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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4909 

To reauthorize the grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime 

Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 30, 2018 

Mr. RUTHERFORD (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. KILMER, and 

Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student, Teachers, and 

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

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

7 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

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

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

10 amended— 


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

2 (A) in subsection (a)— 

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

4 of Community Oriented Policing Services’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘Director of the Bureau of 

6 Justice Assistance’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘including the place8 ment and use of metal detectors and other 

9 deterrent measures’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘through evidence-based training and tech11 nical assistance to prevent violence’’; 

12 (B) in subsection (b)— 

13 (i) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), 

14 and (3) and inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) Training to prevent student violence 

16 against others and self, including training for local 

17 law enforcement officers, school personnel, and stu18 dents. 

19 ‘‘(2) The development and operation of anony20 mous reporting systems for threats of school vio21 lence, including mobile telephone applications, hot22 lines, and internet websites.’’; 

23 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4), 

24 (5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and 

25 (5), respectively; 


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1 (iii) in paragraph (3), as so redesig2 nated— 

3 (I) by striking ‘‘crisis’’ and in4 serting ‘‘school threat assessment 

5 and’’; and 

6 (II) by inserting ‘‘and school per7 sonnel,’’ after ‘‘law enforcement agen8 cies’’; and 

9 (iv) by inserting after paragraph (5), 

10 as so redesignated, the following: 

11 ‘‘(6) Subgrants to State or local law enforce12 ment agencies, schools, school districts, nonprofit or13 ganizations, or Indian tribal organizations to imple14 ment grants awarded under this section.’’; 

15 (C) in subsection (c)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘and has’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘has’’; and 

18 (ii) by inserting before the period at 

19 the end the following: ‘‘, and will use evi20 dence-based strategies and programs, such 

21 as those identified by the Comprehensive 

22 School Safety Initiative of the Department 

23 of Justice’’; and 

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

25 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; 


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1 (2) in section 2702 (34 U.S.C. 10552)— 

2 (A) in subsection (a)(2), in the matter pre3 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘child 

4 psychologists’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health 

5 professionals’’; and 

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

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

8 Act of 2018’’; 

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

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

11 (4) in section 2705— 

12 (A) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘2019 through 2028’’. 

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