[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1228

 To amend section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding 
                      law enforcement emergencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2007

 Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Obama) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding 
                      law enforcement emergencies.

    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 ``Campus Law Enforcement Emergency 
Response Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. LAW ENFORCEMENT EMERGENCIES.

    Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1092(f)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as 
        paragraphs (10) through (16), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9)(A) Each institution of higher education participating 
        in any program under this title shall develop and distribute as 
        part of the report described in paragraph (1)--
                    ``(i) a statement of policy regarding the 
                institution's law enforcement emergency response 
                program; and
                    ``(ii) statistics concerning the occurrence of law 
                enforcement emergencies on the campus of the 
                institution.
            ``(B) In this paragraph:
                    ``(i) The term `campus' has the meaning given the 
                term in paragraph 6(A)(i), except that the term 
                includes--
                            ``(I) a noncampus building or property, as 
                        defined in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), of an 
                        institution of higher education; and
                            ``(II) any public property, as defined in 
                        paragraph (6)(A)(iii), of an institution of 
                        higher education.
                    ``(ii) The term `law enforcement emergency' means a 
                shooting, the presence of an armed and dangerous 
                person, a bomb threat, the presence of an unauthorized 
                hazardous or toxic material that poses a threat to 
                health and safety, a lock-down, a reverse evacuation, 
                or any other comparable type of incident, on the campus 
                of an institution of higher education, that involves 
                the participation of one or more law enforcement 
                agencies.
            ``(C) The policy described in subparagraph (A) shall 
        address the following:
                    ``(i) Procedures students, employees, and others on 
                the campus of the institution will be directed to 
                follow if a law enforcement emergency occurs.
                    ``(ii) Procedures the institution and law 
                enforcement agencies will follow to inform students, 
                employees, and others on the campus of the institution 
                about a law enforcement emergency on the campus and 
                will follow to direct the actions of the students, 
                employees, and others. Such procedures may include e-
                mail alerts, telephone alerts, text-message alerts, 
                radio announcements, television alerts, audible alert 
                signals, and public address announcements.
            ``(D) Each institution participating in any program under 
        this title shall test the institution's law enforcement 
        emergency response policy and procedures on at least an annual 
        basis.
            ``(E) Each institution participating in any program under 
        this title shall make reports to the students, employees, and 
        others on the campus of the institution, not later than 30 
        minutes after the discovery of a law enforcement emergency on 
        the campus, through the procedures described in subparagraph 
        (C)(ii).
            ``(F) The Secretary and the Attorney General shall jointly 
        have the authority--
                    ``(i) to review, monitor, and ensure compliance 
                with this paragraph;
                    ``(ii) to advise institutions of higher education 
                on model law enforcement emergency response policies, 
                procedures, and practices; and
                    ``(iii) to disseminate information concerning those 
                policies, procedures, and practices.
            ``(G) Campus law enforcement emergency response grants.--
                    ``(i) Program authority.--The Secretary may make 
                grants to institutions of higher education or consortia 
                of such institutions, or enter into contracts with such 
                institutions, consortia, and other organizations, to 
                develop, implement, operate, improve, test, or 
                disseminate campus law enforcement emergency response 
                policies, procedures, or programs.
                    ``(ii) Awards.--Grants and contracts under this 
                subparagraph shall be awarded--
                            ``(I) on a competitive basis; and
                            ``(II) for a period not to exceed 1 year.
                    ``(iii) Applications.--An institution of higher 
                education, a consortium, or an organization that 
                desires to receive a grant or enter into a contract 
                under this subparagraph shall submit an application to 
                the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
                containing or accompanied by such information as the 
                Secretary may reasonably require by regulation.
                    ``(iv) Participation.--In awarding grants and 
                contracts under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
                make every effort to ensure--
                            ``(I) the equitable participation of 
                        institutions of higher education that are 
                        eligible to participate in programs under this 
                        title;
                            ``(II) the equitable geographic 
                        participation of such institutions; and
                            ``(III) the equitable participation of such 
                        institutions with large and small enrollments.
                    ``(v) Authorization of appropriations.--There are 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                subparagraph $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and such 
                sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding 
                fiscal years.''.
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