I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2352 
To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and 
institutions of higher education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2007 
Mr. ROTHMAN (for himself, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. NEAL 
of Massachusetts, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
MEEKS of New York, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. CORRINE 
BROWN of Florida, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. WEINER, Ms. WA-
TERS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. WU, Ms. 
BALDWIN, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
HINCHEY, Mr. WATT, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK, Ms. LEE, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. HOLT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of 
Texas, Mr. HARE, Mr. SIRES, Mr. KIND, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
MATSUI, Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. SUTTON, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary 
schools, and institutions of higher education. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety En-
hancements Act of 2007’’. 
TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY EDUCATION SAFETY 
ENHANCEMENTS 
SEC. 101. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘surveil-
lance equipment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 
the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 
situations.’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) Capital improvements to make school fa-
cilities more secure.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting 
the following: 
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‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a pro-
gram provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall 
be 80 percent of the total of such costs. The non- 
Federal share of such costs shall be 20 percent of 
such costs.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of the School Safety En-
hancements Act of 2007, the Director and the Secretary 
of Education, or the designee of the Secretary, shall estab-
lish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate 
a set of advisory school safety guidelines. The advisory 
school safety guidelines shall be published in the Federal 
Register by not later than June 1, 2008.’’. 
SEC. 102. APPLICATIONS. 
Section 2702(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report, signed by the 
chief education officer and the attorney general or 
other chief legal officer of the State, unit of local 
government, or Indian tribe, demonstrating that 
each proposed use of the grant funds will be— 
‘‘(A) an effective means for improving the 
safety of one or more schools; 
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‘‘(B) consistent with a comprehensive ap-
proach to preventing school violence; and 
‘‘(C) individualized to the needs of each 
school at which those improvements are to be 
made.’’. 
SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 
through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2008 and 2009’’. 
TITLE II—HIGHER EDUCATION 
SECURITY ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESS-
MENTS. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESSMENT.—Each eligible 
institution participating in any program under this title 
shall conduct an annual campus safety assessment that 
shall be prepared through consultation between the insti-
tution’s staff, including safety and security personnel, and 
local law enforcement officials.’’. 
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SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS EMERGENCY RE-
SPONSE PLANS. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
as amended in section 201 (20 U.S.C. 1092), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.—Each 
eligible institution participating in any program under this 
title shall develop and implement a campus emergency re-
sponse plan to address a comprehensive set of emergency 
situations, including the following: 
‘‘(1) Natural disasters. 
‘‘(2) Active shooter situations. 
‘‘(3) Terrorist attacks.’’. 
Æ 
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