I 
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 pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Resource Offi-
cer Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) a school resource officer program provides 
a safe learning environment in our Nation’s schools, 
provides valuable resources to school staff members, 
and fosters positive relationships between youth and 
law enforcement; 
(2) school resource officers are educators, infor-
mal counselors and mentors, and law enforcement 
officers; 
(3) local agencies need the resources and flexi-
bility to establish school resource officer programs 
that will encourage partnerships between schools and 
local law enforcement agencies to develop innovative 
ways to make schools safe; and 
(4) Federal grants for school resource officer 
salaries are intended to be a starting point for con-
tinued local action and should not divert current 
designated funding. 
SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR COPS IN SCHOOLS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(11)(A) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)(A)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2022’’. 
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(b) REPEAL TERMINATION OF GRANTS FOR HIRING 
OFFICERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701(i) of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10381(i)) is repealed. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1701(j)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(j)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘subsection (i) and’’. 
(c) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FUNDING.—Section 
1704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10384) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘$75,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$125,000’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS SET ASIDE.— 
Not less than 30 percent of the amount made available 
for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement 
officers shall be made available for the salaries and bene-
fits of the school resource officers hired pursuant to a 
partnership described in section 1701(b)(12).’’. 
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