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108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4313 
To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to States to establish 
and carry out or continue to carry out antiharassment programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2004 
Mr. NADLER (for himself, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. FRANK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. FROST, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. RUSH, and Ms. BALDWIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Education to provide grants to 
States to establish and carry out or continue to carry 
out antiharassment programs. 
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 ‘‘Antibullying Campaign 
Act of 2004’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR ANTIHARASSMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Education shall pro-
vide a grant to each State that submits an application in
accordance with subsection (c) to enable the State to es-
tablish and carry out or continue to carry out an 
antiharassment program as described in subsection (b). 
(b) PROGRAM DESCRIBED.—An antiharassment pro-
gram referred to in subsection (a) is a program that pro-
hibits harassment in public schools and on public school 
grounds for any reason, including reasons based on an in-
dividual’s actual or perceived race, color, national origin, 
ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender, 
gender identity or expression, family composition or cir-
cumstance, or economic circumstance. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant to a State under this section unless 
the State submits to the Secretary an application 
that contains detailed information about the State’s 
existing or proposed antiharassment program. Such 
information shall include— 
(A) the State’s existing or proposed prohi-
bition on harassment; 
(B) the State’s existing or proposed defini-
tion of harassment and any other relevant 
terms; and
(C) a budget for the antiharassment pro-
gram, including a detailed description of how 
amounts received under the grant will be spent. 
(2) APPLICATION REVIEW AND APPROVAL.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of submission of the State’s ap-
plication, the Secretary shall review and ap-
prove or disapprove the application. 
(B) APPROVAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the Secretary approves 
the State’s application, the Secretary shall pro-
vide a grant to the State. 
(C) DISAPPROVAL.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the Secretary dis-
approves the State’s application, the Secretary 
shall inform the State in writing as to the rea-
sons why the application was disapproved and 
what the State may do to correct the applica-
tion and receive the Secretary’s approval. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant to a State under this section unless the 
State agrees that it will contribute from non-Federal 
sources an amount equal to not less than 50 percent of 
the amount received under the grant to carry out the 
antiharassment program described in subsection (b).
SEC. 3. STUDY AND REPORT. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Education shall con-
duct a study concerning harassment in public schools in 
the United States. The findings of the study shall in-
clude— 
(1) the number of students who are harassed; 
(2) the demographics of those students who are 
harassed, including— 
(A) the number of students who are har-
assed by gender; and 
(B) the number of students who harass 
others by gender; 
(3) the type of harassment to which students 
are subjected; 
(4) the number of States that have comprehen-
sive campaigns to combat harassment; and 
(5) the amount of funds each State expends on 
antiharassment programs each year. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 
3 years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
that contains the findings and an analysis of the study. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) HARASSMENT.—The term ‘‘harassment’’ 
means the creation of a hostile environment by con-
duct or by verbal threats, taunting, intimidation or 
physical or emotional abuse. 
(2) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘school’’ means an ele-
mentary school or secondary school as those terms 
are defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 
several States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, and any other territory or posses-
sion of the United States. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out this Act $75,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2005 through 2008. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (a) are authorized to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2008. 
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