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To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide funding for school resource officers, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to update the authorization and funding for school resource officer grants. The bill increases the total authorization from approximately $1.047 billion to approximately $1.097 billion and extends the authorization period from 2006-2009 to fiscal years 2026 through 2035. The bill requires that at least $50 million of the total authorized funding be allocated specifically for grants to local law enforcement agencies and local government units for school resource officer programs. School resource officers are law enforcement personnel assigned to work in schools to address safety and security issues. The funding would support law enforcement agencies and local governments in establishing or maintaining these programs.
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5 cosponsors
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- BLACKSTONE $116,700
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $71,500
- KKR & CO INC. $50,600
- CENTERVIEW PARTNERS $25,000
- FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP $23,200
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Actions (2)
- Feb 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Feb 21, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 21, 2025
Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz, and Mr. Davis of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide funding for school resource officers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Our Schools Act of 2025” or the “SOS Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.
Section 1101(a)(11) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)(11)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking “$1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009” and inserting “$1,097,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2035”; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after “of the purposes of part Q” the following: “, and not less than $50,000,000 shall be allocated for grants pursuant to applications submitted by units of local government or law enforcement agencies for the purposes described in section 1701(b)(12)”. <all>
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