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H.R. 7209 115th Congress House

School Resource Officer Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a certain percentage of COPS grant funds to be used for the salaries and benefits of… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require a certain percentage of COPS grant funds to be used for the salaries and benefits of school resource officers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 30, 2018 See on congress.gov
Education Child safety and welfareEducational facilities and institutionsElementary and secondary educationLaw enforcement administration and funding
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Nov 30, 2018
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 30, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 30, 2018

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Resource Officer Act of 2018

This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize through FY2022 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modify it:

  • to restore authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, and
  • to specify that at least 30 percent of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 916 Reintroduced Bill School Resource Officer Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 1 Republican 5
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Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Dec 19, 2018
Meadows, Mark
· Dec 10, 2018
Reed, Tom
· Dec 10, 2018
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Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Nov 30, 2018
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Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Nov 30, 2018
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Nov 30, 2018
Lawson, Al
· Nov 30, 2018
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Nov 30, 2018
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Nov 30, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7209: School Resource Officer Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7209/
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"H.R. 7209: School Resource Officer Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7209/.
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H.R. 7209, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-7209/.
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