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HR.1334 - 119th Congress

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Status
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. To President
  5. Law
Latest action
2025-02-13 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-13
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Committees
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This bill would make it easier for schools and other applicants to apply for federal school security grant money. Right now, some grant funding can come through different Justice Department offices. This bill would allow one single application to be used for grants that may be awarded by either the COPS Office or the Bureau of Justice Assistance. It also says the government should help applicants complete the application, so the process is less confusing and easier to use.

  • It directs the Attorney General to set up a process for one combined application instead of separate applications for certain school security grants.
  • The single application would cover grants authorized through both the COPS Director and the BJA Director.
  • The bill requires the COPS Office or the Bureau of Justice Assistance to give technical help to people applying for these grants.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1334 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1334

To permit a single application to be submitted to the COPS Director or 
    BJA Director for the matching grant program for school security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2025

Mr. Moskowitz (for himself, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, 
 and 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 permit a single application to be submitted to the COPS Director or 
    BJA Director for the matching grant program for school security.

    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 ``Single Application for School Safety 
Act'' or the ``SASS Act''.

SEC. 2. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY APPLICATION 
              REQUIREMENT.

    Section 2702 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) Multipurpose Applications.--The Attorney General shall 
establish a process under which a single grant application may be 
submitted for a grant that is authorized to be made by the COPS 
Director under paragraph (1) of section 2701(a) and the BJA Director 
under paragraph (2) of such section.
    ``(d) Technical Assistance.--The COPS Director or the BJA Director, 
as the case may be, shall provide technical assistance to applicants to 
complete an application for a grant under this part.''.
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