Community Colleges and Universities Safety Grant Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3010 To direct the Attorney General to make campus law enforcement agencies eligible for certain grants, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 28, 2023 Mr. KELLY of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To direct the Attorney General to make campus law enforce- ment agencies eligible for certain grants, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Colleges 4 and Universities Safety Grant Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. TO MAKE CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 6 ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN GRANTS. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en- 8 actment of this Act, the Attorney General shall consider 9 a campus law enforcement agency to be eligible to apply 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 May 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3010.IH H3010 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 3010 IH for any program or grant that is administered by the De- 1 partment of Justice for which a State law enforcement 2 agency or local law enforcement agency is eligible to apply. 3 (b) CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DE- 4 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘campus law enforce- 5 ment agency’’ means any entity of an institution of higher 6 education (as such term is defined in section 101(a) of 7 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)) 8 authorized to engage in or supervise the prevention, detec- 9 tion, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of crimi- 10 nal law and certified by an independent credentialing body 11 approved by the Attorney General. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:57 May 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3010.IH H3010 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB