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119-hr-5430119th CongressWALLET

FORTIFY Act

Sponsored By: Representative Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]

Introduced

Summary

Expands federal school-security grants to allow hiring and equipping school resource officers (SROs) and to fund their vehicles. It would also require the Attorney General to provide technical assistance and report on how that help improves grant access for rural and geographically underserved areas.

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  • Families and students: Local districts would be able to use matching grants to place school resource officers on campus, which changes how schools can staff on-site security.
  • School staff and SROs: Grants would cover hiring SROs and buying their firearms, protective equipment, and vehicles such as all-terrain vehicles, golf carts, scooters, and bicycles.
  • Rural and underserved communities: The Attorney General must offer technical assistance to improve grant access and report to Congress on whether that assistance widened access in rural and underserved areas.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

School safety grants can hire officers

If enacted, school security matching grants could pay to hire school resource officers. They could also buy firearms and protective gear for those officers. Grants could buy vehicles for them, like ATVs, golf carts, scooters, and bicycles. The bill would not add new money; it only expands allowed uses.

Help for rural areas to get grants

If enacted, the Attorney General would give technical help so states, local governments, and tribes can apply for school security grants. The help would focus on rural and geographically underserved areas. The bill does not set a funding amount for this help. The Department would also report to Congress on whether this help improved access.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]

TX • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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