I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1568 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2009 Mr. Schiff introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 A BILL To reauthorize the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, to reauthorize and rename the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (JJDPA) as the KIDS Act, to provide for funding parity between COPS and the KIDS Act, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Community Oriented Policing Services and Key Investments in Developmental Services Act of 2009 or the COPS and KIDS Act of 2009.

2.

Authorization of the COPS Grant Program

Section 1001(a)(11)(A) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)(A)) is amended by striking 1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009 and inserting $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014.

3.

Key Investments in Developmental Services Act (KIDS Act)

(a)

Renaming JJDPA as the KIDS Act

(1)

Short title amended

The matter before title I of Public Law 93–415 is amended by striking the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 and inserting Key Investments in Developmental Services Act. (2)

References to former short title

Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Key Investments in Developmental Services Act. (b)

Authorization of appropriations for the KIDS Act

Section 299 of the Key Investments in Developmental Services Act (as renamed by (42 U.S.C. 5671) is amended— (1)by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a)

Authorization of appropriations for title II and title V

There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015 to carry out this title and title V of this Act. ; and (2)by striking subsections (b) and (c), and redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b).

4.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that appropriations for COPS program should be matched by appropriations for the KIDS Act

(a)

Findings

The Congress finds as follows: (1)The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act has helped modernize the United States juvenile justice system by incentivizing the establishment of juvenile courts premised on best practices, reducing recidivism through evidence based interventions, and by keeping kids out of trouble to begin with by awarding prevention grants to community based efforts that have a proven track record of success. (2)The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services has, since its creation in 1994, provided expertise and funding to local law enforcement as they invest in innovative policing approaches that incorporate community involvement and coordination with local stakeholders. (3)A successful national strategy to combat crime and violence will include prevention, suppression, and enforcement in a coordinated approach that works with young people to provide them better options, suppresses crime through law enforcement activities, and fairly punishes offenders. (b)

Sense of Congress

It is the sense of the Congress that— (1)the Congress has authorized appropriations of $2,000,000,000 a year for programs under the COPS Office and the KIDS Act; and (2)the yearly appropriations for grants administered by the Office of Community Oriented Policing should be equal to the yearly appropriations for grants for effective juvenile courts, prevention, and intervention programs as authorized under the Key Investments in Developmental Services Act (KIDS Act).