119-hr5430

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5430 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5430

 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.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 September 17, 2025

 Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 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.

 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 ``Funding Officers and Resources To 
Increase Facility Youth Protection Act'' or the ``FORTIFY Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO HIRE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS UNDER MATCHING 
 GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--

Section 2701 of part AA of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10551) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (1) , by striking ``through

    (9) '' and 
 inserting ``through

    (12) ''; and

    (2) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) by redesignating paragraph

    (9) as paragraph

    (12) ; and
        (B) by inserting after paragraph

    (8) the following:
 ``

    (9) Hiring school resource officers (as such term is 
 defined in 

section 1709).
 ``

    (10) Purchasing firearms and protective equipment for 
 school resource officers.
 ``

    (11) Purchasing vehicles, including all terrain vehicles, 
 golf carts, scooters, and bicycles, for use by school resource 
 officers.''.

    (b) Technical Assistance.--

    (1) In general.--

Section 2702 of part AA of title I of the 
 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
 10552) is amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (c) Technical Assistance.--The Attorney General shall provide 
technical assistance to States, units of local government, and Indian 
tribes to improve access to grants under this part for rural and 
geographically underserved areas.''.

    (2) Report to congress.--

Section 2703

    (a) of part AA of 
 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10553) is amended--
        (A) by striking ``and the activities'' and 
 inserting ``the activities''; and
        (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
 following: ``, and how the provision of technical 
 assistance under 

section 2702
            (c) has improved access to 
 grants under this part for rural and geographically 
 underserved areas''.
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