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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 368 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 23, 2007 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. BAUCUS, Mrs. BOXER, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. 

CLINTON, Mr. DODD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. 

KOHL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. MENENDEZ, 

Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. REED, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SCHUMER, 

Mr. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. REID) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT 

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 ‘‘COPS Improvements 

5 Act of 2007’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COPS GRANT IMPROVEMENTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701 of the Omnibus 

3 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

4 3796dd) is amended— 

5 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen8 eral shall carry out grant programs under which the Attor9 ney General makes grants to States, units of local govern10 ment, Indian tribal governments, other public and private 

11 entities, multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia, and in12 dividuals for the purposes described in subsections (b), (c), 

13 (d), and (e).’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) by striking the subsection heading text 

16 and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY POLICING AND

17 CRIME PREVENTION GRANTS’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, to in19 crease the number of officers deployed in com20 munity-oriented policing’’; 

21 (C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or 

22 train’’ after ‘‘pay for’’; 

23 (D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

24 following: 

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1 tween local law enforcement agencies and local 

2 school systems to combat crime, gangs, drug activi3 ties, and other problems in and around elementary 

4 and secondary schools;’’; 

5 (E) by striking paragraph (9); 

6 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

7 through (12) as paragraphs (9) through (11), 

8 respectively; 

9 (G) by striking paragraph (13); 

10 (H) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

11 through (17) as paragraphs (12) through (15), 

12 respectively; 

13 (I) in paragraph (14), as so redesignated, 

14 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (J) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, 

16 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

17 a semicolon; and 

18 (K) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(16) establish and implement innovative pro20 grams to reduce and prevent illegal drug manufac21 turing, distribution, and use, including the manufac22 turing, distribution, and use of methamphetamine; 

23 and 


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1 ‘‘(17) award enhancing community policing and 

2 crime prevention grants that meet emerging law en3 forcement needs, as warranted.’’; 

4 (3) by striking subsection (c); 

5 (4) by striking subsections (h) and (i); 

6 (5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 

7 as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; 

8 (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(c) TROOPS-TO-COPS PROGRAMS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants made under sub12 section (a) may be used to hire former members of 

13 the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforce14 ment officers for deployment in community-oriented 

15 policing, particularly in communities that are ad16 versely affected by a recent military base closing. 

17 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, ‘former 

18 member of the Armed Forces’ means a member of 

19 the Armed Forces of the United States who is invol20 untarily separated from the Armed Forces within 

21 the meaning of section 1141 of title 10, United 

22 States Code. 

23 ‘‘(d) COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS PROGRAM.—The 

24 Attorney General may make grants under subsection (a) 


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1 to pay for additional community prosecuting programs, in2 cluding programs that assign prosecutors to— 

3 ‘‘(1) handle cases from specific geographic 

4 areas; and 

5 ‘‘(2) address counter-terrorism problems, spe6 cific violent crime problems (including intensive ille7 gal gang, gun, and drug enforcement and quality of 

8 life initiatives), and localized violent and other crime 

9 problems based on needs identified by local law en10 forcement agencies, community organizations, and 

11 others. 

12 ‘‘(e) TECHNOLOGY GRANTS.—The Attorney General 

13 may make grants under subsection (a) to develop and use 

14 new technologies (including interoperable communications 

15 technologies, modernized criminal record technology, and 

16 forensic technology) to assist State and local law enforce17 ment agencies in reorienting the emphasis of their activi18 ties from reacting to crime to preventing crime and to 

19 train law enforcement officers to use such technologies.’’; 

20 (7) in subsection (f), as so redesignated— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to 

22 States, units of local government, Indian tribal 

23 governments, and to other public and private 

24 entities,’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘define 

2 for State and local governments, and other pub3 lic and private entities,’’ and inserting ‘‘estab4 lish’’; 

5 (C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), 

6 by inserting ‘‘(including regional community po7 licing institutes)’’ after ‘‘training centers or fa8 cilities’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(4) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Office of Community 

11 Oriented Policing Services shall be the exclusive 

12 component of the Department of Justice to perform 

13 the functions and activities specified in this para14 graph.’’; 

15 (8) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 

16 striking ‘‘may utilize any component’’, and all that 

17 follows and inserting ‘‘shall use the Office of Com18 munity Oriented Policing Services of the Depart19 ment of Justice in carrying out this part.’’; 

20 (9) in subsection (h), as so redesignated— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ the first 

22 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘para23 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘in each fiscal year pursu25 ant to subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘in each 


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1 fiscal year for purposes described in paragraph 

2 (1) and (2) of subsection (b)’’; 

3 (10) in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by 

4 striking the second sentence; and 

5 (11) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(j) RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL OFFICER POSI7 TIONS.—For any grant under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub8 section (b) for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement 

9 officers, a grant recipient shall retain each additional law 

10 enforcement officer position created under that grant for 

11 not less than 12 months after the end of the period of 

12 that grant, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or 

13 in part, the retention requirement of a program, project, 

14 or activity.’’. 

15 (b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 1702 of the Omnibus 

16 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

17 3796dd–1) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (c)— 

19 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

20 by inserting ‘‘, unless waived by the Attorney 

21 General’’ after ‘‘under this part shall’’; 

22 (B) by striking paragraph (8); and 

23 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (9) 

24 through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (10), 

25 respectively; and 


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1 (2) by striking subsection (d). 

2 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—Section 1703 of the Om3 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3796dd–2) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1703. RENEWAL OF GRANTS. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A grant made under this part 

7 may be renewed, without limitations on the duration of 

8 such renewal, to provide additional funds, if the Attorney 

9 General determines that the funds made available to the 

10 recipient were used in a manner required under an ap11 proved application and if the recipient can demonstrate 

12 significant progress in achieving the objectives of the ini13 tial application. 

14 ‘‘(b) NO COST EXTENSIONS.—Notwithstanding sub15 section (a), the Attorney General may extend a grant pe16 riod, without limitations as to the duration of such exten17 sion, to provide additional time to complete the objectives 

18 of the initial grant award.’’. 

19 (d) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Section 1704 

20 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

21 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘that would, 

23 in the absence of Federal funds received under this 

24 part, be made available from State or local sources’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘that the Attorney General determines 


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1 would, in the absence of Federal funds received 

2 under this part, be made available for the purpose 

3 of the grant under this part from State or local 

4 sources’’; and 

5 (2) by striking subsection (c). 

6 (e) ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1706 of the Omni8 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

9 U.S.C. 3796dd–5) is amended— 

10 (A) in the section heading, by striking 

11 ‘‘REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUND12 ING’’ and inserting ‘‘ENFORCEMENT AC13 TIONS’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘revoke or suspend’’ and 

15 all that follows and inserting ‘‘take any enforce16 ment action available to the Department of Jus17 tice.’’. 

18 (2) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND19 MENT.—The table of contents of title I of the Omni20 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

21 U.S.C. 3711) is amended by striking the item relat22 ing to section 1706 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 1706. Enforcement actions.’’. 

23 (f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1709(1) of the Omnibus 

24 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

25 3796dd–8(1)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘who is a sworn law enforce2 ment officer’’ after ‘‘permanent basis’’; and 

3 (2) by inserting ‘‘, including officers for the 

4 Amtrak Police Department’’ before the period at the 

5 end. 

6 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

7 1001(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

8 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(11)) is amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

10 ‘‘1,047,119,000’’ and inserting ‘‘1,150,000,000’’; 

11 and 

12 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

13 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘3 

14 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent’’; and 

15 (B) by striking the second sentence and in16 serting the following: ‘‘Of the funds available 

17 for grants under part Q, not less than 

18 $600,000,000 shall be used for grants for the 

19 purposes specified in section 1701(b), not more 

20 than $200,000,000 shall be used for grants 

21 under section 1701(d), and not more than 

22 $350,000,000 shall be used for grants under 

23 section 1701(e).’’. 


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1 (h) PURPOSES.—Section 10002 of the Public Safety 

2 Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (42 

3 U.S.C. 3796dd note) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘development’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘use’’; and 

6 (2) in the matter following paragraph (4), by 

7 striking ‘‘for a period of 6 years’’. 

8 (i) COPS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of the Omni10 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

11 U.S.C. 3712h(b)) is amended— 

12 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

13 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

14 (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 

15 (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

16 by inserting ‘‘, except for the program under 

17 part Q of this title’’ before the period. 

18 (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTER SYS19 TEMS.—Section 107 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

20 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712f) is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 

23 grant made under part Q of this title.’’. 

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