I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2269 
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to allow funds provided under the Matching Grant Program for 
School Security to be used to improve information sharing between law 
enforcement and schools, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 5, 2013 
Mr. MICHAUD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 to allow funds provided under the 
Matching Grant Program for School Security to be used 
to improve information sharing between law enforcement 
and schools, 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 ‘‘Multi-Hazard School 
Disaster Planning and Response Act of 2013’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXPANDING PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS UNDER 
THE 
MATCHING 
GRANT 
PROGRAM 
FOR 
SCHOOL SECURITY TO IMPROVE INFORMA-
TION SHARING BETWEEN LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AND SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2701 of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3797a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) Any law enforcement and school informa-
tion sharing activity described in subsection (g)(1).’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOL INFORMA-
TION SHARING ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(b)(5), a law enforcement and school information 
sharing activity described in this paragraph is any of 
the following activities conducted in accordance with 
paragraphs (3) and (4): 
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‘‘(A) Establishing or improving an elec-
tronic data management system for the purpose 
of sharing specified emergency response plan 
data with first responders. 
‘‘(B) Assisting local law enforcement and 
local schools with costs associated with col-
lecting information on, evaluating, updating, 
and digitizing specified emergency response 
plan data and making such plans electronically 
available to local dispatch centers and first re-
sponders through mobile data terminals and 
mobile data computers. 
‘‘(C) Enabling law enforcement to consult 
with schools to develop emergency plans, includ-
ing specified emergency response plan data, in 
order to ensure such plans are comprehensive, 
complete, and current. 
‘‘(2) SPECIFIED EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN 
DATA.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 
‘specified emergency response plan data’ means, 
with respect to a school, emergency plan and re-
sponse information, as specified by the Attorney 
General, for such school— 
‘‘(A) that includes floor plans, aerial and 
internal photographs, and key emergency con-
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tact information for administrative personnel, 
custodial staff, and relevant service vendors for 
such school; and 
‘‘(B) that is to be shared, in accordance 
with paragraph (3), with only first responders. 
‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION OF DATA.—Any specified 
emergency response plan data that is disseminated 
through a law enforcement and school information 
sharing activity for which funds are made available 
under this part shall be so disseminated only to a 
local dispatch center for first responders through an 
electronic means and for purposes of being made 
available to mobile data terminals or mobile data 
computers of first responders. 
‘‘(4) REVIEW
AND
UPDATE
OF
DATA.—Any 
specified emergency response plan data that is dis-
seminated through a law enforcement and school in-
formation sharing activity for which funds are made 
available under a grant under this part shall be an-
nually reviewed by the State, unit of local govern-
ment, or Indian tribe receiving such grant and up-
dated as necessary.’’. 
(b) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION FOR APPLICA-
TIONS FOR NEW AUTHORIZED USES.—Section 2701(c) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 3797a(c)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘CONSIDERATION.—In award-
ing’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘CONSIDER-
ATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
in awarding’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION FOR AP-
PLICATIONS
FOR
INFORMATION
SHARING
PUR-
POSES.—In awarding grants under this part for a 
use described in subsection (b)(5), the Director shall 
give preferential consideration, if feasible, to an ap-
plication from a jurisdiction that demonstrates the 
activity for which the grant will be used will cover 
a significant number of schools, demonstrates such 
jurisdiction uses (or will use such grant to develop) 
an electronic record management system that is 
compatible across multiple jurisdictions, or dem-
onstrates community interest with respect to such 
activity for which the grant will be used.’’. 
(c) FUNDING.— 
(1) REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM.—Section 
2705 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘2014 
through 2017’’. 
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(2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR FUNDS 
FOR NEW AUTHORIZED USES.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘In addition to the amounts author-
ized to be appropriated under the previous sentence 
for a fiscal year, there is authorized to be appro-
priated for grants under this part for a use de-
scribed in section 2701(b)(5), $10,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2014 through 2017.’’. 
Æ 
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