H.R. 3158: SAFE in Our Schools Act
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H.R. 3158: SAFE in Our Schools Act
113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-20 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-20 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SAFE in Our Schools Act
Plain summary
Secure America for Education in Our Schools Act or the SAFE in Our Schools Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to require that each state include in its application for funds under the Homeland Security Grant Program a certification that the state requires each institution of education for kindergarten through 12th grade to develop an emergency response plan that includes provisions for evacuation relocation, family-child reunification, children with special needs, and addressing multiple disasters by the earlier of the beginning of the academic year for 2015 or September 1, 2015.
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Official text
SAFE in Our Schools Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · 1 cosponsors
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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3158.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr3158 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113