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Union Calendar No. 11 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

[Report No. 116–25] 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a school security 

coordinating council, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2019 

Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. GREEN of 

Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Homeland Security 

MARCH 28, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on (March 7, 2019)] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a school security coordinating council, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Coordinating and 

5 Leveraging Activities for School Security Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CLASS Act of 2019’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Security 

9 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by adding 

10 at the end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 711. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the De13 partment a coordinating council to ensure that, to the max14 imum extent practicable, activities, plans, and policies to 

15 enhance the security of an early childhood education pro16 gram, elementary school, high school, or secondary schools 

17 against an act of terrorism are coordinated. 

18 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The members of the council estab19 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, 

21 and Plans. 

22 ‘‘(2) The Director of the Cybersecurity and In23 frastructure Security. 

24 ‘‘(3) The Administrator of the Federal Emer25 gency Management Agency. 


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1 ‘‘(4) The Director of the Secret Service. 

2 ‘‘(5) The Executive Director of the Office of Aca3 demic Engagement. 

4 ‘‘(6) The Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 

5 ‘‘(7) Any other official of the Department the 

6 Secretary determines appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(c) LEADERSHIP.—The Secretary shall designate a 

8 member of the council to serve as chair of the council. 

9 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 30, 2021, 

10 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 

11 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

13 Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regarding the 

14 council’s activities during the preceding year, including in15 formation on any metrics regarding the efficacy of such ac16 tivities and any engagement with stakeholders outside of the 

17 Federal Government. 

18 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘early 

19 childhood education program’, ‘elementary school’, ‘high 

20 school’, and ‘secondary school’ have the meanings given such 

21 terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 

24 section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 


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1 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 710 

2 the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 711. School security coordinating council.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 11 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

[Report No. 116–25] 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 

and for other purposes. establish a school security coordinating council, 

MARCH 28, 2019 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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