I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5277
To provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, 
and training in our neighborhoods. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 7, 2004
Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. KELLER, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. QUINN, Mr. AN-
DREWS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACEVEDO-
VILA´, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BACA, Mr. BAIRD, Ms. BALDWIN, 
Mr. BECERRA, Mr. BELL, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. 
BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 
BOSWELL, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BOYD, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
CAPUANO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Ms. 
CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CASE, Mr. CHANDLER, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
CLAY, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. 
CRAMER, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. 
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mrs. 
DAVIS of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
DOOLEY of California, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, 
Mr. FARR, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FORD, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. FROST, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GORDON, Mr. 
GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. HILL, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
HINOJOSA, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HONDA, Ms. HOOLEY of Or-
egon, Mr. HOYER, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. 
JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. JOHN, Ms. EDDIE BER-
NICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. KAP-
TUR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. 
KIND, Mr. KLECZKA, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
LANTOS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. 
LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOBIONDO, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 
MAJETTE, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MATHE-
SON, Mr. MATSUI, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Ms. MCCARTHY of 
Missouri, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MCINTYRE, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr.
MEEKS of New York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MICHAUD, Ms. MILLENDER-
MCDONALD, Mr. MILLER of North Carolina, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of 
California, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MOORE, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. 
NADLER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OBEY, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. OWENS, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. 
PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 
Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROSS, Mr. 
ROTHMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SABO, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. LO-
RETTA
SANCHEZ
of California, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SANDLIN, Mr. 
SAXTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. SKELTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, 
Mr. SNYDER, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. STARK, Mr. STENHOLM, Mr. 
STRICKLAND, Mr. TANNER, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, 
Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, 
Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TURNER of Texas, Mr. UDALL of Colo-
rado, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, 
Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. WATERS, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WATT, Mr. WAXMAN, 
Mr. WEXLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, Mr. MURTHA, and 
Ms. BORDALLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To provide reliable officers, technology, education, community 
prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods.
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 ‘‘Providing Reliable Of-
ficers, Technology, Education, Community Prosecutors, 
and Training In Our Neighborhoods Act of 2004’’ or 
‘‘PROTECTION Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROVIDING RELIABLE OFFICERS, TECHNOLOGY, 
EDUCATION, 
COMMUNITY 
PROSECUTORS, 
AND TRAINING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INI-
TIATIVE. 
(a) COPS PROGRAM.—Section 1701(a) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3796dd(a)) is amended by—
(1) inserting ‘‘and prosecutor’’ after ‘‘increase 
police’’; and 
(2) inserting ‘‘to enhance law enforcement ac-
cess to new technologies, and’’ after ‘‘presence,’’. 
(b) 
HIRING
AND
REDEPLOYMENT
GRANT 
PROJECTS.—Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting 
after ‘‘Nation’’ the following: ‘‘, or pay overtime 
to existing career law enforcement officers to 
the extent that such overtime is devoted to com-
munity policing efforts’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) promote higher education among in-
service State and local law enforcement officers 
by reimbursing them for the costs associated
with seeking a college or graduate school edu-
cation.’’; and 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
GRANTS
TO
PROMOTE 
HIGHER
EDUCATION.—Grants pursuant to para-
graph (1)(C) may not exceed 5 percent of the funds 
available for grants pursuant to this subsection for 
any fiscal year.’’. 
(c) 
ADDITIONAL
GRANT
PROJECTS.—Section 
1701(d) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘integrity and ethics’’ 
after ‘‘specialized’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘enforcement 
officers’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7) by inserting ‘‘school offi-
cials, religiously-affiliated organizations,’’ after ‘‘en-
forcement officers’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(8) establish school-based partnerships be-
tween local law enforcement agencies and local 
school systems, by using school resource officers who
operate in and around elementary and secondary 
schools to serve as a law enforcement liaison with 
other Federal, State, and local law enforcement and 
regulatory agencies, combat school-related crime and 
disorder problems, gang membership and criminal 
activity, firearms and explosives-related incidents, il-
legal use and possession of alcohol, and the illegal 
possession, use, and distribution of drugs;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (11) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(5) in paragraph (12) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(13) develop and implement innovative pro-
grams (such as the TRIAD program) that bring to-
gether a community’s sheriff, chief of police, and el-
derly residents to address the public safety concerns 
of older citizens.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1701(f) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(f)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘use up to 5 percent of 
the funds appropriated under subsection (a) to’’ 
after ‘‘The Attorney General may’’; and
(B) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘In addition, the Attorney General may use up 
to 5 percent of the funds appropriated under 
subsections (d), (e), and (f) for technical assist-
ance and training to States, units of local gov-
ernment, Indian tribal governments, and to 
other public and private entities for those re-
spective purposes.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘under sub-
section (a)’’ after ‘‘the Attorney General’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General 
may’’ and inserting ‘‘the Attorney General 
shall’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘regional community po-
licing institutes’’ after ‘‘operation of’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘representatives of police 
labor and management organizations, commu-
nity residents,’’ after ‘‘supervisors,’’. 
(e) TECHNOLOGY AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS.—
Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended 
by—
(1) striking subsection (k);
(2) redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as 
subsections (g) through (k); and 
(3) striking subsection (e) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.—
Grants made under subsection (a) may be used to assist 
police departments, in employing professional, scientific, 
and technological advancements that will help them—
‘‘(1) improve police communications through 
the use of wireless communications, computers, soft-
ware, videocams, databases and other hardware and 
software that allow law enforcement agencies to 
communicate more effectively across jurisdictional 
boundaries and effectuate interoperability; 
‘‘(2) develop and improve access to crime solv-
ing technologies, including DNA analysis, photo en-
hancement, voice recognition, and other forensic ca-
pabilities; 
‘‘(3) promote comprehensive crime analysis by 
utilizing new techniques and technologies, such as 
crime mapping, that allow law enforcement agencies 
to use real-time crime and arrest data and other re-
lated information—including non-criminal justice 
data—to improve their ability to analyze, predict, 
and respond pro-actively to local crime and disorder
problems, as well as to engage in regional crime 
analysis; and 
‘‘(4) pay overtime to existing career law en-
forcement officers. 
‘‘(f) COMMUNITY-BASED PROSECUTION PROGRAM.—
Grants made under subsection (a) may be used to assist 
State, local or tribal prosecutors’ offices in the implemen-
tation of community-based prosecution programs that 
build on local community policing efforts. Funds made 
available under this subsection may be used to—
‘‘(1) hire additional prosecutors who will be as-
signed to community prosecution programs, includ-
ing programs that assign prosecutors to handle cases 
from specific geographic areas, to address specific 
violent crime and other local crime problems (includ-
ing intensive illegal gang, gun and drug enforcement 
projects and quality of life initiatives), and to ad-
dress localized violent and other crime problems 
based on needs identified by local law enforcement 
agencies, community organizations, and others; 
‘‘(2) redeploy existing prosecutors to community 
prosecution programs as described in paragraph (1) 
of this section by hiring victim and witness coordina-
tors, paralegals, community outreach, and other 
such personnel;
‘‘(3) establish programs to assist local prosecu-
tors’ offices in the implementation of programs that 
help them identify and respond to priority crime 
problems in a community with specifically tailored 
solutions; and 
‘‘(4) pay overtime to existing career law en-
forcement officers.’’. 
At least 75 percent of the funds made available under this 
subsection shall be reserved for grants under paragraphs 
(1) and (2) and of those amounts no more than 10 percent 
may be used for grants under paragraph (2) and at least 
25 percent of the funds shall be reserved for grants under 
paragraphs (1) and (2) to units of local government with 
a population of less than 50,000. 
(f) RETENTION GRANTS.—Section 1703 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3796dd–2) is amended by inserting at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) RETENTION GRANTS.—The Attorney General 
may use no more than 50 percent of the funds under sub-
section (a) to award grants targeted specifically for reten-
tion of police officers to grantees in good standing, with 
preference to those that demonstrate financial hardship or 
severe budget constraint that impacts the entire local
budget and may result in the termination of employment 
for police officers funded under subsection (b)(1).’’. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) CAREER
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER.—
Section 1709(1) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd–8) is amended by inserting after ‘‘criminal 
laws’’ the following: ‘‘, including a sheriff’s deputy 
charged with supervising offenders who are released 
into the community but also engaged in local com-
munity policing efforts’’. 
(2) 
SCHOOL
RESOURCE
OFFICER.—Section 
1709(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–8) is 
amended—
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) to serve as a law enforcement liaison 
with other Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement and regulatory agencies, to address 
and document crime and disorder problems in-
cluding gangs and drug activities, firearms and 
explosives-related incidents, and the illegal use 
and possession of alcohol affecting or occurring
in or around an elementary or secondary 
school;’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(E) to train students in conflict resolu-
tion, restorative justice, and crime awareness, 
and to provide assistance to and coordinate 
with other officers, mental health professionals, 
and youth counselors who are responsible for 
the implementation of prevention/intervention 
programs within the schools;’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (F) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(D) in subparagraph (G) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) to work with school administrators, 
members of the local parent teacher associa-
tions, community organizers, law enforcement, 
fire departments, and emergency medical per-
sonnel in the creation, review, and implementa-
tion of a school violence prevention plan; 
‘‘(I) to assist in documenting the full de-
scription of all firearms found or taken into
custody on school property and to initiate a 
firearms trace and ballistics examination for 
each firearm with the local office of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 
‘‘(J) to document the full description of all 
explosives or explosive devices found or taken 
into custody on school property and report to 
the local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and 
‘‘(K) to assist school administrators with 
the preparation of the Department of Edu-
cation, Annual Report on State Implementation 
of the Gun-Free Schools Act which tracks the 
number of students expelled per year for bring-
ing a weapon, firearm, or explosive to school.’’. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1001(a)(11) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) is 
amended—
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) There are authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out part Q, to remain available 
until expended—
‘‘(i) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2005; 
‘‘(ii) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006; 
‘‘(iii) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2007; 
‘‘(iv) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2008; 
‘‘(v) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2009; and 
‘‘(vi) $1,150,000,000 for fiscal year 
2010.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘5 percent’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘1701(f)’’ and inserting 
‘‘1701(g)’’; 
(C) by striking the second sentence and in-
serting ‘‘Of the remaining funds, if there is a 
demand for 50 percent of appropriated hiring 
funds, as determined by eligible hiring applica-
tions from law enforcement agencies having ju-
risdiction over areas with populations exceeding 
150,000, no less than 50 percent shall be allo-
cated for grants pursuant to applications sub-
mitted by units of local government or law en-
forcement agencies having jurisdiction over 
areas with populations exceeding 150,000 or by 
public and private entities that serve areas with 
populations exceeding 150,000, and no less 
than 50 percent shall be allocated for grants 
pursuant to applications submitted by units of 
local government or law enforcement agencies 
having jurisdiction over areas with populations 
less than 150,000 or by public and private enti-
ties that serve areas with populations less than 
150,000.’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘85 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘$600,000,000’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘1701(b),’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘of part Q’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘1701 (b) and (c), $350,000,000 to 
grants for the purposes specified in section 
1701(e), and $200,000,000 to grants for the 
purposes specified in section 1701(f)’’.
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