law enforcement and school information 

23 sharing activity described in this paragraph is any of 

24 the following activities conducted in accordance with 

25 paragraphs (3) and (4): 


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1 ‘‘(A) Establishing or improving an elec2 tronic data management system for the purpose 

3 of sharing specified emergency response plan 

4 data with first responders. 

5 ‘‘(B) Assisting local law enforcement and 

6 local schools with costs associated with col7 lecting information on, evaluating, updating, 

8 and digitizing specified emergency response 

9 plan data and making such plans electronically 

10 available to local dispatch centers and first re11 sponders through mobile data terminals and 

12 mobile data computers. 

13 ‘‘(C) Enabling law enforcement to consult 

14 with schools to develop emergency plans, includ15 ing specified emergency response plan data, in 

16 order to ensure such plans are comprehensive, 

17 complete, and current. 

18 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN

19 DATA.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 

20 ‘specified emergency response plan data’ means, 

21 with respect to a school, emergency plan and re22 sponse information, as specified by the Attorney 

23 General, for such school— 

24 ‘‘(A) that includes floor plans, aerial and 

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1 tact information for administrative personnel, 

2 custodial staff, and relevant service vendors for 

3 such school; and 

4 ‘‘(B) that is to be shared, in accordance 

5 with paragraph (3), with only first responders. 

6 ‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION OF DATA.—Any specified 

7 emergency response plan data that is disseminated 

8 through a law enforcement and school information 

9 sharing activity for which funds are made available 

10 under this part shall be so disseminated only to a 

11 local dispatch center for first responders through an 

12 electronic means and for purposes of being made 

13 available to mobile data terminals or mobile data 

14 computers of first responders. 

15 ‘‘(4) REVIEW AND UPDATE OF DATA.—Any 

16 specified emergency response plan data that is dis17 seminated through a law enforcement and school in18 formation sharing activity for which funds are made 

19 available under a grant under this part shall be an20 nually reviewed by the State, unit of local govern21 ment, or Indian tribe receiving such grant and up22 dated as necessary.’’. 

23 (b) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION FOR APPLICA24 TIONS FOR NEW AUTHORIZED USES.—Section 2701(c) of 

25 such Act (42 U.S.C. 3797a(c)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘CONSIDERATION.—In award2 ing’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘CONSIDER3 ATIONS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

5 in awarding’’; and 

6 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

7 paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(2) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION FOR AP9 PLICATIONS FOR INFORMATION SHARING PUR10 POSES.—In awarding grants under this part for a 

11 use described in subsection (b)(5), the Director shall 

12 give preferential consideration, if feasible, to an ap13 plication from a jurisdiction that demonstrates the 

14 activity for which the grant will be used will cover 

15 a significant number of schools, demonstrates such 

16 jurisdiction uses (or will use such grant to develop) 

17 an electronic record management system that is 

18 compatible across multiple jurisdictions, or dem19 onstrates community interest with respect to such 

20 activity for which the grant will be used.’’. 

21 (c) FUNDING.— 

22 (1) REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 

23 2705 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by 

24 striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 

25 through 2017’’. 


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1 (2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR FUNDS

2 FOR NEW AUTHORIZED USES.—Such section is fur3 ther amended by adding at the end the following 

4 new sentence: ‘‘In addition to the amounts author5 ized to be appropriated under the previous sentence 

6 for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appro7 priated for grants under this part for a use de8 scribed in section 2701(b)(5), $10,000,000 for each 

9 of fiscal years 2014 through 2017.’’. 

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