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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1568 

To reauthorize the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, 

to reauthorize and rename the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) as the KIDS Act, to provide for funding 

parity between COPS and the KIDS Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2009 

Mr. SCHIFF introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Community Oriented Policing Services 

(COPS) program, to reauthorize and rename the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 

(JJDPA) as the KIDS Act, to provide for funding parity 

between COPS and the KIDS Act, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Oriented 

5 Policing Services and Key Investments in Developmental 


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1 Services Act of 2009’’ or the ‘‘COPS and KIDS Act of 

2 2009’’. 

3 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF THE COPS GRANT PROGRAM. 

4 Section 1001(a)(11)(A) of the Omnibus Crime Con5 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

6 3793(a)(11)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘1,047,119,000 

7 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 

9 2014’’. 

10 SEC. 3. KEY INVESTMENTS IN DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES 

11 ACT (KIDS ACT). 

12 (a) RENAMING JJDPA AS THE KIDS ACT.— 

13 (1) SHORT TITLE AMENDED.—The matter be14 fore title I of Public Law 93–415 is amended by 

15 striking the ‘‘Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre16 vention Act of 1974’’ and inserting ‘‘Key Invest17 ments in Developmental Services Act’’. 

18 (2) REFERENCES TO FORMER SHORT TITLE.— 

19 Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, 

20 or other record of the United States to the Juvenile 

21 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 

22 shall be deemed to be a reference to the Key Invest23 ments in Developmental Services Act. 

24 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE

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1 velopmental Services Act (as renamed by (42 U.S.C. 

2 5671) is amended— 

3 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

6 TITLE II AND TITLE V.—There are authorized to be ap7 propriated $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 

8 through 2015 to carry out this title and title V of this 

9 Act.’’; and 

10 (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c), and re11 designating subsection (d) as subsection (b). 

12 SEC. 4. EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE CONGRESS THAT 

13 APPROPRIATIONS FOR COPS PROGRAM 

14 SHOULD BE MATCHED BY APPROPRIATIONS 

15 FOR THE KIDS ACT. 

16 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 

17 (1) The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Pre18 vention Act has helped modernize the United States 

19 juvenile justice system by incentivizing the establish20 ment of juvenile courts premised on best practices, 

21 reducing recidivism through evidence based interven22 tions, and by keeping kids out of trouble to begin 

23 with by awarding prevention grants to community 

24 based efforts that have a proven track record of suc25 cess. 


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1 (2) The Office of Community Oriented Policing 

2 Services has, since its creation in 1994, provided ex3 pertise and funding to local law enforcement as they 

4 invest in innovative policing approaches that incor5 porate community involvement and coordination with 

6 local stakeholders. 

7 (3) A successful national strategy to combat 

8 crime and violence will include prevention, suppres9 sion, and enforcement in a coordinated approach 

10 that works with young people to provide them better 

11 options, suppresses crime through law enforcement 

12 activities, and fairly punishes offenders. 

13 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 

14 Congress that— 

15 (1) the Congress has authorized appropriations 

16 of $2,000,000,000 a year for programs under the 

17 COPS Office and the KIDS Act; and 

18 (2) the yearly appropriations for grants admin19 istered by the Office of Community Oriented Polic20 ing should be equal to the yearly appropriations for 

21 grants for effective juvenile courts, prevention, and 

22 intervention programs as authorized under the Key 

23 Investments in Developmental Services Act (KIDS 

24 Act). 

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