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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4301 
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 
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. 
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: 
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(1) TITLE 18 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 shoot-
ing’’ means a shooting during which three or more 
individuals, not including the shooter, were injured 
or killed in one location or in multiple locations in 
close proximity. 
(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)); 
(B) an elementary school (as defined in 
section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); 
(C) a secondary school (as defined in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); and 
(D) an institution of higher education (as 
defined in section 102 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)). 
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(4) SCHOOL
SHOOTING.—The term ‘‘school 
shooting’’— 
(A) means an event or occurrence— 
(i) during which one or more individ-
uals were injured or killed by a firearm; 
and 
(ii) that occurred— 
(I) in, or on the grounds of, a 
school, even if before or after school 
hours; 
(II) while the victim was trav-
eling to or from a regular session at 
school; or 
(III) while the victim was attend-
ing or traveling to or from an official 
school sponsored event; and 
(B) does not include an accidental shoot-
ing. 
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 
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by the National Center for Education Statistics of the De-
partment of Education in consultation with the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice. Such 
report shall include, at a minimum, an updated version 
of the information 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 Cen-
ter on Education Statistics shall collect at a minimum the 
following data annually: 
(1) The number of school shootings that have 
taken place nationwide. 
(2) The number of mass shootings that have 
taken place nationwide. 
(3) The number of school shootings that were 
suicides. 
(4) The number of people killed in each school 
shooting. 
(5) The number of people injured in each school 
shooting. 
(6) The time of the shooting and whether it oc-
curred during school hours. 
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(7) The age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nation-
ality of each victim in each shooting. 
(8) The age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, 
and relationship to the school of each shooter. 
(9) The motivation of the shooter, including any 
real or perceived bias. 
(10) How the shooting was stopped, includ-
ing— 
(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). 
(11) The number and type of firearms and am-
munition were used in each shooting, including— 
(A) the make and model of the firearm; 
(B) the manufacturer of the firearm; 
(C) the make and model of the ammuni-
tion; 
(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 
shooting. 
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