[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 649 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 649

   To modify provisions relating to the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2001

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Dorgan) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To modify provisions relating to the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO THE GUN-FREE SCHOOLS ACT OF 1994.

    (a) Requirements.--Section 14601 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8921) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, or to have possessed a weapon 
                at a school,'' after ``to a school''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period the following: 
                ``if such modification is in writing'';
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
                        period and inserting a semicolon; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) the level of education of the students 
                expelled from such school; and
                    ``(E) a description of each modification of 
                expulsion permitted under subsection (b)(1) with 
                respect to such school; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) a description of all incidents involving weapons at 
        local educational agency schools.'';
            (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``(c)'' and inserting 
        ``(d)''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Definition.--In this section, the term `school' means any 
setting that is under the control and supervision of the local 
education agency.
    ``(h) Exception.--Nothing in this section shall apply to a weapon 
that is lawfully stored inside a locked vehicle on school property.''.
    (b) Referral Policy.--Section 14602 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8922) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``brings a weapon or a 
        firearm to a school'' and inserting ``brings a weapon to a 
        school, or is found to have possessed a weapon at a school,''; 
        and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Definitions.--For the purpose of this section:
            ``(1) School.--The term `school' has the meaning given to 
        such term by section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
            ``(2) Weapon.--The term `weapon' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 14601(b)(4).''.
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