TH ST CONGRESS SESSION S. 1749

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S. 1749 112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 20, 2011 Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. WEBB) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ``Center to Advance,

5 Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of

6 2011'' or the ``CAMPUS Safety Act of 2011''.

7 SEC. 2. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFETY.

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Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

9 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended

10 by adding at the end the following:

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PUBLIC SAFETY

3 ``SEC. 3021. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CAMPUS PUBLIC SAFE-

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TY.

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``(a) AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE CEN-

6 TER.--

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``(1) IN GENERAL.--The Director of the Office

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of Community Oriented Policing Services is author-

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ized to establish and operate a National Center for

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Campus Public Safety (referred to in this section as

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the `Center').

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``(2) GRANT AUTHORITY.--The Director of the

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Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is

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authorized to award grants to institutions of higher

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education and other nonprofit organizations to assist

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in carrying out the functions of the Center required

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under subsection (b).

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``(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE CENTER.--The Center

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``(1) provide quality education and training for

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campus public safety agencies of institutions of high-

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er education and the agencies' collaborative part-

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ners, including campus mental health agencies;

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``(2) foster quality research to strengthen the

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safety and security of institutions of higher edu-

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cation;

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``(3) serve as a clearinghouse for the identifica-

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tion and dissemination of information, policies, pro-

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cedures, and best practices relevant to campus pub-

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lic safety, including off-campus housing safety, the

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prevention of violence against persons and property,

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and emergency response and evacuation procedures;

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``(4) develop protocols, in conjunction with the

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Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-

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rity, the Secretary of Education, State, local, and

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tribal governments and law enforcement agencies,

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private and nonprofit organizations and associations,

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and other stakeholders, to prevent, protect against,

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respond to, and recover from, natural and man-made

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emergencies or dangerous situations involving an im-

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mediate threat to the health or safety of the campus

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community;

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``(5) promote the development and dissemina-

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tion of effective behavioral threat assessment and

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management models to prevent campus violence;

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``(6) coordinate campus safety information (in-

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cluding ways to increase off-campus housing safety)

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and resources available from the Department of Jus-

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tice, the Department of Homeland Security, the De-

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partment of Education, State, local, and tribal gov-

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ernments and law enforcement agencies, and private

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and nonprofit organizations and associations;

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``(7) increase cooperation, collaboration, and

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consistency in prevention, response, and problem-

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solving methods among law enforcement, mental

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health, and other agencies and jurisdictions serving

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institutions of higher education;

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``(8) develop standardized formats and models

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for mutual aid agreements and memoranda of un-

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derstanding between campus security agencies and

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other public safety organizations and mental health

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agencies; and

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``(9) report annually to Congress and the Attor-

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ney General on activities performed by the Center

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during the previous 12 months.

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``(c) COORDINATION WITH AVAILABLE RE-

17 SOURCES.--In establishing the Center, the Director of the

18 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services shall--

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``(1) consult with the Secretary of Homeland

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Security, the Secretary of Education, and the Attor-

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ney General of each State; and

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``(2) coordinate the establishment and operation

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of the Center with campus public safety resources

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that may be available within the Department of

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Homeland Security and the Department of Edu-

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cation.

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``(d) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-

4 CATION.--In this section, the term `institution of higher

5 education' has the meaning given the term in section 101

6 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).

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``(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.--There

8 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

9 $2,750,000 for each of the fiscal years 2012 through

10 2016.''.

11 SEC. 3. JUSTICE PROGRAM CONSOLIDATION.

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(a) IN GENERAL.--Effective 30 days after the date

13 of enactment of this Act, the Office of Dispute Resolution

14 of the Department of Justice and the jurisdiction and em-

15 ployees of such office shall be--

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(1) transferred to the Office of Legal Policy of

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the Department of Justice; and

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(2) funded through the general administration

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appropriation of the Office of Legal Policy.

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(b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.--The Attorney General

21 shall implement policies that will result in at least

22 $1,000,000 in savings through consolidating ineffective or

23 duplicative programs over the period of fiscal years 2012

24 through 2016.

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