[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[S. 2151 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 419
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2151

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement 
recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve 
     in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2021

  Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
 Leahy, Mr. Booker, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Ossoff, Mrs. Blackburn, 
    Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

                             June 14, 2022

               Reported by Mr. Durbin, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement 
recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve 
     in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. STRONG COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 1701 of Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection 
        (n); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(m) COPS Strong Communities Program.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Definitions.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible 
                entity' means--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) an institution of higher 
                        education, as defined in section 101 of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001), 
                        that, in coordination or through an agreement 
                        with a local law enforcement agency, offers a 
                        law enforcement training program; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) a local law enforcement 
                        agency that offers a law enforcement training 
                        program.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Local law enforcement agency.--The 
                term `local law enforcement agency' means an agency of 
                a State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe that 
                is authorized by law or by a government agency to 
                engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
                investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 
                criminal law.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Grants.--The Attorney General may use 
        amounts otherwise appropriated to carry out this section for a 
        fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2020) to make 
        competitive grants to local law enforcement agencies to be used 
        for recruits to attend eligible entities if the recruits agree 
        to serve in law enforcement agencies in their 
        communities.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant 
        under this subsection, each recruit described in paragraph (2) 
        shall--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) serve as a full-time law enforcement 
                officer for a total of not fewer than 4 years during 
                the 8-year period after the date on which the recruit 
                completes a law enforcement training program for which 
                the recruit received benefits;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) complete their service in a local 
                law enforcement agency located within--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) 5 miles of the residence of 
                        the recruit where the recruit has resided for 
                        not fewer than 5 years; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) if the recruit resides in a 
                        county with less than 100,000 residents, within 
                        20 miles of the residence of the recruit where 
                        the recruit has resided for not fewer than 5 
                        years; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) submit evidence of employment of the 
                recruit to the eligible agency in the form of a 
                certification by the chief administrative officer of 
                the local law enforcement agency where the recruit is 
                employed.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Repayment.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) In general.--If a recruit does not 
                complete the service described in paragraph (3), the 
                recruit shall submit to the local law enforcement 
                agency an amount equal to any benefits the recruit 
                received under this subsection.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) Regulations.--The Attorney General 
                shall promulgate regulations that establish categories 
                of extenuating circumstances under which a recruit may 
                be excused from repayment under subparagraph 
                (A).''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. STRONG COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.

    Section 1701 of Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10381) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (m) as subsection (n); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (l) the following:
    ``(m) COPS Strong Communities Program.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' 
                means--
                            ``(i) an institution of higher education, 
                        as defined in section 101 of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001), that, 
                        in coordination or through an agreement with a 
                        local law enforcement agency, offers a law 
                        enforcement training program; or
                            ``(ii) a local law enforcement agency that 
                        offers a law enforcement training program.
                    ``(B) Local law enforcement agency.--The term 
                `local law enforcement agency' means an agency of a 
                State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe that 
                is authorized by law or by a government agency to 
                engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, 
                investigation, or prosecution of any violation of 
                criminal law.
            ``(2) Grants.--The Attorney General may use amounts 
        otherwise appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal 
        year (beginning with fiscal year 2020) to make competitive 
        grants to local law enforcement agencies to be used for 
        officers and recruits to attend law enforcement training 
        programs at eligible entities if the officers and recruits 
        agree to serve in law enforcement agencies in their 
        communities.
            ``(3) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this 
        subsection, each officer or recruit described in paragraph (2) 
        shall--
                    ``(A) serve as a full-time law enforcement officer 
                for a total of not fewer than 4 years during the 8-year 
                period beginning on the date on which the officer or 
                recruit completes a law enforcement training program 
                for which the officer or recruit received benefits;
                    ``(B) complete the service described in 
                subparagraph (A) in a local law enforcement agency 
                located within--
                            ``(i) 7 miles of the residence of the 
                        officer or recruit where the officer or recruit 
                        has resided for not fewer than 5 years; or
                            ``(ii) if the officer or recruit resides in 
                        a county with fewer than 150,000 residents, 
                        within 20 miles of the residence of the officer 
                        or recruit where the officer or recruit has 
                        resided for not fewer than 5 years; and
                    ``(C) submit to the eligible entity evidence of 
                employment of the officer or recruit in the form of a 
                certification by the chief administrative officer of 
                the local law enforcement agency where the officer or 
                recruit is employed.
            ``(4) Repayment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If an officer or recruit does 
                not complete the service described in paragraph (3), 
                the officer or recruit shall submit to the local law 
                enforcement agency an amount equal to any benefits the 
                officer or recruit received under this subsection.
                    ``(B) Regulations.--The Attorney General shall 
                promulgate regulations that establish categories of 
                extenuating circumstances under which an officer or 
                recruit may be excused from repayment under 
                subparagraph (A).''.
                                                       Calendar No. 419

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2151

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
  provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement 
recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve 
     in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 14, 2022

                       Reported with an amendment