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HR 916 116th Congress House Education Child safety and welfare Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers School administration

School Resource Officer Act of 2019

Introduced: January 30, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 22, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced in House
Jan 30, 2019
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Resource Officer Act of 2019

This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and modifies it:

  • to restore authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, and
  • to specify that at least 30% of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers.
What's happening now March 22, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 1 Republican 9
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Apr 18, 2019
Stivers, Steve
· Mar 25, 2019
 R
Bost, Mike
Illinois · Feb 6, 2019
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Feb 4, 2019
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Feb 4, 2019
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Jan 30, 2019
Collins, Chris
· Jan 30, 2019
 R
Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Jan 30, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Jan 30, 2019
Meadows, Mark
· Jan 30, 2019
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Jan 30, 2019
 R
Smucker, Lloyd
Pennsylvania · Jan 30, 2019
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jan 30, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 916: School Resource Officer Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-916/
MLA
"H.R. 916: School Resource Officer Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-916/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 916, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-916/.
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[H.R. 916: School Resource Officer Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-916/)
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