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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1470 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

enhance the safety of America’s schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 10, 2013 

Mrs. CAPPS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to enhance the safety of America’s schools. 

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 Safety En5 hancements Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

7 Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

8 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and in3 serting ‘‘Installation’’; and 

4 (ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip5 ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

7 paragraph (6); and 

8 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 

11 the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 

12 situations.’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.— 

15 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 

17 Director, in collaboration with the Secretary of Edu18 cation, shall establish an interagency task force to 

19 develop a set of advisory school safety guidelines. 

20 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES.—Not later 

21 than one year after the date of enactment of this 

22 subsection, the interagency task force shall publish 

23 the advisory school safety guidelines developed under 

24 paragraph (1) in the Federal Register. 


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1 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED CONSULTATION.—In developing 

2 the advisory school safety guidelines under para3 graph (1), the interagency task force shall consult 

4 with stakeholders and interested parties, including 

5 parents, teachers, and agencies. 

6 ‘‘(4) USE OF GUIDELINES.—In determining 

7 permissible uses of funds under subsection (b)(6), 

8 the Director shall consider the advisory school safety 

9 guidelines developed under paragraph (1).’’. 

10 SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS. 

11 Section 2702(a)(2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

12 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

13 3797b(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report— 

15 ‘‘(A) signed by the heads of each law en16 forcement agency and school district with juris17 diction of the schools where the safety improve18 ments will be implemented; and 

19 ‘‘(B) demonstrating that each proposed use 

20 of the grant funds will be— 

21 ‘‘(i) an effective means for improving 

22 the safety of one or more schools; 

23 ‘‘(ii) consistent with a comprehensive 

24 approach to preventing school violence; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) individualized to the needs of 

2 each school at which those improvements 

3 are to be made.’’. 

4 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

5 Section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

6 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘$40,000,000’’; and 

10 (2) by striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and in11 serting ‘‘2014 through 2023’’. 

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