I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1593 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a school security 
coordinating council, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2019 
Mr. PAYNE (for himself, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. GREEN of 
Texas) 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 pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Coordinating and 
Leveraging Activities for School Security Act’’ or the 
‘‘CLASS Act of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VII of the Homeland Secu-
rity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 341 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 711. SCHOOL SECURITY COORDINATING COUNCIL. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department a coordinating council to ensure that, to the 
maximum extent practicable, activities, plans, and policies 
to enhance the security of an early childhood education 
program, elementary school, high school, or secondary 
schools against an act of terrorism are coordinated. 
‘‘(b) COMPOSITION.—The members of the council es-
tablished pursuant to subsection (a) shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, 
and Plans. 
‘‘(2) The Director of the Cybersecurity and In-
frastructure Security. 
‘‘(3) The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency. 
‘‘(4) The Director of the Secret Service. 
‘‘(5) The Executive Director of the Office of 
Academic Engagement. 
‘‘(6) The Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. 
‘‘(7) Any other official of the Department the 
Secretary determines appropriate. 
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‘‘(c) LEADERSHIP.—The Secretary shall designate a 
member of the council to serve as chair of the council. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than January 30, 2021, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regard-
ing the council’s activities during the preceding year, in-
cluding information on any metrics regarding the efficacy 
of such activities. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘early 
childhood education program’, ‘elementary school’, ‘high 
school’, and ‘secondary school’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’. 
(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 
709 the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 711. School security coordinating council.’’. 
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