I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5135 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
provide for additional grants for school security, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2018 
Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, and Mr. FLORES) 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 provide for additional grants for school 
security, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing Children in 
Schools Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘PART OO—ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR SCHOOL 
SECURITY 
‘‘SEC. 3040. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘Director’) is authorized to make grants 
to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to 
provide for the placement and use of metal detectors and 
other screening technologies at schools and on school 
grounds. 
‘‘(b) USES OF FUNDS.—Grants awarded under this 
section shall be distributed directly to the State, unit of 
local government, or Indian tribe, and shall be used to im-
prove security at schools and on school grounds in the ju-
risdiction of the grantee through the placement and use 
of metal detectors and other screening technologies. 
‘‘(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding 
grants under this subchapter, the Director shall give pref-
erential consideration, if feasible, to an application from 
a jurisdiction that has a demonstrated need for improved 
security, has a demonstrated need for financial assistance, 
and has evidenced the ability to make the improvements 
for which the grant amounts are sought. 
‘‘(d) 
EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION.—In 
awarding 
grants under this subchapter, the Director shall ensure, 
to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribu-
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tion among the regions of the United States and among 
urban, suburban, and rural areas. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Director may re-
serve not more than 2 percent from amounts appropriated 
to carry out this subchapter for administrative costs. 
‘‘SEC. 3041. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 
part, the chief executive of a State, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the 
Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and ac-
companied by such information as the Attorney General 
may require. Each application shall— 
‘‘(1) include a detailed explanation of— 
‘‘(A) the intended uses of funds provided 
under the grant; 
‘‘(B) how the activities funded under the 
grant will meet the purpose of this part; and 
‘‘(C) how the school will limit their points 
of entry to ensure safety; and 
‘‘(2) be accompanied by an assurance that the 
application was prepared after consultation with in-
dividuals not limited to law enforcement officers 
(such as school violence researchers, child psycholo-
gists, social workers, teachers, principals, and other 
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school personnel) to ensure that the improvements to 
be funded under the grant are— 
‘‘(A) consistent with a comprehensive ap-
proach to preventing school violence; and 
‘‘(B) individualized to the needs of each 
school at which those improvements are to be 
made. 
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this part, the Attorney General 
shall promulgate guidelines to implement this section (in-
cluding the information that must be included and the re-
quirements that the States, units of local government, and 
Indian tribes must meet) in submitting the applications 
required under this section. 
‘‘SEC. 3042. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
‘‘Not later than November 30th of each year, the At-
torney General shall submit a report to the Congress re-
garding the activities carried out under this part. Each 
such report shall include, for the preceding fiscal year, the 
number of grants funded under this part, the amount of 
funds provided under those grants, the activities for which 
those funds were used, and the number of weapons de-
tected and confiscated by the use of metal detectors and 
other screening technologies placed and used using funds 
provided under this part. 
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‘‘SEC. 3043. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this part— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘school’ means a public elemen-
tary or secondary school; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘unit of local government’ means 
a county, municipality, town, township, village, par-
ish, borough, or other unit of general government 
below the State level; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘Indian tribe’ has the same mean-
ing as in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b(e)); and 
‘‘(4) the term ‘screening technologies’ means 
technologies including— 
‘‘(A) walk through metal detection portals; 
‘‘(B) stand-off screening technologies; 
‘‘(C) explosive trace detection; and 
‘‘(D) computed tomography equipment and 
X-ray imaging equipment for carried and per-
sonal belonging screening. 
‘‘SEC. 3044. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this part $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2029.’’. 
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