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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 748 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 28, 2009 

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself and Mr. GOHMERT) 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 2009’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Safety Act of 2009’’. 

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 new part: 


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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 Director of the Office 

8 of Community Oriented Policing Services is author9 ized to establish and operate a National Center for 

10 Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as 

11 the ‘Center’). 

12 ‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Director of the 

13 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is 

14 authorized to award grants to institutions of higher 

15 education and other nonprofit organizations to assist 

16 in carrying out the functions of the Center required 

17 under subsection (b). 

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

19 shall— 

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

21 campus public safety agencies of institutions of high22 er education and the agencies’ collaborative part23 ners, including 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 cedures, and best practices relevant to campus pub4 lic safety, including off-campus housing safety, the 

5 prevention of violence against persons and property, 

6 and emergency response and evacuation procedures; 

7 ‘‘(4) develop protocols, in conjunction with the 

8 Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu9 rity, the Secretary of Education, State, local, and 

10 tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, 

11 private and nonprofit organizations and associations, 

12 and other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, 

13 respond to, and recover from, natural and man-made 

14 emergencies or dangerous situations involving an im15 mediate threat to the health or 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) coordinate campus safety information (in21 cluding ways to increase off-campus housing safety) 

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1 ernments and law enforcement agencies, and private 

2 and nonprofit organizations and associations; 

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

4 consistency in prevention, response, and problem5 solving methods among law enforcement, mental 

6 health, and other agencies and jurisdictions serving 

7 institutions of higher education; 

8 ‘‘(8) develop standardized formats and models 

9 for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of un10 derstanding between campus security agencies and 

11 other public safety organizations and mental health 

12 agencies; and 

13 ‘‘(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor14 ney General on activities performed by the Center 

15 during the previous 12 months. 

16 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE17 SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Director of the 

18 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary of Homeland 

20 Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor21 ney General of each State; and 

22 ‘‘(2) coordinate the establishment and operation 

23 of the Center with campus public safety resources 

24 that may be available within the Department of 


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1 Homeland Security and the Department of Edu2 cation. 

3 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU4 CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 

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

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

7 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 $2,750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 

10 2013.’’. 

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