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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6552. Mr. PETERS (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. . STRONG COMMUNITIES ACT OF 2026.
(a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “Strong
Communities Act of 2026”.
(b) Strong Communities Program.—Section 1701 of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
U.S.C. 10381) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(q) COPS Strong Communities Program.—
“(1) Definitions.—In this subsection:
“(A) Eligible entity.—The term `eligible entity' means—
“(i) an institution of higher education, as defined in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1001), that, in coordination or through an agreement with a
local law enforcement agency, offers a law enforcement
training program; or
“(ii) a local law enforcement agency that offers a law
enforcement training program.
“(B) Local law enforcement agency.—The term `local law
enforcement agency' means an agency of a State, unit of local
government, or Indian Tribe that is authorized by law or by a
government agency to engage in or supervise the prevention,
detection, investigation, or prosecution of any violation of
criminal law.
“(2) Grants.—The Attorney General may use amounts
otherwise appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal
year (beginning with fiscal year 2025) to make competitive
grants to local law enforcement agencies to be used for
officers and recruits to attend law enforcement training
programs at eligible entities if the officers and recruits
agree to serve in law enforcement agencies in their
communities.
“(3) Eligibility.—To be eligible for a grant through a
local law enforcement agency under this subsection, each
officer or recruit described in paragraph (2) shall—
“(A) serve as a full-time law enforcement officer for a
total of not fewer than 4 years during the 8-year period
beginning on the date on which the officer or recruit
completes a law enforcement training program for which the
officer or recruit receives benefits;
“(B) complete the service described in subparagraph (A) in
a local law enforcement agency located within—
“(i) 7 miles of the residence of the officer or recruit
where the officer or recruit has resided for not fewer than 5
years; or
“(ii) if the officer or recruit resides in a county with
fewer than 150,000 residents, within 20 miles of the
residence of the officer or recruit where the officer or
recruit has resided for not fewer than 5 years; and
“(C) submit to the eligible entity providing a law
enforcement training program to the officer or recruit
evidence of employment of the officer or recruit in the form
of a certification by the chief administrative officer of the
local law enforcement agency where the officer or recruit is
employed.
“(4) Repayment.—
“(A) In general.—If an officer or recruit does not
complete the service described in paragraph (3), the officer
or recruit shall submit to the local law enforcement agency
an amount equal to any benefits the officer or recruit
received through the local law enforcement agency under this
subsection.
“(B) Regulations.—The Attorney General shall promulgate
regulations that establish categories of extenuating
circumstances under which an officer or recruit may be
excused from repayment under subparagraph (A).”.
(c) Transparency.—Not less frequently than annually, the
Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the
Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives a report that details, with
respect to recipients of grants under section 1701(q) of
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of
1968, as added by subsection (b)—
(1) during the 1-year period preceding the date of the
report—
(A) the number and location of those recipients; and
(B) the number of law enforcement officers and recruits
each recipient intends to send to law enforcement training
programs at eligible entities (as defined in paragraph (1) of
such section 1701(q)) with amounts from the grant; and
(2) during the period between the date of enactment of this
Act and the date of the report—
(A) the number of law enforcement officers or recruits who
attended the training described in paragraph (1)(B) with
amounts from the grant and returned from the training as
employees of the recipient; and
(B) the number of law enforcement officers or recruits
described in subparagraph (A) who remain an employee of the
recipient.