Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act

Bill: 116-hr-2383
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2019-04-29
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education

Firearms and explosives

Homeland security

Teaching, teachers, curricula

Terrorism

Urban and suburban affairs and development
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 66.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the expenditure of funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program (i.e., programs that provide grants to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism) for the purchase of firearms or firearms accessories, such as ammunition, including for use by teachers.</p>

action_date: 2019-05-30
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the expenditure of funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program (i.e., programs that provide grants to prevent, prepare for, protect against, and respond to acts of terrorism) for the purchase of firearms or firearms accessories, such as ammunition, including for use by teachers.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2383 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2019 Mrs. Demings (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , and Mr. Payne ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the expenditure of certain grant funds to purchase firearms, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act . 2. Prohibition on expenditure of certain Homeland Security grant funds to purchase firearms Subsection (b) of section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 609 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Firearms A grant awarded under section 2003 or 2004 may not be used to purchase firearms or firearms accessories, such as ammunition, including for use by teachers. .

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 66 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2383 [Report No. 116–91] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 29, 2019 Mrs. Demings (for herself, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , and Mr. Payne ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security May 30, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the expenditure of certain grant funds to purchase firearms, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act . 2. Prohibition on expenditure of certain Homeland Security grant funds to purchase firearms Subsection (b) of section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 609 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Firearms A grant awarded under section 2003 or 2004 may not be used to purchase firearms or firearms accessories, such as ammunition, including for use by teachers. .

May 30, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed