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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3698 

To authorize grants to State and local law enforcement training centers 

to provide training to State and local law enforcement agencies and 

officers to communicate with telecommunications carriers in emergency 

situations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2009 

Mr. MORAN of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize grants to State and local law enforcement training centers to provide training to State and local law 

enforcement agencies and officers to communicate with 

telecommunications carriers in emergency situations, 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 ‘‘The Kelsey Smith Law 

5 Enforcement Training Grant Program Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO EFFECTIVELY 

2 COMMUNICATE WITH TELECOMMUNI3 CATIONS CARRIERS IN EMERGENCY SITUA4 TIONS. 

5 (a) GRANT PROGRAM.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

7 appropriations to carry out this section, the Attorney 

8 General shall award grants to State and local law 

9 enforcement training centers to provide annual 

10 training to State and local law enforcement agencies 

11 and officers to effectively communicate with tele12 communications carriers in emergency situations, in13 cluding situations involving missing persons and 

14 child abductions. 

15 (2) USE OF GRANT.—Training provided with a 

16 grant under this section shall include training on 

17 how to access contact information for, and request 

18 call location information of a user of a commercial 

19 mobile service from, a telecommunications carrier to 

20 respond to such user’s call for emergency services or 

21 to respond to an emergency situation that involves 

22 the risk of death or serious physical harm. 

23 (3) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded 

24 under this section shall be for a 2-year period. 

25 (b) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.— 


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1 (1) APPLICATION DEADLINE.—Not later than 6 

2 months after the date of enactment of this Act, each 

3 State or local law enforcement training center desir4 ing a grant under this section shall submit to the 

5 Attorney General an application for a grant under 

6 this section at such time, in such manner, and con7 taining such information as the Attorney General 

8 may require. 

9 (2) AWARD DEADLINE.—The Attorney General 

10 shall award grants under this section not later than 

11 8 months after the date of the enactment of this 

12 Act. 

13 (3) PRIORITY.—In selecting State and local law 

14 enforcement training centers to receive grants under 

15 this section, the Attorney General shall give priority 

16 to applications from training centers that serve 

17 State or local law enforcement agencies that dem18 onstrate the greatest need for the training described 

19 in subsection (a)(2). 

20 (c) REPORTS.—Not later that 3 months after the end 

21 of the 2-year grant period, each State or local law enforce22 ment training center receiving a grant under this section 

23 shall submit to the Attorney General a report summa24 rizing the training program carried out with such grant, 

25 including the strengths and weaknesses of the program 


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1 and any recommendations for continuation of the pro2 gram. 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

4 (1) the term ‘‘commercial mobile service’’ has 

5 the meaning given such term in section 332(d) of 

6 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

7 332(d)); 

8 (2) the term ‘‘emergency services’’ has the 

9 meaning given such term in section 222 of such Act 

10 (47 U.S.C. 222); and 

11 (3) the term ‘‘telecommunications carrier’’ has 

12 the meaning given such term in section 3 of such 

13 Act (47 U.S.C. 153). 

14 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

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