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Union Calendar No. 584 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4301 

[Report No. 116–701] 

To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney 

General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish 

an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes 

data on school shootings, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mrs. MCBATH, and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

DECEMBER 28, 2020 

Additional sponsors: Mr. TRONE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 

TAKANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. SUOZZI, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 

NORTON, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. GARCIA

of Texas, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. OMAR, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. LARSON

of Connecticut, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. ESHOO, 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. 

LURIA, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MENG, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 

COURTNEY, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. WILD, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 

STEVENS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, and Mr. 

RASKIN

DECEMBER 28, 2020 

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 September 12, 2019] 


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A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with 

the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on 

school shootings, 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 ‘‘School Shooting Safety 

5 and Preparedness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) TITLE 18 DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘fire9 arm’’ and ‘‘ammunition’’ have the meanings given 

10 such terms in section 921 of title 18, United States 

11 Code. The term ‘‘large capacity ammunition feeding 

12 device’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

13 921 of title 18, Unites States Code, as in effect on 

14 September 1, 2004. 

15 (2) MASS SHOOTING.—The term ‘‘mass shooting’’ 

16 means a shooting during which three or more individ17 uals, not including the shooter, were injured or killed 

18 in one location or in multiple locations in close prox19 imity. 

20 (3) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘school’’ means— 

21 (A) an early childhood education program 

22 (as defined in section 103 of the Higher Edu23 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)); 


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1 (B) an elementary school (as defined in sec2 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); 

4 (C) a secondary school (as defined in sec5 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

6 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); and 

7 (D) an institution of higher education (as 

8 defined in section 102 of the Higher Education 

9 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)). 

10 (4) SCHOOL SHOOTING.—The term ‘‘school shoot11 ing’’— 

12 (A) means an event or occurrence— 

13 (i) during which one or more individ14 uals were injured or killed by a firearm; 

15 and 

16 (ii) that occurred— 

17 (I) in, or on the grounds of, a 

18 school, even if before or after school 

19 hours; 

20 (II) while the victim was trav21 eling to or from a regular session at 

22 school; or 

23 (III) while the victim was attend24 ing or traveling to or from an official 

25 school sponsored event; and 


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1 (B) does not include an accidental shooting. 

2 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON INDICATORS OF SCHOOL 

3 CRIME AND SAFETY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, in 

5 consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 

6 of Health and Human Services, shall publish not less fre7 quently than on an annual basis a report on indicators of 

8 school crime and safety. Such report shall be produced by 

9 the National Center for Education Statistics of the Depart10 ment of Education in consultation with the Bureau of Jus11 tice Statistics of the Department of Justice. Such report 

12 shall include, at a minimum, an updated version of the in13 formation provided in the National Center for Education 

14 Statistics report NCES 2019–047 issued in April 2019, and 

15 the data described in subsections (b) and (d). 

16 (b) STATISTICS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.—In col17 lecting data on school shootings to be compiled in the an18 nual report described in subsection (a), the National Center 

19 for Education Statistics shall collect at a minimum the fol20 lowing data annually: 

21 (1) The number of school shootings that have 

22 taken place nationwide. 

23 (2) Of the school shootings described in para24 graph (1), the number that were mass shootings. 


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1 (3) Of the school shootings described in para2 graph (1), the number that were suicides. 

3 (4) The number of people killed in each school 

4 shooting, including— 

5 (A) the number of people whose cause of 

6 death was attributable to wound by firearm; and 

7 (B) the number of people having some other 

8 cause of death. 

9 (5) The number of people injured in each school 

10 shooting, including— 

11 (A) the number of people wounded by fire12 arm; and 

13 (B) the number of people injured in some 

14 other manner. 

15 (6) The time of the shooting and whether it oc16 curred during school hours. 

17 (7) The demographics of each school, including— 

18 (A) the locale code of the school, as deter19 mined by the Secretary of Education; and 

20 (B) student demographic data disaggregated 

21 by— 

22 (i) economically disadvantaged stu23 dents as compared to students who are not 

24 economically disadvantaged; 


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1 (ii) each major racial and ethnic 

2 group; 

3 (iii) children with disabilities as com4 pared to children without disabilities; and 

5 (iv) English proficiency status. 

6 (8) The personal characteristics of each victim in 

7 the shooting, including, at a minimum, the victim’s— 

8 (A) age; 

9 (B) gender; 

10 (C) race; 

11 (D) ethnicity; and 

12 (E) nationality. 

13 (9) The personal characteristics of the shooter, 

14 including, at a minimum the shooter’s— 

15 (A) age; 

16 (B) gender; 

17 (C) race; 

18 (D) ethnicity; 

19 (E) nationality; and 

20 (F) relationship to the school. 

21 (10) The motivation of the shooter, including 

22 any real or perceived bias based on race, religion, eth23 nicity, nationality, or sex (including sexual orienta24 tion or gender identity). 

25 (11) How the shooting was stopped, including— 


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1 (A) whether the shooter was injured or 

2 killed, and if so, by whom; and 

3 (B) if not, what was the other outcome of 

4 the incident (such as escape, arrest, or suicide). 

5 (12) The number and type of firearms and am6 munition that were used in each shooting, includ7 ing— 

8 (A) the make and model of the firearm; 

9 (B) the manufacturer of the firearm; 

10 (C) the make and model of the ammunition; 

11 (D) the manufacturer of the ammunition; 

12 (E) whether a large capacity ammunition 

13 feeding device was present at the scene or used 

14 during the shooting; and 

15 (F) the number of rounds of ammunition 

16 fired by the shooter over the course of the shoot17 ing. 

18 (13) Where each of the firearms used in each 

19 shooting was obtained and how, including— 

20 (A) whether the firearm was registered; and 

21 (B) whether the firearm was purchased 

22 from a licensed gun dealer or an unlicensed sale. 

23 (14) If the original purchaser was not the shoot24 er, what was, if any, the original purchaser’s rela25 tionship to the shooter. 


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1 (15) If the original purchaser was not the shooter 

2 and the firearm was obtained from the shooter’s home, 

3 the gun storage practices being used in the home, and 

4 whether the gun owner was charged with failing to 

5 properly secure his or her firearm. 

6 (16) Whether the school had one or more teach7 ers, as that term is defined in section 8553 of the Ele8 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

9 U.S.C. 7943), who were armed, and if so, whether 

10 such armed teacher or teachers stopped the incident 

11 by shooting the shooter. 

12 (17) How long did the shooting last (the approx13 imate elapsed time between the first and last shots 

14 fired). 

15 (18) What was the response time of law enforce16 ment. 

17 (c) HISTORIC STATISTICS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.— 

18 The Secretary of Education shall direct the National Center 

19 for Education Statistics— 

20 (1) to collect, to the extent practicable, the data 

21 required in subsection (b) for shootings that occurred 

22 before the date of the enactment of this Act; and 

23 (2) to publish such data as revisions to the most 

24 applicable annual reports on indicators of school 

25 crime and safety issued by the National Center for 


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1 Education Statistics before the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act. 

3 (d) SAFETY AND PREVENTION.—In collecting data on 

4 school shootings to be compiled in the annual report de5 scribed in subsection (a), the National Center for Education 

6 Statistics shall collect, at a minimum, information on the 

7 existence or absence of the following measures at the time 

8 of the shooting at schools where a school shooting occurred 

9 in the previous year: 

10 (1) Physical security measures, including— 

11 (A) building envelopes and interiors de12 signed to protect occupants from human threats; 

13 and 

14 (B) other physical security measures de15 signed to avert and restrict violence. 

16 (2) Other types of security measures, including 

17 measures designed to preserve open learning environ18 ments that positively influence student behavior. 

19 (3) A communication plan with local law en20 forcement. 

21 (4) A response plan that includes coordination 

22 with local agencies (law enforcement, fire department, 

23 hospitals, etc). 


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1 (5) An active shooter response plan (including 

2 the use of an alert system to notify students, faculty, 

3 and parents or guardians). 

4 (6) Any other similar type of safety or preven5 tion measure in place at the time of the school shoot6 ing. 

7 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—In collecting data on 

8 school shootings to be compiled in the annual report de9 scribed in subsection (a), any data disaggregation required 

10 by subsection (b) shall not be required in the case where 

11 such disaggregation would reveal personally identifiable in12 formation about any individual. 


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Union Calendar No. 584 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4301 

[Report No. 116–701] 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Education, in consultaand for other purposes. safety that includes data on school shootings, nual report on indicators of school crime and of Health and Human Services, to publish an an- tion with the Attorney General and the Secretary 

DECEMBER 28, 2020 

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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