[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4926 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4926

    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
  establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in 
                                schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2007

  Ms. Sutton (for herself, Ms. Bordallo, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Yarmuth, Mr. 
 Arcuri, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Hastings of 
 Florida, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Castor, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Welch of Vermont, 
Mr. Pickering, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Wilson of Ohio, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. 
Michaud, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Kildee, and Mrs. Jones of Ohio) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                                 Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to 
  establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in 
                                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 ``Josh Miller Helping Everyone Access 
Responsive Treatment in Schools Act of 2007'' or the ``Josh Miller 
HEARTS Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS.

    Title IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

              ``PART D--AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS

``SEC. 4401. GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Program Required.--The Secretary shall carry out a program 
under which the Secretary makes grants to local educational agencies, 
to be used by the local educational agencies for one or both of the 
following:
            ``(1) To purchase automated external defibrillators for use 
        in schools within the local educational agency.
            ``(2) To provide training to enable schools within the 
        local educational agency to meet the requirements of subsection 
        (d)(1), but only if automated external defibrillators are to be 
        used at such schools.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--
            ``(1) Local educational agencies.--To be eligible to 
        receive a grant under this section, a local educational agency 
        shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
        such form, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
        require.
            ``(2) Schools.--To be eligible to receive an automated 
        external defibrillator through a grant under this section, a 
        school may be any public or private school within the local 
        educational agency, except that an internet- or computer-based 
        community school is not eligible.
    ``(c) Matching Funds Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this section, the local educational agency must provide at 
        least $1 from non-Federal sources (whether public or private) 
        for every $3 from Federal sources.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary shall waive the requirement of 
        paragraph (1) for a local educational agency if the number of 
        children counted under section 1124(c)(1)(A) is 20 percent or 
        more of the total number of children aged 5 to 17, inclusive, 
        in the school district of the local educational agency.
    ``(d) Training and Coordination Required.--A local educational 
agency may not receive a grant under subsection (a)(1) unless the local 
educational agency demonstrates that, for each school at which the 
automated external defibrillators are to be used--
            ``(1) there are at least 5 individuals at the school who--
                    ``(A) are employees or volunteers at the school;
                    ``(B) are at least 18 years of age; and
                    ``(C) have successfully completed training, with 
                the expectation that the certification shall be 
                maintained, in the use of automated external 
                defibrillators and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, 
                conducted by the American Heart Association, the 
                American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized 
                organization offering training programs of similar 
                caliber;
            ``(2) local paramedics and other emergency services 
        personnel are notified where on school grounds the automated 
        external defibrillators are to be located; and
            ``(3) the automated external defibrillator will be 
        integrated into the school's medical emergency response plan or 
        procedures.
    ``(e) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the Secretary 
shall--
            ``(1) give priority to schools that do not already have an 
        automated external defibrillator;
            ``(2) give priority to schools at which a greater number of 
        students, staff, and visitors are present on school grounds 
        during a typical day; and
            ``(3) give priority to schools with respect to which a 
        greater average time is required for emergency medical services 
        (as defined in section 330J of the Public Health Service Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 254c-15(f))) to reach the school.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013.''.
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