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Union Calendar No. 329 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2259 
[Report No. 119–378] 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the development 
of a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools against 
acts of terrorism, and ensure domestic preparedness for and the response 
to terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2025 
Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas (for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. LAWLER, 
Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina, 
Mr. BACON, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
NOVEMBER 12, 2025 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PFLUGER and Mr. VINDMAN 
NOVEMBER 12, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require 
the development of a national strategy to secure elemen-
tary and secondary schools against acts of terrorism, 
and ensure domestic preparedness for and the response 
to terrorism, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘National Strategy for 
School Security Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STRATEGY TO SECURE SCHOOLS FROM 
THREATS OF TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XXII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 2220F. NATIONAL STRATEGY TO SECURE SCHOOLS 
FROM THREATS OF TERRORISM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To assist in the domestic pre-
paredness for and response to acts of terrorism and to co-
ordinate Federal efforts to secure elementary and secondary 
schools (as such terms are defined in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7801)), not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation and 
cooperation with the Secretary of Education and the heads 
of other appropriate Federal agencies and departments, 
shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 
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Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
national school security strategy (in this section referred to 
as the ‘strategy’). The Secretary, in consultation and co-
operation with the Secretary of Education and the heads 
of other appropriate Federal agencies and departments, 
shall brief such committees on the strategy. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES AND BRIEFINGS.—The Secretary, in 
consultation and cooperation with the Secretary of Edu-
cation and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies 
and departments, shall, if appropriate, annually through 
2033 update the strategy, and brief the committees specified 
in subsection (a) concerning any such update. If there is 
no such update for any given year, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to such committees a certification attesting thereto. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—The strategy, including any updates 
thereto, shall— 
‘‘(1) account for and describe all Federal pro-
grams, projects, activities, and authorities including 
associated spending levels, to secure elementary and 
secondary schools from acts of terrorism; 
‘‘(2) 
identify 
specific 
school 
security 
vulnerabilities related to acts of terrorism within the 
United States, and delineate goals for closing such se-
curity vulnerabilities; 
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‘‘(3) describe actions to be taken to achieve such 
goals and the means necessary to do so, including 
steps to reform, improve, and streamline existing ef-
forts to align the current threat environment to ele-
mentary and secondary schools; and 
‘‘(4) build upon existing or ongoing evaluations 
and avoid unnecessary duplication by reviewing the 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of other 
appropriate working groups, committees, commis-
sions, or entities established by the Department re-
lated to efforts to secure elementary and secondary 
schools against terrorism within the United States, 
and ensure domestic preparedness for and the re-
sponse to terrorism.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
2220E the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 2220F. National strategy to secure schools from threats of terrorism.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 329 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2259 
[Report No. 119–378] 
A BILL 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
require the development of a national strategy to 
secure elementary and secondary schools against 
acts of terrorism, and ensure domestic prepared-
ness for and the response to terrorism, and for 
other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 12, 2025 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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