I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6712 
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 
FEBRUARY 11, 2022 
Mr. JACOBS of New York (for himself, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BOST, Mr. 
NEWHOUSE, and Mr. BACON) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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. 
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 2022’’. 
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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 $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2026’’. 
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(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 1701(g) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10381(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘In relation to 
a grant for a period exceeding 1 year for hiring or rehiring 
career law enforcement officers, the Federal share shall 
decrease from year to year for up to 5 years, looking to-
ward the continuation of the increased hiring level using 
State or local sources of funding following the conclusion 
of Federal support, as provided in an approved plan pur-
suant to section 1702(c)(8).’’. 
(c) 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’’. 
(d) SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FUNDING.—Sec-
tion 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: 
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‘‘(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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