I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 750 
To establish the Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2021 
Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. DEUTCH, and Mrs. 
MURPHY of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety 
Best Practices, 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 ‘‘Luke and Alex School 
Safety Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON SCHOOL SAFETY 
BEST PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title XXII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 2215 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 2216. FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON SCHOOL SAFETY 
BEST PRACTICES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of Education, the Attorney 
General, and the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, shall establish a Federal Clearinghouse on 
School Safety Best Practices (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Clearinghouse’) within the Department. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The Clearinghouse shall be 
the primary resource of the Federal Government to 
identify 
and 
publish 
online 
through 
SchoolSafety.gov, or any successor website, the best 
practices and recommendations for school safety for 
use by State and local educational agencies, institu-
tions of higher education, State and local law en-
forcement agencies, health professionals, and the 
general public. 
‘‘(3) PERSONNEL.— 
‘‘(A) ASSIGNMENTS.—The Clearinghouse 
shall be assigned such personnel and resources 
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as the Secretary considers appropriate to carry 
out this section. 
‘‘(B) DETAILEES.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation, the Attorney General, and the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services may detail per-
sonnel to the Clearinghouse. 
‘‘(4) EXEMPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) 
PAPERWORK
REDUCTION
ACT.— 
Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘Paperwork Reduction 
Act’) shall not apply to any rulemaking or in-
formation collection required under this section. 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE 
ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 
U.S.C. App.) shall not apply for the purposes of 
carrying out this section. 
‘‘(b) CLEARINGHOUSE CONTENTS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION.—In identifying the best 
practices and recommendations for the Clearing-
house, the Secretary may consult with appropriate 
Federal, State, local, Tribal, private sector, and non-
governmental organizations. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA FOR BEST PRACTICES AND REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—The best practices and rec-
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ommendations of the Clearinghouse shall, at a min-
imum— 
‘‘(A) involve comprehensive school safety 
measures, including threat prevention, pre-
paredness, protection, mitigation, incident re-
sponse, and recovery to improve the safety pos-
ture of a school upon implementation; 
‘‘(B) include any evidence or research ra-
tionale supporting the determination of the 
Clearinghouse that the best practice or rec-
ommendation under subparagraph (A) has been 
shown to have a significant effect on improving 
the health, safety, and welfare of persons in 
school settings, including— 
‘‘(i) relevant research that is evidence- 
based, as defined in section 8101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), supporting the 
best practice or recommendation; 
‘‘(ii) findings and data from previous 
Federal or State commissions recom-
mending improvements to the safety pos-
ture of a school; or 
‘‘(iii) other supportive evidence or 
findings relied upon by the Clearinghouse 
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