I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3872 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize public safety and community policing grants to be used to 
make grants to institutions of higher education, with priority given to 
Predominantly Black Institutions and other similar institutions, to sup-
port majors related to criminal justice, for the purpose of increasing 
the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 2, 2015 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Edu-
cation and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to authorize public safety and community 
policing grants to be used to make grants to institutions 
of higher education, with priority given to Predominantly 
Black Institutions and other similar institutions, to sup-
port majors related to criminal justice, for the purpose 
of increasing the racial diversity of law enforcement 
agencies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Streets and Rep-
resentative Police Forces Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO INCREASE THE RACIAL DIVERSITY OF 
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. 
Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (16), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as para-
graph (18); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(17) to increase the racial diversity of law en-
forcement agencies by awarding grants to institu-
tions of higher education (as such term is defined in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1001)), with priority given to Predomi-
nantly Black Institutions (as such term is defined in 
section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1059e)), historically Black colleges and 
universities (as such term is defined in section 631 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1132)), institutions of higher education at which not 
less than 40 percent of the enrolled students are 
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Latino, and institutions of higher education at which 
not less than 40 percent of the enrolled students are 
Native American, to support majors related to crimi-
nal justice, including psychology, sociology, pre-law, 
and criminal justice majors; and’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (16)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (17)’’. 
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