[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2034 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2034

To provide for the establishment of a School Security Technology Center 
  and to authorize grants for local school security programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 7, 1999

 Mrs. Wilson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the establishment of a School Security Technology Center 
  and to authorize grants for local school security programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Safe School Security Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

    (a) School Security Technology Center.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Attorney General, the Secretary of 
        Education, and the Secretary of Energy shall enter into an 
        agreement for the establishment at the Sandia National 
        Laboratories, in partnership with the National Law Enforcement 
        and Corrections Technology Center--Southeast, of a center to be 
        known as the ``School Security Technology Center''. The School 
        Security Technology Center shall be administered by the 
        Attorney General.
            (2) Functions.--The School Security Technology Center shall 
        be a resource to local educational agencies for school security 
        assessments, security technology development, technology 
        availability and implementation, and technical assistance 
        relating to improving school security. In addition, the Center 
        shall provide a free information service, using print, 
        electronic media, and the Internet, for schools, principals, 
        school security officers, parent-teacher associations, and 
        community safety groups, regarding comprehensive technical or 
        non-technical measures to improve security.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $3,600,000 for fiscal year 2000;
            (2) $3,700,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
            (3) $3,800,000 for fiscal year 2002.

SEC. 3. INFORMATION SERVICES FOR SAFETY.

    Section 4116(a)(1)(B) of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 
Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7116(a)(1)(B)) is amended by 
inserting after ``safety'' the following: ``and include the 
establishment or expansion of a free information service, using print, 
electronic media, and the Internet, for parents, principals, school 
security officers, parent-teacher associations, and community safety 
groups regarding comprehensive technical and non-technical measures to 
improve safety''.
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