[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 146 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                        Calendar No. 24
113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 146

              To enhance the safety of America's schools.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 24 (legislative day, January 3), 2013

     Mrs. Boxer (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
 Rockefeller) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

                             March 12, 2013

                Reported by Mr. Leahy, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
              To enhance the safety of America's schools.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``School Safety Enhancements 
Act of 2013''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (b)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) by striking ``Placement'' and 
                        inserting ``Installation''; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) by inserting ``surveillance 
                        equipment,'' after ``detectors,'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
                paragraph (6); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
                following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 
        the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 
        situations.'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) 
        and inserting the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) The Federal share of the costs of a program 
        provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall be not more than 
        80 percent of the total of such costs.''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(g) Interagency Task Force.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after 
        the date of enactment of the School Safety Enhancements Act of 
        2013, the Director and the Secretary of Education, or the 
        designee of the Secretary, shall establish an interagency task 
        force to develop and promulgate a set of advisory school safety 
        guidelines.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Publication of guidelines.--Not later than 1 
        year after the date of enactment of the School Safety 
        Enhancements Act of 2013, the advisory school safety guidelines 
        promulgated by the interagency task force shall be published in 
        the Federal Register.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Required consultation.--In developing the 
        final advisory school safety guidelines under this subsection, 
        the interagency task force shall consult with stakeholders and 
        interested parties, including parents, teachers, and 
        agencies.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 2702(a)(2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is amended to read 
as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) be accompanied by a report--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) signed by the heads of each law 
                enforcement agency and school district with 
                jurisdiction over the schools where the safety 
                improvements will be implemented; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) demonstrating that each proposed use 
                of the grant funds will be--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) an effective means for 
                        improving the safety of 1 or more 
                        schools;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) consistent with a 
                        comprehensive approach to preventing school 
                        violence; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) individualized to the 
                        needs of each school at which those 
                        improvements are to be made.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``$30,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$100,000,000''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``2001 through 2009'' and 
        inserting ``2014 through 2023''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School and Campus Safety 
Enhancements Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY.

    Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``Placement'' and inserting 
                        ``Installation''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``surveillance 
                        equipment,'' after ``detectors,'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
                (6); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for the 
        reporting of potentially dangerous students and situations.''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Interagency Task Force.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
        of enactment of the School and Campus Safety Enhancements Act 
        of 2013, the Director and the Secretary of Education, or the 
        designee of the Secretary, shall establish an interagency task 
        force to develop and promulgate a set of advisory school safety 
        guidelines.
            ``(2) Publication of guidelines.--Not later than 1 year 
        after the date of enactment of the School and Campus Safety 
        Enhancements Act of 2013, the advisory school safety guidelines 
        promulgated by the interagency task force shall be published in 
        the Federal Register.
            ``(3) Required consultation.--In developing the final 
        advisory school safety guidelines under this subsection, the 
        interagency task force shall consult with stakeholders and 
        interested parties, including parents, teachers, and 
        agencies.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS.

    Section 2702(a)(2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(2) be accompanied by a report--
                    ``(A) signed by the heads of each law enforcement 
                agency and school district with jurisdiction over the 
                schools where the safety improvements will be 
                implemented; and
                    ``(B) demonstrating that each proposed use of the 
                grant funds will be--
                            ``(i) an effective means for improving the 
                        safety of 1 or more schools;
                            ``(ii) consistent with a comprehensive 
                        approach to preventing school violence; and
                            ``(iii) individualized to the needs of each 
                        school at which those improvements are to be 
                        made.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$30,000,000'' and inserting 
        ``$40,000,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``2001 through 2009'' and inserting ``2014 
        through 2023''.

SEC. 5. ACCOUNTABILITY.

    Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a), as amended by section 2 of this 
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Accountability.--All grants awarded by the Attorney General 
under this part shall be subject to the following accountability 
provisions:
            ``(1) Audit requirement.--
                    ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `unresolved audit finding' means a finding in the final 
                audit report of the Inspector General of the Department 
                of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant 
                funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise 
                unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 
                12 months from the date when the final audit report is 
                issued.
                    ``(B) Audits.--Beginning in the first fiscal year 
                beginning after the date of enactment of this 
                subsection, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the 
                Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall 
                conduct audits of recipients of grants under this part 
                to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
                grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 
                appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
                    ``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant 
                funds under this part that is found to have an 
                unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to 
                receive grant funds under this part during the first 2 
                fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month 
                period described in subparagraph (A).
                    ``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this 
                part, the Attorney General shall give priority to 
                eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved 
                audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before 
                submitting an application for a grant under this part.
                    ``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant 
                funds under this part during the 2-fiscal-year period 
                during which the entity is barred from receiving grants 
                under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall--
                            ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount 
                        of the grant funds that were improperly awarded 
                        to the grantee into the General Fund of the 
                        Treasury; and
                            ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the 
                        repayment to the fund from the grant recipient 
                        that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
            ``(2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
                    ``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph 
                and the grant programs under this part, the term 
                `nonprofit organization' means an organization that is 
                described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
                Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 
                501(a) of such Code.
                    ``(B) Prohibition.--The Attorney General may not 
                award a grant under this part to a nonprofit 
                organization that holds money in offshore accounts for 
                the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in 
                section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                    ``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that 
                is awarded a grant under this part and uses the 
                procedures prescribed in regulations to create a 
                rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the 
                compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and 
                key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, 
                in the application for the grant, the process for 
                determining such compensation, including the 
                independent persons involved in reviewing and approving 
                such compensation, the comparability data used, and 
                contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
                decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make 
                the information disclosed under this subparagraph 
                available for public inspection.
            ``(3) Conference expenditures.--
                    ``(A) Limitation.--No amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated to the Department of Justice under this 
                part may be used by the Attorney General, or by any 
                individual or entity awarded discretionary funds 
                through a cooperative agreement under this part, to 
                host or support any expenditure for conferences that 
                uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the 
                Department of Justice, unless the Deputy Attorney 
                General or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, 
                or principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General 
                may designate, provides prior written authorization 
                that the funds may be expended to host the conference.
                    ``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of 
                all costs associated with the conference, including the 
                cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, 
                honoraria for speakers, and entertainment.
                    ``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall 
                submit an annual report to the Committee on the 
                Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the 
                Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all 
                conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.
            ``(4) Annual certification.--Beginning in the first fiscal 
        year beginning after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
        the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the 
        Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
        the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual 
        certification--
                    ``(A) indicating whether--
                            ``(i) all audits issued by the Office of 
                        the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have 
                        been completed and reviewed by the appropriate 
                        Assistant Attorney General or Director;
                            ``(ii) all mandatory exclusions required 
                        under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and
                            ``(iii) all reimbursements required under 
                        paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and
                    ``(B) that includes a list of any grant recipients 
                excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.''.

SEC. 6. CAMPUS SAFETY ACT OF 2013.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Center to 
Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2013'' 
or the ``CAMPUS Safety Act of 2013''.
    (b) National Center for Campus Public Safety.--Subpart 1 of part E 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 501 (42 U.S.C. 3751)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``or purposes'' after ``one 
                        or more of the following programs''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) Making subawards to institutions of higher 
                education and other nonprofit organizations to assist 
                the National Center for Campus Public Safety in 
                carrying out the functions of the Center required under 
                section 509(c).''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
                        period and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) institutions of higher education and other nonprofit 
        organizations, for purposes of carrying out section 509.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 509. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY.

    ``(a) Definition of Institution of Higher Education.--In this 
section, the term `institution of higher education' has the meaning 
given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001).
    ``(b) Authority to Establish and Operate Center.--The Attorney 
General may establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public 
Safety (referred to in this section as the `Center').
    ``(c) Functions of the Center.--The Center shall--
            ``(1) provide quality education and training for public 
        safety personnel of institutions of higher education and their 
        collaborative partners, including campus mental health 
        agencies;
            ``(2) foster quality research to strengthen the safety and 
        security of institutions of higher education;
            ``(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identification and 
        dissemination of information, policies, protocols, procedures, 
        and best practices relevant to campus public safety, including 
        off-campus housing safety, the prevention of violence against 
        persons and property, and emergency response and evacuation 
        procedures;
            ``(4) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        the Secretary of Education, State, local and tribal governments 
        and law enforcement agencies, private and nonprofit 
        organizations and associations, and other stakeholders, to 
        develop protocols and best practices to prevent, protect 
        against and respond to dangerous and violent situations 
        involving an immediate threat to the safety of the campus 
        community;
            ``(5) promote the development and dissemination of 
        effective behavioral threat assessment and management models to 
        prevent campus violence;
            ``(6) identify campus safety information (including ways to 
        increase off-campus housing safety) and identify resources 
        available from the Department of Justice, the Department of 
        Homeland Security, the Department of Education, State, local, 
        and tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, and 
        private and nonprofit organizations and associations;
            ``(7) promote cooperation, collaboration, and consistency 
        in prevention, response, and problem-solving methods among 
        public safety and emergency management personnel of 
        institutions of higher education and their campus- and non-
        campus-based collaborative partners, including law enforcement, 
        emergency management, mental health services, and other 
        relevant agencies;
            ``(8) disseminate standardized formats and models for 
        mutual aid agreements and memoranda of understanding between 
        campus security agencies and other public safety organizations 
        and mental health agencies; and
            ``(9) report annually to Congress on activities performed 
        by the Center during the previous 12 months.
    ``(d) Coordination With Available Resources.--In establishing the 
Center, the Attorney General shall--
            ``(1) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        the Secretary of Education, and appropriate State or territory 
        officials;
            ``(2) ensure coordination with campus public safety 
        resources within the Department of Homeland Security, including 
        within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the 
        Department of Education; and
            ``(3) coordinate within the Department of Justice and 
        existing grant programs to ensure against duplication with the 
        program authorized by this section.
    ``(e) Reporting and Accountability.--At the end of each fiscal 
year, the Attorney General shall--
            ``(1) issue a report that assesses the impacts, outcomes 
        and effectiveness of the grants distributed to carry out this 
        section;
            ``(2) in compiling such report, assess instances of 
        duplicative activity, if any, performed through grants 
        distributed to carry out this section and other grant programs 
        maintained by the Department of Justice, the Department of 
        Education, and the Department of Homeland Security; and
            ``(3) make such report available on the Department of 
        Justice website and submit such report to the Senate and House 
        Judiciary Committees and the Senate and House Appropriations 
        Committees.''.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall preclude 
public elementary and secondary schools or their larger governing 
agencies from receiving the informational and training benefits of the 
National Center for Campus Public Safety authorized under section 509 
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as added by 
this Act.
                                                        Calendar No. 24

113th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 146

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                                 A BILL

              To enhance the safety of America's schools.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 12, 2013

                       Reported with an amendment