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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

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 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a school security coordinating council, 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 ‘‘Coordinating and 

5 Leveraging Activities for School Security Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CLASS Act of 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu3 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following new section: 

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

6 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

7 Department a coordinating council to ensure that, to the 

8 maximum extent practicable, activities, plans, and policies 

9 to enhance the security of an early childhood education 

10 program, elementary school, high school, or secondary 

11 schools against an act of terrorism are coordinated. 

12 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The members of the council es13 tablished pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the fol14 lowing: 

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

16 and Plans. 

17 ‘‘(2) The Director of the Cybersecurity and In18 frastructure Security. 

19 ‘‘(3) The Administrator of the Federal Emer20 gency Management Agency. 

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

22 ‘‘(5) The Executive Director of the Office of 

23 Academic Engagement. 

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

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

26 Secretary determines appropriate. 


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

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

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

4 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 

5 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

7 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regard8 ing the council’s activities during the preceding year, in9 cluding information on any metrics regarding the efficacy 

10 of such activities. 

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

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

13 school’, and ‘secondary school’ have the meanings given 

14 such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec15 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 

16 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

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

18 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

19 709 the following new item: 

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

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