Community Colleges and Universities Safety Grant Act

Bill: 118-hr-3010
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2023-04-28
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Community Colleges and Universities Safety Grant Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes a campus law enforcement agency eligible to apply for any program or grant that is administered by the Department of Justice for which a state law enforcement agency or local law enforcement agency is eligible to apply.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2023 Mr. Kelly of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Attorney General to make campus law enforcement agencies eligible for certain grants, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Colleges and Universities Safety Grant Act . 2. To make campus law enforcement agencies eligible for certain grants (a) In general Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall consider a campus law enforcement agency to be eligible to apply for any program or grant that is administered by the Department of Justice for which a State law enforcement agency or local law enforcement agency is eligible to apply. (b) Campus law enforcement agency defined In this section, the term campus law enforcement agency means any entity of an institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001(a) ) authorized to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of criminal law and certified by an independent credentialing body approved by the Attorney General.