117 S4586 IS: Protect Our Children's Schools Act U.S. Senate 2022-07-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II117th CONGRESS2d SessionS. 4586IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 21, 2022Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsA BILLTo keep schools physically secure using unobligated Federal funds available to the Secretary of Education to respond to the coronavirus.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Children's Schools Act.

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Keeping schools physically secure

The unobligated balance of funds made available to carry out section 18003 of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 20 U.S.C. 3401 note), section 313 of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 1929), and section 2001 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2; 20 U.S.C. 3401 note) shall be made available to local educational agencies to keep the elementary schools and secondary schools served by such agencies physically secure.