Relative to funding to the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

SA 239. Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kennedy,
Mr. Schumer, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Salazar, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Nelson
of Florida, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Carper, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr.
Reed, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Levin, Mr. Byrd, Mr.
Corzine, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Akaka) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 18,
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010; as follows:

On page 3, line 10, increase the amount by $240,000,000.
On page 3, line 11, increase the amount by $560,000,000.
On page 3, line 12, increase the amount by $500,000,000.
On page 3, line 13, increase the amount by $400,000,000.
On page 3, line 14, increase the amount by $300,000,000.
On page 3, line 19, increase the amount by $240,000,000.
On page 3, line 20, increase the amount by $560,000,000.
On page 3, line 21, increase the amount by $500,000,000.
On page 4, line 1, increase the amount by $400,000,000.
On page 4, line 2, increase the amount by $300,000,000.
On page 4, line 7, increase the amount by $1,000,000.000.
On page 4, line 16, increase the amount by $120,000,000.
On page 4, line 17, increase the amount by $280,000,000.
On page 4, line 18, increase the amount by $250,000,000.
On page 4, line 19, increase the amount by $200,000,000.
On page 4, line 20, increase the amount by $150,000,000.
On page 4, line 24, increase the amount by $120,000,000.
On page 4, line 25, increase the amount by $280,000,000.
On page 5, line 1, increase the amount by $250,000,000.
On page 5, line 2, increase the amount by $200,000,000.
On page 5, line 3, increase the amount by $150,000,000.
On page 5, line 7, decrease the amount by $120,000,000.
On page 5, line 8, decrease the amount by $400,000,000.
On page 5, line 9, decrease the amount by $650,000,000.
On page 5, line 10, decrease the amount by $850,000,000.
On page 5, line 11, decrease the amount by $1,000,000,000.
On page 5, line 15, decrease the amount by $120,000,000.
On page 5, line 16, decrease the amount by $400,000,000.
On page 5, line 17, decrease the amount by $650,000,000.
On page 5, line 18, decrease the amount by $850,000,000.
On page 5, line 19, decrease the amount by $1,000,000,000.
On page 23, line 16, increase the amount by $1,000,000,000.
On page 23, line 17, increase the amount by $120,000,000.
On page 23 line 21, increase the amount by $280,000,000.
On page 23 line 25, increase the amount by $250,000,000.
On page 24 line 4, increase the amount by $200,000,000.
On page 24 line 8, increase the amount by $150,000,000.
On page 30 line 16, decrease the amount by $240,000,000.
On page 30 line 17, decrease the amount by $2,000,000,000.
On page 48 line 6, increase the amount by $1,000,000,000.
On page 48 line 7, increase the amount by $120,000,000.
On Page 65, after line 25 insert the following:

FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
PROGRAMS.

(a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
(1) State and local law enforcement officers provide
essential services that preserve and protect our freedom and
safety;
(2) with the support of the Community Oriented Policing
Services program (referred to in this section as the ``COPS
program''), State and local law enforcement officers have
succeeded in dramatically reducing violent crime;
(3) on July 15, 2002, the Attorney General stated, ``Since
law enforcement agencies began partnering with citizens
through community policing, we've seen significant drops in
crime rates. COPS provides resources that reflect our
national priority of terrorism prevention.'';
(4) on February 26, 2002, the Attorney General stated,
``The COPS program has been a miraculous sort of success.
It's one of those things that Congress hopes will happen when
it sets up a program.'';
(5) the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Assistant
Director for the Office of Law Enforcement Coordination has
stated, ``The FBI fully understands that our success in the
fight against terrorism is directly related to the strength
of our relationship with our State and local partners.'';
(6) a 2003 study of the 44 largest metropolitan police
departments found that 27 of them have reduced force levels;
(7) shortages of officers and increased homeland security
duties has forced many local police agencies to rely on
overtime and abandon effective, preventative policing
practices. And, as a result police chiefs from around the
nation are reporting increased gang activity and other
troubling crime indicators;
(8) several studies have concluded that the implementation
of community policing as a law enforcement strategy is an
important factor in the reduction of crime in our
communities;
(9) In addition, experts at the Brookings Institute have
concluded that community policing programs are critical to
our success in the war against terrorism.
(10) the continuation and full funding of the COPS program
through fiscal year 2010 is

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supported by several major law enforcement organizations,
including--
(A) the International Association of Chiefs of Police;
(B) the International Brotherhood of Police Officers;
(C) the Fraternal Order of Police;
(D) the National Sheriffs' Association;
(E) the National Troopers Coalition;
(F) the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association;
(G) the National Association of Police Organizations;
(H) the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement
Executives;
(I) the Police Executive Research Forum; and
(J) the Major Cities Chiefs;
(11) Congress appropriated $928,912,000 for the COPS
program for fiscal year 2003, $756,283,000 for fiscal year
2004, and $499,364,000 for fiscal year 2005, and
(12) the President requested $117,781,000 for the COPS
program for fiscal year 2006, $381,583,000 less than the
amount appropriated for fiscal year 2004.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that the levels in this resolution assume that an increase of
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of
Justice's community oriented policing program will be
provided without reduction and consistent with previous
appropriated and authorized levels.
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