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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5126 
To promote the creation of State anonymous school threat reporting 
programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 1, 2023 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for herself and Mr. HIMES) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To promote the creation of State anonymous school threat 
reporting programs, 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 ‘‘Safe to Tell Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may make 
grants to States that enact a law described in section 3 
and otherwise conforms its laws to the requirements of 
section 3. 
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(b) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—A grant under this sec-
tion may be used for the establishment of a program de-
scribed in section 3. 
(c) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit to the Attorney General an appli-
cation at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Attorney General may reasonably re-
quire, including a copy of the law described in section 3(a). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2024 through 2028. 
SEC. 3. STATE LAW DESCRIBED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A law described in this section is 
a law establishing a program described in subsection (b). 
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—A program estab-
lished under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) establish and maintain methods (including a 
telephone hotline, a mobile application, and a 
website) that provide individuals with the means to 
relay information anonymously concerning unsafe, 
potentially harmful, dangerous, violent, or criminal 
activities, or the threat of these activities, to appro-
priate law enforcement and public safety agencies 
and school officials; 
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(2) establish methods and procedures to ensure 
that the identity of the reporting parties remains un-
known to all persons and entities, including law en-
forcement officers and employees operating the pro-
gram; 
(3) establish methods and procedures so that 
information obtained from a reporting party who 
voluntarily discloses his or her identity and verifies 
that he or she is willing to be identified may be 
shared with law enforcement officers, employees op-
erating the program, and with school officials; 
(4) establish methods and procedures to ensure 
that a reporting party’s identity that becomes known 
through any means other than voluntary disclosure 
is not further disclosed; 
(5) promptly forward information received by 
the program to the appropriate law enforcement or 
public safety agency or school officials; 
(6) train law enforcement dispatch centers, 
school districts, individual schools, and other entities 
on appropriate awareness and response to informa-
tion received under the program; 
(7) provide awareness and education materials 
to participating schools and school district; 
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(8) monitor each reporting method under the 
program 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, includ-
ing providing an answering service staffed with an 
individual trained in receiving reports under the pro-
gram; 
(9) provide accountability and quality assurance 
measures, including disposition reporting, as well as 
measures to prevent abuse; 
(10) provide that, except as provided under 
paragraph (11), materials created or obtained 
through the implementation or operation of the pro-
gram are confidential, and a person shall not dis-
close the material; and 
(11) provide that a person administering the 
program may not be compelled to produce any infor-
mation received under the program or other mate-
rials produced as part of the program except on the 
motion of a criminal defendant to the court in which 
the offense is being tried. 
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