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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7209 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

require a certain percentage of COPS grant funds to be used for the 

salaries and benefits of school resource officers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2018 

Mr. MITCHELL (for himself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. DUNN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, 

Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. BACON, and Mr. LAWSON of Florida) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 

in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to require a certain percentage of COPS 

grant funds to be used for the salaries and benefits 

of school resource officers, 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 ‘‘School Resource Offi5 cer Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 It is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) a school resource officer program provides 

4 a safe learning environment in our Nation’s schools, 

5 provides valuable resources to school staff members, 

6 and fosters positive relationships between youth and 

7 law enforcement; 

8 (2) school resource officers are educators, infor9 mal counselors and mentors, and law enforcement 

10 officers; 

11 (3) local agencies need the resources and flexi12 bility to establish school resource officer programs 

13 that will encourage partnerships between schools and 

14 local law enforcement agencies to develop innovative 

15 ways to make schools safe; and 

16 (4) Federal grants for school resource officer 

17 salaries are intended to be a starting point for con18 tinued local action and should not divert current 

19 designated funding. 

20 SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR COPS IN SCHOOLS. 

21 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

22 1001(a)(11)(A) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

23 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)(A)) is 

24 amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol25 lowing: ‘‘, and $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 

26 through 2022’’. 


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1 (b) REPEAL TERMINATION OF GRANTS FOR HIRING

2 OFFICERS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701(i) of the Om4 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 

5 (34 U.S.C. 10381(i)) is repealed. 

6 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

7 1701(j)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

8 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(j)(1)) is 

9 amended by striking ‘‘subsection (i) and’’. 

10 (c) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FUNDING.—Section 

11 1704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

12 of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10384) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$75,000’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘$125,000’’; and 

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

16 ‘‘(d) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SET ASIDE.— 

17 Not less than 30 percent of the amount made available 

18 for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement 

19 officers shall be made available for the salaries and bene20 fits of the school resource officers hired pursuant to a 

21 partnership described in section 1701(b)(12).’’. 

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