[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4999 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4999

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
  silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2023

 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Fitzpatrick, 
    Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Ms. Mace, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Davis of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Garcia of Texas, 
 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas, Mr. Costa, and Mr. Carson) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 
  silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Alyssa's Legacy Youth in Schools 
Safety Alert Act'' or the ``ALYSSA Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING SILENT ALARMS IN SCHOOLS.

    (a) Local Educational Agency Plans.--Section 1112(c) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6312(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii)(III), by striking ``and'' at 
        the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) ensure that each school served by the local 
        educational agency is prepared to address a school security 
        emergency, including through the use of panic alarms (as 
        defined in section 8549D).''.
    (b) Condition of Receipt of Funds.--Subpart 2 of part F of title 
VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 8549D. SCHOOL SECURITY.

    ``(a) In General.--As a condition of receipt of funds under this 
Act, each local educational agency shall ensure that each elementary 
school and secondary school served by such local educational agency is 
equipped with at least one panic alarm for use in a school security 
emergency (including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter 
situation).
    ``(b) Panic Alarm Defined.--For purposes of this section and 
section 1112(c)(8), the term `panic alarm' means a silent security 
system signal generated by the manual activation of a device intended 
to signal a life-threatening or emergency situation requiring a 
response from law enforcement.''.
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