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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 150 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 150

To provide Federal assistance to States for rural law enforcement, and 
                          for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 6, 2009

   Mr. Leahy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
To provide Federal assistance to States for rural law enforcement, 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 ``Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR RURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations for Rural Law Enforcement.--
Section 1001(a)(9) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(9)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(9) There are authorized to be appropriated to be carried out 
part O--
            ``(A) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            ``(B) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
            ``(C) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
            ``(D) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and
            ``(E) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.''.
    (b) Clarification of Rural State Definition.--Section 1501(b) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796bb(b)) is amended by striking all that follows ``a State in 
which the largest county has fewer than'' and inserting ``200,000 
people, based on the decennial census of 2000 through fiscal year 
2009.''.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations for Rural Law Enforcement 
Training.--Section 180103(b) of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14082(b)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out subsection (a)--
            ``(1) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            ``(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
            ``(3) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
            ``(4) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and
            ``(5) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.''.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF TITLES.

    (a) Omnibus Crime Control Act.--Part O of the title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796bb et 
seq.) is amended by--
            (1) striking the part heading and inserting ``Rural Law 
        Enforcement''; and
            (2) striking the heading for section 1501 and inserting 
        ``rural law enforcement assistance''.
    (b) Violent Crime Control Act.--Section 180103 of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14082) is amended by 
striking the heading for the section and inserting ``Rural Law 
Enforcement Training''.
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