Multi-Hazard School Disaster Planning and Response Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow funds provided under the Matching Grant Program for School Security to be used for the following law enforcement and school information sharing activities: (1) establishing or improving an electronic data management system for the purpose of sharing specified emergency response plan data with first responders; (2) assisting local law enforcement and local schools with costs associated with collecting information on, evaluating, updating, and digitizing such plan data and making plans electronically available to local dispatch centers and first responders through mobile data terminals and mobile data computers; and (3) enabling law enforcement to consult with schools to develop emergency plans, including such plan data, to ensure that plans are comprehensive, complete, and current.
Requires the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to give preferential consideration to an application for a grant for such an activity from a jurisdiction that demonstrates that: (1) the activity will cover a significant number of schools, (2) such jurisdiction uses (or will use such grant to develop) an electronic record management system that is compatible across multiple jurisdictions, or (3) there is community interest with respect to such activity.
Reauthorizes such Program for FY2014-FY2017.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2269 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2269
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 to allow funds provided under the Matching Grant Program for
School Security to be used to improve information sharing between law
enforcement and schools, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2013
Mr. Michaud introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 to allow funds provided under the Matching Grant Program for
School Security to be used to improve information sharing between law
enforcement and schools, 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 ``Multi-Hazard School Disaster
Planning and Response Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS UNDER THE MATCHING GRANT
PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY TO IMPROVE INFORMATION
SHARING BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SCHOOLS.
(a) In General.--Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph
(6); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph:
``(5) Any law enforcement and school information sharing
activity described in subsection (g)(1).''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Law Enforcement and School Information Sharing Activities.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (b)(5), a law
enforcement and school information sharing activity described
in this paragraph is any of the following activities conducted
in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4):
``(A) Establishing or improving an electronic data
management system for the purpose of sharing specified
emergency response plan data with first responders.
``(B) Assisting local law enforcement and local
schools with costs associated with collecting
information on, evaluating, updating, and digitizing
specified emergency response plan data and making such
plans electronically available to local dispatch
centers and first responders through mobile data
terminals and mobile data computers.
``(C) Enabling law enforcement to consult with
schools to develop emergency plans, including specified
emergency response plan data, in order to ensure such
plans are comprehensive, complete, and current.
``(2) Specified emergency response plan data.--For purposes
of paragraph (1), the term `specified emergency response plan
data' means, with respect to a school, emergency plan and
response information, as specified by the Attorney General, for
such school--
``(A) that includes floor plans, aerial and
internal photographs, and key emergency contact
information for administrative personnel, custodial
staff, and relevant service vendors for such school;
and
``(B) that is to be shared, in accordance with
paragraph (3), with only first responders.
``(3) Dissemination of data.--Any specified emergency
response plan data that is disseminated through a law
enforcement and school information sharing activity for which
funds are made available under this part shall be so
disseminated only to a local dispatch center for first
responders through an electronic means and for purposes of
being made available to mobile data terminals or mobile data
computers of first responders.
``(4) Review and update of data.--Any specified emergency
response plan data that is disseminated through a law
enforcement and school information sharing activity for which
funds are made available under a grant under this part shall be
annually reviewed by the State, unit of local government, or
Indian tribe receiving such grant and updated as necessary.''.
(b) Preferential Consideration for Applications for New Authorized
Uses.--Section 2701(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3797a(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Consideration.--In awarding'' and
inserting the following: ``Considerations.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), in awarding'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Preferential consideration for applications for
information sharing purposes.--In awarding grants under this
part for a use described in subsection (b)(5), the Director
shall give preferential consideration, if feasible, to an
application from a jurisdiction that demonstrates the activity
for which the grant will be used will cover a significant
number of schools, demonstrates such jurisdiction uses (or will
use such grant to develop) an electronic record management
system that is compatible across multiple jurisdictions, or
demonstrates community interest with respect to such activity
for which the grant will be used.''.
(c) Funding.--
(1) Reauthorization of program.--Section 2705 of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by striking ``2001 through 2009''
and inserting ``2014 through 2017''.
(2) Additional authorization for funds for new authorized
uses.--Such section is further amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``In addition to the amounts authorized
to be appropriated under the previous sentence for a fiscal
year, there is authorized to be appropriated for grants under
this part for a use described in section 2701(b)(5),
$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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