Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act

Secure Communities and Safe Schools Act

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the use of a grant awarded under the Urban Areas Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program to purchase firearms and firearms accessories, such as ammunition, including for use by teachers.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5257 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5257

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the expenditure 
  of certain grant funds to purchase firearms, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2018

 Mrs. Demings (for herself and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                                Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the expenditure 
  of certain grant funds to purchase firearms, 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 ``Secure Communities and Safe Schools 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXPENDITURE OF CERTAIN HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT 
              FUNDS TO PURCHASE FIREARMS.

    Subsection (b) of section 2008 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 609) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) Firearms.--A grant awarded under section 2003 or 2004 
        may not be used to purchase firearms and firearms accessories, 
        such as ammunition, including for use by teachers.''.
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