I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4606 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require silent 
alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 4, 2019 
Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Ms. STEFANIK) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and 
in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 to require silent alarms in elemen-
tary schools and secondary schools, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Alyssa’s Legacy Youth 
in Schools Safety Alert Act’’ or the ‘‘ALYSSA Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING SILENT ALARMS IN SCHOOLS. 
(a) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY PLANS.—Section 
1112(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(8) ensure that each school served by the local 
educational agency is prepared to address a school 
security emergency, including the use of panic 
alarms which are not audible within the school build-
ing to adequately alert local law enforcement au-
thorities and emergency responders about a safety 
issue at the school.’’. 
(b) CONDITION OF RECEIPT OF FUNDS.—Subpart 2 
of part F of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8549D. SCHOOL SECURITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receipt of 
funds under this Act, each local educational agency shall 
ensure that each elementary school and secondary school 
served by such local educational agency is equipped with 
at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emer-
gency (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active 
shooter situation). 
‘‘(b) PANIC ALARM DEFINED.—For purposes of this 
section and section 1112(c)(8), the term ‘panic alarm’ 
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means a silent security system signal generated by the 
manual activation of a device intended to signal a life- 
threatening or emergency situation requiring a response 
from law enforcement.’’. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. 
Section 1101(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)) 
is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subparagraph 
(A), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,097,119,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after ‘‘of 
the purposes of part Q’’ the following: ‘‘, and not 
less than $50,000,000 shall be allocated for grants 
pursuant to applications submitted by units of local 
government or law enforcement agencies for the pur-
poses described in section 1701(b)(12)’’. 
Æ 
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