[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2259 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2259

 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

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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').
    ``(b) Updates.--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), as necessary, concerning any such updates. If there are no such 
updates, 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.''.
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