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Union Calendar No. 543 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2352 
[Report No. 110–821, Part I] 
To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and 
institutions of higher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2007 
Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. NEAL 
of Massachusetts, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WEINER, Ms. WA-
TERS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WU, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. WATT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Ms. LEE, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. HOLT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 
Texas, Mr. HARE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. KIND, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. SUTTON, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 
AUGUST 1, 2008 
Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AUGUST 1, 2008 
Referral to the Committee on Education and Labor extended for a period 
ending not later than September 12, 2008 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, 
Ms. CARSON, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. COHEN, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. DEFAZIO, 
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Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. HONDA, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. MORAN of 
Virginia, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. CONYERS, and Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 
Committee on Education and Labor discharged; committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2007] 
A BILL 
To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary 
schools, and institutions of higher education. 
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 Enhance-
ments Act of 2008’’. 
TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY EDUCATION SAFETY 
ENHANCEMENTS 
SEC. 101. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Installation’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip-
ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for the 
reporting of potentially dangerous students and situa-
tions.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a program 
provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall be not 
more than 80 percent of the total of such costs.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of the School Safety En-
hancements Act of 2008, the Director and the Secretary of 
Education, or the designee of the Secretary, shall establish 
an interagency task force to develop and promulgate a set 
of advisory school safety guidelines. The advisory school 
safety guidelines shall be published in the Federal Register 
by not later than one year after such date of enactment. 
In developing the final advisory school safety guidelines, the 
interagency task force shall consult with stakeholders and 
interested parties, including parents, teachers, and agen-
cies.’’. 
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SEC. 102. APPLICATIONS. 
Section 2702(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report, signed by the 
chief education officer and the attorney general or 
other chief law enforcement executive of the State, 
unit of local government, or Indian tribe, certifying 
that each proposed use of the grant funds will be— 
‘‘(A) an effective means for improving the 
safety of one or more schools; 
‘‘(B) consistent with a comprehensive ap-
proach to preventing school violence; and 
‘‘(C) individualized to the needs of each 
school at which those improvements are to be 
made.’’. 
SEC. 103. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Section 2703 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797c) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘and the activities for which those funds were used’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and a detailed itemization of how those 
funds were utilized’’. 
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 
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2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2009 and 2010’’. 
SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT. 
Paragraph (5) of section 2701(b) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797a(b)) (as amended by section 101 of this Act) is further 
amended by inserting ‘‘, including hazardous conditions’’ 
after ‘‘and situations’’. 
SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT PRO-
GRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Section 2701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) (as amended 
by sections 101 and 105 of this Act) is further amended 
by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new para-
graph (and redesignating the succeeding paragraphs ac-
cordingly): 
‘‘(5) Development and implementation of safety 
measures to protect students in the event of a terrorist 
attack or other hazardous condition or situation.’’. 
TITLE II—HIGHER EDUCATION 
SECURITY ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESS-
MENTS. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(h) CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESSMENT.—Each eligible in-
stitution participating in any program under this title 
shall conduct an annual campus safety assessment that 
shall be prepared through consultation between the institu-
tion’s staff, including safety and security personnel, and 
local law enforcement officials.’’. 
SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS EMERGENCY RE-
SPONSE PLANS. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
amended in section 201 (20 U.S.C. 1092), is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.—Each el-
igible institution participating in any program under this 
title shall develop and implement a campus emergency re-
sponse plan to address a comprehensive set of emergency 
situations, including the following: 
‘‘(1) Natural disasters. 
‘‘(2) Active shooter situations. 
‘‘(3) Terrorist attacks.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 543 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2352 
[Report No. 110–821, Part I] 
A BILL 
To enhance the safety of elementary schools, sec-
ondary schools, and institutions of higher edu-
cation. 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2008 
Committee on Education and Labor discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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