I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5139 
To reauthorize the grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 1, 2018 
Mr. CHABOT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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 ‘‘Hire Our Heroes to 
Protect Our Schools Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds as follows: 
(1) According to 2016 data compiled by the 
U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil 
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Rights, only 24 percent of elementary schools and 
42 percent of high schools nationwide have school 
resource officers. 
(2) The absence of school resource officers in 
many cases has been attributed to the lack of finan-
cial resources or the availability of trained police of-
ficers to fulfill the role of school resource officers. 
(3) No one is better trained and better 
equipped to handle a potential school shooting situa-
tion, and therefore serve as a school resource officer, 
than our Nation’s men and women in law enforce-
ment, including retired officers and veterans. 
(4) In many cases, police officers and veterans 
retire in their early fifties, while they still have a 
number of years where they can provide a valuable 
service to our schools and communities by serving as 
a school resources officer. 
(5) Placing highly trained and professional re-
tired police officers and veterans in our schools as 
school resource officers is one of the easiest ways to 
bolster school security, and it can be achieved almost 
immediately. 
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SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that school systems should 
make greater efforts to hire retired police officers and vet-
erans to be school resource officers. 
SEC. 4. 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— 
(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 and 
through the use of appropriate tech-
nologies, including the placement and use 
of metal detectors and other deterrent 
measures and emergency notification and 
response technologies’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
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(i) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 
and (6) as paragraphs (10) and (11), re-
spectively; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 
through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), 
respectively, and by inserting before para-
graph (2) the following: 
‘‘(1) Assignment of additional school resource 
officers (as such term is defined in part Q), with pri-
ority in making such assignments given to law en-
forcement officers who are veterans (as such term is 
defined in section 101(2) of title 38, United States 
Code) or retired law enforcement officers who have 
returned to service.’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (5), 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: 
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‘‘(6) Training to prevent student violence 
against others and self, including training for local 
law enforcement officers, school personnel, and stu-
dents. 
‘‘(7) The development and operation of anony-
mous reporting systems for threats of school vio-
lence, including mobile telephone applications, hot-
lines, and internet websites. 
‘‘(8) 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. 
‘‘(9) Acquisition and installation of technology 
for expedited notification of local law enforcement 
during an emergency.’’; 
(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 
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(D) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘50 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’; 
(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 Hire Our Heroes to 
Protect Our Schools 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 ‘‘$100,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2019 through 2024’’. 
Æ 
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