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[S. 2840 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2840

                     One Hundred Fourteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
           the fourth day of January, two thousand and sixteen


                                 An Act


 
   To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
authorize COPS grantees to use grant funds for active shooter training, 
                         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 ``Protecting Our Lives by Initiating 
COPS Expansion Act of 2016'' or the ``POLICE Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF COPS FUNDS.
    Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18);
        (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
        ``(17) to participate in nationally recognized active shooter 
    training programs that offer scenario-based, integrated response 
    courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of 
    terrorism against individuals or facilities; and''; and
        (4) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by striking ``(16)'' 
    and inserting ``(17)''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.