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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1700 

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 

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 

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

9 3796dd) is amended— 


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1 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen4 eral shall carry out grant programs under which the Attor5 ney General makes grants to States, units of local govern6 ment, Indian tribal governments, other public and private 

7 entities, multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia, and in8 dividuals for the purposes described in subsections (b), (c), 

9 (d), and (e).’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) by striking the subsection heading text 

12 and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY POLICING AND

13 CRIME PREVENTION GRANTS’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, to in15 crease the number of officers deployed in com16 munity-oriented policing’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘to pay 

18 for offices’’ and inserting ‘‘to pay for or train 

19 officers’’; 

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

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(5) award grants to hire school resource offi23 cers and to establish school-based partnerships be24 tween local law enforcement agencies and local 

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1 ties, and other problems in and around elementary 

2 and secondary schools;’’; 

3 (E) by striking paragraph (9); 

4 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

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

6 respectively; 

7 (G) by striking paragraph (13); 

8 (H) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

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

10 respectively; 

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

12 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

14 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

15 a semicolon; and 

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

17 ‘‘(16) award grants to pay for officers hired to 

18 perform intelligence, anti-terror, or homeland secu19 rity duties; 

20 ‘‘(17) establish and implement innovative pro21 grams to reduce and prevent illegal drug manufac22 turing, distribution, and use, including the manufac23 turing, distribution, and use of methamphetamine; 

24 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 

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 inserting ‘‘The pre5 ceding sentence shall not apply with respect to any 

6 program, project, or activity provided by a grant 

7 made pursuant to subsection (a) for the purposes 

8 described in subsection (b)(16).’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(j) RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL OFFICER POSI11 TIONS.—For any grant under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub12 section (b) for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement 

13 officers, a grant recipient shall retain each additional law 

14 enforcement officer position created under that grant for 

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

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

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

18 or activity.’’. 

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

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

21 3796dd–1) is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (c)— 

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

24 by inserting ‘‘, unless waived by the Attorney 

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


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

2 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (9) 

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

4 respectively; and 

5 (2) by striking subsection (d). 

6 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—Section 1703 of the Om7 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

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

9 ‘‘SEC. 1703. RENEWAL OF GRANTS. 

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

11 may be renewed, without limitations on the duration of 

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

13 General determines that the funds made available to the 

14 recipient were used in a manner required under an ap15 proved application and if the recipient can demonstrate 

16 significant progress in achieving the objectives of the ini17 tial application. 

18 ‘‘(b) NO COST EXTENSIONS.—Notwithstanding sub19 section (a), the Attorney General may extend a grant pe20 riod, without limitations as to the duration of such exten21 sion, to provide additional time to complete the objectives 

22 of the initial grant award.’’. 

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

24 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

25 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

3 of Federal funds received under this part, be 

4 made available from State or local sources’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘that the Attorney General determines 

6 would, in the absence of Federal funds received 

7 under this part, be made available for the pur8 pose of the grant under this part from State or 

9 local sources’’; and 

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

11 sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentence shall not 

12 apply with respect to funds made available 

13 under this part by a grant made pursuant to 

14 subsection (a) for the purposes described in 

15 subsection (b)(16).’’; and 

16 (2) by striking subsection (c). 

17 (e) ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—Section 1706 of the 

18 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

19 U.S.C. 3796dd–5) is amended— 

20 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘REV21 OCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING’’ and in22 serting ‘‘ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS’’; and 

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

24 follows and inserting ‘‘take any enforcement action 

25 available to the Department of Justice.’’. 


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

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

3 3796dd–8(1)) is amended— 

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘who is a sworn law enforce5 ment officer’’ after ‘‘permanent basis’’; and 

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

7 Amtrak Police Department’’ before the period at the 

8 end. 

9 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 1001(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

11 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) is amend12 ed— 

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

14 ‘‘1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

15 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘1,150,000,000 for 

16 each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013’’; and 

17 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

19 percent may be used for technical assistance 

20 under section 1701(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘5 per21 cent may be used for technical assistance under 

22 section 1701(f)’’; and 

23 (B) by striking the second sentence and in24 serting the following: ‘‘Of the funds available 

25 for grants under part Q, not less than 


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1 $600,000,000 shall be used for grants for the 

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

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

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

5 $350,000,000 shall be used for grants under 

6 section 1701(e).’’. 

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

8 Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (42 

9 U.S.C. 3796dd note) is amended— 

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

11 and inserting ‘‘use’’; and 

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

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

14 (i) COPS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of the Omni16 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

17 U.S.C. 3712h(b)) is amended— 

18 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

19 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

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

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

22 by inserting ‘‘, except for the program under 

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

24 (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTER SYS25 TEMS.—Section 107 of the Omnibus Crime Control 


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

2 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

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