1.This Act may be cited as
the COPS Improvements Act of
2011
.
2.
(a)Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is
amended—
(1)by striking subsection (c);
(2)by redesignating subsection (b) as
subsection (c);
(3)by striking subsection (a) and inserting
the following:
(a)The Office of
Community Oriented Policing Services
(1)There is within the Department of Justice,
under the general authority of the Attorney General, a separate and distinct
office to be known as the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
(referred to in this subsection as the COPS Office
).
(2)The
COPS Office shall be headed by a Director who shall—
(A)appointed by the
Attorney General; and
(B)have final
authority over all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the
COPS Office.
(b)The Attorney General shall carry out grant
programs under which the Attorney General makes grants to States, units of
local government, Indian tribal governments, other public and private entities,
and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia for the purposes described in
subsections (c), (d), (e), and
(f).
;
(4)in subsection (c), as so
redesignated—
(A)in the heading, by striking uses of
grant amounts.—
and inserting Community policing and crime prevention
grants
;
(B)in paragraph (3), by striking , to
increase the number of officers deployed in community-oriented
policing
;
(C)in paragraph (4), by inserting or
train
after pay for
;
(D)by striking paragraph (9);
(E)by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (8)
as paragraphs (6) through (9), respectively;
(F)by inserting after paragraph (4) the
following:
(5)award grants to hire school resource
officers and to establish school-based partnerships between local law
enforcement agencies and local school systems to combat crime, gangs, drug
activities, and other problems in and around elementary and secondary
schools;
;
(G)by striking paragraph (13);
(H)by redesignating paragraphs (14), (15), and
(16) as paragraphs (13), (14), and (15), respectively;
(I)in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by
striking and
at the end;
(J)by redesignating paragraph (17) as
paragraph (18);
(K)by inserting after paragraph (15), as so
redesignated, the following:
(16)establish and implement innovative programs
to reduce and prevent illegal drug manufacturing, distribution, and use,
including the manufacturing, distribution, and use of methamphetamine;
and
(17)award enhancing community policing and
crime prevention grants that meet emerging law enforcement needs, as
warranted.
;
and
(L)in paragraph
(18), as so redesignated, by striking through (16)
and inserting
through (17)
;
(5)by striking subsections (h) and (i);
(6)by redesignating
subsections (j) and (k) as subsections (k) and (l), respectively;
(7)by redesignating subsections (d) through
(g) as subsections (g) through (j), respectively;
(8)by inserting after subsection (c), as so
redesignated, the following:
(d)
(1)Grants made under subsection (b) may be
used to hire former members of the Armed Forces 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.
(2)In this subsection, former member of
the Armed Forces means a member of the Armed Forces of the United States
who is involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces within the meaning of
section 1141 of title 10, United States Code.
(e)Community prosecutors programThe Attorney General may make grants under
subsection (b) to pay for additional community prosecuting programs, including
programs that assign prosecutors to—
(1)handle cases from specific geographic
areas; and
(2)address counter-terrorism problems,
specific violent crime problems (including intensive illegal gang, gun, and
drug enforcement and quality of life initiatives), and localized violent and
other crime problems based on needs identified by local law enforcement
agencies, community organizations, and others.
(f)The Attorney General may make grants under
subsection (b) to develop and use new technologies (including interoperable
communications technologies, modernized criminal record technology, and
forensic technology) to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in
reorienting the emphasis of their activities from reacting to crime to
preventing crime and to train law enforcement officers to use such
technologies.
;
(9)in subsection (g), as so
redesignated—
(A)in paragraph (1), by striking to
States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and to other
public and private entities,
;
(B)in paragraph (2), by striking define
for State and local governments, and other public and private entities,
and inserting establish
; and
(C)in the first sentence of paragraph (3), by
inserting (including regional community policing institutes)
after training centers or facilities
;
(10)in subsection (i), as so
redesignated—
(A)by striking subsection (a)
the first place that term appears and inserting paragraphs (1) and (2)
of subsection (c)
; and
(B)by striking in each fiscal year
pursuant to subsection (a)
and inserting in each fiscal year for
purposes described in paragraph (1) and (2) of subsection (c)
;
(11)in subsection (j), as so
redesignated—
(A)by striking subsection (a)
and inserting subsection (b)
; and
(B)by striking the second sentence;
(12)in subsection (k)(1), as so
redesignated—
(A)by striking subsection (i)
and
; and
(B)by striking
subsection (b)
and inserting subsection (c)
;
and
(13)by adding at the end the following:
(m)Retention of additional officer
positionsFor any grant under
paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (c) for hiring or rehiring career law
enforcement officers, a grant recipient shall retain each additional law
enforcement officer position created under that grant for not less than 12
months after the end of the period of that grant, unless the Attorney General
waives, wholly or in part, the retention requirement of a program, project, or
activity.
(n)Proportionality
of awardsThe Attorney
General shall ensure that the same percentage of the total number of eligible
applicants in each State receive a grant under this
section.
.
(b)Section 1702 of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1) is
amended—
(1)in subsection (c)—
(A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
inserting , unless waived by the Attorney General
after
under this part shall
;
(B)by striking paragraph (8); and
(C)by redesignating paragraphs (9) through
(11) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively; and
(2)by striking subsection (d).
(c)Section 1703 of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–2) is amended to
read as follows:
1703.
(a)A grant made under this part may be
renewed, without limitations on the duration of such renewal, to provide
additional funds, if the Attorney General determines that the funds made
available to the recipient were used in a manner required under an approved
application and if the recipient can demonstrate significant progress in
achieving the objectives of the initial application.
(b)Notwithstanding subsection (a), the
Attorney General may extend a grant period, without limitations as to the
duration of such extension, to provide additional time to complete the
objectives of the initial grant
award.
.
(d)Limitation on use of fundsSection 1704 of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–3) is
amended—
(1)in subsection (a), by striking that
would, in the absence of Federal funds received under this part, be made
available from State or local sources
and inserting that the
Attorney General determines would, in the absence of Federal funds received
under this part, be made available for the purpose of the grant under this part
from State or local sources
; and
(2)by striking subsection (c).
(e)Section 1706 of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–5) is
amended—
(1)in the section heading, by striking
Revocation or suspension of
funding
and inserting Enforcement actions
;
and
(2)by striking revoke or
suspend
and all that follows and inserting take any enforcement
action available to the Department of Justice.
.
(f)Section 1709(1) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–8(1)) is
amended—
(1)by striking who is
authorized
and inserting who is a sworn law enforcement officer
and is authorized
; and
(2)by inserting , including officers
for the Amtrak Police Department
before the period at the end.
(g)Authorization of
appropriationsSection
1001(a)(11) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) is amended—
(1)in subparagraph (A), by striking
$1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009
and
inserting $900,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through
2017
; and
(2)in subparagraph (B)—
(A)in the first sentence—
(i)by striking 3 percent
and
inserting 5 percent
; and
(ii)by striking section 1701(d)
and inserting section 1701(g)
; and
(B)by striking the second sentence and
inserting the following: Of the funds available for grants under part Q,
not less than $500,000,000 shall be used for grants for the purposes specified
in section 1701(c), not more than $150,000,000 shall be used for grants under
section 1701(e), and not more than $250,000,000 shall be used for grants under
section 1701(f).
.
(h)Section 10002 of the Public Safety
Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd note) is
amended—
(1)in paragraph (4), by striking
development
and inserting use
; and
(2)in the matter following paragraph (4), by
striking for a period of 6 years
.
(i)COPS Program improvements
(1)Section 109(b) of title I of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712h(b)) is
amended—
(A)by striking paragraph (1);
(B)by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
(C)in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, by
inserting , except for the program under part Q of this title
before the period.
(2)Law enforcement computer
systemsSection 107 of title
I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712f)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
(c)This section shall not apply to any grant
made under part Q of this
title.
.