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Union Calendar No. 543 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2352 

[Report No. 110–821, Part I] 

To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and 

institutions of higher education. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2007 

Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. NEAL

of Massachusetts, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 

MEEKS of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. CORRINE

BROWN of Florida, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WEINER, Ms. WATERS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WU, Ms. 

BALDWIN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 

HINCHEY, Mr. WATT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. LEE, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. HOLT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 

Texas, Mr. HARE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. KIND, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 

GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 

MATSUI, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. SUTTON, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 

AUGUST 1, 2008 

Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AUGUST 1, 2008 

Referral to the Committee on Education and Labor extended for a period 

ending not later than September 12, 2008 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 

Ms. CARSON, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. COHEN, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. DEFAZIO, 


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Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. HONDA, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. MORAN of 

Virginia, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; committed to the Committee 

of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2007] 

A BILL 

To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary 

schools, and institutions of higher education. 

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 ‘‘School Safety Enhance5 ments Act of 2008’’. 

6 TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SEC7 ONDARY EDUCATION SAFETY 

8 ENHANCEMENTS 

9 SEC. 101. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

10 Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

11 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)— 

13 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘Installation’’; and 

16 (ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip17 ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 


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1 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

2 paragraph (6); and 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for the 

6 reporting of potentially dangerous students and situa7 tions.’’; 

8 (2) by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a program 

11 provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall be not 

12 more than 80 percent of the total of such costs.’’; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.—Not later than 60 

15 days after the date of enactment of the School Safety En16 hancements Act of 2008, the Director and the Secretary of 

17 Education, or the designee of the Secretary, shall establish 

18 an interagency task force to develop and promulgate a set 

19 of advisory school safety guidelines. The advisory school 

20 safety guidelines shall be published in the Federal Register 

21 by not later than one year after such date of enactment. 

22 In developing the final advisory school safety guidelines, the 

23 interagency task force shall consult with stakeholders and 

24 interested parties, including parents, teachers, and agen25 cies.’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. APPLICATIONS. 

2 Section 2702(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

3 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is amend4 ed to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report, signed by the 

6 chief education officer and the attorney general or 

7 other chief law enforcement executive of the State, 

8 unit of local government, or Indian tribe, certifying 

9 that each proposed use of the grant funds will be— 

10 ‘‘(A) an effective means for improving the 

11 safety of one or more schools; 

12 ‘‘(B) consistent with a comprehensive ap13 proach to preventing school violence; and 

14 ‘‘(C) individualized to the needs of each 

15 school at which those improvements are to be 

16 made.’’. 

17 SEC. 103. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

18 Section 2703 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

19 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797c) is amended by strik20 ing ‘‘and the activities for which those funds were used’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘and a detailed itemization of how those 

22 funds were utilized’’. 

23 SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

25 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by strik26 ing ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 


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1 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

2 years 2009 and 2010’’. 

3 SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT. 

4 Paragraph (5) of section 2701(b) of the Omnibus 

5 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3797a(b)) (as amended by section 101 of this Act) is further 

7 amended by inserting ‘‘, including hazardous conditions’’ 

8 after ‘‘and situations’’. 

9 SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT PRO10 GRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

11 Section 2701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

12 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) (as amended 

13 by sections 101 and 105 of this Act) is further amended 

14 by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new para15 graph (and redesignating the succeeding paragraphs ac16 cordingly): 

17 ‘‘(5) Development and implementation of safety 

18 measures to protect students in the event of a terrorist 

19 attack or other hazardous condition or situation.’’. 

20 TITLE II—HIGHER EDUCATION 

21 SECURITY ENHANCEMENT 

22 SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESS23 MENTS. 

24 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

25 U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(h) CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESSMENT.—Each eligible in2 stitution participating in any program under this title 

3 shall conduct an annual campus safety assessment that 

4 shall be prepared through consultation between the institu5 tion’s staff, including safety and security personnel, and 

6 local law enforcement officials.’’. 

7 SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS EMERGENCY RE8 SPONSE PLANS. 

9 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

10 amended in section 201 (20 U.S.C. 1092), is further amend11 ed by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(i) CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.—Each el13 igible institution participating in any program under this 

14 title shall develop and implement a campus emergency re15 sponse plan to address a comprehensive set of emergency 

16 situations, including the following: 

17 ‘‘(1) Natural disasters. 

18 ‘‘(2) Active shooter situations. 

19 ‘‘(3) Terrorist attacks.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 543 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2352 

[Report No. 110–821, Part I] 

A BILL 

To enhance the safety of elementary schools, seccation. ondary schools, and institutions of higher eduSEPTEMBER 12, 2008 

Committee on Education and Labor discharged; comState of the Union and ordered to be printed mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 


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