I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1697 
To establish a Rural Policing Institute within the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center of the Department of Homeland Security to develop 
and provide for training programs for rural law enforcement agencies. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2007 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, and 
Mr. JINDAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To establish a Rural Policing Institute within the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center of the Department 
of Homeland Security to develop and provide for training 
programs for rural law enforcement agencies. 
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 ‘‘Rural Law Enforce-
ment Training Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. RURAL POLICING INSTITUTE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Rural 
Policing Institute, which shall be administered by the Di-
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rector of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
of the Department of Homeland Security, through the 
chief executive officer of the Office of State and Local 
Training of such Center, to perform the following func-
tions, with respect to law enforcement agencies of units 
of local government and tribal governments located in 
rural areas: 
(1) EVALUATION OF NEEDS OF RURAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT AGENCIES.—To evaluate the needs of 
such agencies. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.— 
To develop expert training programs designed to re-
spond to the needs of such agencies with respect 
to— 
(A) preparing for and responding to rural 
homeland security threats and incidents; 
(B) combating methamphetamine addiction 
and distribution; 
(C) combating domestic violence; 
(D) responding to school shootings; and 
(E) other topics identified in the evaluation 
conducted under paragraph (1). 
(3) PROVISION OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.—To 
provide to such agencies the training programs de-
veloped under paragraph (2). 
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(4) OUTREACH EFFORTS.—To conduct outreach 
efforts to ensure that such agencies are aware of the 
training programs developed under paragraph (2) so 
that such programs are made available to law en-
forcement officers of such agencies. 
(b) NO DUPLICATION OR DISPLACEMENT OF CUR-
RENT
PROGRAMS.—Any training program developed 
under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and any training 
provided by the Rural Policing Institute pursuant to such 
subsection shall be developed or provided, respectively, in 
a manner so as to not duplicate or displace any law en-
forcement program of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center in existence on the date of the enactment 
of this section. 
(c) PRIORITIZED LOCATIONS FOR RURAL LAW EN-
FORCEMENT TRAINING.—In designating sites for the pro-
vision of training under this section and for purposes of 
ensuring cost-effectiveness, the Director of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center shall, to the maximum 
extent possible and as appropriate, give priority to facili-
ties of the Department of Homeland Security in existence 
as of the date of the enactment of this Act and to closed 
military installations. 
(d) RURAL DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘rural’’ means an area that is not located in a metropoli-
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tan statistical area, as defined by the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and 
(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 
through 2013. 
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