School Resource Officer Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.6712 | Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris (R-NY)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
School Resource Officer Act of 2022
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and otherwise revises the program.
Specifically, the bill revises the COPS program by

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  require a certain percentage of COPS grant funds to be used for the 
   salaries and benefits of school resource officers, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School Resource Officer Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) a school resource officer program provides a safe 
        learning environment in our Nation's schools, provides valuable 
        resources to school staff members, and fosters positive 
        relationships between youth and law enforcement;
            (2) school resource officers are educators, informal 
        counselors and mentors, and law enforcement officers;
            (3) local agencies need the resources and flexibility to 
        establish school resource officer programs that will encourage 
        partnerships between schools and local law enforcement agencies 
        to develop innovative ways to make schools safe; and
            (4) Federal grants for school resource officer salaries are 
        intended to be a starting point for continued local action and 
        should not divert current designated funding.

SEC. 3. FUNDING FOR COPS IN SCHOOLS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1001(a)(11)(A) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
10261(a)(11)(A)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ``, and $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2026''.
    (b) Federal Share.--Section 1701(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(g)) is amended by 
striking ``In relation to a grant for a period exceeding 1 year for 
hiring or rehiring career law enforcement officers, the Federal share 
shall decrease from year to year for up to 5 years, looking toward the 
continuation of the increased hiring level using State or local sources 
of funding following the conclusion of Federal support, as provided in 
an approved plan pursuant to section 1702(c)(8).''.
    (c) Repeal Termination of Grants for Hiring Officers.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1701(i) of the Omnibus Crime 
        Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(i)) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1701(j)(1) of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
        10381(j)(1)) is amended by striking ``subsection (i) and''.
    (d) School Resource Officer Funding.--Section 1704 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10384) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``$75,000'' and 
        inserting ``$125,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) School Resource Officers Set Aside.--Not less than 30 percent 
of the amount made available for hiring and rehiring additional career 
law enforcement officers shall be made available for the salaries and 
benefits of the school resource officers hired pursuant to a 
partnership described in section 1701(b)(12).''.
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