114 S 2840 ENR: 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.
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One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of AmericaA T T H E S E C O N D S E S S I O N
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.