[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 112 (Tuesday, July 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4697-H4698]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PROTECTING OUR LIVES BY INITIATING COPS EXPANSION ACT OF 2016
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the
Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of
the bill (S. 2840) 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, and ask for its immediate
consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Virginia?
There was no objection.
The text of the bill is as follows:
S. 2840
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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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)''.
The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
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