IIB 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4909 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MARCH 15, 2018 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
AN ACT 
To reauthorize the grant program for school security in 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student, Teachers, and 
Officers Preventing School Violence Act of 2018’’ or the 
‘‘STOP School Violence Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Part AA of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10551 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 2701 (34 U.S.C. 10551)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Office 
of Community Oriented Policing Services’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Director of the Bureau of 
Justice Assistance’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘including the place-
ment and use of metal detectors and other 
deterrent 
measures’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘through evidence-based strategies and 
programs to prevent violence, which may 
include the use of appropriate technologies, 
including the placement and use of metal 
detectors and other deterrent measure and 
emergency notification and response tech-
nologies’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
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(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by inserting after ‘‘through’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘evidence-based school safety pro-
grams that may include’’; and 
(ii) 
by 
striking 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (6) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) Training to prevent student violence 
against others and self, including training for local 
law enforcement officers, school personnel, and stu-
dents. 
‘‘(2) The development and operation of anony-
mous reporting systems for threats of school vio-
lence, including mobile telephone applications, hot-
lines, and internet websites. 
‘‘(3) The development and operation of— 
‘‘(A) school threat assessment and inter-
vention teams that may include coordination 
with law enforcement agencies and school per-
sonnel; and 
‘‘(B) specialized training for school offi-
cials in responding to mental health crises. 
‘‘(4) Coordination with local law enforcement. 
‘‘(5) Placement and use of metal detectors, 
locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures. 
‘‘(6) Security assessments. 
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‘‘(7) Security training of personnel and stu-
dents. 
‘‘(8) Subgrants to State or local law enforce-
ment agencies, schools, school districts, nonprofit or-
ganizations, or Indian tribal organizations to imple-
ment grants awarded under this section. 
‘‘(9) Acquisition and installation of technology 
for expedited notification of local law enforcement 
during an emergency. 
‘‘(10) Any other measure that, in the deter-
mination of the Director, may provide a significant 
improvement in security.’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and has’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘has’’; and 
(ii) by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: ‘‘, and will use evi-
dence-based strategies and programs, such 
as those identified by the Comprehensive 
School Safety Initiative of the Department 
of Justice’’; and 
(D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘50 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; 
(2) in section 2702 (34 U.S.C. 10552)— 
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(A) in subsection (a)(2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘child 
psychologists’’ and inserting ‘‘mental health 
professionals’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘this 
part’’ and inserting ‘‘the STOP School Violence 
Act of 2018’’; 
(3) in section 2704(1) (34 U.S.C. 10554(1)), by 
striking ‘‘a public’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; 
(4) in section 2705, by striking ‘‘$30,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2028, of which not less than $50,000,000 
shall be available in each such fiscal year for grants 
for the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (4) 
of section 2701(b)’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2706. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
‘‘(a) NO FUNDS TO PROVIDE FIREARMS OR TRAIN-
ING.—No amounts provided as a grant under this part 
may be used for the provision to any person of a firearm 
or training in the use of a firearm. 
‘‘(b) NO EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 
part may be construed to preclude or contradict any other 
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provision of law authorizing the provision of firearms or 
training in the use of firearms.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 14, 
2018. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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