IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 2, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coordinating and 

3 Leveraging Activities for School Security Act’’ or the 

4 ‘‘CLASS Act of 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu7 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

8 adding at the end the following new section: 

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

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

11 Department a coordinating council to ensure that, to the 

12 maximum extent practicable, activities, plans, and policies 

13 to enhance the security of an early childhood education 

14 program, elementary school, high school, or secondary 

15 schools against an act of terrorism are coordinated. 

16 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The members of the council es17 tablished pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the fol18 lowing: 

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

20 and Plans. 

21 ‘‘(2) The Director of the Cybersecurity and In22 frastructure Security. 

23 ‘‘(3) The Administrator of the Federal Emer24 gency Management Agency. 

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


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

2 Academic Engagement. 

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

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

5 Secretary determines appropriate. 

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

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

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

9 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 

10 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

12 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regard13 ing the council’s activities during the preceding year, in14 cluding information on any metrics regarding the efficacy 

15 of such activities and any engagement with stakeholders 

16 outside of the Federal Government. 

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

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

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

20 such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec21 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 

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

23 in 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 

2 710 the following new item: 

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

Passed the House of Representatives April 1, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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