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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 748 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2009 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Center to Advance, 

3 Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 

4 2009’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Safety Act of 2009’’. 

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

6 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

8 by adding at the end the following new part: 

9 ‘‘PART LL—NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS 

10 PUBLIC SAFETY 

11 ‘‘SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE12 TY. 

13 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN14 TER.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 

16 of Community Oriented Policing Services is author17 ized to establish and operate a National Center for 

18 Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as 

19 the ‘Center’). 

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

21 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is 

22 authorized to award grants to institutions of higher 

23 education and other nonprofit organizations to assist 

24 in carrying out the functions of the Center required 

25 under subsection (b). 


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

2 shall— 

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

4 campus public safety agencies of institutions of high5 er education and the agencies’ collaborative part6 ners, including campus mental health agencies; 

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

8 safety and security of institutions of higher edu9 cation; 

10 ‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica11 tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro12 cedures, and best practices relevant to campus pub13 lic safety, including off-campus housing safety, the 

14 prevention of violence against persons and property, 

15 and emergency response and evacuation procedures; 

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

17 Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu18 rity, the Secretary of Education, State, local, and 

19 tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, 

20 private and nonprofit organizations and associations, 

21 and other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, 

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

23 emergencies or dangerous situations involving an im24 mediate threat to the health or safety of the campus 

25 community; 


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1 ‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina2 tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 

3 management models to prevent campus violence; 

4 ‘‘(6) coordinate campus safety information (in5 cluding ways to increase off-campus housing safety) 

6 and resources available from the Department of Jus7 tice, the Department of Homeland Security, the De8 partment of Education, State, local, and tribal gov9 ernments and law enforcement agencies, and private 

10 and nonprofit organizations and associations; 

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

12 consistency in prevention, response, and problem13 solving methods among law enforcement, mental 

14 health, and other agencies and jurisdictions serving 

15 institutions of higher education; 

16 ‘‘(8) develop standardized formats and models 

17 for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of un18 derstanding between campus security agencies and 

19 other public safety organizations and mental health 

20 agencies; and 

21 ‘‘(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor22 ney General on activities performed by the Center 

23 during the previous 12 months. 


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1 ‘‘(c) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE2 SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Director of the 

3 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall— 

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

5 Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor6 ney General of each State; and 

7 ‘‘(2) coordinate the establishment and operation 

8 of the Center with campus public safety resources 

9 that may be available within the Department of 

10 Homeland Security and the Department of Edu11 cation. 

12 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU13 CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 

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

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

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

17 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

18 $2,750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 

19 2013.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 3, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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