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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2352 

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 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety En3 hancements Act of 2007’’. 

4 TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SEC5 ONDARY EDUCATION SAFETY 

6 ENHANCEMENTS 

7 SEC. 101. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

8 Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘surveil12 lance equipment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 

13 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 

16 the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 

17 situations.’’; 

18 (C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

19 paragraph (6); and 

20 (D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(5) Capital improvements to make school fa23 cilities more secure.’’; 

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

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a pro2 gram provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall 

3 be 80 percent of the total of such costs. The non4 Federal share of such costs shall be 20 percent of 

5 such costs.’’; and 

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

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

8 days after the date of enactment of the School Safety En9 hancements Act of 2007, the Director and the Secretary 

10 of Education, or the designee of the Secretary, shall estab11 lish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate 

12 a set of advisory school safety guidelines. The advisory 

13 school safety guidelines shall be published in the Federal 

14 Register by not later than June 1, 2008.’’. 

15 SEC. 102. APPLICATIONS. 

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

17 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is 

18 amended to read as follows: 

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

20 chief education officer and the attorney general or 

21 other chief legal officer of the State, unit of local 

22 government, or Indian tribe, demonstrating that 

23 each proposed use of the grant funds will be— 

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

25 safety of one or more schools; 


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1 ‘‘(B) consistent with a comprehensive ap2 proach to preventing school violence; and 

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

4 school at which those improvements are to be 

5 made.’’. 

6 SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

8 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by 

9 striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 

10 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the 

11 fiscal years 2008 and 2009’’. 

12 TITLE II—HIGHER EDUCATION 

13 SECURITY ENHANCEMENT 

14 SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESS15 MENTS. 

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

17 U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(h) CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESSMENT.—Each eligible 

20 institution participating in any program under this title 

21 shall conduct an annual campus safety assessment that 

22 shall be prepared through consultation between the insti23 tution’s staff, including safety and security personnel, and 

24 local law enforcement officials.’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS EMERGENCY RE2 SPONSE PLANS. 

3 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

4 as amended in section 201 (20 U.S.C. 1092), is further 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(i) CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.—Each 

7 eligible institution participating in any program under this 

8 title shall develop and implement a campus emergency re9 sponse plan to address a comprehensive set of emergency 

10 situations, including the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) Natural disasters. 

12 ‘‘(2) Active shooter situations. 

13 ‘‘(3) Terrorist attacks.’’. 

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