‘‘PART PP—SCHOOL GUARDIAN GRANTS 
‘‘SEC. 3061. GRANTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT 
SCHOOLS. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘K-12 school’ means an elemen-
tary school or secondary school, as such terms are 
defined under section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); 
and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘local educational agency’ has the 
meaning given such term under section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7801). 
‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the avail-
ability of appropriations, the Attorney General shall make 
a grant to each State that elects to receive a grant under 
this section for the cost of assigning armed law enforce-
ment officers to provide security at K-12 schools, which 
may be used for the cost of pay, training, and equipment 
for the law enforcement officers. 
‘‘(c) AMOUNT.—A grant under this section to a State 
for a fiscal year shall be in an amount that bears the same 
ratio to the total amount awarded under this section for 
the fiscal year as the total number of individuals attending 
a K-12 school in the State bears to the total number of 
individuals attending a K-12 school in the United States. 
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‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS.—The use of, and 
award of subgrants using, amounts received under this 
section shall be administered by the head of the chief law 
enforcement agency of a State. 
‘‘(e) SUBGRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of the chief law 
enforcement officer of a State may award a subgrant 
to a law enforcement agency of a unit of local gov-
ernment in the State for the cost of hiring 1 or more 
full-time law enforcement officers who will be as-
signed to provide full-time security at K-12 schools. 
‘‘(2) AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A law enforcement 
agency of a unit of local government desiring a 
subgrant under this subsection shall enter into 
a written agreement with each K-12 school in 
the jurisdiction of the agency, or with the local 
educational agency that serves such K-12 
school, which shall indicate the number of law 
enforcement officers the law enforcement agen-
cy will hire and assign to each such K-12 school 
if awarded a subgrant. 
‘‘(B) OFFICERS
AT
EACH
SCHOOL.—The 
written agreements entered into by a law en-
forcement agency under subparagraph (A) shall 
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provide for the hiring of not less than 1 full- 
time law enforcement officer who will be as-
signed to provide full-time security at each K- 
12 school in the jurisdiction of the law enforce-
ment agency. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT.—The amount of a subgrant 
under this subsection to a law enforcement agency 
of a unit of local government shall be based on the 
number of law enforcement officers the law enforce-
ment agency will hire, as indicated in the written 
agreements described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(f) REPORTING.—Each State that receives a grant 
under this section for a fiscal year shall submit to the At-
torney General a report regarding the use of the grant 
for that fiscal year, which shall include— 
‘‘(1) the number of subgrants awarded; 
‘‘(2) the amount of each subgrant awarded; 
‘‘(3) the number of law enforcement officers 
hired to provide security at a K-12 school using 
amounts received under the grant; and 
‘‘(4) the number of K-12 schools in the State 
with 1 or more full-time law enforcement officers for 
whom the cost of the pay, training, or equipment for 
the law enforcement officers was paid using amounts 
received under the grant. 
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‘‘(g) FAILURE TO USE AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) RETURN.—A State shall return to the At-
torney General any amounts received under a grant 
under this section for a fiscal year which are unobli-
gated as of the day after the last day of the fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(2) USE.—Amounts returned to the Attorney 
General under paragraph (1) shall be merged with 
other amounts available to carry out this section and 
remain available until expended to the Attorney 
General to make grants under this section, without 
further appropriation. 
‘‘(3) REPORTING.—The Attorney General shall 
submit to Congress a report that provides, for each 
fiscal year, the total amount of funds provided for 
that fiscal year that are returned under paragraph 
(1) and the amount of funds provided for that fiscal 
year that are returned under paragraph (1) by each 
State. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of en-
actment of this Act, of the unobligated balances of 
amounts made available to the Internal Revenue 
Service under Public Law 117–169 (136 Stat. 
1818), $80,000,000,000 shall be transferred, on a 
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pro rata basis, to the Attorney General to carry out 
this section. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY AND USE.—Amounts trans-
ferred under paragraph (1) shall be merged with, 
and subject to the same terms and conditions as, 
other amounts available to carry out this section, 
and shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(3) ANNUAL
AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS.— 
From amounts transferred under paragraph (1), the 
Attorney General may make not more than 
$8,000,000,000 in grants under this section for each 
of fiscal years 2024 through 2033.’’. 
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