[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1697 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1697

    To establish a Rural Policing Institute within the Federal Law 
 Enforcement Training Center of the Department of Homeland Security to 
  develop and provide for training programs for rural law enforcement 
                               agencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2007

 Mr. Rogers of Alabama (for himself, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, and 
 Mr. Jindal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish a Rural Policing Institute within the Federal Law 
 Enforcement Training Center of the Department of Homeland Security to 
  develop and provide for training programs for rural law enforcement 
                               agencies.

    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 ``Rural Law Enforcement Training Act 
of 2007''.

SEC. 2. RURAL POLICING INSTITUTE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a Rural Policing 
Institute, which shall be administered by the Director of the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center of the Department of Homeland Security, 
through the chief executive officer of the Office of State and Local 
Training of such Center, to perform the following functions, with 
respect to law enforcement agencies of units of local government and 
tribal governments located in rural areas:
            (1) Evaluation of needs of rural law enforcement 
        agencies.--To evaluate the needs of such agencies.
            (2) Development of training programs.--To develop expert 
        training programs designed to respond to the needs of such 
        agencies with respect to--
                    (A) preparing for and responding to rural homeland 
                security threats and incidents;
                    (B) combating methamphetamine addiction and 
                distribution;
                    (C) combating domestic violence;
                    (D) responding to school shootings; and
                    (E) other topics identified in the evaluation 
                conducted under paragraph (1).
            (3) Provision of training programs.--To provide to such 
        agencies the training programs developed under paragraph (2).
            (4) Outreach efforts.--To conduct outreach efforts to 
        ensure that such agencies are aware of the training programs 
        developed under paragraph (2) so that such programs are made 
        available to law enforcement officers of such agencies.
    (b) No Duplication or Displacement of Current Programs.--Any 
training program developed under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and 
any training provided by the Rural Policing Institute pursuant to such 
subsection shall be developed or provided, respectively, in a manner so 
as to not duplicate or displace any law enforcement program of the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in existence on the date of the 
enactment of this section.
    (c) Prioritized Locations for Rural Law Enforcement Training.--In 
designating sites for the provision of training under this section and 
for purposes of ensuring cost-effectiveness, the Director of the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall, to the maximum extent 
possible and as appropriate, give priority to facilities of the 
Department of Homeland Security in existence as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act and to closed military installations.
    (d) Rural Defined.--In this section, the term ``rural'' means an 
area that is not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as defined 
by the Office of Management and Budget.
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and
            (2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
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