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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6387 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a school security 

coordinating council, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 12, 2022 

Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mr. CARSON, Mrs. HAYES, and Ms. TITUS) 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 ‘‘School and Daycare 

5 Protection Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu8 rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 

9 adding at the end the following new section: 


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

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

3 Department a coordinating council to ensure that, to the 

4 maximum extent practicable, activities, plans, and policies 

5 to enhance the security of an early childhood education 

6 program, elementary school, high school, or secondary 

7 schools against an act of terrorism are coordinated. 

8 ‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The members of the council es9 tablished pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the fol10 lowing: 

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

12 and Plans. 

13 ‘‘(2) The Director of the Cybersecurity and In14 frastructure Security. 

15 ‘‘(3) The Administrator of the Federal Emer16 gency Management Agency. 

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

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

19 Academic Engagement. 

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

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

22 Secretary determines appropriate. 

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

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

25 ‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 30, 2023, 

26 and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 


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1 Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 

3 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regard4 ing the council’s activities during the preceding year, in5 cluding information on any metrics regarding the efficacy 

6 of such activities and any engagement with stakeholders 

7 outside of the Federal Government. 

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

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

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

11 such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec12 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 

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

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

15 amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

16 710 the following new item: 

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

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