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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4606 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the 

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require silent 

alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 4, 2019 

Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the following 

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

in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968 to require silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, 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 ‘‘Alyssa’s Legacy Youth 

5 in Schools Safety Alert Act’’ or the ‘‘ALYSSA Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING SILENT ALARMS IN SCHOOLS. 

2 (a) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.—Section 

3 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

4 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

6 ‘‘(8) ensure that each school served by the local 

7 educational agency is prepared to address a school 

8 security emergency, including the use of panic 

9 alarms which are not audible within the school build10 ing to adequately alert local law enforcement au11 thorities and emergency responders about a safety 

12 issue at the school.’’. 

13 (b) CONDITION OF RECEIPT OF FUNDS.—Subpart 2 

14 of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary 

15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 8549D. SCHOOL SECURITY. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receipt of 

19 funds under this Act, each local educational agency shall 

20 ensure that each elementary school and secondary school 

21 served by such local educational agency is equipped with 

22 at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emer23 gency (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active 

24 shooter situation). 

25 ‘‘(b) PANIC ALARM DEFINED.—For purposes of this 

26 section and section 1112(c)(8), the term ‘panic alarm’ 


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1 means a silent security system signal generated by the 

2 manual activation of a device intended to signal a life3 threatening or emergency situation requiring a response 

4 from law enforcement.’’. 

5 SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. 

6 Section 1101(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control 

7 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)) 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘$1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

11 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,097,119,000 for 

12 each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ‘‘of 

14 the purposes of part Q’’ the following: ‘‘, and not 

15 less than $50,000,000 shall be allocated for grants 

16 pursuant to applications submitted by units of local 

17 government or law enforcement agencies for the pur18 poses described in section 1701(b)(12)’’. 

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