[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11808]
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         OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT AMENDMENTS

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate now 
proceed to the consideration of Calendar No. 606, S. 2235.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2235) a bill to amend part Q of the Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to encourage the 
     use of school resource officers.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the bill be 
considered read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be 
laid upon the table, and any statements relating to the bill be printed 
in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2235) was considered read the third time and passed, as 
follows:

                                S. 2235

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

     SECTION 1. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

       Part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
     Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 1701(d)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (10) as 
     paragraphs (9) through (11), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
       ``(8) establish school-based partnerships between local law 
     enforcement agencies and local school systems by using school 
     resource officers who operate in and around elementary and 
     secondary schools to combat school-related crime and disorder 
     problems, gangs, and drug activities;''; and
       (2) in section 1709--
       (A) by redesignating the first 3 undesignated paragraphs as 
     paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) `school resource officer' means a career law 
     enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in 
     community-oriented policing, and assigned by the employing 
     police department or agency to work in collaboration with 
     schools and community-based organizations--
       ``(A) to address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and 
     drug activities affecting or occurring in or around an 
     elementary or secondary school;
       ``(B) to develop or expand crime prevention efforts for 
     students;
       ``(C) to educate likely school-age victims in crime 
     prevention and safety;
       ``(D) to develop or expand community justice initiatives 
     for students;
       ``(E) to train students in conflict resolution, restorative 
     justice, and crime awareness;
       ``(F) to assist in the identification of physical changes 
     in the environment that may reduce crime in or around the 
     school; and
       ``(G) to assist in developing school policy that addresses 
     crime and to recommend procedural changes.''.

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