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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7056 
To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States to acquire 
a mobile application that facilitates the reporting of school safety threats 
to local law enforcement agencies for use by students in secondary 
schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 9, 2018 
Mr. MACARTHUR 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 authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States 
to acquire a mobile application that facilitates the report-
ing of school safety threats to local law enforcement 
agencies for use by students in secondary schools, 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 ‘‘Modern School Threat 
Reporting Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS TO REPORT 
SCHOOL THREATS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General is au-
thorized to make grants to States to acquire and make 
available a mobile application that facilitates the reporting 
of school safety threats to local law enforcement agencies 
for use by students in secondary schools (as such term 
is defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)), which 
mobile application meets the requirements described in 
subsection (c). 
(b) APPLICATION.—The chief executive of a State 
seeking a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Attorney General 
may reasonably require, including— 
(1) the guidelines that the State will implement 
for use by secondary schools and local law enforce-
ment agencies in the State related to the mobile ap-
plication; and 
(2) a plan to deter misuse of the mobile appli-
cation, including deterring the use of the application 
for bullying. 
(c) MOBILE
APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS
DE-
SCRIBED.—The requirements for a mobile application de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
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(1) The mobile application shall enable the user 
enter information related to a potential threat to the 
physical safety of one or more students or employees 
of the school into the application, which shall be re-
ported immediately to the appropriate school official 
and local law enforcement agency. 
(2) The mobile application shall enable the user 
to report the information described in paragraph (1) 
anonymously. 
(3) The mobile application shall provide notice 
to the user— 
(A) of the capability to report the informa-
tion described in paragraph (1) anonymously; 
and 
(B) that if the user chooses to disclose his 
or her identity, that identifying information will 
be reported to the appropriate school official 
and local law enforcement agency, but shall, 
subject to applicable law, be kept confidential 
by such official and agency. 
(d) TRAINING.—A State receiving a grant under this 
section shall develop training on the use of and response 
to report made through the mobile application described 
in subsection (c), and shall provide such training, on an 
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annual basis, to appropriate school officials and officers 
and employees of law enforcement agencies. 
(e) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant made 
to a State under this section may not exceed $50,000. 
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