HR 2717
117th Congress
House
Education
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Safer Schools Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Apr 21, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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 21, 2021
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Safer Schools Act of 2021
This bill establishes a pilot program through which the Department of Justice must award grants to public elementary and secondary schools to conduct independent facility security risk assessments and make hard security improvements (e.g., video monitoring and alert notification equipment).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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