[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3682 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3682

  To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 13, 2012

 Mr. Warner (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Webb, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, 
Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Kerry, and and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following 
    bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety.

    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 ``Center to Advance, Monitor, and 
Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2012'' or the ``CAMPUS 
Safety Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

          ``PART LL--NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY

``SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY.

    ``(a) Authority To Establish and Operate Center.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Community 
        Oriented Policing Services is authorized to establish and 
        operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety (referred to 
        in this section as the `Center').
            ``(2) Grant authority.--The Director of the Office of 
        Community Oriented Policing Services is authorized to award 
        grants to institutions of higher education and other nonprofit 
        organizations to assist in carrying out the functions of the 
        Center required under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Functions of the Center.--The Center shall--
            ``(1) provide quality education and training for public 
        safety personnel of institutions of higher education and their 
        collaborative partners, including campus mental health 
        agencies;
            ``(2) foster quality research to strengthen the safety and 
        security of institutions of higher education;
            ``(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identification and 
        dissemination of information, policies, protocols, procedures, 
        and best practices relevant to campus public safety, including 
        off-campus housing safety, the prevention of violence against 
        persons and property, and emergency response and evacuation 
        procedures;
            ``(4) coordinate with Attorney General, the Secretary of 
        Homeland Security, the Secretary of Education, State, local and 
        tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, private and 
        nonprofit organizations and associations, and other 
        stakeholders, to develop protocols and best practices to 
        prevent, protect against and respond to dangerous and violent 
        situations involving an immediate threat to the safety of the 
        campus community;
            ``(5) promote the development and dissemination of 
        effective behavioral threat assessment and management models to 
        prevent campus violence;
            ``(6) identify campus safety information (including ways to 
        increase off-campus housing safety) and identify resources 
        available from the Department of Justice, the Department of 
        Homeland Security, the Department of Education, State, local, 
        and tribal governments and law enforcement agencies, and 
        private and nonprofit organizations and associations;
            ``(7) promote cooperation, collaboration, and consistency 
        in prevention, response, and problem-solving methods among 
        public safety and emergency management personnel of 
        institutions of higher education and their campus- and non-
        campus-based collaborative partners, including law enforcement, 
        emergency management, mental health services, and other 
        relevant agencies;
            ``(8) disseminate standardized formats and models for 
        mutual aid agreements and memoranda of understanding between 
        campus security agencies and other public safety organizations 
        and mental health agencies; and
            ``(9) report annually to Congress and the Attorney General 
        on activities performed by the Center during the previous 12 
        months.
    ``(c) Coordination With Available Resources.--In establishing the 
Center, the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing 
Services shall--
            ``(1) coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
        the Secretary of Education, and the Attorney General of each 
        State; and
            ``(2) ensure coordination with campus public safety 
        resources within the Department of Homeland Security, including 
        within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the 
        Department of Education.
    ``(d) Definition of Institution of Higher Education.--In this 
section, the term `institution of higher education' has the meaning 
given the term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001).
    ``(e) Funding.--Funding for the implementation of this part shall 
be through the use of existing excess unobligated funds available to 
the Department of Justice or cost savings through consolidation of 
duplicative or ineffective programs within the Department of Justice as 
determined by the Attorney General.''.
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