[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3698 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3698

To authorize grants to State and local law enforcement training centers 
  to provide training to State and local law enforcement agencies and 
 officers to communicate with telecommunications carriers in emergency 
                  situations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 1, 2009

 Mr. Moran of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize grants to State and local law enforcement training centers 
  to provide training to State and local law enforcement agencies and 
 officers to communicate with telecommunications carriers in emergency 
                  situations, and for other purposes.

    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 ``The Kelsey Smith Law Enforcement 
Training Grant Program Act''.

SEC. 2. TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH 
              TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

    (a) Grant Program.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
        appropriations to carry out this section, the Attorney General 
        shall award grants to State and local law enforcement training 
        centers to provide annual training to State and local law 
        enforcement agencies and officers to effectively communicate 
        with telecommunications carriers in emergency situations, 
        including situations involving missing persons and child 
        abductions.
            (2) Use of grant.--Training provided with a grant under 
        this section shall include training on how to access contact 
        information for, and request call location information of a 
        user of a commercial mobile service from, a telecommunications 
        carrier to respond to such user's call for emergency services 
        or to respond to an emergency situation that involves the risk 
        of death or serious physical harm.
            (3) Grant period.--Each grant awarded under this section 
        shall be for a 2-year period.
    (b) Selection of Grantees.--
            (1) Application deadline.--Not later than 6 months after 
        the date of enactment of this Act, each State or local law 
        enforcement training center desiring a grant under this section 
        shall submit to the Attorney General an application for a grant 
        under this section at such time, in such manner, and containing 
        such information as the Attorney General may require.
            (2) Award deadline.--The Attorney General shall award 
        grants under this section not later than 8 months after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Priority.--In selecting State and local law enforcement 
        training centers to receive grants under this section, the 
        Attorney General shall give priority to applications from 
        training centers that serve State or local law enforcement 
        agencies that demonstrate the greatest need for the training 
        described in subsection (a)(2).
    (c) Reports.--Not later that 3 months after the end of the 2-year 
grant period, each State or local law enforcement training center 
receiving a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney 
General a report summarizing the training program carried out with such 
grant, including the strengths and weaknesses of the program and any 
recommendations for continuation of the program.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``commercial mobile service'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 
        1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d));
            (2) the term ``emergency services'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 222 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 222); and
            (3) the term ``telecommunications carrier'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 3 of such Act (47 U.S.C. 153).
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2010 and 2011.
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