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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3661 

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 

JUNE 1, 2021 

Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. UPTON, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. GIMENEZ, 

Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 

SUOZZI, Mr. KIM of New Jersey, and Mr. PASCRELL) 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alyssa’s Legacy Youth 

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

4 SEC. 2. REQUIRING SILENT ALARMS IN SCHOOLS. 

5 (a) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.—Section 

6 1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

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

8 end the following: 

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

10 educational agency is prepared to address a school 

11 security emergency, including the use of panic 

12 alarms which are not audible within the school build13 ing to adequately alert local law enforcement au14 thorities and emergency responders about a safety 

15 issue at the school.’’. 

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

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

18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amend19 ed by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 8549D. SCHOOL SECURITY. 

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

22 funds under this Act, each local educational agency shall 

23 ensure that each elementary school and secondary school 

24 served by such local educational agency is equipped with 

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1 gency (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active 

2 shooter situation). 

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

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

5 means a silent security system signal generated by the 

6 manual activation of a device intended to signal a life7 threatening or emergency situation requiring a response 

8 from law enforcement.’’. 

9 SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. 

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

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

12 is amended— 

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

14 ‘‘$1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

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

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

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

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

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

20 pursuant to applications submitted by units of local 

21 government or law enforcement agencies for the pur22 poses described in section 1701(b)(12)’’. 

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