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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 433 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 

Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. KIRK) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and 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 2013’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Safety Act of 2013’’. 

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

8 Subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

9 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 

10 et seq.) is amended— 

11 (1) in section 501 (42 U.S.C. 3751)— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a)(1)— 

2 (i) in the matter preceding subpara3 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘or purposes’’ after 

4 ‘‘one or more of the following programs’’; 

5 and 

6 (ii) by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(H) Making subawards to institutions of 

9 higher education and other nonprofit organiza10 tions to assist the National Center for Campus 

11 Public Safety in carrying out the functions of 

12 the Center required under section 509(b).’’; and 

13 (B) in subsection (b)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

15 at the end; 

16 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 

17 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(3) institutions of higher education and other 

21 nonprofit organizations, for purposes of carrying out 

22 section 509.’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘SEC. 509. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE2 TY. 

3 ‘‘(a) 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 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN8 TER.—The Attorney General may establish and operate 

9 a National Center for Campus Public Safety (referred to 

10 in this section as the ‘Center’). 

11 ‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTER.—The Center 

12 shall— 

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

14 public safety personnel of institutions of higher edu15 cation and their collaborative partners, including 

16 campus mental health agencies; 

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

18 safety and security of institutions of higher edu19 cation; 

20 ‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica21 tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro22 tocols, procedures, and best practices relevant to 

23 campus public safety, including off-campus housing 

24 safety, the prevention of violence against persons 

25 and property, and emergency response and evacu26 ation procedures; 


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

2 Security, the Secretary of Education, State, local 

3 and tribal governments and law enforcement agen4 cies, private and nonprofit organizations and asso5 ciations, and other stakeholders, to develop protocols 

6 and best practices to prevent, protect against and 

7 respond to dangerous and violent situations involv8 ing an immediate threat to the safety of the campus 

9 community; 

10 ‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina11 tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 

12 management models to prevent campus violence; 

13 ‘‘(6) identify campus safety information (includ14 ing ways to increase off-campus housing safety) and 

15 identify resources available from the Department of 

16 Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the 

17 Department of Education, State, local, and tribal 

18 governments and law enforcement agencies, and pri19 vate and nonprofit organizations and associations; 

20 ‘‘(7) promote cooperation, collaboration, and 

21 consistency in prevention, response, and problem22 solving methods among public safety and emergency 

23 management personnel of institutions of higher edu24 cation and their campus- and non-campus-based col25 laborative partners, including law enforcement, 


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1 emergency management, mental health services, and 

2 other relevant agencies; 

3 ‘‘(8) disseminate standardized formats and 

4 models for mutual aid agreements and memoranda 

5 of understanding between campus security agencies 

6 and other public safety organizations and mental 

7 health agencies; and 

8 ‘‘(9) report annually to Congress on activities 

9 performed by the Center during the previous 12 

10 months. 

11 ‘‘(d) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE12 SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Attorney Gen13 eral shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland 

15 Security, the Secretary of Education, and appro16 priate State or territory officials; 

17 ‘‘(2) ensure coordination with campus public 

18 safety resources within the Department of Homeland 

19 Security, including within the Federal Emergency 

20 Management Agency, and the Department of Edu21 cation; and 

22 ‘‘(3) coordinate within the Department of Jus23 tice and existing grant programs to ensure against 

24 duplication with the program authorized by this sec25 tion. 


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1 ‘‘(e) REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—At the end 

2 of each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) issue a report that assesses the impacts, 

4 outcomes and effectiveness of the grants distributed 

5 to carry out this section; 

6 ‘‘(2) in compiling such report, assess instances 

7 of duplicative activity, if any, performed through 

8 grants distributed to carry out this section and other 

9 grant programs maintained by the Department of 

10 Justice, the Department of Education, and the De11 partment of Homeland Security; and 

12 ‘‘(3) make such report available on the Depart13 ment of Justice website and submit such report to 

14 the Senate and House Judiciary Committees and the 

15 Senate and House Appropriations Committees.’’. 

16 SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

17 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

18 Act shall preclude public elementary and secondary 

19 schools or their larger governing agencies from receiving 

20 the informational and training benefits of the National 

21 Center for Campus Public Safety authorized under section 

22 509 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

23 of 1968, as added by this Act. 

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