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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2259 
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 
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. 
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’’. 
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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 
coordinate Federal efforts to secure elementary and sec-
ondary 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 con-
sultation 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 Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate a national school security strategy (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘strategy’). 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Secretary, in consultation and 
cooperation with the Secretary of Education and the heads 
of other appropriate Federal agencies and departments, 
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shall, if appropriate, annually through 2033 update the 
strategy, and brief the committees specified in subsection 
(a), as necessary, concerning any such updates. If there 
are no such updates, the Secretary shall submit to such 
committees a certification attesting thereto. 
‘‘(c) CONTENTS.—The strategy, including any up-
dates 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 
security vulnerabilities; 
‘‘(3) describe actions to be taken to achieve 
such goals and the means necessary to do so, includ-
ing steps to reform, improve, and streamline existing 
efforts to align the current threat environment to el-
ementary 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-
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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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