# 114-hr-5923: School Protection Act of 2016

114-hr-5923, School Protection Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-5923
- Congress: 114
- Title: School Protection Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2016-07-21
- Sponsor: STEVE ISRAEL (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

School Protection Act of 2016 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants and enter contracts to train elementary and secondary school nurses to serve as first responders and crisis managers in the event of a biological or chemical attack at a school or an outbreak of pandemic illness among individuals under their care. The training must prepare school nurses to: (1) protect and preserve life; (2) notify public health authorities to help contain or mitigate the effects of an attack or outbreak; and (3) take other appropriate and feasible actions, such as preserve evidence of an attack.

## Cosponsors (1)

- LOIS CAPPS (D-CA), 2016-07-21T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-5923 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5923)

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- [114-hr-5621: To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Dob…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5621)
- [114-hr-5504: To require that certain information relating to terrorism investigations be inc…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5504)
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- [114-hr-5373: LGBT Data Inclusion Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5373)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-5923 (as of 2025-11-18).