I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3944 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 27, 2009 Mr. Filner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize grant funds to be used for Troops-to-Cops program.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Let’s Re-Up the Troops-to-Cops Program Act.

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Authorization of Troops-to-Cops program

Section 1701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended— (1)by striking The purposes for which and inserting (1) In general.—The purposes for which with appropriate indentation; and (2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2)

Troops-to-Cops Program

(A)

In general

For grants made during the 3-year period beginning on January 1, 2010, in addition to the purposes described in paragraph (1), grants made under subsection (a) may be used to hire former members of the Armed Forces (and to pay the full salary of such former members) to serve as career law enforcement officers for deployment in community-oriented policing, particularly in communities that are adversely affected by a recent military base closing. (B)

Definition

In this paragraph, former member of the Armed Forces means a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States. .