I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2318 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2015 
Mr. REICHERT (for himself, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. KING of New York, Ms. 
DELBENE, Mr. LANCE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BENISHEK, Mr. HANNA, and 
Mr. DENT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT 
grant program, 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 ‘‘COPS Improvement 
and Reauthorization Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 2. COPS GRANT IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701 of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (c); 
(2) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); 
(3) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLIC-
ING SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) OFFICE.—There is within the Department 
of Justice, under the general authority of the Attor-
ney General, a separate and distinct office to be 
known as the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
Services (referred to in this subsection as the ‘COPS 
Office’). 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The COPS Office shall be 
headed by a Director who shall— 
‘‘(A) be appointed by the Attorney Gen-
eral; and 
‘‘(B) have final authority over all grants, 
cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded 
by the COPS Office. 
‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall carry out grant programs under which the Attor-
ney General makes grants to States, units of local govern-
ment, Indian tribal governments, other public and private 
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entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia for 
the purposes described in subsections (c), (d), and (e).’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘uses of 
grant amounts.—’’ and inserting ‘‘COMMUNITY 
POLICING AND CRIME PREVENTION GRANTS’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, to in-
crease the number of officers deployed in com-
munity-oriented policing’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘pay for offices’’ and 
inserting ‘‘pay for or train officers’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and to provide for 
the initial hiring of such officers’’ after 
‘‘duties’’; 
(D) by striking paragraph (9); 
(E) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5) 
through (8) as paragraphs (6) through (9), re-
spectively; 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) award grants to hire school resource offi-
cers and to establish school-based partnerships be-
tween local law enforcement agencies and local 
school systems to enhance school safety and to com-
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bat crime, gangs, drug activities, and other problems 
in and around elementary and secondary schools, in-
cluding assisting schools with emergency prepared-
ness and preventative measures plans for natural 
disasters and acts of violence and terrorism.’’; 
(G) by striking paragraph (13); 
(H) by redesignating paragraphs (14), 
(15), and (16) as paragraphs (13), (14), and 
(15), respectively; 
(I) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(J) by redesignating paragraph (17) as 
paragraph (18); 
(K) by inserting after paragraph (15), as 
so redesignated, the following: 
‘‘(16) establish and implement innovative pro-
grams to reduce and prevent illegal drug manufac-
turing, distribution, and use, including the manufac-
turing, distribution, and use of methamphetamine; 
and 
‘‘(17) award enhancing community policing and 
crime prevention grants that meet emerging law en-
forcement needs, as warranted.’’; and 
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