US Congress House Bill 1896 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Introduced on May 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

COPS Improvements Act of 2011 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify the public safety and community policing grant program (COPS ON THE BEAT grant program) to: (1) establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ), under the general authority of the Attorney General, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to be headed by a Director; and (2) authorize the Attorney General to carry out more than one such program. Repeals provisions authorizing: (1) the Attorney General to give preferential consideration to applications for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers that involve a non-federal contribution exceeding a 25% minimum; and (2) the use of such grants to develop and implement either innovative programs to permit members of the community to assist state, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in the prevention of crime in the community or new administrative and managerial systems to facilitate the adoption of community-oriented policing as an organization-wide philosophy. Authorizes the use of such grants to: (1) hire school resource officers and establish local partnerships to combat crime, gangs, drug activities, and other problems in elementary and secondary schools; (2) establish and implement innovative programs to reduce and prevent illegal drug manufacturing, distribution, and use; (3) meet emerging law enforcement needs; (4) hire former members of the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforcement officers for deployment in community-oriented policing; (5) pay for additional community prosecuting programs to handle cases from specific geographic areas and to address counter-terrorism problems and violent crime in local communities; and (6) develop new technologies to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in crime prevention and training. Authorizes the Attorney General to extend grant periods and to renew grants if the grant recipient can demonstrate significant progress in achieving the objectives of the initial grant application. Includes officers for the Amtrak Police Department within the definition of "career law enforcement officer" for purposes of such grant program. Extends the authorization of appropriations for the program for FY2012-FY2017.

COPS Improvements Act of 2011

Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-11	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2011-05-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB207 (Related) 2011-01-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S288-289)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1896/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1896/BILLS-112hr1896ih.pdf