[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 355 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 355

To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the feasibility of 
  expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to identify 
        crime data relating to elementary and secondary schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2007

  Mrs. McCarthy of New York (for herself and Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of 
 California) introduced the following bill; which was 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 
  expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to identify 
        crime data relating to elementary 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, in 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 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 the 
enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall report the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a) to the appropriate committees 
of Congress.
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