I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1896 
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 13, 2011 
Mr. WEINER (for himself, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 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 Improvements 
Act of 2011’’. 
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 
entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia for 
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the purposes described in subsections (c), (d), (e), and 
(f).’’; 
(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), by inserting ‘‘or 
train’’ after ‘‘pay for’’; 
(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 combat crime, gangs, drug activi-
ties, and other problems in and around elementary 
and secondary schools;’’; 
(G) by striking paragraph (13); 
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(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 
(L) in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘through (16)’’ and inserting 
‘‘through (17)’’; 
(5) by striking subsections (h) and (i); 
(6) by redesignating subsections (j) and (k) as 
subsections (k) and (l), respectively; 
(7) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) 
as subsections (g) through (j), respectively; 
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(8) by inserting after subsection (c), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(d) TROOPS-TO-COPS PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Grants made under sub-
section (b) may be used to hire former members of 
the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforce-
ment officers for deployment in community-oriented 
policing, particularly in communities that are ad-
versely affected by a recent military base closing. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, ‘former 
member of the Armed Forces’ means a member of 
the Armed Forces of the United States who is invol-
untarily separated from the Armed Forces within 
the meaning of section 1141 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
‘‘(e) COMMUNITY PROSECUTORS PROGRAM.—The 
Attorney General may make grants under subsection (b) 
to pay for additional community prosecuting programs, in-
cluding programs that assign prosecutors to— 
‘‘(1) handle cases from specific geographic 
areas; and 
‘‘(2) address counter-terrorism problems, spe-
cific violent crime problems (including intensive ille-
gal gang, gun, and drug enforcement and quality of 
life initiatives), and localized violent and other crime 
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problems based on needs identified by local law en-
forcement agencies, community organizations, and 
others. 
‘‘(f) TECHNOLOGY GRANTS.—The Attorney General 
may make grants under subsection (b) to develop and use 
new technologies (including interoperable communications 
technologies, modernized criminal record technology, and 
forensic technology) to assist State and local law enforce-
ment agencies in reorienting the emphasis of their activi-
ties from reacting to crime to preventing crime and to 
train law enforcement officers to use such technologies.’’; 
(9) in subsection (g), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to 
States, units of local government, Indian tribal 
governments, and to other public and private 
entities,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘define 
for State and local governments, and other pub-
lic and private entities,’’ and inserting ‘‘estab-
lish’’; and 
(C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), 
by inserting ‘‘(including regional community po-
licing institutes)’’ after ‘‘training centers or fa-
cilities’’; 
(10) in subsection (i), as so redesignated— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ the first 
place that term appears and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in each fiscal year pursu-
ant to subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘in each 
fiscal year for purposes described in paragraph 
(1) and (2) of subsection (c)’’; 
(11) in subsection (j), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence; 
(12) in subsection (k)(1), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (i) and’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(13) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) RETENTION OF ADDITIONAL OFFICER POSI-
TIONS.—For any grant under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (c) for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement 
officers, a grant recipient shall retain each additional law 
enforcement officer position created under that grant for 
not less than 12 months after the end of the period of 
that grant, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or 
in part, the retention requirement of a program, project, 
or activity.’’. 
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(b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 1702 of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, unless waived by the Attorney 
General’’ after ‘‘under this part shall’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (8); and 
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(9) 
through (11) as paragraphs (8) through (10), 
respectively; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d). 
(c) RENEWAL OF 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 to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1703. RENEWAL OF GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A grant made under this part 
may be renewed, without limitations on the duration of 
such renewal, to provide additional funds, if the Attorney 
General determines that the funds made available to the 
recipient were used in a manner required under an ap-
proved application and if the recipient can demonstrate 
significant progress in achieving the objectives of the ini-
tial application. 
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‘‘(b) NO COST EXTENSIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (a), the Attorney General may extend a grant pe-
riod, without limitations as to the duration of such exten-
sion, to provide additional time to complete the objectives 
of the initial grant award.’’. 
(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Section 1704 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘that would, 
in the absence of Federal funds received under this 
part, be made available from State or local sources’’ 
and inserting ‘‘that the Attorney General determines 
would, in the absence of Federal funds received 
under this part, be made available for the purpose 
of the grant under this part from State or local 
sources’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
(e) ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.—Section 1706 of title 
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–5) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘REV-
OCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING’’ and in-
serting ‘‘ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘revoke or suspend’’ and all that 
follows and inserting ‘‘take any enforcement action 
available to the Department of Justice.’’. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1709(1) of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd–8(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘who is authorized’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘who is a sworn law enforcement officer and is 
authorized’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, including officers for the 
Amtrak Police Department’’ before the period at the 
end. 
(g) 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) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
years 2006 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 
years 2012 through 2017’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘5 percent’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘section 1701(d)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 1701(g)’’; and 
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(B) by striking the second sentence and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Of the funds available 
for grants under part Q, not less than 
$600,000,000 shall be used for grants for the 
purposes specified in section 1701(c), not more 
than $150,000,000 shall be used for grants 
under section 1701(e), and not more than 
$250,000,000 shall be used for grants under 
section 1701(f).’’. 
(h) PURPOSES.—Section 10002 of the Public Safety 
Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘development’’ 
and inserting ‘‘use’’; and 
(2) in the matter following paragraph (4), by 
striking ‘‘for a period of 6 years’’. 
(i) COPS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712h(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
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(C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘, except for the program under 
part Q of this title’’ before the period. 
(2) 
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
COMPUTER
SYS-
TEMS.—Section 107 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3712f) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
grant made under part Q of this title.’’. 
Æ 
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