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HR 1697 IH

To establish a Rural Policing Institute within the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and provide for training programs for rural law enforcement agencies.

March 26, 2007

Mr. ROGERS of Alabama (for himself, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, and Mr. JINDAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To establish a Rural Policing Institute within the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of the Department of Homeland Security to develop and provide for training programs for rural law enforcement agencies.

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 `Rural Law Enforcement Training Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. RURAL POLICING INSTITUTE.

(a) Establishment- There is established a Rural Policing Institute, which shall be administered by the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center of the Department of Homeland Security, through the chief executive officer of the Office of State and Local Training of such Center, to perform the following functions, with respect to law enforcement agencies of units of local government and tribal governments located in rural areas:

(1) EVALUATION OF NEEDS OF RURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES- To evaluate the needs of such agencies.

(2) DEVELOPMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS- To develop expert training programs designed to respond to the needs of such agencies with respect to--

(A) preparing for and responding to rural homeland security threats and incidents;

(B) combating methamphetamine addiction and distribution;

(C) combating domestic violence;

(D) responding to school shootings; and

(E) other topics identified in the evaluation conducted under paragraph (1).

(3) PROVISION OF TRAINING PROGRAMS- To provide to such agencies the training programs developed under paragraph (2).

(4) OUTREACH EFFORTS- To conduct outreach efforts to ensure that such agencies are aware of the training programs developed under paragraph (2) so that such programs are made available to law enforcement officers of such agencies.

(b) No Duplication or Displacement of Current Programs- Any training program developed under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and any training provided by the Rural Policing Institute pursuant to such subsection shall be developed or provided, respectively, in a manner so as to not duplicate or displace any law enforcement program of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in existence on the date of the enactment of this section.

(c) Prioritized Locations for Rural Law Enforcement Training- In designating sites for the provision of training under this section and for purposes of ensuring cost-effectiveness, the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center shall, to the maximum extent possible and as appropriate, give priority to facilities of the Department of Homeland Security in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act and to closed military installations.

(d) Rural Defined- In this section, the term `rural' means an area that is not located in a metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.

(e) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section--

(1) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008; and

(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.