[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3368]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6178. Mrs. CAPITO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SCHOOL SECURITY ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``National Strategy for School Security Act''.
       (b) National Strategy to Secure Schools From Threats of 
     Terrorism.--
       (1) In general.--Subtitle A of title XXII of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 2220F. NATIONAL STRATEGY TO SECURE SCHOOLS FROM 
                   THREATS OF TERRORISM.

       ``(a) In General.--To assist in the domestic preparedness 
     for and response to acts of terrorism and to coordinate 
     Federal efforts to secure elementary schools and secondary 
     schools (as such terms are defined in section 8101 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7801)), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     the National Strategy for School Security Act, the Secretary, 
     in consultation and cooperation with the Secretary of 
     Education and the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies 
     and departments, shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Education 
     and Workforce of the House of Representatives a national 
     school security strategy (in this section referred to as the 
     `strategy').
       ``(b) Updates.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation and 
     cooperation with the Secretary of Education and the heads of 
     other appropriate Federal agencies and departments, shall, if 
     appropriate, annually through 2034, update the strategy and 
     brief the committees specified in subsection (a) concerning 
     any such update.
       ``(2) Certification.--If the Secretary determines no such 
     updates to be appropriate, the Secretary shall submit to such 
     committees a certification attesting thereto.
       ``(c) Contents.--The strategy, including any updates 
     thereto, shall--
       ``(1) account for and describe all Federal programs, 
     projects, activities, and authorities to secure elementary 
     and secondary schools from acts of terrorism, including the 
     associated spending levels of such Federal programs, 
     projects, activities, and authorities;
       ``(2) identify specific school security vulnerabilities 
     related to acts of terrorism within the United States, and 
     delineate goals for closing such security vulnerabilities;
       ``(3) describe actions to be taken to achieve such goals 
     and the means necessary to do so, including steps to reform, 
     improve, and streamline existing efforts to align the current 
     threat environment to elementary and secondary schools; and
       ``(4) build upon existing or ongoing evaluations and avoid 
     unnecessary duplication by reviewing the findings, 
     conclusions, and recommendations of other appropriate working 
     groups, committees, commissions, or entities established by 
     the Department related to efforts to secure elementary and 
     secondary schools against terrorism within the United States 
     and ensure domestic preparedness for and the response to 
     terrorism.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-
     296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 2220E the following:

``Sec. 2220F. National strategy to secure schools from threats of 
              terrorism.''.
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