[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 62 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2390]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Franken, 
        Mr. Hatch, Mr. Coons, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Vitter):
  S. 2840. A bill 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; to the Committee on the 
Judiciary.
  Mr. CORNYN.. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2840

       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)''.
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