SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Center to Advance, 
Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 
2008’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Safety Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new part: 
‘‘PART LL—NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS 
PUBLIC SAFETY 
‘‘SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE-
TY. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN-
TER.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office 
of Community Oriented Policing Services is author-
ized to establish and operate a National Center for 
Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as 
the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is 
authorized to award grants to institutions of higher 
education and other nonprofit organizations to asisst 
in carrying out the functions of the Center required 
under subsection (b).
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE CENTER.—The Center 
shall— 
‘‘(1) provide quality education and training for 
campus public safety agencies of institutions of high-
er education and the agencies’ collaborative part-
ners, including campus mental health agencies; 
‘‘(2) foster quality research to strengthen the 
safety and security of the institutions of higher edu-
cation in the United States; 
‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica-
tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro-
cedures, and best practices relevant to campus pub-
lic safety, including off-campus housing safety, the 
prevention of violence against persons and property, 
and emergency response and evacuation procedures; 
‘‘(4) develop protocols, in conjunction with the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Secretary of Education, State, local, and 
tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, 
private and nonprofit organizations and associations, 
and other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against, 
respond to, and recover from, natural and man-made 
emergencies or dangerous situations involving an im-
mediate threat to the health or safety of the campus 
community;
‘‘(5) promote the development and dissemina-
tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and 
management models to prevent campus violence; 
‘‘(6) coordinate campus safety information (in-
cluding ways to increase off-campus housing safety) 
and resources available from the Department of Jus-
tice, the Department of Homeland Security, the De-
partment of Education, State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments and law enforcement agencies, and private 
and nonprofit organizations and associations; 
‘‘(7) increase cooperation, collaboration, and 
consistency in prevention, response, and problem- 
solving methods among law enforcement, mental 
health, and other agencies and jurisdictions serving 
institutions of higher education in the United States; 
‘‘(8) develop standardized formats and models 
for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of un-
derstanding between campus security agencies and 
other public safety organizations and mental health 
agencies; and 
‘‘(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor-
ney General on activities performed by the Center 
during the previous 12 months.
‘‘(c) 
COORDINATION
WITH
AVAILABLE
RE-
SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Director of the 
Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall— 
‘‘(1) consult with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor-
ney General of each State; and 
‘‘(2) coordinate the establishment and operation 
of the Center with campus public safety resources 
that may be available within the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Department of Edu-
cation. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—In this section, the term ‘institution of higher 
education’ has the meaning given the term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2009 through 
2013.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 27, 
2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6838 
AN ACT 
To establish and operate a National Center for 
Campus Public Safety.