I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4909 
To reauthorize the grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 30, 2018 
Mr. RUTHERFORD (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. KILMER, and 
Mr. DEUTCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
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, 
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— 
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(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 training and tech-
nical assistance to prevent violence’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3) 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.’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (4), 
(5), and (6) as paragraphs (3), (4), and 
(5), respectively; 
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(iii) in paragraph (3), as so redesig-
nated— 
(I) by striking ‘‘crisis’’ and in-
serting ‘‘school threat assessment 
and’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and school per-
sonnel,’’ after ‘‘law enforcement agen-
cies’’; and 
(iv) by inserting after paragraph (5), 
as so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(6) 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.’’; 
(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’’; 
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(2) in section 2702 (34 U.S.C. 10552)— 
(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’’; and 
(4) in section 2705— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019 through 2028’’. 
Æ 
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