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Union Calendar No. 90 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1700 

[Report No. 110–150] 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2007 

Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. KELLER of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

MAY 14, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. PATRICK MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. WILSON of 

Ohio, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. 

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ORTIZ, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. NADLER, Mr. REYES, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. 

CONYERS, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. STUPAK, 

Mr. REICHERT, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. HIGGINS, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. 

EMANUEL, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mr. 

HARE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. FILNER, Mr. VISCLOSKY, 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 

Mr. RAHALL, Mr. WU, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. WATSON, Mr. SIRES, Mr. 

MORAN of Virginia, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. SHULER, Ms. 

HIRONO, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mr. MOORE of 

Kansas, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. HILL, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. HALL of New York, 

Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MICHAUD, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. 

ARCURI, Mr. SPACE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, Mr. BISHOP

of Georgia, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. 

YARMUTH, Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 

WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 

Texas, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. UDALL of 

New Mexico, Mr. MURTHA, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. 


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MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. KLEIN of Florida, Mr. 

PERLMUTTER, Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. HODES, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. 

FOSSELLA, Mr. HOLT, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 

MATHESON, and Ms. LEE

MAY 14, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 26, 2007] 

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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. COPS GRANT IMPROVEMENTS. 

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

8 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) 

9 is amended— 

10 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol11 lows: 

12 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General 

13 shall carry out grant programs under which the Attorney 

14 General makes grants to States, units of local government, 


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1 Indian tribal governments, other public and private enti2 ties, multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia, and individ3 uals for the purposes described in subsections (b), (c), (d), 

4 and (e).’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) by striking the subsection heading text 

7 and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY POLICING AND

8 CRIME PREVENTION GRANTS’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, to in10 crease the number of officers deployed in commu11 nity-oriented policing’’; 

12 (C) by amending paragraph (4) to read as 

13 follows: 

14 ‘‘(4) award grants to pay for or train officers 

15 hired to perform intelligence, anti-terror, or homeland 

16 security duties;’’; 

17 (D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(5) award grants to hire school resource officers 

20 and to establish school-based partnerships between 

21 local law enforcement agencies and local school sys22 tems to combat crime, gangs, drug activities, and 

23 other problems in and around elementary and sec24 ondary schools;’’; 

25 (E) by striking paragraph (9); 


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1 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

2 through (12) as paragraphs (9) through (11), re3 spectively; 

4 (G) by striking paragraph (13); 

5 (H) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

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

7 respectively; 

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

9 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

11 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

12 a semicolon; and 

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

14 ‘‘(16) establish and implement innovative pro15 grams to reduce and prevent illegal drug manufac16 turing, distribution, and use, including the manufac17 turing, distribution, and use of methamphetamine; 

18 ‘‘(17) establish criminal gang enforcement task 

19 forces, consisting of members of Federal, State, and 

20 local law enforcement authorities (including Federal, 

21 State, and local prosecutors), for the coordinated in22 vestigation, disruption, apprehension, and prosecu23 tion of criminal gangs and offenders involved in local 

24 or multi-jurisdictional gang activities; and 


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1 ‘‘(18) 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 the 

13 Armed Forces to serve as career law enforcement offi14 cers for deployment in community-oriented policing, 

15 particularly in communities that are adversely af16 fected by a recent military base closing. 

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

18 member of the Armed Forces’ means a member of the 

19 Armed Forces of the United States who has been hon20 orably discharged from the Armed Forces of the 

21 United States. 

22 ‘‘(d) COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS PROGRAM.—The At23 torney General may make grants under subsection (a) to 

24 pay for additional community prosecuting programs, in25 cluding programs that assign prosecutors to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) handle cases from specific geographic areas; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(2) address counter-terrorism problems, specific 

4 violent crime problems (including intensive illegal 

5 gang, gun, and drug enforcement and quality of life 

6 initiatives), and localized violent and other crime 

7 problems based on needs identified by local law en8 forcement agencies, community organizations, and 

9 others. 

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

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

12 new technologies (including interoperable communications 

13 technologies, modernized criminal record technology, and 

14 forensic technology) to assist State and local law enforce15 ment agencies in reorienting the emphasis of their activities 

16 from reacting to crime to preventing crime and to train 

17 law enforcement officers to use such technologies.’’; 

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

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

20 States, units of local government, Indian tribal 

21 governments, and to other public and private en22 tities,’’; 

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

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1 lic and private entities,’’ and inserting ‘‘estab2 lish’’; 

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

4 by inserting ‘‘(including regional community po5 licing institutes)’’ after ‘‘training centers or fa6 cilities’’; and 

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

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

9 Oriented Policing Services shall be the exclusive com10 ponent of the Department of Justice to perform the 

11 functions and activities specified in this paragraph.’’; 

12 (8) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by strik13 ing ‘‘may utilize any component’’, and all that fol14 lows and inserting ‘‘shall use the Office of Commu15 nity Oriented Policing Services of the Department of 

16 Justice in carrying out this part.’’; 

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

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

19 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘para20 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘in each fiscal year pursu22 ant to subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘in each fis23 cal year for purposes described in paragraph (1) 

24 and (2) of subsection (b)’’; 

25 (10) in subsection (i), as so redesignated— 


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1 (A) by striking ‘‘the Federal share shall de2 crease from year to year for up to 5 years’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘unless the Attorney General waives 

4 the non-Federal contribution requirement as de5 scribed in the preceding sentence, the non-Fed6 eral share of the costs of hiring or rehiring such 

7 officers may be less than 25 percent of such costs 

8 for any year during the grant period, provided 

9 that the non-Federal share of such costs shall not 

10 be less than 25 percent in the aggregate for the 

11 entire grant period, but the State or local gov12 ernment should make an effort to increase the 

13 non-Federal share of such costs during the grant 

14 period’’; and 

15 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

16 sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentences shall not 

17 apply with respect to any program, project, or 

18 activity provided by a grant made pursuant to 

19 subsection (b)(4).’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(j) RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL OFFICER POSI22 TIONS.—For any grant under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub23 section (b) for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement 

24 officers, a grant recipient shall retain each additional law 

25 enforcement officer position created under that grant for not 


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1 less than 12 months after the end of the period of that grant, 

2 unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the 

3 retention requirement of a program, project, or activity.’’. 

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

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

6 3796dd–1) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c)— 

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

9 by inserting ‘‘, unless waived by the Attorney 

10 General’’ after ‘‘under this part shall’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘share of 

12 the cost’’ and all that follows and inserting 

13 ‘‘share of the costs during the grant period, how 

14 the applicant will maintain the increased hiring 

15 level of the law enforcement officers, and how the 

16 applicant will eventually assume responsibility 

17 for all of the costs for such officers;’’; and 

18 (2) by striking subsection (d). 

19 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—Section 1703 of the Omni20 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

21 3796dd–2) is amended to read as follows: 

22 ‘‘SEC. 1703. RENEWAL OF GRANTS. 

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 

24 (b), a grant made under this part may be renewed, without 

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1 ditional funds if the Attorney General determines that the 

2 funds made available to the recipient were used in a man3 ner required under an approved application and if the re4 cipient can demonstrate significant progress in achieving 

5 the objectives of the initial application. 

6 ‘‘(b) GRANTS FOR HIRING.—Grants made under this 

7 part for hiring or rehiring additional career law enforce8 ment officers may be renewed for up to 5 years, except that 

9 the Attorney General may waive such 5-year limitation for 

10 good cause. 

11 ‘‘(c) NO COST EXTENSIONS.—Notwithstanding sub12 sections (a) and (b), the Attorney General may extend a 

13 grant period, without limitations as to the duration of such 

14 extension, to provide additional time to complete the objec15 tives of the initial grant award.’’. 

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

17 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

18 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘that would, in the absence 

21 of Federal funds received under this part, be 

22 made available from State or local sources’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘that the Attorney General determines 

24 would, in the absence of Federal funds received 

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1 pose of the grant under this part from State or 

2 local sources’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

4 sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentence shall not apply 

5 with respect to funds made available under this 

6 part by a grant made pursuant to subsection (a) 

7 for the purposes described in subsection (b)(4).’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) by striking subsection (c). 

10 (e) STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.—Section 

11 1705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

12 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–4) is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new subsection: 

14 ‘‘(d) STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

16 provide for a scientific study of the effectiveness of the 

17 programs, projects, and activities funded under this 

18 part in reducing crime. 

19 ‘‘(2) STUDY.—The Attorney General shall select 

20 one or more institutions of higher education, includ21 ing historically Black colleges and universities, to 

22 conduct the study described in paragraph (1). 

23 ‘‘(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 4 years after the 

24 date of the enactment of the COPS Improvements Act 

25 of 2007, the institution or institutions selected under 


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1 paragraph (2) shall report the findings of the study 

2 described in paragraph (1) to the Attorney General. 

3 Not later than 30 days after the receipt of such re4 port, the Attorney General shall report such findings 

5 to the appropriate committees of Congress, along with 

6 any recommendations the Attorney General may have 

7 relating to the effectiveness of the programs, projects, 

8 and activities funded under this part in reducing 

9 crime.’’. 

10 (f) ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—Section 1706 of the Om11 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

12 U.S.C. 3796dd–5) is amended— 

13 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘REV14 OCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING’’ and in15 serting ‘‘ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS’’; and 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘revoke or suspend’’ and all that 

17 follows and inserting ‘‘take any enforcement action 

18 available to the Department of Justice.’’. 

19 (g) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1709(1) of the Omnibus 

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

21 3796dd–8(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘who is a sworn law 

22 enforcement officer’’ after ‘‘permanent basis’’. 

23 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

24 1001(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

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


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

2 ‘‘1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 

3 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘1,150,000,000 for each of fiscal 

4 years 2008 through 2013’’; and 

5 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

6 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘3 per7 cent may be used for technical assistance under 

8 section 1701(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘5 percent may 

9 be used for technical assistance under section 

10 1701(f)’’; and 

11 (B) by striking the second sentence and in12 serting the following: ‘‘Of the funds available for 

13 grants under part Q, not less than $600,000,000 

14 shall be used for grants for the purposes specified 

15 in section 1701(b), not more than $200,000,000 

16 shall be used for grants under section 1701(d), 

17 and not more than $350,000,000 shall be used 

18 for grants under section 1701(e).’’. 

19 (i) PURPOSES.—Section 10002 of the Public Safety 

20 Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (42 

21 U.S.C. 3796dd note) is amended— 

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

23 and inserting ‘‘use’’; and 

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

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


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1 (j) COPS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of the Omni3 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

4 U.S.C. 3712h(b)) is amended— 

5 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

6 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

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

8 (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by 

9 inserting ‘‘, except for the program under part Q 

10 of this title’’ before the period. 

11 (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS.— 

12 Section 107 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

13 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712f) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

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

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

17 SEC. 3. REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL REQUIRED. 

18 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 

20 Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report on 

21 the Public Safety and Community Policing (‘‘COPS ON 

22 THE BEAT’’) grant program authorized by part Q of title 

23 I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

24 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), including the elements de25 scribed in subsection (b). 


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1 (b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report submitted 

2 under subsection (a) shall include information on the fol3 lowing, with respect to the grant program described in such 

4 subsection: 

5 (1) The effect of the program on the rate of vio6 lent crime, drug offenses, and other crimes. 

7 (2) The degree to which State and local govern8 ments awarded a grant under the program contribute 

9 State and local funds, respectively, for law enforce10 ment programs and activities. 

11 (3) Any waste, fraud, or abuse within the pro12 gram. 

13 (c) RANDOM SAMPLING REQUIRED.—For purposes of 

14 subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Department of 

15 Justice shall audit and review a random sampling of State 

16 and local law enforcement agencies. Such sampling shall 

17 include— 

18 (1) law enforcement agencies of various sizes; 

19 (2) law enforcement agencies that serve various 

20 populations; and 

21 (3) law enforcement agencies that serve areas of 

22 various crime rates. 


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Union Calendar No. 90 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1700 

[Report No. 110

–150] 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

poses. THE BEAT grant program, and for other purStreets Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON 

MAY 14, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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