[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4065 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4065

To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the feasibility of 
  collecting crime data relating to the occurrence of school-related 
           crime in elementary schools and secondary schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 16, 2006

 Mrs. Clinton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL



To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the feasibility of 
  collecting crime data relating to the occurrence of school-related 
           crime in elementary schools and secondary schools.

    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 ``Accurate Crime Trends for Schools 
Act'' or the ``ACT for Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT.

    (a) Study.--The Attorney General shall, after consultation with the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the International 
Association of Chiefs of Police, conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System 
to include information on the occurrence of school-related crime in 
elementary schools and secondary schools. Such study shall include the 
identification and evaluation of methods that may be used to collect 
and report such information.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a report containing the 
results of the study conducted under subsection (a) to the appropriate 
committees of Congress.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``elementary school'' 
and ``secondary school'' have the meanings given the terms in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801).

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 2, 
$250,000 for fiscal year 2007.
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