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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3023 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 A BILL

 
   To increase funding for the COPS Grant Program and the Secure Our 
             Schools Grant Program, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Secure Our Schools Today Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. COPS GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(a)(11) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10261(a)(11)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the period at 
        the end the following: ``, and $2,403,000,000 for fiscal year 
        2020''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), with respect to fiscal year 
2020--
            ``(i) not less than $2,175,000,000 shall be made available 
        for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 
        enforcement officers; and
            ``(ii) the remaining funds shall be made available in the 
        manner described in subparagraph (B).''.
    (b) Matching Funds.--Section 1701(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(g)) is amended by 
striking ``75 percent'' and inserting ``50 percent''.
    (c) Repeal Termination of Grants for Hiring Officers.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1701(i) of the Omnibus Crime 
        Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(i)) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1701(j)(1) of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
        10381(j)(1)) is amended by striking ``subsection (i) and''.

SEC. 3. SECURE OUR SCHOOLS GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Facility Risk Assessment.--Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10551) is amended in 
subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``at 
schools and on school grounds'' and inserting ``at schools that have 
completed a facilities risk assessment and on the grounds of such 
schools''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2705(a) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10555(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2018'' and 
                inserting ``$5,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2020'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``$50,000,000'' and inserting ``$75,000,000'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                ``$25,000,000'' and inserting ``$25,000,000''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) $5,000,000,000 shall be made available to the 
                BJA Director and the COPS Director to carry out section 
                2701(b)(7) of this part.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``2019'' and inserting ``2021''.
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