US Congress House Bill 3872 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)
Status: Introduced on November 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces Act of 2015 This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to include grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to support criminal justice-related majors. It prioritizes grants to predominantly black institutions, historically black colleges and universities, IHEs where at least 40% of students are Latino, and IHEs where at least 40% of students are Native American.

Safe Streets and Representative Police Forces Act of 2015

Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. David Scott [D-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
2015-12-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2015-11-02	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-11-02	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-11-02	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-11-02	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3872/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr3872/BILLS-114hr3872ih.pdf