[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2235 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2235


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 1998

    Referred to the Committee on 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

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
         1968 to encourage the use of school resource officers.

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

SECTION 1. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

    Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1701(d)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (10) as 
                paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) establish school-based partnerships between local law 
        enforcement agencies and local school systems by using school 
        resource officers who operate in and around elementary and 
        secondary schools to combat school-related crime and disorder 
        problems, gangs, and drug activities;''; and
            (2) in section 1709--
                    (A) by redesignating the first 3 undesignated 
                paragraphs as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; 
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) `school resource officer' means a career law 
        enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in 
        community-oriented policing, and assigned by the employing 
        police department or agency to work in collaboration with 
        schools and community-based organizations--
                    ``(A) to address crime and disorder problems, 
                gangs, and drug activities affecting or occurring in or 
                around an elementary or secondary school;
                    ``(B) to develop or expand crime prevention efforts 
                for students;
                    ``(C) to educate likely school-age victims in crime 
                prevention and safety;
                    ``(D) to develop or expand community justice 
                initiatives for students;
                    ``(E) to train students in conflict resolution, 
                restorative justice, and crime awareness;
                    ``(F) to assist in the identification of physical 
                changes in the environment that may reduce crime in or 
                around the school; and
                    ``(G) to assist in developing school policy that 
                addresses crime and to recommend procedural changes.''.

            Passed the Senate October 7 (legislative day, October 2), 
      1998.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.