(1) CYBER MONITORING.—Section 501(a)(1) of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) Cyber monitoring programs for school 
safety on school issued devices and school net-
works in— 
‘‘(i) public elementary and secondary 
schools (as those terms are defined in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801)); and 
‘‘(ii) public institutions of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001)). 
‘‘(K) Assessment and identification of 
school security risks before implementing secu-
rity changes in schools and institutions of high-
er education described in subparagraph (J).’’. 
(2) PHYSICAL SECURITY TO STOP SCHOOL VIO-
LENCE.—For fiscal year 2023, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out 
the grant program under subpart 1 of part E of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
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Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), in addition 
to any amounts made available for such purpose, 
$2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amounts shall be used as pro-
vided in subparagraphs (J) and (K) of section 
501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)). 
(b) COPS.—For fiscal year 2023, there is authorized 
to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out 
the grant program under part Q of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10381 et seq.), in addition to any amounts made available 
for such purpose, $2,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be used 
as provided under paragraph (2) of section 1701(b) of 
such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381(b)). 
(c) STOP SCHOOL VIOLENCE.—Subsection (a) of 
section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10555) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, of which— 
‘‘(1) $700,000,000 shall be made available to 
the BJA Director to carry out this part; and 
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‘‘(2) $300,000,000 shall be made available to 
the COPS Director to carry out this part.’’. 
(d) GRANTS
FOR
MENTAL
HEALTH
GUIDANCE 
COUNSELORS.—Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART G—MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING 
‘‘SEC. 4701. GRANTS FOR MENTAL HEALTH GUIDANCE 
COUNSELORS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program under which the Secretary makes allocations to 
States, in accordance with subsection (b), to enable States 
to provide funds to local educational agencies for the pro-
vision of mental health guidance counselors and related 
services in schools as described in subsection (c)(3). 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount appro-
priated to carry out this part for each fiscal year 
under subsection (g), each State that has a plan ap-
proved by the Secretary under paragraph (2) shall 
be allocated an amount determined by the Secretary 
based on the formula established under paragraph 
(3). 
‘‘(2) STATE PLAN.—To be eligible for an alloca-
tion under paragraph (1), a State shall submit to 
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the Secretary a plan for the use of such allocation 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION
FORMULA.—The Secretary 
shall develop a formula for the allocation of funds to 
States under paragraph (1). The formula shall be 
based on such factors as the Secretary determines 
appropriate, which may include a State’s anticipated 
or proven need for mental health guidance coun-
selors in elementary and secondary schools. 
‘‘(c) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts allocated to 
a State under subsection (b), the State shall award 
grants to local educational agencies, on a competitive 
basis, to carry out the activities described in para-
graph (3). 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be considered for a 
grant under paragraph (1), a local educational agen-
cy shall submit an application to the State at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the State may require. 
‘‘(3) USE
OF
FUNDS.—A local educational 
agency that receives a grant under paragraph (1) 
shall use the grant— 
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‘‘(A) for the hiring and training of mental 
health guidance counselors in elementary and 
secondary schools; and 
‘‘(B) to provide in-person and virtual men-
tal health counseling to students of such 
schools. 
‘‘(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
that includes— 
‘‘(1) a compilation of best practices for the hir-
ing and training of mental health guidance coun-
selors in schools; and 
‘‘(2) with respect to the year preceding the date 
of the report— 
‘‘(A) the number of States that sought al-
locations under subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) the total amount allocated to each 
State under such subsection; 
‘‘(C) information on the grant program 
carried out by each State under subsection (c), 
including— 
‘‘(i) the number of local educational 
agencies that applied for grants; 
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‘‘(ii) the number of such agencies that 
received grants and the amount of each 
grant awarded; 
‘‘(iii) the total number students served 
by such agencies; 
‘‘(iv) demographic information on the 
students serviced by such agencies; and 
‘‘(v) the average student-to-teacher 
ratio in the schools served by such agen-
cies. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made available 
under this part may be used— 
‘‘(1) to advance critical race theory; or 
‘‘(2) to affirm or promote gender reassignment 
or gender reassignment medical intervention. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this part: 
‘‘(1) CRITICAL RACE THEORY.—The term ‘crit-
ical race theory’ means the theory that— 
‘‘(A) one race or sex is inherently superior 
to another race or sex; 
‘‘(B) the United States is fundamentally 
racist or sexist; 
‘‘(C) an individual, by virtue of his or her 
race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or op-
pressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; 
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‘‘(D) an individual should be discriminated 
against or receive adverse treatment solely or 
partly because of his or her race or sex; 
‘‘(E) members of one race or sex cannot 
and should not attempt to treat others without 
respect to race or sex; 
‘‘(F) an individual’s moral character is 
necessarily determined by his or her race or sex; 
‘‘(G) an individual, by virtue of his or her 
race or sex, bears responsibility for actions com-
mitted in the past by other members of the 
same race or sex; 
‘‘(H) any individual should feel discomfort, 
guilt, anguish, or any other form of psycho-
logical distress on account of his or her race or 
sex; or 
‘‘(I) meritocracy or traits such as a hard 
work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created 
by a particular race to oppress another. 
‘‘(2) GENDER REASSIGNMENT MEDICAL INTER-
VENTION.—The term ‘gender reassignment medical 
intervention’ means— 
‘‘(A) performing a surgery that sterilizes 
an individual, including castration, vasectomy, 
hysterectomy, 
oophorectomy, 
metoidioplasty, 
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penectomy, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty, to 
change the body of such individual to cor-
respond to a sex that is discordant with biologi-
cal sex; 
‘‘(B) performing a mastectomy on an indi-
vidual for the purpose described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
‘‘(C) administering or supplying to an indi-
vidual medications for the purpose described in 
subparagraph (A), including— 
‘‘(i) GnRH agonists or other puberty- 
blocking drugs to stop or delay normal pu-
berty; 
‘‘(ii) testosterone or other androgens 
to biological females at doses that are 
supraphysiologic to the female sex; and 
‘‘(iii) estrogen to biological males at 
doses that are supraphysiologic to the male 
sex. 
‘‘(3) 
MENTAL
HEALTH
GUIDANCE
COUN-
SELOR.—The term ‘mental health guidance coun-
selor’ means a person who counsels individuals and 
groups to promote optimum mental health. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part 
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$200,000,0000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 
2027.’’. 
(e) OFFSET.—Of the unobligated balances from 
amounts made available under section 10301 of Public 
Law 117–169 (commonly known as the ‘‘Inflation Reduc-
tion Act of 2022’’) on the date of enactment of this Act, 
$11,001,000,000 is rescinded as of such date. 
SEC. 3. SAFERSCHOOLS.GOV. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, and an appointee 
of the President, shall establish a website, designated as 
saferschools.gov, to be managed by a task force, known 
as the School Safety Best Practices Task Force (in this 
section, referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(b) TASK FORCE.— 
(1) DUTIES.—The duties of the Task Force 
shall be to review, compile, and publish school safety 
best practices on the saferschools.gov website. 
(2) NUMBER
AND
APPOINTMENT.—The Task 
Force shall be composed of 5 members appointed by 
the Attorney General. 
(3) TERMS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Each member shall be 
appointed to the Task Force for a term of 5 
years. 
(B) VACANCIES.—Any members appointed 
to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration 
of the term for which the member’s predecessor 
was appointed shall be appointed only for the 
remainder of that term. 
(4) PAY.—Members of the Task Force shall 
serve without pay. 
(5) MEETINGS.—The Task Force shall meet at 
the call of the Chairperson and not less than quar-
terly. 
(6) NO APPLICABILITY.— 
(A) PAPERWORK REDUCTION.—The Paper-
work Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501) shall not 
apply to this section. 
(B) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall 
not apply to this section. 
(c) FUNCTION OF WEBSITE.—The saferschools.gov 
website shall be designed to receive comments from inter-
ested parties, which shall be published on such website. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) The term ‘‘interested parties’’ includes stu-
dents, teachers, parents, law enforcement officers, 
and any person with an interest in school safety best 
practices. 
(2) The term ‘‘parent’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out this 
section for fiscal year 2023. 
Æ 
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