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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3692

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and the 

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize 

the use of grant funds for bullying prevention, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 8, 2003

Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California (for herself and Mr. QUINN) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 

Act and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant funds for 

bullying prevention, 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 ‘‘Bullying Prevention 

5 for School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS 

2 AND COMMUNITIES ACT REGARDING BUL3 LYING. 

4 (a) AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE

5 SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT.—Part A of title IV of 

6 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Safe 

8 and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act’’) is amend9 ed—

10 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) in 

11 section 4002, and in sections 4112(a)(5)(A), 

12 4112(c)(2)(D)(ii), 4115(b)(1)(C)(i), and 

13 4115(b)(2)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘violence’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘violence and bullying’’; 

15 (2) by striking the term ‘‘drug and violence pre16 vention’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

17 ‘‘drug, violence, and bullying prevention’’, including 

18 in sections 4002(1), 4002(2), 4002(4), 4112(a)(3), 

19 4112(a)(5), 4112(c)(2)(D), 4113(a)(4), 4113(a)(5), 

20 4113(a)(9), 4113(a)(10), 4113(a)(14), 4114(a)(1), 

21 4114(c)(1)(A), 4114(d)(2), 4114(d)(6), 

22 4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(b)(2)(B), 4115(b)(2)(C), 

23 4115(b)(2)(D), 4115(b)(2)(E), 4115(d), 

24 4116(a)(1)(B), 4121(a)(1), 4121(a)(2), and 

25 4121(a)(5); 
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1 (3) by striking the term ‘‘drug use and vio2 lence’’ each place such term appears and inserting 

3 ‘‘drug use, violence, and bullying’’, including in sec4 tions 4002(4), 4112(a)(2), 4112(c)(3)(B)(iv), 

5 4113(a)(9)(A), 4115(b)(1)(C)(ii), 4116(a)(2)(B), 

6 and 4122(c); 

7 (4) in section 4112(c)(3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘vi8 olence and drug-related’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 

9 bullying, and drug-related’’; 

10 (5) in section 4114(d)(6), by striking ‘‘acts of 

11 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence and bul12 lying’’; 

13 (6) in sections 4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(a)(1)(C), 

14 4115(a)(2)(A), 4115(b)(2)(E), and 4122(a), by 

15 striking the term ‘‘violence and illegal drug use’’ 

16 each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘vio17 lence, bullying, and illegal drug use’’; 

18 (7) in section 4115(b)(2)(B), by striking the 

19 term ‘‘violence and illegal use of drugs’’ each place 

20 such term appears and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, 

21 and illegal use of drugs’’; 

22 (8) in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 

23 4115(b)(2)(E), and in section 4152(a), by striking 

24 the term ‘‘Drug and violence prevention’’ each place 
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1 such term appears and inserting ‘‘Drug, violence, 

2 and bullying prevention’’; 

3 (9) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(vii) and 4122(b) 

4 by striking ‘‘illegal drug use and violence’’ and in5 serting ‘‘violence, bullying, and illegal drug use’’; 

6 (10) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(ix), by striking 

7 ‘‘violent or drug abusing students’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘violent, bullying, or drug abusing students’’; 

9 (11) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(x), by striking 

10 ‘‘violent behavior and illegal use of drugs’’ and in11 serting ‘‘violent behavior, bullying, and illegal use of 

12 drugs’’; 

13 (12) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xiii)—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘violence prevention and 

15 education programs’’ and inserting ‘‘violence 

16 and bullying prevention and education pro17 grams’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘resolve conflicts without 

19 violence’’ and inserting ‘‘resolve conflicts with20 out violence or bullying’’; 

21 (13) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xv), by striking 

22 ‘‘major accident, or a drug-related incident’’ and in23 serting ‘‘major accident, bullying incident, or a drug24 related incident’’; 
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1 (14) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(xviii) and 

2 4116(b)(1), by striking ‘‘safety hotline’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘safety and bullying prevention hotline’’; 

4 (15) in section 4116(a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘vio5 lence and drug prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug, vio6 lence, and bullying prevention’’; 

7 (16) in section 4121(a), by striking ‘‘illegal use 

8 of drugs and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bul9 lying, and illegal drug use’’; 

10 (17) in section 4121(a)(4), by striking ‘‘violence 

11 prevention and education’’ and inserting ‘‘violence 

12 and bullying prevention and education’’; 

13 (18) in sections 4121(a)(6) and 4121(a)(8), by 

14 striking ‘‘drug and violence problems’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘drug, violence, and bullying problems’’; 

16 (19) in section 4122(a)(2), by striking ‘‘and 

17 school violence’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence and 

18 bullying,’’; 

19 (20) in sections 4124(a)(1)(B) and 4124(a)(3), 

20 by striking ‘‘substance abuse and violence preven21 tion’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, and sub22 stance abuse prevention’’; 

23 (21) in section 4124(b)(4)(A)(i), by striking 

24 ‘‘substance abuse and violence problem’’ and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘violence, bullying, and substance abuse prob2 lem’’; 

3 (22) in section 4127(c), by striking ‘‘school vio4 lence research’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence and 

5 bullying research’’; 

6 (23) in section 4128(b)(2), by striking ‘‘such as 

7 substance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘such as bullying, 

8 substance abuse’’; 

9 (24) in section 4128(b)(4), by striking ‘‘school 

10 violence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence 

11 and bullying prevention’’; 

12 (25) in section 4130(b)(1)(B)(iv), by striking 

13 ‘‘violence, use of dangerous weapons’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘violence and bullying, use of dangerous weapons’’; 

15 (26) in section 4130(b)(5)(B)(i), by striking 

16 ‘‘schools with violence problems’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘schools with violence or bullying problems’’; 

18 (27) in section 4151—

19 (A) in paragraph (3)—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘DRUG AND VIOLENCE

21 PREVENTION’’ in the heading and inserting 

22 ‘‘DRUG, VIOLENCE, AND BULLYING PRE23 VENTION’’; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘drug and violence 

25 prevention’’ each place such term appears 
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1 and inserting ‘‘drug, violence, and bullying 

2 prevention’’; and 

3 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

4 ‘‘and bullying’’ after ‘‘with respect to vio5 lence’’; and 

6 (B) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking 

7 ‘‘violent behavior’’ and inserting ‘‘violent or bul8 lying behavior’’; and 

9 (28) in section 4152(a), by striking ‘‘acts of vi10 olence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence or bullying’’. 

11 (b) AMENDMENT TO OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND

12 SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Paragraph (13) of section 

13 1801 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

14 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 2796ee; relating to juvenile account15 ability block grants) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account17 ability-based programs that are designed to enhance 

18 school safety, which programs may include research19 based bullying prevention programs;’’.

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