Docket
118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 2491 — SAFE School Act

“To establish a grant program to improve school security, including by training and hiring veterans and former law enforcement officers as school safety officers, and for other purposes.”

Crime and law enforcement
Introduced Apr 6, 2023
Last action Apr 6, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Apr 6, 2023
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Referred
Apr 6, 2023
Education and Workforce · Judiciary
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires the Department of Justice to establish a grant program for states and local educational agencies to improve security at public and private elementary and secondary schools. Grant recipients must use funds for certain activities, such as hiring and training veterans and former law enforcement officers as school safety officers.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Apr 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Apr 6, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Apr 6, 2023
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.