I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 283
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize 
the use of grant funds for bullying and gang prevention, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 6, 2005
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 
Act and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant funds for 
bullying and gang prevention, 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 ‘‘Bullying and Gang 
Prevention for School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 
2005’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS 
AND COMMUNITIES ACT REGARDING BUL-
LYING AND GANGS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO
SAFE
AND
DRUG-FREE 
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT.—Part A of title IV of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Safe 
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act’’) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) in 
section 4002, and in sections 4112(a)(5)(A), 
4115(b)(1)(C)(i), and 4115(b)(2)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, and 
gangs’’; 
(2) in clause (ii) of section 4112(c)(2)(D), by 
striking ‘‘violence that is associated’’ and inserting 
‘‘violence, bullying, and gangs that are associated’’; 
(3) by striking the term ‘‘drug and violence pre-
vention’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘drug, violence, bullying, and gang prevention’’, in-
cluding in sections 4002(1), 4002(2), 4002(4), 
4112(a)(3), 4112(a)(5), 4112(c)(2)(D), 4113(a)(4), 
4113(a)(5), 4113(a)(9), 4113(a)(10), 4113(a)(14), 
4114(a)(1), 4114(c)(1)(A), 4114(d)(2), 4114(d)(6), 
4115(a)(1)(A), 
4115(b)(2)(B), 
4115(b)(2)(C), 
4115(b)(2)(D), 
4115(b)(2)(E), 
4115(d),
4116(a)(1)(B), 
4121(a)(1), 
4121(a)(2), 
and 
4121(a)(5); 
(4) by striking the term ‘‘drug use and vio-
lence’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘drug use, violence, bullying, and gangs’’, including 
in sections 4002(4), 4112(a)(2), 4112(c)(3)(B)(iv), 
4113(a)(9)(A), 
4115(b)(1)(C)(ii), 
4116(a)(2)(B), 
and 4122(c); 
(5) in section 4112(c)(3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘vi-
olence and drug-related’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 
bullying, gang, and drug-related’’; 
(6) in section 4114(d)(6), by striking ‘‘acts of 
violence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence, bullying, 
and gangs’’; 
(7) in sections 4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(a)(1)(C), 
4115(a)(2)(A), 4115(b)(2)(E), and 4122(a), by 
striking the term ‘‘violence and illegal drug use’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘vio-
lence, bullying, gangs, and illegal drug use’’; 
(8) in section 4115(b)(2)(B), by striking the 
term ‘‘violence and illegal use of drugs’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, 
gangs, and illegal use of drugs’’; 
(9) in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 
4115(b)(2)(E), and in section 4152(a), by striking
the term ‘‘Drug and violence prevention’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Drug, violence, 
bullying, and gang prevention’’; 
(10) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(vii) and 4122(b) 
by striking ‘‘illegal drug use and violence’’ and in-
serting ‘‘violence, bullying, gangs, and illegal drug 
use’’; 
(11) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(ix), by striking 
‘‘violent or drug abusing students’’ and inserting 
‘‘violent, bullying, gang-affiliated, or drug abusing 
students’’; 
(12) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(x), by striking 
‘‘violent behavior and illegal use of drugs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘violent behavior, bullying, gang affiliation, 
and illegal use of drugs’’; 
(13) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xiii)—
(A) by striking ‘‘violence prevention and 
education programs’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 
bullying, and gang prevention and education 
programs’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘resolve conflicts without 
violence’’ and inserting ‘‘resolve conflicts with-
out violence, bullying, or gangs’’; 
(14) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xv), by striking 
‘‘major accident, or a drug-related incident’’ and in-
serting ‘‘major accident, bullying incident, gang-re-
lated incident, or a drug-related incident’’; 
(15) 
in 
sections 
4115(b)(2)(E)(xviii) 
and 
4116(b)(1), by striking ‘‘safety hotline’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘safety, bullying prevention, and gang preven-
tion hotline’’; 
(16) in section 4116(a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘vio-
lence and drug prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug, vio-
lence, bullying, and gang prevention’’; 
(17) in section 4121(a), by striking ‘‘illegal use 
of drugs and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bul-
lying, gang activity, and illegal drug use’’; 
(18) in section 4121(a)(4), by striking ‘‘violence 
prevention and education’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 
bullying, and gang prevention and education’’; 
(19) in sections 4121(a)(6) and 4121(a)(8), by 
striking ‘‘drug and violence problems’’ and inserting 
‘‘drug, violence, bullying, and gang problems’’; 
(20) in section 4122(a)(2), by striking ‘‘and 
school violence’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence, bul-
lying, gang activity,’’; 
(21) in sections 4124(a)(1)(B) and 4124(a)(3), 
by striking ‘‘substance abuse and violence preven-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, gang, and 
substance abuse prevention’’;