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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3189 

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide 

grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external 

defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 13, 2011 

Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 

Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. RANGEL, and 

Mr. TOWNS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program 

to provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 

automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary 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 ‘‘Teaching Children to 

5 Save Lives Act of 2011’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death 

4 in the United States. 

5 (2) Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause 

6 of death in young athletes. 

7 (3) Sudden cardiac arrest kills an estimated 

8 5,000 to 7,000 children and young people per year— 

9 nearly 20 per day. 

10 (4) The American Heart Association estimates 

11 that the lives of 40,000 cardiac arrest victims could 

12 be saved each year through initiating a course of ac13 tion known as the chain of survival. 

14 (5) The chain of survival includes prompt noti15 fication of emergency services and early 

16 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (hereinafter referred 

17 to as ‘‘CPR’’), defibrillation, and advanced cardiac 

18 life support. 

19 (6) Only 36 States have a law or curriculum 

20 standard encouraging CPR or automated external 

21 defibrillator (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘AED’’) 

22 training in schools. 

23 (7) A person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest 

24 has a 90 percent chance of survival if CPR and an 

25 AED is used within the first minute after collapse. 

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1 (8) Over 64 percent of young athletes and oth2 ers have survived sudden cardiac arrest that oc3 curred in a high school with an AED program. 

4 (9) An important part of school children’s edu5 cation is learning healthy behaviors, including proper 

6 nutrition and physical activity. This health education 

7 should also include basic emergency life-saving skills. 

8 (10) Teaching school children to perform the 

9 life-saving skill of CPR, identify and respond to 

10 choking victims, and recognize the signs of stroke 

11 and heart attack can improve their confidence in re12 sponding to an emergency and encourage continued 

13 efforts to update these skills after graduation, there14 by potentially reducing the rate of death from sud15 den cardiac arrest, choking, and stroke. 

16 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR CPR TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

17 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Edu18 cation shall carry out a program under which the Sec19 retary is authorized to award grants to eligible local edu20 cational agencies or targeted schools for implementing na21 tionally recognized CPR and AED training courses. 

22 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency or 

23 targeted school under this Act may use the grant for— 

24 (1) training individuals in CPR and AED skills 

25 and instruction; 

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1 (2) obtaining printed informational or instruc2 tional materials; 

3 (3) obtaining manikins; 

4 (4) obtaining AED training devices; and 

5 (5) obtaining other equipment as determined 

6 appropriate by the Secretary. 

7 (c) GRANT ELIGIBILITY.— 

8 (1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

9 grant under this section, a local educational agency 

10 or targeted school shall submit an application to the 

11 Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con12 taining such information and certifications as the 

13 Secretary may reasonably require. 

14 (2) AED TRAINING DEVICES.—To be eligible to 

15 use the grant to obtain an AED training device, a 

16 local agency or targeted school shall demonstrate to 

17 the Secretary that such agency or school has imple18 mented or intends to implement an AED training 

19 program in conjunction with a CPR training pro20 gram as of the date of the submission of the applica21 tion for the grant. 

22 (d) PRIORITY OF AWARD.—In awarding grants under 

23 this section, the Secretary shall award such grants based 

24 on 1 or more of following priorities: 

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1 (1) Demonstrated need for initiating a CPR or 

2 AED training program in a targeted school or com3 munity served by targeted schools. 

4 (2) Demonstrated need for continued support of 

5 an existing CPR or AED training programs in tar6 geted schools or communities served by targeted 

7 schools. 

8 (3) Demonstrated need for expanding an exist9 ing CPR or AED training program by adding train10 ing in the use of an AED. 

11 (4) Opportunities to encourage and foster part12 nerships with and among community organizations, 

13 including emergency medical service providers, fire 

14 and police departments, nonprofit organizations, 

15 public health organizations, and parent-teacher asso16 ciations to aid in providing CPR or AED training. 

17 (5) Options to maximize the use of funds pro18 vided under this section. 

19 (e) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date on which funds are first appropriated to carry 

21 out the program, the Secretary shall submit a report to 

22 Congress describing— 

23 (1) grant amounts and recipients; 

24 (2) how the funds were used; and 

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1 (3) the impact of the funds on the development 

2 of CPR and AED training programs in schools im3 plementing the grants. 

4 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) TARGETED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘targeted 

6 school’’ means a public elementary school or sec7 ondary school that provides education to students in 

8 any of grades 6 through 12. 

9 (2) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

10 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

11 such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

12 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

15 this Act $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 

16 through 2017. 

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