COPS Improvements Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 20, 2007 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-271.
Progress
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- IntroducedJan 23, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
COPS Improvements Act of 2007 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the authority of the Attorney General to make grants for public safety and community policing programs (COPS ON THE BEAT or COPS program). Revises grant purposes to provide for: (1) the hiring or training of law enforcement officers for intelligence, antiterror, and homeland security duties; (2) the hiring of school resource officers; (3) school-based partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and local school systems to combat crime, gangs, drug activities, and other problems facing elementary and secondary schools; (4) innovative programs to reduce and prevent illegal drug (including methamphetamine) manufacturing, distribution, and use; and (5) enhanced community policing and crime prevention grants that meet emerging law enforcement needs.
Allows COPS program grants to be used to hire former members of the Armed Forces to serve as career law enforcement officers for community-oriented policing, particularly in communities adversely affected by a recent military base closing.
Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to: (1) assign community prosecutors to handle cases from specific geographic areas and address counterterrorism problems, specific violent crime problems, and localized violent and other crime problems; and (2) develop new technologies to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in crime prevention.
Grants the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services exclusive authority to perform functions and activities under the COPS program.
Requires grant recipients to retain additional law enforcement officers for a 12-month period after the end of the grant period.
Authorizes the Attorney General to renew COPS program grants if grant recipients can demonstrate significant progress in achieving the objectives of the initial grant application.
Increases: (1) the authorization of appropriation for the COPS program; and (2) the amount of funds available for technical assistance from 3 to 5%. Specifies amounts to be made available for hiring officers and prosecutors and for technology grants.
Cosponsors 44
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2007 to Sep 22, 2008, with 21 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Barack Obama | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-WI | Herb Kohl | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
| D-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Jan 23, 2007 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-271.
- May 24, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. With written report No. 110-73.
- May 24, 2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
- May 23, 2007Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held.
- Mar 15, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1700 | COPS Improvements Act of 2007 | Related bill | Aug 3, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Authorization
- Community policing
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime prevention
- Department of Justice
- Drug abuse
- Drug law enforcement
- Drugs and youth
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Elementary and secondary education
- Families
- Federal aid to law enforcement
- Gangs
- Government Operations and Politics
- Labor and Employment
- Methamphetamine
- Police
- Police communication systems
- Police training
- Prosecution
- Retired military personnel
- School security
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technological innovations
- Terrorism
- Veterans' employment
- Violence
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 24, 2007Reported to Senate
- Jan 23, 2007Introduced in Senate
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