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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6712 

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

require a certain percentage of COPS grant funds to be used for the 

salaries and benefits of school resource officers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2022 

Mr. JACOBS of New York (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BOST, Mr. 

NEWHOUSE, and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to require a certain percentage of COPS 

grant funds to be used for the salaries and benefits 

of school resource officers, 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 ‘‘School Resource Offi5 cer Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) a school resource officer program provides 

4 a safe learning environment in our Nation’s schools, 

5 provides valuable resources to school staff members, 

6 and fosters positive relationships between youth and 

7 law enforcement; 

8 (2) school resource officers are educators, infor9 mal counselors and mentors, and law enforcement 

10 officers; 

11 (3) local agencies need the resources and flexi12 bility to establish school resource officer programs 

13 that will encourage partnerships between schools and 

14 local law enforcement agencies to develop innovative 

15 ways to make schools safe; and 

16 (4) Federal grants for school resource officer 

17 salaries are intended to be a starting point for con18 tinued local action and should not divert current 

19 designated funding. 

20 SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR COPS IN SCHOOLS. 

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 1001(a)(11)(A) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

23 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)(A)) is 

24 amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol25 lowing: ‘‘, and $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 

26 through 2026’’. 


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1 (b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 1701(g) of the Omni2 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 

3 U.S.C. 10381(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘In relation to 

4 a grant for a period exceeding 1 year for hiring or rehiring 

5 career law enforcement officers, the Federal share shall 

6 decrease from year to year for up to 5 years, looking to7 ward the continuation of the increased hiring level using 

8 State or local sources of funding following the conclusion 

9 of Federal support, as provided in an approved plan pur10 suant to section 1702(c)(8).’’. 

11 (c) REPEAL TERMINATION OF GRANTS FOR HIRING

12 OFFICERS.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701(i) of the Om14 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

15 (34 U.S.C. 10381(i)) is repealed. 

16 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

17 1701(j)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

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

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

20 (d) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FUNDING.—Sec21 tion 1704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

22 Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10384) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$75,000’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘$125,000’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(d) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SET ASIDE.— 

2 Not less than 30 percent of the amount made available 

3 for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement 

4 officers shall be made available for the salaries and bene5 fits of the school resource officers hired pursuant to a 

6 partnership described in section 1701(b)(12).’’. 

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