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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3023 

To increase funding for the COPS Grant Program and the Secure Our 

Schools Grant Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 24, 2019 

Mr. DUFFY (for himself and Mrs. RODGERS of Washington) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To increase funding for the COPS Grant Program and the 

Secure Our Schools Grant Program, 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 ‘‘Secure Our Schools 

5 Today Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COPS GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

8 1001(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)) is amend10 ed— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the 

2 period at the end the following: ‘‘, and 

3 $2,403,000,000 for fiscal year 2020’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), with re6 spect to fiscal year 2020— 

7 ‘‘(i) not less than $2,175,000,000 shall be made 

8 available for the hiring and rehiring of additional ca9 reer law enforcement officers; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the remaining funds shall be made avail11 able in the manner described in subparagraph (B).’’. 

12 (b) MATCHING FUNDS.—Section 1701(g) of the Om13 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

14 U.S.C. 10381(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘75 percent’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘50 percent’’. 

16 (c) REPEAL TERMINATION OF GRANTS FOR HIRING

17 OFFICERS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701(i) of the Om19 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

20 (34 U.S.C. 10381(i)) is repealed. 

21 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

22 1701(j)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

23 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(j)(1)) is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘subsection (i) and’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. SECURE OUR SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 (a) FACILITY RISK ASSESSMENT.—Section 2701 of 

3 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

4 (34 U.S.C. 10551) is amended in subsection (b), in the 

5 matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘at schools 

6 and on school grounds’’ and inserting ‘‘at schools that 

7 have completed a facilities risk assessment and on the 

8 grounds of such schools’’. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 2705(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

11 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10555(a)) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

13 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

14 (A), by striking ‘‘$75,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,100,000,000 for fiscal 

16 year 2020’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

18 ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’; 

19 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

20 ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’; 

21 and 

22 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(C) $5,000,000,000 shall be made avail24 able to the BJA Director and the COPS Direc25 tor to carry out section 2701(b)(7) of this 

26 part.’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 

2 subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘2021’’. 

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