1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Secure Our Schools Today Act of 2019”.
Secure Our Schools Today Act of 2019
A BILL
To increase funding for the COPS Grant Program and the Secure Our Schools Grant Program, and for other purposes.
2. COPS Grant Program
Authorization of appropriations— Section 1001(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)) is amended—
in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and $2,403,000,000 for fiscal year 2020”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), with respect to fiscal year 2020—
“(i) not less than $2,175,000,000 shall be made available for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers; and
“(ii) the remaining funds shall be made available in the manner described in subparagraph (B).”
Matching funds— Section 1701(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(g)) is amended by striking “75 percent” and inserting “50 percent”.
Repeal termination of grants for hiring officers—
In general— Section 1701(i) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(i)) is repealed.
Conforming amendment— Section 1701(j)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10381(j)(1)) is amended by striking “subsection (i) and”.
3. Secure our Schools Grant Program
Facility risk assessment— Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10551) is amended in subsection (b), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “at schools and on school grounds” and inserting “at schools that have completed a facilities risk assessment and on the grounds of such schools”.
Authorization of appropriations— Section 2705(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10555(a)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2018” and inserting “$5,100,000,000 for fiscal year 2020”;
in subparagraph (A), by striking “$50,000,000” and inserting “$75,000,000”;
in subparagraph (B), by striking “$25,000,000” and inserting “$25,000,000”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(C) $5,000,000,000 shall be made available to the BJA Director and the COPS Director to carry out section 2701(b)(7) of this part.”
in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “2019” and inserting “2021”.