I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4926 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish 
a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Ms. SUTTON (for herself, Ms. BORDALLO, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
ARCURI, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. CASTOR, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
WELCH of Vermont, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. WILSON of 
Ohio, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. COHEN, Mr. KILDEE, and 
Mrs. JONES of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 to establish a grant program for automated 
external defibrillators in schools. 
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 ‘‘Josh Miller Helping 
Everyone Access Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 
2007’’ or the ‘‘Josh Miller HEARTS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL 
DEFIBRILLATORS. 
Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘PART D—AUTOMATED EXTERNAL 
DEFIBRILLATORS 
‘‘SEC. 4401. GRANT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a program under which the Secretary makes 
grants to local educational agencies, to be used by the local 
educational agencies for one or both of the following: 
‘‘(1) 
To 
purchase 
automated 
external 
defibrillators for use in schools within the local edu-
cational agency. 
‘‘(2) To provide training to enable schools with-
in the local educational agency to meet the require-
ments of subsection (d)(1), but only if automated ex-
ternal defibrillators are to be used at such schools. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.—To be 
eligible to receive a grant under this section, a local 
educational agency shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, in such form, and con-
taining such information as the Secretary may re-
quire. 
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‘‘(2) SCHOOLS.—To be eligible to receive an 
automated external defibrillator through a grant 
under this section, a school may be any public or 
private school within the local educational agency, 
except that an internet- or computer-based commu-
nity school is not eligible. 
‘‘(c) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, the local educational agen-
cy must provide at least $1 from non-Federal 
sources (whether public or private) for every $3 
from Federal sources. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary shall waive the 
requirement of paragraph (1) for a local educational 
agency if the number of children counted under sec-
tion 1124(c)(1)(A) is 20 percent or more of the total 
number of children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, in the 
school district of the local educational agency. 
‘‘(d) TRAINING AND COORDINATION REQUIRED.—A 
local educational agency may not receive a grant under 
subsection (a)(1) unless the local educational agency dem-
onstrates that, for each school at which the automated ex-
ternal defibrillators are to be used— 
‘‘(1) there are at least 5 individuals at the 
school who— 
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