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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3162

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

make grants to improve security at schools, including the placement

and use of metal detectors.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 5 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 22), 2000

Mr. HATCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968 to make grants to improve security at

schools, including the placement and use of metal detectors.

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 ‘‘Secure Our Schools

5 Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECU2 RITY.

3 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

4 Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting after part

5 Z the following new part:

6 ‘‘PART AA—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR

7 SCHOOL SECURITY

8 ‘‘SEC. 2701. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is author10 ized to make grants to States, units of local government,

11 and Indian tribes to provide improved security, including

12 the placement and use of metal detectors and other deter13 rent measures, at schools and on school grounds.

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

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

16 local government, or Indian tribe, and shall be used to im17 prove security at schools and on school grounds in the ju18 risdiction of the grantee through one or more of the fol19 lowing:

20 ‘‘(1) Placement and use of metal detectors,

21 locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures.

22 ‘‘(2) Security assessments.

23 ‘‘(3) Security training of personnel and stu24 dents.

25 ‘‘(4) Coordination with local law enforcement.
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1 ‘‘(5) Any other measure that, in the determina2 tion of the Attorney General, may provide a signifi3 cant improvement in security.

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

5 grants under this part, the Attorney General shall give

6 preferential consideration, if feasible, to an application

7 from a jurisdiction that has a demonstrated need for im8 proved security, has a demonstrated need for financial as9 sistance, and has evidenced the ability to make the im10 provements for which the grant amounts are sought.

11 ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—

12 ‘‘(1) The portion of the costs of a program pro13 vided by a grant under subsection (a) may not ex14 ceed 50 percent.

15 ‘‘(2) Any funds appropriated by Congress for

16 the activities of any agency of an Indian tribal gov17 ernment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing

18 law enforcement functions on any Indian lands may

19 be used to provide the non-Federal share of a

20 matching requirement funded under this subsection.

21 ‘‘(3) The Attorney General may provide, in the

22 guidelines implementing this section, for the require23 ment of paragraph (1) to be waived or altered in the

24 case of a recipient with a financial need for such a

25 waiver or alteration.
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1 ‘‘(e) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding

2 grants under this part, the Attorney General shall ensure,

3 to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribu4 tion among the regions of the United States and among

5 urban, suburban, and rural areas.

6 ‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Attorney Gen7 eral may reserve not more than 2 percent from amounts

8 appropriated to carry out this Act for administrative costs.

9 ‘‘SEC. 2702. APPLICATIONS.

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

11 part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern12 ment, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the

13 Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and ac14 companied by such information as the Attorney General

15 may require. Each application shall—

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

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

18 under the grant; and

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

20 grant will meet the purpose of this part; and

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

22 application was prepared after consultation with in23 dividuals not limited to law enforcement officers

24 (such as school violence researchers, child psycholo25 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. 2703. 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, and the activities for

22 which those funds were used.

23 ‘‘SEC. 2704. DEFINITIONS.

24 ‘‘For purposes of this part—
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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘school’ means a public elemen2 tary or secondary school;

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

4 a county, municipality, town, township, village, par5 ish, borough, or other unit of general government

6 below the State level; and

7 ‘‘(3) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same mean8 ing as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determina9 tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.

10 450b(e)).

11 ‘‘SEC. 2705. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

13 this part the following amounts:

14 ‘‘(1) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.

15 ‘‘(2) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.

16 ‘‘(3) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’.

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