[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4111 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4111
To provide block grants to assign armed law enforcement officers to
elementary and secondary schools.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 14, 2023
Mr. Diaz-Balart (for himself and Mr. Hudson) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in
addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide block grants to assign armed law enforcement officers to
elementary and secondary schools.
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 ``School Guardian Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. SCHOOL GUARDIAN GRANTS.
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``PART PP--SCHOOL GUARDIAN GRANTS
``SEC. 3061. GRANTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AT SCHOOLS.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `K-12 school' means an elementary school or
secondary school, as such terms are defined under section 8101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801); and
``(2) the term `local educational agency' has the meaning
given such term under section 8101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
``(b) Grant Authorization.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Attorney General shall make a grant to each State
that elects to receive a grant under this section for the cost of
assigning armed law enforcement officers to provide security at K-12
schools, which may be used for the cost of pay, training, and equipment
for the law enforcement officers.
``(c) Amount.--A grant under this section to a State for a fiscal
year shall be in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total
amount awarded under this section for the fiscal year as the total
number of individuals attending a K-12 school in the State bears to the
total number of individuals attending a K-12 school in the United
States.
``(d) Administration of Grants.--The use of, and award of subgrants
using, amounts received under this section shall be administered by the
head of the chief law enforcement agency of a State.
``(e) Subgrants.--
``(1) In general.--The head of the chief law enforcement
officer of a State may award a subgrant to a law enforcement
agency of a unit of local government in the State for the cost
of hiring 1 or more full-time law enforcement officers who will
be assigned to provide full-time security at K-12 schools.
``(2) Agreements.--
``(A) In general.--A law enforcement agency of a
unit of local government desiring a subgrant under this
subsection shall enter into a written agreement with
each K-12 school in the jurisdiction of the agency, or
with the local educational agency that serves such K-12
school, which shall indicate the number of law
enforcement officers the law enforcement agency will
hire and assign to each such K-12 school if awarded a
subgrant.
``(B) Officers at each school.--The written
agreements entered into by a law enforcement agency
under subparagraph (A) shall provide for the hiring of
not less than 1 full-time law enforcement officer who
will be assigned to provide full-time security at each
K-12 school in the jurisdiction of the law enforcement
agency.
``(3) Amount.--The amount of a subgrant under this
subsection to a law enforcement agency of a unit of local
government shall be based on the number of law enforcement
officers the law enforcement agency will hire, as indicated in
the written agreements described in paragraph (2).
``(f) Reporting.--Each State that receives a grant under this
section for a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General a report
regarding the use of the grant for that fiscal year, which shall
include--
``(1) the number of subgrants awarded;
``(2) the amount of each subgrant awarded;
``(3) the number of law enforcement officers hired to
provide security at a K-12 school using amounts received under
the grant; and
``(4) the number of K-12 schools in the State with 1 or
more full-time law enforcement officers for whom the cost of
the pay, training, or equipment for the law enforcement
officers was paid using amounts received under the grant.
``(g) Failure To Use Amounts.--
``(1) Return.--A State shall return to the Attorney General
any amounts received under a grant under this section for a
fiscal year which are unobligated as of the day after the last
day of the fiscal year.
``(2) Use.--Amounts returned to the Attorney General under
paragraph (1) shall be merged with other amounts available to
carry out this section and remain available until expended to
the Attorney General to make grants under this section, without
further appropriation.
``(3) Reporting.--The Attorney General shall submit to
Congress a report that provides, for each fiscal year, the
total amount of funds provided for that fiscal year that are
returned under paragraph (1) and the amount of funds provided
for that fiscal year that are returned under paragraph (1) by
each State.
``(h) Funding.--
``(1) In general.--Effective on the date of enactment of
this Act, of the unobligated balances of amounts made available
to the Internal Revenue Service under Public Law 117-169 (136
Stat. 1818), $80,000,000,000 shall be transferred, on a pro
rata basis, to the Attorney General to carry out this section.
``(2) Availability and use.--Amounts transferred under
paragraph (1) shall be merged with, and subject to the same
terms and conditions as, other amounts available to carry out
this section, and shall remain available until expended.
``(3) Annual availability of amounts.--From amounts
transferred under paragraph (1), the Attorney General may make
not more than $8,000,000,000 in grants under this section for
each of fiscal years 2024 through 2033.''.
<all>