[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1937 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1937

 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
  and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, to 
   allow grants received under such Act to be used to establish and 
                   maintain school violence hotlines.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1999

 Mr. Tancredo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
  and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, to 
   allow grants received under such Act to be used to establish and 
                   maintain school violence hotlines.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School Safety Hotline Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 223(a)(10) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(10)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the following:
                    ``(P) programs related to the establishment and 
                maintenance of a school violence hotline, based on a 
                public-private partnership, that students and parents 
                can use to report suspicious, violent, or threatening 
                behavior to school and law enforcement authorities.''.

SEC. 3. SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT.

    (a) State Programs.--Section 4113(b)(1) of the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7113(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (G) as (F) 
        through (H), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) establishing and maintaining a school 
                violence hotline, based on a public-private 
                partnership, that students and parents can use to 
                report suspicious, violent, or threatening behavior to 
                school and law enforcement authorities;
    (b) Governor's Programs.--Section 4114(c) of the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7114(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (12) as (7) 
        through (13), respectively; and
            (2) inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) establishing and maintaining a school violence 
        hotline, based on a public-private partnership, that students 
        and parents can use to report suspicious, violent, or 
        threatening behavior to school and law enforcement authorities;
    (c) Local Programs.--Section 4116(b) of the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7116(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (10) as (8) 
        through (11), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) establishing and maintaining a school violence 
        hotline, based on a public-private partnership, that students 
        and parents can use to report suspicious, violent, or 
        threatening behavior to school and law enforcement 
        authorities.''.
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