Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3872
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2015-11-02
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Education programs funding

Higher education

Indian social and development programs

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Minority education

Minority employment

Racial and ethnic relations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This&nbsp;bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to include grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support criminal justice-related majors. It prioritizes grants to predominantly black institutions, historically black colleges and universities, IHEs where at least 40% of students are Latino, and IHEs where at least 40% of students are Native American.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3872 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 2, 2015 Ms. Kelly of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize public safety and community policing grants to be used to make grants to institutions of higher education, with priority given to Predominantly Black Institutions and other similar institutions, to support majors related to criminal justice, for the purpose of increasing the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces Act of 2015 . 2. Grants to increase the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (16), by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18); (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following: (17) to increase the racial diversity of law enforcement agencies by awarding grants to institutions of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 )), with priority given to Predominantly Black Institutions (as such term is defined in section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1059e )), historically Black colleges and universities (as such term is defined in section 631 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1132 )), institutions of higher education at which not less than 40 percent of the enrolled students are Latino, and institutions of higher education at which not less than 40 percent of the enrolled students are Native American, to support majors related to criminal justice, including psychology, sociology, pre-law, and criminal justice majors; and ; and (4) in paragraph (18), as so redesignated, by striking paragraphs (1) through (16) and inserting paragraphs (1) through (17) .