S 649 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A bill to modify provisions relating to the Gun-Free Schools Act.

Introduced Mar 29, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Dianne Feinstein D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 29, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 29, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 (GFSA). Extends GFSA coverage to: (1) possession of a weapon at a school (as well as bringing a weapon to a school); and (2) any setting under the control and supervision of the local educational agency (excluding a locked vehicle on school property in which a weapon is lawfully stored). Requires all modifications of expulsions to be put in writing. Requires reporting, not only of expulsions, but of: (1) all weapons incidents; (2) each modification of an expulsion; and (3) the level of education of the students expelled.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 29, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Mar 29, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 29, 2001Introduced in Senate
Mar 29, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 29, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3160-3162)

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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