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Union Calendar No. 584 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4301 
[Report No. 116–701] 
To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney 
General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish 
an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes 
data on school shootings, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 
Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mrs. MCBATH, and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
DECEMBER 28, 2020 
Additional sponsors: Mr. TRONE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
TAKANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. WILSON of Flor-
ida, Mr. SUOZZI, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. LEVIN of Michi-
gan, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. GARCIA 
of Texas, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. OMAR, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. LARSON 
of Connecticut, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. ESHOO, 
Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mrs. 
LURIA, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MENG, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. WILD, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 
STEVENS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, and Mr. 
RASKIN 
DECEMBER 28, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 12, 2019] 
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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with 
the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, to publish an annual report on indica-
tors of school crime and safety that includes data on 
school shootings, and for other purposes. 
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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 Shooting Safety 
and Preparedness Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) TITLE
DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘fire-
arm’’ and ‘‘ammunition’’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 921 of title 18, United States 
Code. The term ‘‘large capacity ammunition feeding 
device’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
921 of title 18, Unites States Code, as in effect on 
September 1, 2004. 
(2) MASS SHOOTING.—The term ‘‘mass shooting’’ 
means a shooting during which three or more individ-
uals, not including the shooter, were injured or killed 
in one location or in multiple locations in close prox-
imity. 
(3) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘school’’ means— 
(A) an early childhood education program 
(as defined in section 103 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)); 
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(B) does not include an accidental shooting. 
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON INDICATORS OF SCHOOL 
CRIME AND SAFETY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, in 
consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, shall publish not less fre-
quently than on an annual basis a report on indicators of 
school crime and safety. Such report shall be produced by 
the National Center for Education Statistics of the Depart-
ment of Education in consultation with the Bureau of Jus-
tice Statistics of the Department of Justice. Such report 
shall include, at a minimum, an updated version of the in-
formation provided in the National Center for Education 
Statistics report NCES 2019–047 issued in April 2019, and 
the data described in subsections (b) and (d). 
(b) STATISTICS
ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.—In col-
lecting data on school shootings to be compiled in the an-
nual report described in subsection (a), the National Center 
for Education Statistics shall collect at a minimum the fol-
lowing data annually: 
(1) The number of school shootings that have 
taken place nationwide. 
(2) Of the school shootings described in para-
graph (1), the number that were mass shootings. 
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(3) Of the school shootings described in para-
graph (1), the number that were suicides. 
(4) The number of people killed in each school 
shooting, including— 
(A) the number of people whose cause of 
death was attributable to wound by firearm; and 
(B) the number of people having some other 
cause of death. 
(5) The number of people injured in each school 
shooting, including— 
(A) the number of people wounded by fire-
arm; and 
(B) the number of people injured in some 
other manner. 
(6) The time of the shooting and whether it oc-
curred during school hours. 
(7) The demographics of each school, including— 
(A) the locale code of the school, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Education; and 
(B) student demographic data disaggregated 
by— 
(i) economically disadvantaged stu-
dents as compared to students who are not 
economically disadvantaged; 
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(ii) each major racial and ethnic 
group; 
(iii) children with disabilities as com-
pared to children without disabilities; and 
(iv) English proficiency status. 
(8) The personal characteristics of each victim in 
the shooting, including, at a minimum, the victim’s— 
(A) age; 
(B) gender; 
(C) race; 
(D) ethnicity; and 
(E) nationality. 
(9) The personal characteristics of the shooter, 
including, at a minimum the shooter’s— 
(A) age; 
(B) gender; 
(C) race; 
(D) ethnicity; 
(E) nationality; and 
(F) relationship to the school. 
(10) The motivation of the shooter, including 
any real or perceived bias based on race, religion, eth-
nicity, nationality, or sex (including sexual orienta-
tion or gender identity). 
(11) How the shooting was stopped, including— 
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(A) whether the shooter was injured or 
killed, and if so, by whom; and 
(B) if not, what was the other outcome of 
the incident (such as escape, arrest, or suicide). 
(12) The number and type of firearms and am-
munition that were used in each shooting, includ-
ing— 
(A) the make and model of the firearm; 
(B) the manufacturer of the firearm; 
(C) the make and model of the ammunition; 
(D) the manufacturer of the ammunition; 
(E) whether a large capacity ammunition 
feeding device was present at the scene or used 
during the shooting; and 
(F) the number of rounds of ammunition 
fired by the shooter over the course of the shoot-
ing. 
(13) Where each of the firearms used in each 
shooting was obtained and how, including— 
(A) whether the firearm was registered; and 
(B) whether the firearm was purchased 
from a licensed gun dealer or an unlicensed sale. 
(14) If the original purchaser was not the shoot-
er, what was, if any, the original purchaser’s rela-
tionship to the shooter. 
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(15) If the original purchaser was not the shooter 
and the firearm was obtained from the shooter’s home, 
the gun storage practices being used in the home, and 
whether the gun owner was charged with failing to 
properly secure his or her firearm. 
(16) Whether the school had one or more teach-
ers, as that term is defined in section 8553 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7943), who were armed, and if so, whether 
such armed teacher or teachers stopped the incident 
by shooting the shooter. 
(17) How long did the shooting last (the approx-
imate elapsed time between the first and last shots 
fired). 
(18) What was the response time of law enforce-
ment. 
(c) HISTORIC STATISTICS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.— 
The Secretary of Education shall direct the National Center 
for Education Statistics— 
(1) to collect, to the extent practicable, the data 
required in subsection (b) for shootings that occurred 
before the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) to publish such data as revisions to the most 
applicable annual reports on indicators of school 
crime and safety issued by the National Center for 
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Education Statistics before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(d) SAFETY AND PREVENTION.—In collecting data on 
school shootings to be compiled in the annual report de-
scribed in subsection (a), the National Center for Education 
Statistics shall collect, at a minimum, information on the 
existence or absence of the following measures at the time 
of the shooting at schools where a school shooting occurred 
in the previous year: 
(1) Physical security measures, including— 
(A) building envelopes and interiors de-
signed to protect occupants from human threats; 
and 
(B) other physical security measures de-
signed to avert and restrict violence. 
(2) Other types of security measures, including 
measures designed to preserve open learning environ-
ments that positively influence student behavior. 
(3) A communication plan with local law en-
forcement. 
(4) A response plan that includes coordination 
with local agencies (law enforcement, fire department, 
hospitals, etc). 
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(5) An active shooter response plan (including 
the use of an alert system to notify students, faculty, 
and parents or guardians). 
(6) Any other similar type of safety or preven-
tion measure in place at the time of the school shoot-
ing. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—In collecting data on 
school shootings to be compiled in the annual report de-
scribed in subsection (a), any data disaggregation required 
by subsection (b) shall not be required in the case where 
such disaggregation would reveal personally identifiable in-
formation about any individual. 
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Union Calendar No. 584 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4301 
[Report No. 116–701] 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Education, in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General and the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services, to publish an an-
nual report on indicators of school crime and 
safety that includes data on school shootings, 
and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 28, 2020 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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