I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 359 
To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 23, 2013 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. CUMMINGS) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To establish and operate a National Center for Campus 
Public Safety. 
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 ‘‘Center to Advance, 
Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 
2013’’ or the ‘‘CAMPUS Safety Act of 2013’’. 
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: 
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‘‘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 Attorney General is 
authorized to establish and operate, within the Of-
fice of Community Oriented Policing Services, a Na-
tional Center for Campus Public Safety (referred to 
in this section as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Attorney Gen-
eral, through the Office of Community Oriented Po-
licing Services, is authorized to award grants to in-
stitutions of higher education and other nonprofit 
organizations to assist 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 
public safety personnel of institutions of higher edu-
cation and their collaborative partners, including 
campus mental health agencies; 
‘‘(2) foster quality research to strengthen the 
safety and security of institutions of higher edu-
cation; 
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‘‘(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica-
tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro-
tocols, procedures, and best practices relevant to 
campus public safety, including off-campus housing 
safety, the prevention of violence against persons 
and property, and emergency response and evacu-
ation procedures; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of Education, State, local 
and tribal governments and law enforcement agen-
cies, private and nonprofit organizations and asso-
ciations, and other stakeholders, to develop protocols 
and best practices to prevent, protect against and 
respond to dangerous and violent situations involv-
ing an immediate threat to the 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) identify campus safety information (includ-
ing ways to increase off-campus housing safety) and 
identify resources available from the Department of 
Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the 
Department of Education, State, local, and tribal 
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governments and law enforcement agencies, and pri-
vate and nonprofit organizations and associations; 
‘‘(7) promote cooperation, collaboration, and 
consistency in prevention, response, and problem- 
solving methods among public safety and emergency 
management personnel of institutions of higher edu-
cation and their campus- and non-campus-based col-
laborative partners, including law enforcement, 
emergency management, mental health services, and 
other relevant agencies; 
‘‘(8) disseminate standardized formats and 
models for mutual aid agreements and memoranda 
of understanding between campus security agencies 
and other public safety organizations and mental 
health agencies; and 
‘‘(9) report annually to Congress on activities 
performed by the Center during the previous 12 
months. 
‘‘(c) 
COORDINATION
WITH
AVAILABLE
RE-
SOURCES.—In establishing the Center, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Secretary of Education, and appro-
priate State or territory officials; and 
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‘‘(2) ensure coordination with campus public 
safety resources within the Department of Homeland 
Security, including within the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, 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) FUNDING.—Funding for the implementation of 
this part shall be through the use of existing excess unobli-
gated funds available to the Office of Community Oriented 
Policing Services.’’. 
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall preclude public elementary 
and secondary schools or their larger governing agencies 
from receiving the informational and training benefits of 
the Center. 
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