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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 359 

To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2013 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. CUMMINGS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish and operate a National Center for Campus 

Public Safety. 

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 ‘‘Center to Advance, 

5 Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 

6 2013’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Safety Act of 2013’’. 

7 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY. 

8 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘PART LL—NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS 

2 PUBLIC SAFETY 

3 ‘‘SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE4 TY. 

5 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN6 TER.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is 

8 authorized to establish and operate, within the Of9 fice of Community Oriented Policing Services, a Na10 tional Center for Campus Public Safety (referred to 

11 in this section as the ‘Center’). 

12 ‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Attorney Gen13 eral, through the Office of Community Oriented Po14 licing Services, is authorized to award grants to in15 stitutions of higher education and other nonprofit 

16 organizations to assist in carrying out the functions 

17 of the Center required under subsection (b). 

18 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTER.—The Center 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) provide quality education and training for 

21 public safety personnel of institutions of higher edu22 cation and their collaborative partners, including 

23 campus mental health agencies; 

24 ‘‘(2) foster quality research to strengthen the 

25 safety and security of institutions of higher edu26 cation; 


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1 ‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica2 tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro3 tocols, procedures, and best practices relevant to 

4 campus public safety, including off-campus housing 

5 safety, the prevention of violence against persons 

6 and property, and emergency response and evacu7 ation procedures; 

8 ‘‘(4) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland 

9 Security, the Secretary of Education, State, local 

10 and tribal governments and law enforcement agen11 cies, private and nonprofit organizations and asso12 ciations, and other stakeholders, to develop protocols 

13 and best practices to prevent, protect against and 

14 respond to dangerous and violent situations involv15 ing an immediate threat to the safety of the campus 

16 community; 

17 ‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina18 tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 

19 management models to prevent campus violence; 

20 ‘‘(6) identify campus safety information (includ21 ing ways to increase off-campus housing safety) and 

22 identify resources available from the Department of 

23 Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the 

24 Department of Education, State, local, and tribal 


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1 governments and law enforcement agencies, and pri2 vate and nonprofit organizations and associations; 

3 ‘‘(7) promote cooperation, collaboration, and 

4 consistency in prevention, response, and problem5 solving methods among public safety and emergency 

6 management personnel of institutions of higher edu7 cation and their campus- and non-campus-based col8 laborative partners, including law enforcement, 

9 emergency management, mental health services, and 

10 other relevant agencies; 

11 ‘‘(8) disseminate standardized formats and 

12 models for mutual aid agreements and memoranda 

13 of understanding between campus security agencies 

14 and other public safety organizations and mental 

15 health agencies; and 

16 ‘‘(9) report annually to Congress on activities 

17 performed by the Center during the previous 12 

18 months. 

19 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE20 SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Attorney Gen21 eral shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security, the Secretary of Education, and appro24 priate State or territory officials; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) ensure coordination with campus public 

2 safety resources within the Department of Homeland 

3 Security, including within the Federal Emergency 

4 Management Agency, and the Department of Edu5 cation. 

6 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU7 CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 

8 education’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 

9 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

10 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—Funding for the implementation of 

11 this part shall be through the use of existing excess unobli12 gated funds available to the Office of Community Oriented 

13 Policing Services.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

15 Nothing in this Act shall preclude public elementary 

16 and secondary schools or their larger governing agencies 

17 from receiving the informational and training benefits of 

18 the Center. 

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