115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4909 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the grant program for school security in 

the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

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 ‘‘Student, Teachers, and 

3 Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018’’ or the 

4 ‘‘STOP School Violence Act of 2018’’. 

5 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

6 Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

7 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10551 et seq.) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in section 2701 (34 U.S.C. 10551)— 

10 (A) in subsection (a)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Office 

12 of Community Oriented Policing Services’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘Director of the Bureau of 

14 Justice Assistance’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘including the place16 ment and use of metal detectors and other 

17 deterrent measures’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘through evidence-based strategies and 

19 programs to prevent violence, which may 

20 include the use of appropriate technologies, 

21 including the placement and use of metal 

22 detectors and other deterrent measure and 

23 emergency notification and response tech24 nologies’’; 

25 (B) in subsection (b)— 
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1 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

2 (1), by inserting after ‘‘through’’ the fol3 lowing: ‘‘evidence-based school safety pro4 grams that may include’’; and 

5 (ii) by striking paragraphs (1) 

6 through (6) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) Training to prevent student violence 

8 against others and self, including training for local 

9 law enforcement officers, school personnel, and stu10 dents. 

11 ‘‘(2) The development and operation of anony12 mous reporting systems for threats of school vio13 lence, including mobile telephone applications, hot14 lines, and internet websites. 

15 ‘‘(3) The development and operation of— 

16 ‘‘(A) school threat assessment and inter17 vention teams that may include coordination 

18 with law enforcement agencies and school per19 sonnel; and 

20 ‘‘(B) specialized training for school offi21 cials in responding to mental health crises. 

22 ‘‘(4) Coordination with local law enforcement. 

23 ‘‘(5) Placement and use of metal detectors, 

24 locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures. 

25 ‘‘(6) Security assessments. 
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1 ‘‘(7) Security training of personnel and stu2 dents. 

3 ‘‘(8) Subgrants to State or local law enforce4 ment agencies, schools, school districts, nonprofit or5 ganizations, or Indian tribal organizations to imple6 ment grants awarded under this section. 

7 ‘‘(9) Acquisition and installation of technology 

8 for expedited notification of local law enforcement 

9 during an emergency. 

10 ‘‘(10) Any other measure that, in the deter11 mination of the Director, may provide a significant 

12 improvement in security.’’; 

13 (C) in subsection (c)— 

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

16 (ii) by inserting before the period at 

17 the end the following: ‘‘, and will use evi18 dence-based strategies and programs, such 

19 as those identified by the Comprehensive 

20 School Safety Initiative of the Department 

21 of Justice’’; and 

22 (D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘50 

23 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; 

24 (2) in section 2702 (34 U.S.C. 10552)— 
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1 (A) in subsection (a)(2), in the matter pre2 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘child 

3 psychologists’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health 

4 professionals’’; and 

5 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this 

6 part’’ and inserting ‘‘the STOP School Violence 

7 Act of 2018’’; 

8 (3) in section 2704(1) (34 U.S.C. 10554(1)), by 

9 striking ‘‘a public’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; 

10 (4) in section 2705, by striking ‘‘$30,000,000 

11 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009’’ and in12 serting ‘‘$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

13 through 2028, of which not less than $50,000,000 

14 shall be available in each such fiscal year for grants 

15 for the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (4) 

16 of section 2701(b)’’; and 

17 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 2706. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 

19 ‘‘(a) NO FUNDS TO PROVIDE FIREARMS OR TRAIN20 ING.—No amounts provided as a grant under this part 

21 may be used for the provision to any person of a firearm 

22 or training in the use of a firearm. 

23 ‘‘(b) NO EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 

24 part may be construed to preclude or contradict any other 
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1 provision of law authorizing the provision of firearms or 

2 training in the use of firearms.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 

2018. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4909 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the grant program for school secuStreets Act of 1968. rity in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe