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On the recordApril 21, 2016
. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 2840 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 ``Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion Act of 2016'' or the ``POLICE Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED USE OF COPS FUNDS. Section 1701(b) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (16), by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (18); (3) by inserting after paragraph (16) the following: ``(17) to participate in nationally recognized active shooter training programs that offer scenario-based, integrated response courses designed to counter active shooter threats or acts of terrorism against individuals or facilities; and''; and (4) in paragraph (18), as redesignated, by striking ``(16)'' and inserting ``(17)''. ______ By Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Franken, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Reed, and Mrs. Gillibrand): S. 2843. A bill to provide emergency supplemental appropriations to address the Zika crisis; to the Committee on Appropriations.
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