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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1228 

To amend section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding 

law enforcement emergencies. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 26, 2007 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. OBAMA) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965 regarding law enforcement emergencies. 

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 ‘‘Campus Law Enforce5 ment Emergency Response Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCIES. 

7 Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)) is amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through 

10 (15) as paragraphs (10) through (16), respectively; 


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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(9)(A) Each institution of higher education 

4 participating in any program under this title shall 

5 develop and distribute as part of the report de6 scribed in paragraph (1)— 

7 ‘‘(i) a statement of policy regarding the in8 stitution’s law enforcement emergency response 

9 program; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) statistics concerning the occurrence of 

11 law enforcement emergencies on the campus of 

12 the institution. 

13 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(i) The term ‘campus’ has the meaning 

15 given the term in paragraph 6(A)(i), except 

16 that the term includes— 

17 ‘‘(I) a noncampus building or prop18 erty, as defined in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), of 

19 an institution of higher education; and 

20 ‘‘(II) any public property, as defined 

21 in paragraph (6)(A)(iii), of an institution 

22 of higher education. 

23 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘law enforcement emer24 gency’ means a shooting, the presence of an 

25 armed and dangerous person, a bomb threat, 


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1 the presence of an unauthorized hazardous or 

2 toxic material that poses a threat to health and 

3 safety, a lock-down, a reverse evacuation, or 

4 any other comparable type of incident, on the 

5 campus of an institution of higher education, 

6 that involves the participation of one or more 

7 law enforcement agencies. 

8 ‘‘(C) The policy described in subparagraph (A) 

9 shall address the following: 

10 ‘‘(i) Procedures students, employees, and 

11 others on the campus of the institution will be 

12 directed to follow if a law enforcement emer13 gency occurs. 

14 ‘‘(ii) Procedures the institution and law en15 forcement agencies will follow to inform stu16 dents, employees, and others on the campus of 

17 the institution about a law enforcement emer18 gency on the campus and will follow to direct 

19 the actions of the students, employees, and oth20 ers. Such procedures may include e-mail alerts, 

21 telephone alerts, text-message alerts, radio an22 nouncements, television alerts, audible alert sig23 nals, and public address announcements. 

24 ‘‘(D) Each institution participating in any pro25 gram under this title shall test the institution’s law 


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1 enforcement emergency response policy and proce2 dures on at least an annual basis. 

3 ‘‘(E) Each institution participating in any pro4 gram under this title shall make reports to the stu5 dents, employees, and others on the campus of the 

6 institution, not later than 30 minutes after the dis7 covery of a law enforcement emergency on the cam8 pus, through the procedures described in subpara9 graph (C)(ii). 

10 ‘‘(F) The Secretary and the Attorney General 

11 shall jointly have the authority— 

12 ‘‘(i) to review, monitor, and ensure compli13 ance with this paragraph; 

14 ‘‘(ii) to advise institutions of higher edu15 cation on model law enforcement emergency re16 sponse policies, procedures, and practices; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) to disseminate information con18 cerning those policies, procedures, and prac19 tices. 

20 ‘‘(G) CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCY

21 RESPONSE GRANTS.— 

22 ‘‘(i) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Sec23 retary may make grants to institutions of high24 er education or consortia of such institutions, or 

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1 sortia, and other organizations, to develop, im2 plement, operate, improve, test, or disseminate 

3 campus law enforcement emergency response 

4 policies, procedures, or programs. 

5 ‘‘(ii) AWARDS.—Grants and contracts 

6 under this subparagraph shall be awarded— 

7 ‘‘(I) on a competitive basis; and 

8 ‘‘(II) for a period not to exceed 1 

9 year. 

10 ‘‘(iii) APPLICATIONS.—An institution of 

11 higher education, a consortium, or an organiza12 tion that desires to receive a grant or enter into 

13 a contract under this subparagraph shall sub14 mit an application to the Secretary at such 

15 time, in such manner, and containing or accom16 panied by such information as the Secretary 

17 may reasonably require by regulation. 

18 ‘‘(iv) PARTICIPATION.—In awarding grants 

19 and contracts under this subparagraph, the 

20 Secretary shall make every effort to ensure— 

21 ‘‘(I) the equitable participation of in22 stitutions of higher education that are eli23 gible to participate in programs under this 

24 title; 


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1 ‘‘(II) the equitable geographic partici2 pation of such institutions; and 

3 ‘‘(III) the equitable participation of 

4 such institutions with large and small en5 rollments. 

6 ‘‘(v) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA7 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro8 priated to carry out this subparagraph 

9 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such sums 

10 as may be necessary for each of the 4 suc11 ceeding fiscal years.’’. 

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