# 114-hr-5846: Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016

114-hr-5846, Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by JOHN LEWIS (D-GA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5846
- Congress: 114
- Title: Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Introduced: 2016-07-14
- Sponsor: JOHN LEWIS (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Securing American Families by Educating and Training You (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2016 This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to eligible entities for the purpose of preventing or alleviating the effects of community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling related to principles of nonviolence in conflict resolution. "Eligible entities" include state or local government entities, educational institutions, nonprofit communities, and faith-based organizations. In awarding grants under the program, DOJ shall give priority to applicants that agree to use the grant funds in at least one community that can certify: (1) an increased or sustained level of violence or tension in the community; or (2) a lack of resources to adopt innovative, integrated, community-based violence prevention programs.

## Cosponsors (26)

- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- CORRINE BROWN (D-FL), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- LUIS GUTIERREZ (D-IL), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] (D-CA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL), 2016-07-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5846 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5846)

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