[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 2259 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 329
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2259
[Report No. 119-378]
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the development
of a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools
against acts of terrorism, and ensure domestic preparedness for and the
response to terrorism, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2025
Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas (for himself, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Lawler,
Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr.
Bacon, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
November 12, 2025
Additional sponsors: Mr. Pfluger and Mr. Vindman
November 12, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the development
of a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools
against acts of terrorism, and ensure domestic preparedness for and the
response to terrorism, 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 ``National Strategy for School
Security Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL STRATEGY TO SECURE SCHOOLS FROM THREATS OF TERRORISM.
(a) 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 new section:
``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 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 one year after the date of the enactment
of this section, 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 the Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate a national school security strategy (in this section
referred to as the `strategy'). The Secretary, in consultation and
cooperation with the Secretary of Education and the heads of other
appropriate Federal agencies and departments, shall brief such
committees on the strategy.
``(b) Updates and Briefings.--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 2033 update the strategy, and brief the committees
specified in subsection (a) concerning any such update. If there is no
such update for any given year, 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 including associated
spending levels, to secure elementary and secondary schools
from acts of terrorism;
``(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.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 2220E the following new item:
``Sec. 2220F. National strategy to secure schools from threats of
terrorism.''.
Union Calendar No. 329
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2259
[Report No. 119-378]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the development
of a national strategy to secure elementary and secondary schools
against acts of terrorism, and ensure domestic preparedness for and the
response to terrorism, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 12, 2025
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed