[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6975 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6975

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow States and units of 
  local government to purchase equipment suitable for school security 
             activities through the Department of Defense.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2018

   Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow States and units of 
  local government to purchase equipment suitable for school security 
             activities through the Department of Defense.

    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 ``Reinforced Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT SUITABLE FOR SCHOOL SECURITY 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 281 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``school 
        security,'' after ``homeland security,'';
            (2) by inserting ``school security,'' after ``homeland 
        security,'' each place it appears; and
            (3) in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the end the 
        following new sentence: ``In the case of equipment suitable for 
        school security activities, such term includes a local 
        educational agency, public elementary school, and public 
        secondary school (as such terms are defined in section 8101 of 
        the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801)).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 281 and inserting the following new item:

``281. Procurement of equipment by State and local governments through 
                            the Department of Defense: equipment for 
                            counter-drug, homeland security, school 
                            security, and emergency response 
                            activities.''.
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