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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3404

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require

the Secretary of Education to provide demonstration grants to local

educational agencies for the purpose of providing instruction and training

in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid to secondary school

students.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 28, 1993

Mr. GUTIERREZ (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. ACKERMAN, and Mr.

KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to provide

demonstration grants to local educational agencies for

the purpose of providing instruction and training in

cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid to secondary

school students.

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 ‘‘Cardiopulmonary Re5 suscitation and First Aid School Training Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.

2 Part F of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary

3 Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end

4 the following:

5 ‘‘SEC. 4611. CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.

6 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Not later than 180 days

7 after the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec8 retary of Education (in this section referred to as the

9 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall provide not less than 10 demonstration

10 grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of pro11 viding instruction, training, and programs in

12 cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid to secondary

13 school students.

14 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—The Secretary may provide a

15 grant to a local educational agency under subsection (a)

16 only if such agency submits to the Secretary an applica17 tion which contains such information as the Secretary may

18 reasonably require.

19 ‘‘(c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency

21 shall use amounts received from a grant under sub22 section (a) to establish a program to provide instruc23 tion and training programs, including the purchas24 ing of equipment, in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

25 and first aid to students at secondary schools under

26 the control or direction of such agency.
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1 ‘‘(2) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In conducting

2 the program established under paragraph (1), the

3 local educational agency shall ensure that—

4 ‘‘(A) the program is carried out in accord5 ance with appropriate requirements relating to

6 instruction and training in cardiopulmonary re7 suscitation and first aid as recommended by na8 tional guidelines and standards based on the

9 most current scientific research available such

10 as the requirements established by the Amer11 ican Red Cross or the American Heart Associa12 tion;

13 ‘‘(B) individuals providing such instruction

14 and training have successfully completed a

15 course in such instruction such as the curricu16 lum of the American Red Cross, National Safe17 ty Council, or the American Heart Association;

18 ‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, each stu19 dent at a secondary school under the control or

20 direction of such agency has been trained to

21 provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first

22 aid as a result of participation in such program

23 prior to graduation; and

24 ‘‘(D) teachers at such secondary school

25 also receive instruction and training in
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1 cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid

2 under such program, and after appropriate

3 training, may act as instructors.

4 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary may provide a grant

5 to a local educational agency under subsection (a) only

6 if such agency agrees to submit to the Secretary a report

7 containing—

8 ‘‘(1) a description and evaluation of the pro9 gram established by such agency under subsection

10 (c), including the number of students and teachers

11 who have successfully completed a course of instruc12 tion such as the curriculum of the American Red

13 Cross, National Safety Council, or the American

14 Heart Association to provide cardiopulmonary resus15 citation and first aid under such program; and

16 ‘‘(2) any other information as the Secretary

17 may reasonably require.’’.

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