Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Provides funding sources for school security and school resource officers including funding to arm them.
Title: FORTIFY Act Funding Officers and Resources To Increase Facility Youth Protection Act
Subject:
Description: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the funds under the matching grant program for school security to be used to hire school resource officers, and for other purposes.
Session: 119th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: September 17, 2025
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5430/all-info
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1 sponsors: Ernest Gonzales (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Sep 17 2025 | Introduced in House |
| House | Sep 17 2025 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Oct 1 2025 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill