[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5186 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5186

To amend the definition of a school resource officer to include certain 
                               veterans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2018

 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, 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 amend the definition of a school resource officer to include certain 
                               veterans.

    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 ``Veterans Securing Schools Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. VETERANS EMPLOYABLE AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

    Section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389(4)) is amended by inserting after ``a career 
law enforcement officer, with sworn authority,'' the following: ``or a 
veteran (as such term is defined in section 101(2) of title 38, United 
States Code) who is hired by a State or local public agency as a law 
enforcement officer for purposes of serving as a school resource 
officer, who is''.
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