I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1470 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the safety of America’s schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2013 
Mrs. CAPPS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to enhance the safety of America’s schools. 
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 ‘‘School Safety En-
hancements Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Installation’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip-
ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 
the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 
situations.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
Director, in collaboration with the Secretary of Edu-
cation, shall establish an interagency task force to 
develop a set of advisory school safety guidelines. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES.—Not later 
than one year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the interagency task force shall publish 
the advisory school safety guidelines developed under 
paragraph (1) in the Federal Register. 
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‘‘(3) REQUIRED CONSULTATION.—In developing 
the advisory school safety guidelines under para-
graph (1), the interagency task force shall consult 
with stakeholders and interested parties, including 
parents, teachers, and agencies. 
‘‘(4) USE
OF
GUIDELINES.—In determining 
permissible uses of funds under subsection (b)(6), 
the Director shall consider the advisory school safety 
guidelines developed under paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS. 
Section 2702(a)(2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797b(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report— 
‘‘(A) signed by the heads of each law en-
forcement agency and school district with juris-
diction of the schools where the safety improve-
ments will be implemented; and 
‘‘(B) demonstrating that each proposed use 
of the grant funds will be— 
‘‘(i) an effective means for improving 
the safety of one or more schools; 
‘‘(ii) consistent with a comprehensive 
approach to preventing school violence; and 
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‘‘(iii) individualized to the needs of 
each school at which those improvements 
are to be made.’’. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$40,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2014 through 2023’’. 
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