110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1700

AN ACT

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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COPS Improvements 

3 Act of 2007’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COPS GRANT IMPROVEMENTS. 

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

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

7 3796dd) is amended—

8 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol9 lows: 

10 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen11 eral shall carry out grant programs under which the Attor12 ney General makes grants to States, units of local govern13 ment, Indian tribal governments, other public and private 

14 entities, multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia, and in15 dividuals for the purposes described in subsections (b), (c), 

16 (d), and (e).’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (b)—

18 (A) by striking the subsection heading text 

19 and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY POLICING AND

20 CRIME PREVENTION GRANTS’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, to in22 crease the number of officers deployed in com23 munity-oriented policing’’; 

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

25 follows: 
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1 ‘‘(4) award grants to pay for or train officers 

2 hired to perform intelligence, anti-terror, or home3 land security duties;’’; 

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

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(5) award grants to hire school resource offi7 cers and to establish school-based partnerships be8 tween local law enforcement agencies and local 

9 school systems to combat crime, gangs, drug activi10 ties, and other problems in and around elementary 

11 and secondary schools;’’; 

12 (E) by striking paragraph (9); 

13 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

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

15 respectively; 

16 (G) by striking paragraph (13); 

17 (H) by redesignating paragraphs (14) 

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

19 respectively; 

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

21 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

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

23 by striking the period at the end and inserting 

24 a semicolon; and 

25 (K) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(16) establish and implement innovative pro2 grams to reduce and prevent illegal drug manufac3 turing, distribution, and use, including the manufac4 turing, distribution, and use of methamphetamine; 

5 ‘‘(17) establish criminal gang enforcement task 

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

7 local law enforcement authorities (including Federal, 

8 State, and local prosecutors), for the coordinated in9 vestigation, disruption, apprehension, and prosecu10 tion of criminal gangs and offenders involved in local 

11 or multi-jurisdictional gang activities; and 

12 ‘‘(18) award enhancing community policing and 

13 crime prevention grants that meet emerging law en14 forcement needs, as warranted.’’; 

15 (3) by striking subsection (c); 

16 (4) by striking subsections (h) and (i); 

17 (5) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 

18 as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; 

19 (6) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(c) TROOPS-TO-COPS PROGRAMS.—

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants made under sub23 section (a) may be used to hire former members of 

24 the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforce25 ment officers for deployment in community-oriented 
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1 policing, particularly in communities that are ad2 versely affected by a recent military base closing. 

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

4 member of the Armed Forces’ means a member of 

5 the Armed Forces of the United States who has 

6 been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces 

7 of the United States. 

8 ‘‘(d) COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS PROGRAM.—The 

9 Attorney General may make grants under subsection (a) 

10 to pay for additional community prosecuting programs, in11 cluding programs that assign prosecutors to—

12 ‘‘(1) handle cases from specific geographic 

13 areas; and 

14 ‘‘(2) address counter-terrorism problems, spe15 cific violent crime problems (including intensive ille16 gal gang, gun, and drug enforcement and quality of 

17 life initiatives), and localized violent and other crime 

18 problems based on needs identified by local law en19 forcement agencies, community organizations, and 

20 others. 

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

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

23 new technologies (including interoperable communications 

24 technologies, modernized criminal record technology, and 

25 forensic technology) to assist State and local law enforce-
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1 ment agencies in reorienting the emphasis of their activi2 ties from reacting to crime to preventing crime and to 

3 train law enforcement officers to use such technologies.’’; 

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

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

6 States, units of local government, Indian tribal 

7 governments, and to other public and private 

8 entities,’’; 

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

10 for State and local governments, and other pub11 lic and private entities,’’ and inserting ‘‘estab12 lish’’; 

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

14 by inserting ‘‘(including regional community po15 licing institutes)’’ after ‘‘training centers or fa16 cilities’’; and 

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

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

19 Oriented Policing Services shall be the exclusive 

20 component of the Department of Justice to perform 

21 the functions and activities specified in this para22 graph.’’; 

23 (8) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 

24 striking ‘‘may utilize any component’’, and all that 

25 follows and inserting ‘‘shall use the Office of Com-
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1 munity Oriented Policing Services of the Depart2 ment of Justice in carrying out this part.’’; 

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

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

5 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘para6 graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)’’; and 

7 (B) by striking ‘‘in each fiscal year pursu8 ant to subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘in each 

9 fiscal year for purposes described in paragraph 

10 (1) and (2) of subsection (b)’’; 

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

12 (A) by striking ‘‘the Federal share shall 

13 decrease from year to year for up to 5 years’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘unless the Attorney General 

15 waives the non-Federal contribution require16 ment as described in the preceding sentence, 

17 the non-Federal share of the costs of hiring or 

18 rehiring such officers may be less than 25 per19 cent of such costs for any year during the grant 

20 period, provided that the non-Federal share of 

21 such costs shall not be less than 25 percent in 

22 the aggregate for the entire grant period, but 

23 the State or local government should make an 

24 effort to increase the non-Federal share of such 

25 costs during the grant period’’; and 
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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentences shall not 

3 apply with respect to any program, project, or 

4 activity provided by a grant made pursuant to 

5 subsection (b)(4).’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(j) RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL OFFICER POSI8 TIONS.—For any grant under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub9 section (b) for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement 

10 officers, a grant recipient shall retain each additional law 

11 enforcement officer position created under that grant for 

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

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

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

15 or activity.’’. 

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

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

18 3796dd–1) is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (c)—

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

21 by inserting ‘‘, unless waived by the Attorney 

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

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

24 the cost’’ and all that follows and inserting 

25 ‘‘share of the costs during the grant period, 
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1 how the applicant will maintain the increased 

2 hiring level of the law enforcement officers, and 

3 how the applicant will eventually assume re4 sponsibility for all of the costs for such offi5 cers;’’; and 

6 (2) by striking subsection (d). 

7 (c) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—Section 1703 of the Om8 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

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

10 ‘‘SEC. 1703. RENEWAL OF GRANTS. 

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

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

13 limitations on the duration of such renewal, to provide ad14 ditional funds if the Attorney General determines that the 

15 funds made available to the recipient were used in a man16 ner required under an approved application and if the re17 cipient can demonstrate significant progress in achieving 

18 the objectives of the initial application. 

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

20 part for hiring or rehiring additional career law enforce21 ment officers may be renewed for up to 5 years, except 

22 that the Attorney General may waive such 5-year limita23 tion for good cause. 

24 ‘‘(c) NO COST EXTENSIONS.—Notwithstanding sub25 sections (a) and (b), the Attorney General may extend a 
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1 grant period, without limitations as to the duration of 

2 such extension, to provide additional time to complete the 

3 objectives of the initial grant award.’’. 

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

5 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 

6 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3) is amended—

7 (1) in subsection (a)—

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

9 of Federal funds received under this part, be 

10 made available from State or local sources’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘that the Attorney General determines 

12 would, in the absence of Federal funds received 

13 under this part, be made available for the pur14 pose of the grant under this part from State or 

15 local sources’’; and 

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

17 sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentence shall not 

18 apply with respect to funds made available 

19 under this part by a grant made pursuant to 

20 subsection (a) for the purposes described in 

21 subsection (b)(4).’’; and 

22 (2) by striking subsection (c). 

23 (e) STUDY OF PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.—Section 

24 1705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
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1 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–4) is amended by adding at 

2 the end the following new subsection: 

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

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

5 provide for a scientific study of the effectiveness of 

6 the programs, projects, and activities funded under 

7 this part in reducing crime. 

8 ‘‘(2) STUDY.—The Attorney General shall se9 lect one or more institutions of higher education, in10 cluding historically Black colleges and universities, 

11 to conduct the study described in paragraph (1). 

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

13 the date of the enactment of the COPS Improve14 ments Act of 2007, the institution or institutions se15 lected under paragraph (2) shall report the findings 

16 of the study described in paragraph (1) to the Attor17 ney General. Not later than 30 days after the receipt 

18 of such report, the Attorney General shall report 

19 such findings to the appropriate committees of Con20 gress, along with any recommendations the Attorney 

21 General may have relating to the effectiveness of the 

22 programs, projects, and activities funded under this 

23 part in reducing crime.’’. 
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1 (f) ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—Section 1706 of the 

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

3 U.S.C. 3796dd–5) is amended—

4 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘REV5 OCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING’’ and in6 serting ‘‘ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS’’; and 

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

8 follows and inserting ‘‘take any enforcement action 

9 available to the Department of Justice.’’. 

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

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

12 3796dd–8(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘who is a sworn 

13 law enforcement officer’’ after ‘‘permanent basis’’. 

14 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

15 1001(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

16 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) is amend17 ed—

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

19 ‘‘1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 

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

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

22 (2) in subparagraph (B)—

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

24 percent may be used for technical assistance 

25 under section 1701(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘5 per-
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1 cent may be used for technical assistance under 

2 section 1701(f)’’; and 

3 (B) by striking the second sentence and in4 serting the following: ‘‘Of the funds available 

5 for grants under part Q, not less than 

6 $600,000,000 shall be used for grants for the 

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

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

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

10 $350,000,000 shall be used for grants under 

11 section 1701(e).’’. 

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

13 Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (42 

14 U.S.C. 3796dd note) is amended—

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

16 and inserting ‘‘use’’; and 

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

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

19 (j) COPS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of the Omni21 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

22 U.S.C. 3712h(b)) is amended—

23 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

24 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

25 (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

2 by inserting ‘‘, except for the program under 

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

4 (2) LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPUTER SYS5 TEMS.—Section 107 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

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

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

10 SEC. 3. REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL REQUIRED. 

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

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

13 Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report 

14 on the Public Safety and Community Policing (‘‘COPS 

15 ON THE BEAT’’) grant program authorized by part Q 

16 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

17 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), including the ele18 ments described in subsection (b). 

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

20 under subsection (a) shall include information on the fol21 lowing, with respect to the grant program described in 

22 such subsection: 

23 (1) The effect of the program on the rate of 

24 violent crime, drug offenses, and other crimes. 
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1 (2) The degree to which State and local govern2 ments awarded a grant under the program con3 tribute State and local funds, respectively, for law 

4 enforcement programs and activities. 

5 (3) Any waste, fraud, or abuse within the pro6 gram. 

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

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

9 of Justice shall audit and review a random sampling of 

10 State and local law enforcement agencies. Such sampling 

11 shall include—

12 (1) law enforcement agencies of various sizes; 

13 (2) law enforcement agencies that serve various 

14 populations; and 

15 (3) law enforcement agencies that serve areas 

16 of various crime rates. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 15, 2007. 

Attest:

Clerk. 
110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1700

AN ACT

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