[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2443 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2443

 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
 1968 to reauthorize the public safety and community policing program 
    and to encourage the use of school resource officers under that 
                                program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             September 8 (legislative day, August 31), 1998

  Mr. Daschle (for Ms. Moseley-Braun) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
 1968 to reauthorize the public safety and community policing program 
    and to encourage the use of school resource officers under that 
                                program.

    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 ``Safe Communities and Schools Act of 
1998''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING.

    (a) 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 
                (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 inserting ``(1)'' before ```career'';
                    (B) by inserting ``(2)'' before ```citizens' 
                police'';
                    (C) by inserting ``(3)'' before ```Indian''; and
                    (D) 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.''.
    (b) Reauthorization.--Section 1001(a)(11)(A) of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3793(a)(11)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(vii) $1,240,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
            ``(viii) $1,240,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.''.
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