I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4073
To protect children from firearms violence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 17, 1998
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. PORTER, Mr.
BOEHLERT, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SHAYS, Mrs.
MORELLA, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DAVIS of Virginia, Mrs. KENNELLY of Con-
necticut, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ENGEL,
Mr. MANTON, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. CARSON, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. ESHOO,
Mr. MARKEY, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. PELOSI,
Mr. KLECZKA, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr.
KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mrs. CAPPS, Mrs. MALONEY
of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. MATSUI, Mr.
TIERNEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MCDERMOTT, and Ms. LOFGREN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Education
and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To protect children from firearms violence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Children’s Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1998’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—THE CHILDREN’S FIREARM SAFETY ACT OF 1998
Sec. 101. Prohibition on manufacture or importation of unsafe handguns.
Sec. 102. Consumer Product Safety Commission study.
TITLE II—THE CHILDREN’S FIREARMS AGE LIMIT ACT OF 1998
Sec. 201. Extension of juvenile handgun ban to semiautomatic assault weapons.
Sec. 202. Increased penalty for transferring handgun or semiautomatic assault
weapon to juvenile for use in a crime of violence.
TITLE III—THE CHILDREN’S FIREARM DEALER’S
RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1998
Sec. 301. Automatic revocation of license of firearms dealer who willfully sells
firearm to a minor.
Sec. 302. 2 forms of identification required from firearms purchasers under age
24.
Sec. 303. Minimum safety and security standards for gun shops.
TITLE IV—THE CHILDREN’S FIREARM ACCESS PREVENTION ACT
OF 1998
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Children and firearms safety.
TITLE V—THE CHILDREN’S FIREARM INJURY SURVEILLANCE
ACT OF 1998
Sec. 501. Short title.
Sec. 502. Surveillance program regarding injuries to children resulting from
firearms.
TITLE VI—THE CHILDREN’S FIREARM EDUCATION ACT OF 1998
Sec. 601. Short title; purposes.
Sec. 602. Competitive grants for children’s firearm education.
Sec. 603. Dissemination of best practices.
Sec. 604. Definitions.
Sec. 605. Amendment to Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of
1994.
TITLE VII—THE CHILDREN’S FIREARM TRACKING ACT OF 1998
Sec. 701. Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative.
TITLE I—THE CHILDREN’S
FIREARM SAFETY ACT OF 1998
SEC. 101. PROHIBITION ON MANUFACTURE OR IMPORTA-
TION OF UNSAFE HANDGUNS.
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after subsection (x) the following:
‘‘(y)(1) Beginning on the date that is 18 months after
the date of enactment of this subsection it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person to manufacture or import an unsafe
handgun.
‘‘(2) The term ‘unsafe handgun’ means—
‘‘(A) any handgun which the Secretary deter-
mines, when new, fires in any of 5 successive trials
in which the handgun (loaded with an empty case
with a primer installed and having built-in manual
handgun safety devices deactivated so that the hand-
gun is ready to fire) is dropped onto a solid slab of
concrete from a height of one meter from each of
the following positions:
‘‘(i) normal firing position;
‘‘(ii) upside down;
‘‘(iii) on grip;
‘‘(iv) on the muzzle;
‘‘(v) on either side;
‘‘(vi) on the exposed hammer or striker;
‘‘(vii) if there is no hammer or striker, the
rearmost part of the firearm; and
‘‘(viii) any other position which the Sec-
retary determines is necessary to determine
whether the handgun is subject to accidental
discharge;
‘‘(B) any handgun without a child resistant
trigger mechanism reasonably designed to prevent a
child who has not attained 5 years of age from oper-
ating the weapon when it is ready to fire. Such
mechanism may include:
‘‘(i) any handgun without a trigger resist-
ant to a ten pound pull; or
‘‘(ii) any handgun, under rules determined
by the Secretary, which is designed so that the
hand of an average child who has not attained
5 years of age is unable to grip the trigger;
‘‘(C) any semiautomatic pistol which does not
have a magazine safety disconnect that prevents the
pistol from being fired once the magazine or clip is
removed from the weapon.
‘‘(D) a handgun sold without a mechanism rea-
sonable designed, under rules determined by the Sec-
retary, to prevent the discharge of the weapon by
unauthorized users, including but not limited to the
following devices:
‘‘(i) a detachable, key activated or com-
bination lock which prevents the trigger form
being pulled or the hammer form striking the
primer; or
‘‘(ii) a solenoid use-limitation device which
prevents, by use of a magnetically activated
relay, the firing of the weapon unless a magnet
of the appropriate strength is placed in proxim-
ity to the handle of the gun.
‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
‘‘(A) the manufacture or importation of a hand-
gun, by a licensed manufacturer or licensed im-
porter, for use by the United States or a department
or agency of the United States or a State or a de-
partment, agency, or political subdivision of a State;
or
‘‘(B) the manufacture or importation by a li-
censed manufacturer or licensed importer for the
purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by
the Secretary.
‘‘(4) This subsection shall not be construed to pre-
empt or limit in any way any causes of action available
under the law of any State against a manufacturer of a
firearm.’’.
SEC. 102. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
STUDY.
(a) STUDY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, in con-
sultation with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire-
arms, shall conduct a study to determine how the safety
of handguns can be improved so as to prevent their unau-
thorized use or discharge by children who have not at-
tained 18 years of age. The study shall include the testing
and evaluation of—
(1) locking devices that, while installed on a
handgun, prevent the handgun from being dis-
charged, and that can be removed or deactivated by
means of a key or a mechanically, electronically, or
electro-mechanically operated combination lock;
(2) locking devices that are incorporated into
the design of a handgun, that, when activated, pre-
vent a handgun from being discharged, and that can
be deactivated by means of a key or a mechanically,
electronically, or electro-mechanically operated com-
bination lock;
(3) storage boxes, cases, or safes equipped with
a mechanically, electronically, or electro-mechanically
operated lock that, when activated, prevents access
to a firearm located in the storage box, case, or safe.
(b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission shall submit to the Congress a re-
port that details the results of the study required by sub-
section (a) and that includes recommendations on how
handgun safety can be improved and how changes in
handgun design can reduce unauthorized access to guns
by children who have not attained 18 years of age.
(c) LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—To carry out this section, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Director of the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1999.
TITLE II—THE CHILDREN’S FIRE-
ARMS AGE LIMIT ACT OF 1998
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF JUVENILE HANDGUN BAN TO
SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
Section 922(x) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended in each of paragraphs (1) and (2)—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(A);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) a semiautomatic assault weapon.’’.
SEC. 202. INCREASED PENALTY FOR TRANSFERRING HAND-
GUN OR SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON
TO JUVENILE FOR USE IN A CRIME OF VIO-
LENCE.
Section 924(a)(6)(B)(ii) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘20’’.
TITLE 
III—THE 
CHILDREN’S
FIREARM DEALER’S RESPON-
SIBILITY ACT OF 1998
SEC. 301. AUTOMATIC REVOCATION OF LICENSE OF FIRE-
ARMS DEALER WHO WILLFULLY SELLS FIRE-
ARM TO A MINOR.
Section 923(e) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the 3rd sentence the following:
‘‘The Secretary, after notice and opportunity for hearing,
shall revoke the license of a dealer who willfully sells a
firearm to an individual who has not attained 18 years
of age.’’.
SEC. 302. 2 FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED FROM
FIREARMS PURCHASERS UNDER AGE 24.
Section 922(t)(1)(C) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, if the licensee knows or has
reasonable cause to believe that the transferee has not at-
tained 24 years of age, 2)’’ before ‘‘valid’’.
SEC. 303. MINIMUM SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDARDS
FOR GUN SHOPS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 923 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(m) SAFETY AND SECURITY STANDARDS FOR GUN
SHOPS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, acting through the Director
of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms,
shall issue final regulations that establish minimum
firearm safety and security standards that shall
apply to dealers who are issued a license under this
section.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
STANDARDS.—The regulations
issued under this subsection shall include minimum
safety and security standards for—
‘‘(A) a place of business in which a dealer
covered by the regulations conducts business or
stores firearms;
‘‘(B) windows, the front door, storage
rooms, containers, alarms, and other items of a
place of business referred to in subparagraph
(A) that the Secretary of the Treasury, acting
through the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, determines to be appro-
priate; and
‘‘(C) the storage and handling of the fire-
arms contained in a place of business referred
to in subparagraph (A).’’.
(b) INSPECTIONS.—Section 923(g)(1) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and
inserting a semicolon;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) with respect the place of business of a li-
censed dealer, the safety and security measures
taken by the dealer to ensure compliance with the
regulations issued under subsection (m).’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
inserting ‘‘and the place of business of a li-
censed dealer’’ after ‘‘licensed dealer’’;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iv) not more than once during any 12-month
period, for ensuring compliance by a licensed dealer
with the regulations issued under subsection (m).’’.
(c) PENALTIES.—Section 924(a)(1) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
the end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub-
paragraph (E); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(D) being a licensed dealer, knowingly
fails to comply with any applicable regulation
issued under section 923(m); and’’.
TITLE 
IV—THE 
CHILDREN’S
FIREARM 
ACCESS 
PREVEN-
TION ACT OF 1998
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Firearm
Access Prevention Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 402. CHILDREN AND FIREARMS SAFETY.
(a) SECURE GUN STORAGE OR SAFETY DEVICE.—
Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(34) The term ‘secure gun storage or safety device’
means—
‘‘(A) a device that, when installed on a firearm,
is designed to prevent the firearm from being oper-
ated without first deactivating or removing the de-
vice;
‘‘(B) a device incorporated into the design of
the firearm that is designed to prevent the operation
of the firearm by anyone not having access to the
device; or
‘‘(C) a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or
other device that is designed to be or can be used
to store a firearm and that is designed to be un-
locked only by means of a key, a combination, or
other similar means.’’.
(b) PROHIBITION AND PENALTIES.—Section 922 of
such title is further amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(z)(1) In this subsection, the term ‘juvenile’ means
an individual who has not attained 18 years of age.
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), any person
who—
‘‘(A) keeps a loaded firearm, or an unloaded
firearm and ammunition for the firearm, any of
which has been shipped or transported in interstate
or foreign commerce or otherwise substantially af-
fects interstate or foreign commerce, on premises
under the custody or control of the person; and
‘‘(B) knows, or reasonably should know, that a
juvenile is capable of gaining access to the firearm
without the permission of a parent or legal guardian
of the juvenile;
shall, if a juvenile obtains access to the firearm and there-
by causes death or bodily injury to the juvenile or any
other person, or exhibits the firearm in a public place or
in violation of subsection (q), be imprisoned not more than
1 year, fined not more than $10,000, or both.
‘‘(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply if—
‘‘(A) the person uses a secure gun storage or
safety device for the firearm;
‘‘(B) the person is a peace officer, a member of
the Armed Forces, or a member of the National
Guard, and the juvenile obtains the firearm during,
or incidental to, the performance of the official du-
ties of the person in that capacity;
‘‘(C) the juvenile obtains, or obtains and dis-
charges, the firearm in a lawful act of self-defense
or defense of 1 or more other persons; or
‘‘(D) the person has no reasonable expectation,
based on objective facts and circumstances, that a
juvenile is likely to be present on the premises on
which the firearm is kept.
‘‘(4) This subsection shall not be construed to pre-
empt any provision of the law of any State, the purpose
of which is to prevent children from injuring themselves
or others with firearms, or to preempt or limit in any way
any causes of action available under the law of any State
against a manufacturer of a firearm.’’.
(c) ROLE OF LICENSED FIREARMS DEALERS.—Sec-
tion 926 of such title is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(d) The Secretary shall ensure that a copy of section
922(z) appears on the form required to be obtained by
a licensed dealer from a prospective transferee of a fire-
arm.’’.
TITLE V—THE CHILDREN’S FIRE-
ARM INJURY SURVEILLANCE
ACT OF 1998
SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Children’s Firearm
Injury Surveillance Act of 1998’’.
SEC. 502. SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM REGARDING INJURIES
TO CHILDREN RESULTING FROM FIREARMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) PROGRAM OF GRANTS.—The Secretary of
Health and Human Services may make grants to
State and local departments of health and State and
local law enforcement agencies for purposes of estab-
lishing and maintaining children’s firearm-related in-
jury surveillance systems.
(2) ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall carry out
this section acting through the Director of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention. Such Direc-
tor shall carry out this section through the Director
of the National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Director
of the Center’’).
(b) CERTAIN USES OF GRANT.—The Director of the
Center shall ensure that grants under subsection (a) are
used to establish systems for gathering information re-
garding fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries involving chil-
dren who have not attained 21 years of age, including in-
formation with respect to—
(1) mortality;
(2) morbidity;
(3) disability;
(4) the type and characteristic of the firearm
used in the shooting;
(5) the relationship of the victim to the per-
petrator; and
(6) the time and circumstances of the shooting.
(c) PRIORITY
FOR CERTAIN STATES.—In making
grants under this section, the Director of the Center shall
give priority to States and communities in which firearm-
related injuries for children are a significant public health
problem.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this section, there is authorized
to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years
1999 through 2003.
TITLE 
VI—THE 
CHILDREN’S
FIREARM EDUCATION ACT OF
1998
SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE; PURPOSES.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the
‘‘Children’s Firearm Education Act of 1998’’.
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this title are—
(1) to award grants to assist local educational
agencies, in consultation with community groups and
law enforcement agencies, to educate children about
and preventing violence; and
(2) to assist communities in developing partner-
ships between public schools, community organiza-
tions, law enforcement, and parents in educating
children about preventing gun violence.
SEC. 602. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR CHILDREN’S FIRE-
ARM EDUCATION.
(a) ALLOCATION OF COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—
(1) GRANTS BY THE SECRETARY.—For any fis-
cal year in which the amount appropriated to carry
out this title does not equal or exceed $50,000,000,
the Secretary is authorized to award competitive
grants described under subsection (b).
(2) GRANTS BY THE STATES.—For any fiscal
year in which the amount appropriated to carry out
this title exceeds $50,000,000, the Secretary shall
make allotments to State educational agencies pur-
suant to subsection (a)(3) to award competitive
grants described in subsection (b).
(3) FORMULA.—Except as provided in para-
graph (4), funds appropriated to carry out this title
shall be allocated among the States as follows:
(A) 75 percent of such amount shall be al-
located proportionately based upon the popu-
lation that is less than 18 years of age in the
State;
(B) 25 percent of such amount shall be al-
located proportionately based upon the popu-
lation that is less than 18 years of age in the
State that is incarcerated.
(4) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.—If the amount ap-
propriated 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
title 
exceeds
$50,000,000, each State shall receive a minimum
grant award each fiscal year of not less than
$500,000.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—
The Secretary or the State educational agency, as the case
may be, is authorized to award grants to eligible local edu-
cational agencies for the purposes of educating children
about preventing gun violence.
(1) ASSURANCES.—
(A) The Secretary or the State educational
agency, as the case may be, shall ensure that
not less than 90 percent of the funds allotted
under this title are distributed to local edu-
cational agencies.
(B) In awarding the grants, the Secretary
or the State educational agency, as the case
may be, shall ensure, to the maximum extent
practicable—
(i) an equitable geographic distribu-
tion of grant awards;
(ii) an equitable distribution of grant
awards among programs that serve public
elementary school students, public second-
ary school students, and a combination of
both; and
(iii) that urban, rural and suburban
areas are represented within the grants
that are awarded.
(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this
subsection, the Secretary or the State educational
agency, as the case may be, shall give priority to a
local educational agency that—
(A) coordinates with other Federal, State,
and local programs that educate children about
personal health, safety, and responsibility, in-
cluding programs carried out under the Safe
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.);
(B) serves a population with a high inci-
dence of students found in possession of a
weapon on school property or students sus-
pended or expelled for bringing a weapon onto
school grounds or engaging in violent behavior
on school grounds;
(C) forms a partnership that includes not
less than 1 local educational agency working in
consultation with not less than 1 public or pri-
vate nonprofit agency or organization with ex-
perience in violence prevention or 1 local law
enforcement agency.
(3) PEER REVIEW; CONSULTATION.—
(A)(i) Before grants are awarded, the Sec-
retary shall submit grant applications to a peer
review panel for evaluation.
(ii) Such panel shall be composed of not
less than 1 representative from a local edu-
cational agency, State educational agency, a
local law enforcement agency, and a public or
private nonprofit organization with experience
in violence prevention.
(B) The Secretary shall submit grant ap-
plications to the Attorney General for consulta-
tion.
(c) ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), an eligible grant recipient is a local edu-
cational agency that may work in partnership with
1 or more of the following:
(A) A public or private nonprofit agency or
organization with experience in violence preven-
tion.
(B) A local law enforcement agency.
(C) An institution of higher education.
(2) EXCEPTION.—A State educational agency
may, with the approval of a local educational agency,
submit an application on behalf of such local edu-
cational agency or a consortium of such agencies.
(d) LOCAL APPLICATIONS; REPORTS.—
(1) APPLICATIONS.—Each local educational
agency that wishes to receive a grant under this title
shall submit an application to the Secretary and the
State educational agency that includes—
(A) a description of the proposed activities
to be funded by the grant and how each activity
will further the goal of educating children about
preventing gun violence;
(B) how the program will be coordinated
with other programs that educate children
about personal health, safety, and responsibil-
ity, including programs carried out under the
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.); and
(C) the age and number of children that
the programs will serve.
(2) REPORTS.—Each local educational agency
that receives a grant under this title shall submit a
report to the Secretary and to the State educational
agency not later than 18 months and 36 months
after the grant is awarded. Each report shall include
information regarding—
(A) the activities conducted to educate
children about gun violence;
(B) how the program will continue to edu-
cate children about gun violence in the future;
and
(C) how the grant is being coordinated
with other Federal, State, and local programs
that educate children about personal health,
safety, and responsibility, including programs
carried out under the Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
(e) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—
(1) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Grants authorized
under subsection (b) shall be used for the following
activities:
(A) Supporting existing programs that
educate children about personal health, safety,
and responsibility, including programs carried
out under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.).
(B) Educating children about the effects of
gun violence.
(C) Educating children to identify dan-
gerous situations in which guns are involved
and how to avoid and prevent such situations.
(D) Educating children how to identify
threats and other indications that their peers
are in possession of a gun and may use a gun,
and what steps they can take in such situations.
(E) Developing programs to give children
access to adults to whom they can report in a
confidential manner about problems relating to
guns.
(2) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Grants author-
ized under subsection (b) may be used for the follow-
ing:
(A) Encouraging schoolwide programs and
partnerships that involve teachers, students,
parents, administrators, other staff, and mem-
bers of the community in reducing gun inci-
dents in public elementary and secondary
schools.
(B) Establishing programs that assist par-
ents in helping educate their children about
firearm safety and the prevention of gun vio-
lence.
(C) Providing ongoing professional devel-
opment for public school staff and administra-
tors to identify the causes and effects of gun vi-
olence and risk factors and student behavior
that may result in gun violence, including train-
ing sessions to review and update school crisis
response plans and school policies for prevent-
ing the presence of guns on school grounds and
facilities.
(D) Providing technical assistance for
school psychologists and counselors to provide
timely counseling and evaluations, in accord-
ance with State and local laws, of students who
possess a weapon on school grounds.
(E) Improving security on public elemen-
tary and secondary school campuses to prevent
outside persons from entering school grounds
with firearms.
(F) Assisting public schools and commu-
nities in developing crisis response plans when
firearms are found on school campuses and
when gun-related incidents occur.
(f) STATE APPLICATIONS; ACTIVITIES
AND RE-
PORTS.—
(1) STATE APPLICATIONS.—
(A) Each State desiring to receive funds
under this title shall, through its State edu-
cational agency, submit an application to the
Secretary of Education at such time and in
such manner as the Secretary shall require.
Such application shall describe—
(i) the manner in which funds under
this title for State activities and competi-
tive grants will be used to fulfill the pur-
poses of this title;
(ii) the manner in which the activities
and projects supported by this title will be
coordinated with other State and Federal
education, law enforcement, and juvenile
justice programs, including the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
of 1994;
(iii) the manner in which States will
ensure an equitable geographic distribution
of grant awards; and
(iv) the criteria which will be used to
determine the impact and effectiveness of
the funds used pursuant to this title.
(B) A State educational agency may sub-
mit an application to receive a grant under this
title under paragraph (1) or as an amendment
to the application it submits under the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of
1994.
(3) 
STATE
ACTIVITIES.—Of 
appropriated
amounts allocated to the States under subsection
(a)(2), the State educational agency may reserve not
more than 10 percent for activities to further the
goals of this title, including—
(A) providing technical assistance to eligi-
ble grant recipients in the State;
(B) performing ongoing research into the
causes of gun violence among children and
methods to prevent gun violence among chil-
dren; and
(C) providing ongoing professional develop-
ment for public school staff and administrators
to identify the causes and indications of gun vi-
olence.
(4) STATE REPORTS.—Each State receiving an
allotment under this title shall submit a report to
the Secretary and to the Committees on Education
and the Workforce and Judiciary of the House of
Representatives, and the Committees on Labor and
Human Resources and Judiciary of the Senate, not
later than 12 months and 36 months after receipt
of the grant award. Each report shall include infor-
mation regarding—
(A) the progress of local educational agen-
cies that received a grant award under this title
in the State in educating children about fire-
arms;
(B) the progress of State activities under
paragraph (1) to advance the goals of this title;
and
(C) how the State is coordinating funds al-
located under this title with other State and
Federal education, law enforcement, and juve-
nile justice programs, including the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of
1994 (20 U.C.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
(g) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A State or local
educational agency shall use funds received under this title
only to supplement the amount of funds that would, in
the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from
non-Federal sources for reducing gun violence among chil-
dren and educating children about firearms, and not to
supplant such funds.
(h) DISPLACEMENT.—A local educational agency that
receives a grant award under this title shall ensure that
persons hired to carry out the activities under this title
do not displace persons already employed.
(i) HOME SCHOOLS.—Nothing in this title shall be
construed to affect home schools.
(j) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated for this section
$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999, 2000, and
2001.
SEC. 603. DISSEMINATION OF BEST PRACTICES.
(a) MODEL DISSEMINATION.— The Secretary shall
include on the Internet site of the Department of Edu-
cation a description of programs that receive grants under
section 602.
(b) GRANT
PROGRAM
NOTIFICATION.—The Sec-
retary shall publicize the competitive grant program
through its Internet site, publications, and public service
announcements.
SEC. 604. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title—
(1) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the
same meaning given such term in section 14101(18)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8701).
(2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Education; and
(3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
the United States Virgin Islands.
SEC. 605. AMENDMENT TO SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS
AND COMMUNITIES ACT OF 1994.
Section 4116(a)(1) of the Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7116)
is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and by inserting after subparagraph
(B) the following:
‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, provide
timely counseling (without requiring the hiring
of additional staff)—
‘‘(i) and evaluations of any student, in
accordance with State and local law, who
possesses a weapon on school grounds or
who threatens to bring or use a weapon on
school grounds; and
‘‘(ii) and advice to public school stu-
dents, staff, and administrators after an
incident of gun-related violence on school
grounds;’’.
TITLE 
VII—THE 
CHILDREN’S
FIREARM TRACKING ACT OF
1998
SEC. 701. YOUTH CRIME GUN INTERDICTION INITIATIVE.
(a)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall endeavor
to expand the number of cities and counties directly par-
ticipating in the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘YCGII’’) to 75 cities
or counties by October 1, 2000, to 150 cities or counties
by October 1, 2002, and to 250 cities or counties by Octo-
ber 1, 2003.
(2) Cities and counties selected for participation in
the YCGII shall be selected by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and in consultation with Federal, State and local law
enforcement officials.
(b)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, utilizing
the information provided by the YCGII, facilitate the iden-
tification and prosecution of individuals illegally traffick-
ing firearms to individuals who have not attained 24 years
of age.
(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall share infor-
mation derived from the YCGII with State and local law
enforcement agencies through on-line computer access, as
soon as such capability is available.
(c)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury shall award
grants (in the form of funds or equipment) to States, cit-
ies, and counties for purposes of assisting such entities
in the tracing of firearms and participation in the YCGII.
(2) Grants made under this part shall be used—
(A) to hire or assign additional personnel for
the gathering, submission and analysis of tracing
data submitted to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms under the YCGII;
(B) to hire additional law enforcement person-
nel for the purpose of identifying and arresting indi-
viduals illegally trafficking firearms; and
(C) to purchase additional equipment, including
automatic data processing equipment and computer