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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3692
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize 
the use of grant funds for bullying prevention, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2003
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California (for herself and Mr. QUINN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities 
Act and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to authorize the use of grant funds for 
bullying prevention, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Bullying Prevention 
for School Safety and Crime Reduction Act of 2003’’.
(3) by striking the term ‘‘drug use and vio-
lence’’ each place such term appears and inserting 
‘‘drug use, violence, and bullying’’, including in sec-
tions 
4002(4), 
4112(a)(2), 
4112(c)(3)(B)(iv), 
4113(a)(9)(A), 
4115(b)(1)(C)(ii), 
4116(a)(2)(B), 
and 4122(c); 
(4) in section 4112(c)(3)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘vi-
olence and drug-related’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, 
bullying, and drug-related’’; 
(5) in section 4114(d)(6), by striking ‘‘acts of 
violence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence and bul-
lying’’; 
(6) in sections 4115(a)(1)(A), 4115(a)(1)(C), 
4115(a)(2)(A), 4115(b)(2)(E), and 4122(a), by 
striking the term ‘‘violence and illegal drug use’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘vio-
lence, bullying, and illegal drug use’’; 
(7) in section 4115(b)(2)(B), by striking the 
term ‘‘violence and illegal use of drugs’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, 
and illegal use of drugs’’; 
(8) in the matter preceding clause (i) in section 
4115(b)(2)(E), and in section 4152(a), by striking 
the term ‘‘Drug and violence prevention’’ each place
such term appears and inserting ‘‘Drug, violence, 
and bullying prevention’’; 
(9) in sections 4115(b)(2)(E)(vii) and 4122(b) 
by striking ‘‘illegal drug use and violence’’ and in-
serting ‘‘violence, bullying, and illegal drug use’’; 
(10) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(ix), by striking 
‘‘violent or drug abusing students’’ and inserting 
‘‘violent, bullying, or drug abusing students’’; 
(11) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(x), by striking 
‘‘violent behavior and illegal use of drugs’’ and in-
serting ‘‘violent behavior, bullying, and illegal use of 
drugs’’; 
(12) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xiii)—
(A) by striking ‘‘violence prevention and 
education programs’’ and inserting ‘‘violence 
and bullying prevention and education pro-
grams’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘resolve conflicts without 
violence’’ and inserting ‘‘resolve conflicts with-
out violence or bullying’’; 
(13) in section 4115(b)(2)(E)(xv), by striking 
‘‘major accident, or a drug-related incident’’ and in-
serting ‘‘major accident, bullying incident, or a drug-
related incident’’;
(14) 
in 
sections 
4115(b)(2)(E)(xviii) 
and 
4116(b)(1), by striking ‘‘safety hotline’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘safety and bullying prevention hotline’’; 
(15) in section 4116(a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘vio-
lence and drug prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘drug, vio-
lence, and bullying prevention’’; 
(16) in section 4121(a), by striking ‘‘illegal use 
of drugs and violence’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bul-
lying, and illegal drug use’’; 
(17) in section 4121(a)(4), by striking ‘‘violence 
prevention and education’’ and inserting ‘‘violence 
and bullying prevention and education’’; 
(18) in sections 4121(a)(6) and 4121(a)(8), by 
striking ‘‘drug and violence problems’’ and inserting 
‘‘drug, violence, and bullying problems’’; 
(19) in section 4122(a)(2), by striking ‘‘and 
school violence’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence and 
bullying,’’; 
(20) in sections 4124(a)(1)(B) and 4124(a)(3), 
by striking ‘‘substance abuse and violence preven-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘violence, bullying, and sub-
stance abuse prevention’’; 
(21) in section 4124(b)(4)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘substance abuse and violence problem’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘violence, bullying, and substance abuse prob-
lem’’; 
(22) in section 4127(c), by striking ‘‘school vio-
lence research’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence and 
bullying research’’; 
(23) in section 4128(b)(2), by striking ‘‘such as 
substance abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘such as bullying, 
substance abuse’’; 
(24) in section 4128(b)(4), by striking ‘‘school 
violence prevention’’ and inserting ‘‘school violence 
and bullying prevention’’; 
(25) in section 4130(b)(1)(B)(iv), by striking 
‘‘violence, use of dangerous weapons’’ and inserting 
‘‘violence and bullying, use of dangerous weapons’’; 
(26) in section 4130(b)(5)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘schools with violence problems’’ and inserting 
‘‘schools with violence or bullying problems’’; 
(27) in section 4151—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘DRUG AND VIOLENCE 
PREVENTION’’ in the heading and inserting 
‘‘DRUG, VIOLENCE, AND
BULLYING
PRE-
VENTION’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘drug and violence 
prevention’’ each place such term appears
and inserting ‘‘drug, violence, and bullying 
prevention’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘and bullying’’ after ‘‘with respect to vio-
lence’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (6) and (7), by striking 
‘‘violent behavior’’ and inserting ‘‘violent or bul-
lying behavior’’; and 
(28) in section 4152(a), by striking ‘‘acts of vi-
olence’’ and inserting ‘‘acts of violence or bullying’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND 
SAFE STREETS ACT OF 1968.—Paragraph (13) of section 
1801 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 2796ee; relating to juvenile account-
ability block grants) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(13) establishing and maintaining account-
ability-based programs that are designed to enhance 
school safety, which programs may include research-
based bullying prevention programs;’’.
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