110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 355
To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the feasibility
of expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to identify crime
data relating to elementary and secondary schools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 9, 2007
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the feasibility
of expanding the National Incident-Based Reporting System to identify crime
data relating to elementary and secondary schools.
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 `Accurate Crime Trends for Schools Act', or
the `ACT for Schools Act'.
SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT.
(a) Study- The Attorney General shall, in consultation with the Director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the International Association
of Chiefs of Police, conduct a study to determine the feasibility of expanding
the National Incident-Based Reporting System to include information on the
occurrence of school-related crime in elementary and secondary schools.
Such study shall include the identification and evaluation of methods that
may be used to collect and report such information.
(b) Report- Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Attorney General shall report the results of the study conducted
under subsection (a) to the appropriate committees of Congress.
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