# 117-hr-7942: Securing Our Students Act

117-hr-7942, Securing Our Students Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7942
- Congress: 117
- Title: Securing Our Students Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- Introduced: 2022-06-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 28
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Securing Our Students Act This bill authorizes local educational agencies and nonpublic schools to use certain COVID-19 emergency relief funds, services, or assistance for school safety uses, that is improving school conditions for student learning by planning and designing school buildings and facilities, installing infrastructure, providing safety education, and implementing technology or other measures that strengthen security on school premises.

## Cosponsors (28)

- Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2] (R-UT), 2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI), 2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meijer, Peter [R-MI-3] (R-MI), 2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2022-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaTurner, Jake [R-KS-2] (R-KS), 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2] (R-KY), 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN), 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL), 2022-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2022-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX), 2022-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27] (R-NY), 2022-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2] (R-TX), 2022-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] (R-LA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2] (R-OR), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2022-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX), 2022-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK), 2022-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
- 117-hjres-65: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "COVID-19…
- 117-hres-548: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.
- 117-hr-619: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on January 15, 2022.
- 117-hr-18: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2021

## Sources
- [117-hr-7942 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7942)

## Related
- [117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-2471)
- [117-hjres-65: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-65)
- [117-hres-548: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-548)
- [117-hr-619: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-619)
- [117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyvi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-881)
- [117-hr-18: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-18)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7942 (as of 2025-11-18).