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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5135 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

provide for additional grants for school security, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 1, 2018 

Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, and Mr. FLORES) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to provide for additional grants for school 

security, 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 ‘‘Securing Children in 

5 Schools Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

7 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

8 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. et seq.) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART OO—ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR SCHOOL 

2 SECURITY 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3040. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 

4 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 

5 Community Oriented Policing Services (in this section re6 ferred to as the ‘Director’) is authorized to make grants 

7 to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to 

8 provide for the placement and use of metal detectors and 

9 other screening technologies at schools and on school 

10 grounds. 

11 ‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 

12 section shall be distributed directly to the State, unit of 

13 local government, or Indian tribe, and shall be used to im14 prove security at schools and on school grounds in the ju15 risdiction of the grantee through the placement and use 

16 of metal detectors and other screening technologies. 

17 ‘‘(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding 

18 grants under this subchapter, the Director shall give pref19 erential consideration, if feasible, to an application from 

20 a jurisdiction that has a demonstrated need for improved 

21 security, has a demonstrated need for financial assistance, 

22 and has evidenced the ability to make the improvements 

23 for which the grant amounts are sought. 

24 ‘‘(d) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding 

25 grants under this subchapter, the Director shall ensure, 

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1 tion among the regions of the United States and among 

2 urban, suburban, and rural areas. 

3 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Director may re4 serve not more than 2 percent from amounts appropriated 

5 to carry out this subchapter for administrative costs. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 3041. APPLICATIONS. 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 

8 part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern9 ment, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the 

10 Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and ac11 companied by such information as the Attorney General 

12 may require. Each application shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) include a detailed explanation of— 

14 ‘‘(A) the intended uses of funds provided 

15 under the grant; 

16 ‘‘(B) how the activities funded under the 

17 grant will meet the purpose of this part; and 

18 ‘‘(C) how the school will limit their points 

19 of entry to ensure safety; and 

20 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by an assurance that the 

21 application was prepared after consultation with in22 dividuals not limited to law enforcement officers 

23 (such as school violence researchers, child psycholo24 gists, social workers, teachers, principals, and other 


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1 school personnel) to ensure that the improvements to 

2 be funded under the grant are— 

3 ‘‘(A) consistent with a comprehensive ap4 proach to preventing school violence; and 

5 ‘‘(B) individualized to the needs of each 

6 school at which those improvements are to be 

7 made. 

8 ‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 90 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this part, the Attorney General 

10 shall promulgate guidelines to implement this section (in11 cluding the information that must be included and the re12 quirements that the States, units of local government, and 

13 Indian tribes must meet) in submitting the applications 

14 required under this section. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 3042. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

16 ‘‘Not later than November 30th of each year, the At17 torney General shall submit a report to the Congress re18 garding the activities carried out under this part. Each 

19 such report shall include, for the preceding fiscal year, the 

20 number of grants funded under this part, the amount of 

21 funds provided under those grants, the activities for which 

22 those funds were used, and the number of weapons de23 tected and confiscated by the use of metal detectors and 

24 other screening technologies placed and used using funds 

25 provided under this part. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 3043. DEFINITIONS. 

2 ‘‘For purposes of this part— 

3 ‘‘(1) the term ‘school’ means a public elemen4 tary or secondary school; 

5 ‘‘(2) the term ‘unit of local government’ means 

6 a county, municipality, town, township, village, par7 ish, borough, or other unit of general government 

8 below the State level; 

9 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same mean10 ing as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determina11 tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

12 450b(e)); and 

13 ‘‘(4) the term ‘screening technologies’ means 

14 technologies including— 

15 ‘‘(A) walk through metal detection portals; 

16 ‘‘(B) stand-off screening technologies; 

17 ‘‘(C) explosive trace detection; and 

18 ‘‘(D) computed tomography equipment and 

19 X-ray imaging equipment for carried and per20 sonal belonging screening. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 3044. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

23 this part $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

24 through 2029.’’. 

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