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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6803 
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to institutions of higher 
education for active assailant consulting and training programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 
Mr. MARINO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to 
institutions of higher education for active assailant con-
sulting and training programs. 
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 ‘‘Active Assailant Train-
ing, Readiness, and Response Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall 
make grants to institutions of higher education, on a com-
petitive basis, to pay the Federal share of the costs of de-
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veloping and implementing active assailant consulting and 
training programs in accordance with subsection (c). 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an institution of higher education shall 
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require. As part of such application, the insti-
tution shall identify the geographic region in which the 
institution intends to provide active assailant consulting 
and training services funded with the grant. 
(c) USE OF GRANT.—An institution of higher edu-
cation that receives a grant under this section shall use 
the grant to develop and implement a program under 
which the institution makes available, to eligible entities 
in the geographic region served by the institution, con-
sulting and training services to assist such entities in pre-
paring for and responding to an active assailant at the 
entity’s location. The program shall include, at minimum, 
training and consulting on each of the following topics: 
(1) Preparing for an active assailant incident. 
(2) Techniques for responding rapidly and ap-
propriately to such an incident. 
(3) Rescue and control operations in response 
to such an incident. 
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(4) Activities that may be carried out following 
such an incident to assist those affected by the inci-
dent. 
(d) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.— 
(1) DURATION.—Each grant under this section 
shall be made for a period of 5 years. 
(2) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall determine 
the maximum amount of each grant under this sec-
tion. 
(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of a grant 
under this section shall not exceed 90 percent of the costs 
of carrying out the activities described in subsection (c). 
(f) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An institution 
of higher education shall use a grant received under this 
section only to supplement funds that would, in the ab-
sence of such grant, be made available from other Federal, 
State, or local sources for activities supported by the 
grant, not to supplant such funds. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a public 
institution or public facility, including— 
(A) an elementary school; 
(B) a secondary school; 
(C) a daycare center; 
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(D) an institution of higher education; 
(E) a hospital; and 
(F) such other public institutions or facili-
ties as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate. 
(2) The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001). 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Education. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act a total of $30,000,000 for fiscal years 2019 
through 2023. 
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