,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,mitchell 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,bacon1 ,mr4 ,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,smucker1
 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,dunn1 ,ms4        
,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of
 ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,collins of ,new      
,york7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary1 and in addition to the  
,committee on ,education and ,labor1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and  
,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh to require 
a certain percentage of ,,cops grant    
funds to be used for the salaries and   
benefits of school resource officers1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,school ,resource ,officer ,act of      

#bjai4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is  
the sense of ,congress that--  7#a7 a   
school resource officer program provides
 a safe learning environment in our     
,nation's schools1 provides valuable    
resources to school staff members1 and  
fosters positive relationships between  
youth and law enforcement2  7#b7 school 
resource officers are educators1        
informal counselors and mentors1 and law
 enforcement officers2  7#c7 local      
agencies need the resources and         
flexibility to establish school resource
 officer programs that will encourage   
partnerships between schools and local  
law enforcement agencies to develop     
innovative ways to make schools safe2   
and  7#d7 ,federal grants for school    
resource officer salaries are intended  
to be a starting point for continued    
local action and should not divert      
current designated funding4  #c4        
,funding for ,,cops in ,schools  7a7    
,authorization of appropriations        
,section #ajja7;a77#aa77;,a7 of the     

,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajbfa7;a77#aa77;,a77 is amended by     
inserting before the period at the end  
the following3 1 and #cjj1jjj1jjj for   
each of fiscal years #bjbj through      
#bjbc4  7b7 ,repeal termination of      
grants for hiring officers  7#a7 ,in    
general ,section #agja7;i7 of the       
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4   
#ajcha7;i77 is repealed4  7#b7          
,conforming amendment ,section          
#agja7;j77#a7 of the ,omnibus ,crime    
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajcha7;j77#a77 is 
amended by striking subsection 7i7 and4 
7c7 ,school resource officer funding    
,section #agjd of the ,omnibus ,crime   
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajchd7 is         
amended--  7#a7 in subsection 7c71 by   
striking #ge1jjj and inserting #abe1jjj2
 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7d7 ,school resource        

officers set aside ,not less than #cj   
percent of the amount made available for
 hiring and rehiring additional career  
law enforcement officers shall be made  
available for the salaries and benefits 
of the school resource officers hired   
pursuant to a partnership described in  
section #agja7;b77#ab74  4