Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9001
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Flores, Mayra [R-TX-34]
Introduced: 2022-09-28
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>RGV Act of 2022 or the Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill provides certain resources for schools to increase physical security and access to mental health resources.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9001 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2022 Mrs. Flores introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor , and Ways and Means , 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 secure schools, to increase access to mental health resources, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the RGV Act of 2022 or the Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2022 . 2. Increased authorization of funding for certain programs (a) Byrne-Jag (1) Cyber monitoring Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Cyber monitoring programs for school safety on school issued devices and school networks in— (i) public elementary and secondary schools (as those terms are defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )); and (ii) public institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )). (K) Assessment and identification of school security risks before implementing security changes in schools and institutions of higher education described in subparagraph (J). . (2) Physical Security to Stop School Violence For fiscal year 2023, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out the grant program under subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq. ), in addition to any amounts made available for such purpose, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such amounts shall be used as provided in subparagraphs (J) and (K) of section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1) ). (b) COPS For fiscal year 2023, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out the grant program under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10381 et seq. ), in addition to any amounts made available for such purpose, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided , That such amounts shall be used as provided under paragraph (2) of section 1701(b) of such Act ( 34 U.S.C. 10381(b) ). (c) STOP School Violence Subsection (a) of section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10555 ) is amended to read as follows: (a) In general There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027, of which— (1) $700,000,000 shall be made available to the BJA Director to carry out this part; and (2) $300,000,000 shall be made available to the COPS Director to carry out this part. . (d) Grants for mental health guidance counselors Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: G Mental Health Counseling 4701. Grants for mental health guidance counselors (a) In general The Secretary shall carry out a program under which the Secretary makes allocations to States, in accordance with subsection (b), to enable States to provide funds to local educational agencies for the provision of mental health guidance counselors and related services in schools as described in subsection (c)(3). (b) Allocations to States (1) In general From the amount appropriated to carry out this part for each fiscal year under subsection (g), each State that has a plan approved by the Secretary under paragraph (2) shall be allocated an amount determined by the Secretary based on the formula established under paragraph (3). (2) State plan To be eligible for an allocation under paragraph (1), a State shall submit to the Secretary a plan for the use of such allocation at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require. (3) Allocation formula The Secretary shall develop a formula for the allocation of funds to States under paragraph (1). The formula shall be based on such factors as the Secretary determines appropriate, which may include a State’s anticipated or proven need for mental health guidance counselors in elementary and secondary schools. (c) Subgrants to local educational agencies (1) In general From amounts allocated to a State under subsection (b), the State shall award grants to local educational agencies, on a competitive basis, to carry out the activities described in paragraph (3). (2) Application To be considered for a grant under paragraph (1), a local educational agency shall submit an application to the State at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the State may require. (3) Use of funds A local educational agency that receives a grant under paragraph (1) shall use the grant— (A) for the hiring and training of mental health guidance counselors in elementary and secondary schools; and (B) to provide in-person and virtual mental health counseling to students of such schools. (d) Report to Congress Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes— (1) a compilation of best practices for the hiring and training of mental health guidance counselors in schools; and (2) with respect to the year preceding the date of the report— (A) the number of States that sought allocations under subsection (b); (B) the total amount allocated to each State under such subsection; (C) information on the grant program carried out by each State under subsection (c), including— (i) the number of local educational agencies that applied for grants; (ii) the number of such agencies that received grants and the amount of each grant awarded; (iii) the total number students served by such agencies; (iv) demographic information on the students serviced by such agencies; and (v) the average student-to-teacher ratio in the schools served by such agencies. (e) Limitation None of the funds made available under this part may be used— (1) to advance critical race theory; or (2) to affirm or promote gender reassignment or gender reassignment medical intervention. (f) Definition In this part: (1) Critical race theory The term critical race theory means the theory that— (A) one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex; (B) the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist; (C) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; (D) an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex; (E) members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex; (F) an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex; (G) an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex; (H) any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex; or (I) meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a particular race to oppress another. (2) Gender reassignment medical intervention The term gender reassignment medical intervention means— (A) performing a surgery that sterilizes an individual, including castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy, metoidioplasty, penectomy, phalloplasty, and vaginoplasty, to change the body of such individual to correspond to a sex that is discordant with biological sex; (B) performing a mastectomy on an individual for the purpose described in subparagraph (A); and (C) administering or supplying to an individual medications for the purpose described in subparagraph (A), including— (i) GnRH agonists or other puberty-blocking drugs to stop or delay normal puberty; (ii) testosterone or other androgens to biological females at doses that are supraphysiologic to the female sex; and (iii) estrogen to biological males at doses that are supraphysiologic to the male sex. (3) Mental health guidance counselor The term mental health guidance counselor means a person who counsels individuals and groups to promote optimum mental health. (g) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part $200,000,0000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. . (e) Offset Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under section 10301 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly known as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 ) on the date of enactment of this Act, $11,001,000,000 is rescinded as of such date. 3. Saferschools.gov (a) Establishment The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and an appointee of the President, shall establish a website, designated as saferschools.gov, to be managed by a task force, known as the School Safety Best Practices Task Force (in this section, referred to as the Task Force ). (b) Task Force (1) Duties The duties of the Task Force shall be to review, compile, and publish school safety best practices on the saferschools.gov website. (2) Number and appointment The Task Force shall be composed of 5 members appointed by the Attorney General. (3) Terms (A) In general Each member shall be appointed to the Task Force for a term of 5 years. (B) Vacancies Any members appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term. (4) Pay Members of the Task Force shall serve without pay. (5) Meetings The Task Force shall meet at the call of the Chairperson and not less than quarterly. (6) No applicability (A) Paperwork Reduction The Paperwork Reduction Act ( 44 U.S.C. 3501 ) shall not apply to this section. (B) Advisory Committee The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to this section. (c) Function of website The saferschools.gov website shall be designed to receive comments from interested parties, which shall be published on such website. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) The term interested parties includes students, teachers, parents, law enforcement officers, and any person with an interest in school safety best practices. (2) The term parent has the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000 to carry out this section for fiscal year 2023.