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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4506
To provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in public
schools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 19, 2000
Mrs. CAPPS (for herself, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. COBURN, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
training in public schools.
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 ‘‘Teaching Children To
Save Lives Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Teaching school children the life-saving skill
of CPR can improve their confidence in responding
to an emergency and can encourage continued ef-
forts to update these skills after graduation, thereby
potentially reducing the rate of death from cardiac
arrest.
(2) Heart disease is the leading cause of death
in the United States.
(3) 250,000 Americans die each year of sudden
cardiac arrest.
(4) The American Heart Association estimates
that the lives of 50,000 cardiac arrest victims could
be saved each year through initiating a course of ac-
tion known as the ‘‘chain of survival’’.
(5) The ‘‘chain of survival’’ includes prompt no-
tification 
of 
emergency 
services 
and 
early
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defibrillation,
and advanced cardiac life support.
(6) An important part of United States school
children’s education is learning healthy behaviors,
including proper nutrition and physical activity. This
health education should also include basic emergency
life-saving skills.
(7) Incorporating CPR training into the health
curriculum of middle and secondary schools will give
school children these skills.
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR CPR TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall
make grants to State departments of education for the
purpose of establishing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR) training, using nationally recognized training
courses, in targeted schools. Such grants shall—
(1) not exceed $6,000 per targeted school;
(2) provide funding for two-year programs in
targeted schools, with—
(A) a majority of the funding to be pro-
vided in the first year to pay for start-up costs,
including initial teacher training in CPR in-
struction and purchase of printed informational
or instructional materials, manikins, and other
equipment; and
(B) the remainder of the funding to be
provided in the second year to pay for upkeep,
continued or additional teacher training, and
other subsidiary costs; and
(3) encourage and foster new and existing com-
munity partnerships with and among public and pri-
vate organizations (such as local school districts,
nonprofit organizations, public health organizations
like the American Heart Association and the Amer-
ican Red Cross, emergency medical service providers,
fire and police departments, and parent-teacher as-
sociations) to aid in providing CPR training in tar-
geted schools.
(b) DEFINITION.—In this Act, the term ‘‘targeted
schools’’ means public schools which include students in
any of grades 6 through 12.
(c) REGULATIONS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of
Education may establish regulations to carry out this Act.
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act—
(1) the sum of $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001;
and
(2) the sum of $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.
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