[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3189 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3189

To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide 
    grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external 
   defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 13, 2011

Mrs. Capps (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, 
   Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Rangel, and Mr. 
    Towns) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 direct the Secretary of Education to establish a program to provide 
    grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external 
   defibrillator training in public 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 ``Teaching Children to Save Lives Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the 
        United States.
            (2) Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in 
        young athletes.
            (3) Sudden cardiac arrest kills an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 
        children and young people per year--nearly 20 per day.
            (4) The American Heart Association estimates that the lives 
        of 40,000 cardiac arrest victims could be saved each year 
        through initiating a course of action known as the chain of 
        survival.
            (5) The chain of survival includes prompt notification of 
        emergency services and early cardiopulmonary resuscitation 
        (hereinafter referred to as ``CPR''), defibrillation, and 
        advanced cardiac life support.
            (6) Only 36 States have a law or curriculum standard 
        encouraging CPR or automated external defibrillator 
        (hereinafter referred to as ``AED'') training in schools.
            (7) A person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest has a 90 
        percent chance of survival if CPR and an AED is used within the 
        first minute after collapse.
            (8) Over 64 percent of young athletes and others have 
        survived sudden cardiac arrest that occurred in a high school 
        with an AED program.
            (9) An important part of school children's education is 
        learning healthy behaviors, including proper nutrition and 
        physical activity. This health education should also include 
        basic emergency life-saving skills.
            (10) Teaching school children to perform the life-saving 
        skill of CPR, identify and respond to choking victims, and 
        recognize the signs of stroke and heart attack can improve 
        their confidence in responding to an emergency and encourage 
        continued efforts to update these skills after graduation, 
        thereby potentially reducing the rate of death from sudden 
        cardiac arrest, choking, and stroke.

SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR CPR TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Education shall carry out 
a program under which the Secretary is authorized to award grants to 
eligible local educational agencies or targeted schools for 
implementing nationally recognized CPR and AED training courses.
    (b) Use of Funds.--A local educational agency or targeted school 
under this Act may use the grant for--
            (1) training individuals in CPR and AED skills and 
        instruction;
            (2) obtaining printed informational or instructional 
        materials;
            (3) obtaining manikins;
            (4) obtaining AED training devices; and
            (5) obtaining other equipment as determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary.
    (c) Grant Eligibility.--
            (1) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this section, a local educational agency or targeted school 
        shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
        such manner, and containing such information and certifications 
        as the Secretary may reasonably require.
            (2) AED training devices.--To be eligible to use the grant 
        to obtain an AED training device, a local agency or targeted 
        school shall demonstrate to the Secretary that such agency or 
        school has implemented or intends to implement an AED training 
        program in conjunction with a CPR training program as of the 
        date of the submission of the application for the grant.
    (d) Priority of Award.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
Secretary shall award such grants based on 1 or more of following 
priorities:
            (1) Demonstrated need for initiating a CPR or AED training 
        program in a targeted school or community served by targeted 
        schools.
            (2) Demonstrated need for continued support of an existing 
        CPR or AED training programs in targeted schools or communities 
        served by targeted schools.
            (3) Demonstrated need for expanding an existing CPR or AED 
        training program by adding training in the use of an AED.
            (4) Opportunities to encourage and foster partnerships with 
        and among community organizations, including emergency medical 
        service providers, fire and police departments, nonprofit 
        organizations, public health organizations, and parent-teacher 
        associations to aid in providing CPR or AED training.
            (5) Options to maximize the use of funds provided under 
        this section.
    (e) Report Required.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which 
funds are first appropriated to carry out the program, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to Congress describing--
            (1) grant amounts and recipients;
            (2) how the funds were used; and
            (3) the impact of the funds on the development of CPR and 
        AED training programs in schools implementing the grants.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Targeted school.--The term ``targeted school'' means a 
        public elementary school or secondary school that provides 
        education to students in any of grades 6 through 12.
            (2) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
        agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801).

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2017.
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