Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Securing Our Schools Act of 2024
Description: To allow certain funds provided in response to the public health emergency with respect to COVID-19 to be made available for school security measures, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Last Action Date: February 14, 2024
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Stronger Schools Act
Description: To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to make physical improvements at the elementary schools and secondary schools served by such agencies, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Last Action Date: December 1, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: IMPROVE Safety for Schools Act Incentivize Motivated Parents with Responsible Options for Vital Education Safety for Schools Act
Description: To encourage local educational agencies to inform parents about gun safety, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and the Workforce, 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.
Last Action Date: November 1, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Condemning the decision of the Secretary of Education to prohibit the use of funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for hunter, archery, and other shooting sports education programs in schools and explicitly affirming that school programs that train students in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports are eligible for Federal funding under such Act.
Description: Condemning the decision of the Secretary of Education to prohibit the use of funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 for hunter, archery, and other shooting sports education programs in schools and explicitly affirming that school programs that train students in archery, hunting, or other shooting sports are eligible for Federal funding under such Act.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Last Action Date: August 11, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Angellyh Yambo Gun Free Zone Expansion Act of 2023
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to expand the definition of school zone, to prohibit the transfer and possession of ghost guns, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: June 7, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: TEACH Act of 2023 Teachers Empowered Against Classroom Harm Act of 2023
Description: To eliminate the prohibition on training teachers with effective defensive tools, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Description: To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Last Action Date: April 25, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: SAFE School Act Securing Aid For Every School Act
Description: To establish a grant program to improve school security, including by training and hiring veterans and former law enforcement officers as school safety officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Last Action Date: April 6, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: School Security Enhancement Act
Description: A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen school security.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: March 30, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: SAFE School Act Securing Aid for Every School Act
Description: A bill to establish a grant program to improve school security, including by training and hiring veterans and former law enforcement officers as school safety officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 30, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Strengthening School Security for Students Act
Description: To require State educational agencies to hire and train school resource officers, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2076)
Last Action Date: April 27, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Securing Our Schools Act of 2023
Description: A bill to provide for safe schools and safe communities.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: March 30, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Safe Students Act
Description: To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: April 6, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Security to Avoid Violence in Educational Settings Act
Description: A bill to transfer funds for Energy Efficiency Improvements and Renewable Energy Improvements at Public School Facilities to the Attorney General to award grants to States to promote safety and security in schools.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Last Action Date: March 15, 2023
Session: 118th Congress
Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act
Description: To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 17, 2023
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Securing Our Schools Act of 2022
Description: A bill to provide for safe schools and safe communities.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Last Action Date: September 14, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: SAVES Act Security to Avoid Violence in Educational Settings Act
Description: A bill to transfer funds for Energy Efficiency Improvements and Renewable Energy Improvements at Public School Facilities to the Attorney General to award grants to States to promote safety and security in schools.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Last Action Date: August 4, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Stronger Schools Act
Description: To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local educational agencies to make physical improvements at the elementary schools and secondary schools served by such agencies, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Last Action Date: July 14, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act
Description: To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on school shootings, and for other purposes.
Last Action: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 227.
Last Action Date: May 6, 2022
Session: 117th Congress
Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act
Description: To allow certain qualified law enforcement officers and retired law enforcement officers to carry a concealed firearm to protect children in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: May 18, 2021
Session: 116th Congress
Title: School Security Enhancement Act
Description: Allows local educational agencies to use specified portions of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for planning and designing school buildings and facilities, installing infrastructure, and implementing other measures to strengthen security on school premises. The bill prohibits the use of grant funds for the provision of a firearm or training in the use of a firearm.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Last Action Date: October 31, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Nonviolence Week" to raise awareness of youth violence in the United States.
Description: This resolution supports the goals and ideals of National Nonviolence Week to raise awareness of youth violence and the benefits of practicing nonviolence principles.
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Last Action Date: October 1, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Justice for Victims of School Shootings Act
Description: Establishes additional criminal penalties for discharging or attempting to discharge a firearm in a school zone. In addition, it revises the applicable definition of school to include colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: September 25, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Safe Students Act
Description: Repeals provisions of federal criminal law that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: June 28, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to permit certain individuals complying with State law to possess firearms.
Description: Modifies the criminal prohibition on possession of a firearm in a school zone. Specifically, it revises an exception to permit an individual to possess a firearm in a school zone if that individual is in compliance with the laws of the state and political subdivision in which the school zone is located.
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: May 16, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: A resolution keeping guns out of classrooms.
Description: This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that federal funds shall not be used to train or arm school personnel with firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1906)
Last Action Date: March 14, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Keeping guns out of classrooms.
Description: This resolution expresses the sense that federal funds shall not be used to train or arm school personnel with firearms.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 8, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Police Officers Protecting Children Act
Description: Specifies that certain retired and off-duty law enforcement officers who are authorized to carry concealed firearms are not subject to the federal prohibition on possessing (or discharging) a firearm in a school zone.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: April 8, 2019
Session: 116th Congress
Title: Threat Assessment, Prevention, and Safety Act of 2019
Description: Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force, which shall provide recommendations to Congress and DHS on the development and implementation of a national strategy for preventing targeted violence through behavioral threat assessment and management. The bill defines behavioral threat assessment and management as the systematic and evidence-based process of (1) identifying individuals whose behavior indicates a capacity for committing acts of violence, (2) investigating and gathering information from multiple sources to assess whether such individuals pose a threat, and (3) the subsequent management of such a threat. DHS shall (1) develop and implement the national strategy and provide information and training services related to it, and (2) award grants to establish community based units for implementing the national strategy.
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Last Action Date: March 25, 2019