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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2875 

To encourage greater community accountability of law enforcement agencies, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2015 

Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 

CLYBURN, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. COHEN, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. GUTIE ́RREZ, 

Ms. BASS, Mr. RICHMOND, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. LEE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. 

MOORE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 

Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. LAWRENCE, and Ms. PLASKETT) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To encourage greater community accountability of law 

enforcement agencies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Law Enforcement 

5 Trust and Integrity Act of 2015’’. 


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1 TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

2 ACCREDITATION 

3 SEC. 101. ACCREDITATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN4 CIES. 

5 (a) STANDARDS.— 

6 (1) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 

7 shall perform an initial analysis of existing accredi8 tation standards and methodology developed by law 

9 enforcement accreditation organizations nationwide, 

10 including national, State, regional, and tribal accred11 itation organizations. 

12 (2) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

13 recommend additional areas for the development of 

14 national standards for the accreditation of law en15 forcement agencies in consultation with existing law 

16 enforcement accreditation organizations, professional 

17 law enforcement associations, labor organizations, 

18 community-based organizations, and professional ci19 vilian oversight organizations. 

20 (3) DEVELOPMENT OF UNIFORM STANDARDS.— 

21 After completion of the initial review and analysis 

22 under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall rec23 ommend, in consultation with such organizations, 

24 the adoption of additional standards that will result 

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1 ment agencies and an increased focus on policing 

2 with a guardian mentality, including standards relat3 ing to early warning systems and related interven4 tion programs, use of force procedures, civilian re5 view procedures, traffic and pedestrian stop and 

6 search procedures, data collection and transparency, 

7 administrative due process requirements, video moni8 toring technology, juvenile justice and school safety, 

9 and training. 

10 (4) CONTINUING ACCREDITATION PROCESS.— 

11 The Attorney General shall adopt policies and proce12 dures to partner with law enforcement accreditation 

13 organizations, professional law enforcement associa14 tions, labor organizations, community-based organi15 zations, and professional civilian oversight organiza16 tions to continue the development of further accredi17 tation standards consistent with paragraph (2) and 

18 to encourage the pursuit of accreditation of Federal, 

19 State, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies by 

20 certified law enforcement accreditation organiza21 tions. 

22 (b) ACCREDITATION GRANTS.—The Attorney Gen23 eral may make funds available to State, local, tribal law 

24 enforcement agencies, and campus public safety depart25 ments under this title to assist in gaining or maintaining 


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1 accreditation from certified law enforcement accreditation 

2 organizations. 

3 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this title: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘law enforcement accreditation 

6 organization’’ means a professional law enforcement 

7 organization involved in the development of stand8 ards of accreditation for law enforcement agencies at 

9 the national, State, regional, or tribal level (such as 

10 the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforce11 ment Agencies (CALEA)). 

12 (2) The term ‘‘law enforcement agency’’ means 

13 a State, local, Indian tribal, or campus public agency 

14 engaged in the prevention, detection, or investiga15 tion, prosecution, or adjudication of violations of 

16 criminal laws. 

17 (3) The term ‘‘community-based organization’’ 

18 means a grassroots organization that monitors the 

19 issue of police misconduct and that has a national 

20 presence and membership (such as the National As21 sociation for the Advancement of Colored People 

22 (NAACP), the American Civil Liberties Union 

23 (ACLU), the National Council of La Raza, the Na24 tional Urban League, the National Congress of 


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1 American Indians, and the National Asian Pacific 

2 American Legal Consortium (NAPALC)). 

3 (4) The term ‘‘professional law enforcement as4 sociation’’ means a law enforcement membership as5 sociation that works for the needs of Federal, State, 

6 local, or Indian tribal law enforcement groups and 

7 with the civilian community on matters of common 

8 interest (such as the Hispanic American Police Com9 mand Officers Association (HAPCOA), National 

10 Asian Pacific Officers Association (NAPOA), Na11 tional Black Police Association (NBPA), National 

12 Latino Peace Officers Association (NLPOA), Na13 tional Organization of Black Law Enforcement Ex14 ecutives (NOBLE), Women in Law Enforcement, 

15 Native American Law Enforcement Association 

16 (NALEA), International Association of Chiefs of Po17 lice (IACP), National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA), 

18 Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and National As19 sociation of School Resource Officers). 

20 (5) The term ‘‘professional civilian oversight or21 ganization’’ means a membership organization 

22 formed to address and advance the cause of civilian 

23 oversight of law enforcement and whose members 

24 are from Federal, State, regional, local, or tribal or25 ganizations that review issues or complaints against 


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1 law enforcement entities or individuals (such as the 

2 National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law 

3 Enforcement (NACOLE)). 

4 TITLE II—LAW ENFORCEMENT 

5 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

6 SEC. 201. LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS. 

7 (a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General 

8 may make grants to States, units of local government, In9 dian tribal governments, or other public and private enti10 ties, or to any multijurisdictional or regional consortia of 

11 such entities, to study and implement effective manage12 ment, training, recruiting, hiring, and oversight standards 

13 and programs to promote effective community and prob14 lem solving strategies for law enforcement agencies. 

15 (b) PROJECT GRANTS TO STUDY LAW ENFORCE16 MENT AGENCY MANAGEMENT.—Grants made under sub17 section (a) shall be used for the study of management and 

18 operations standards for law enforcement agencies, includ19 ing standards relating to administrative due process, resi20 dency requirements, compensation and benefits, use of 

21 force, racial profiling, early warning systems, juvenile jus22 tice, school safety, civilian review boards or analogous pro23 cedures, or research into the effectiveness of existing pro24 grams, projects, or other activities designed to address 

25 misconduct by law enforcement officers. 


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1 (c) PROJECT GRANTS TO DEVELOP PILOT PRO2 GRAMS.—Grants made under subsection (a) shall also be 

3 used to develop pilot programs and implement effective 

4 standards and programs in the areas of training, hiring 

5 and recruitment, and oversight that are designed to im6 prove management and address misconduct by law en7 forcement officers. These programs shall include the fol8 lowing characteristics: 

9 (1) TRAINING.—Law enforcement policies, 

10 practices, and procedures addressing training and 

11 instruction to comply with accreditation standards in 

12 the areas of— 

13 (A) the use of lethal, nonlethal force, and 

14 de-escalation; 

15 (B) investigation of misconduct and prac16 tices and procedures for referral to prosecuting 

17 authorities use of deadly force or racial 

18 profiling; 

19 (C) disproportionate minority contact by 

20 law enforcement; 

21 (D) tactical and defensive strategy; 

22 (E) arrests, searches, and restraint; 

23 (F) professional verbal communications 

24 with civilians; 


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1 (G) interactions with youth, the mentally 

2 ill, and limited English proficiency, multi-cul3 tural communities; 

4 (H) proper traffic, pedestrian, and other 

5 enforcement stops; and 

6 (I) community relations and bias aware7 ness. 

8 (2) RECRUITMENT, HIRING, RETENTION, AND

9 PROMOTION OF DIVERSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFI10 CERS.—Policies, procedures, and practices for— 

11 (A) the hiring and recruitment of diverse 

12 law enforcement officers representative of the 

13 communities they serve; 

14 (B) the development of selection, pro15 motion, educational, background, and psycho16 logical standards that comport with title VII of 

17 the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.); 

18 and 

19 (C) initiatives to encourage residency in 

20 the jurisdiction served by the law enforcement 

21 agency and continuing education. 

22 (3) OVERSIGHT.—Complaint procedures, in23 cluding the establishment of civilian review boards or 

24 analogous procedures for jurisdictions across a range 

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1 dures by community-based organizations, early 

2 warning systems and related intervention programs, 

3 video monitoring technology, data collection and 

4 transparency, and administrative due process re5 quirements inherent to complaint procedures for 

6 members of the public and law enforcement. 

7 (4) JUVENILE JUSTICE AND SCHOOL SAFETY.— 

8 The development of uniform standards on juvenile 

9 justice and school safety, including standards relat10 ing to interaction and communication with juveniles, 

11 physical contact, use of lethal and nonlethal force, 

12 notification of a parent or guardian, interviews and 

13 questioning, custodial interrogation, audio and video 

14 recording, conditions of custody, alternatives to ar15 rest, referral to child protection agencies, and re16 moval from school grounds or campus. 

17 (5) VICTIM SERVICES.—Counseling services, in18 cluding psychological counseling, for individuals and 

19 communities impacted by law enforcement mis20 conduct. 

21 (d) AMOUNTS.—Of the amounts appropriated for the 

22 purposes of this title— 

23 (1) 4 percent shall be available for grants to In24 dian tribal governments; 


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1 (2) 20 percent shall be available for grants to 

2 community-based organizations; 

3 (3) 10 percent shall be available for grants to 

4 professional law enforcement associations; and 

5 (4) the remaining funds shall be available for 

6 grants to applicants in each State in an amount that 

7 bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining 

8 funds as the population of the State bears to the 

9 population of all of the States. 

10 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 

11 (1) The Attorney General may provide technical 

12 assistance to States, units of local government, In13 dian tribal governments, and to other public and pri14 vate entities, in furtherance of the purposes of this 

15 section. 

16 (2) The technical assistance provided by the At17 torney General may include the development of mod18 els for State, local, and Indian tribal governments, 

19 and other public and private entities, to reduce law 

20 enforcement misconduct. Any development of such 

21 models shall be in consultation with community22 based organizations. 

23 (f) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General 

24 may use any component or components of the Department 

25 of Justice in carrying out this title. 


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1 (g) MATCHING FUNDS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except in the case of an In3 dian tribal government or nonprofit community4 based organization, the portion of the costs of a pro5 gram, project, or activity provided by a grant under 

6 subsection (a) may not exceed 75 percent. 

7 (2) WAIVERS.—The Attorney General may 

8 waive, wholly or in part, the requirement under 

9 paragraph (1) of a non-Federal contribution to the 

10 costs of a program, project, or activity. 

11 (h) APPLICATIONS.— 

12 (1) APPLICATION.—An application for a grant 

13 under this title shall be submitted in such form, and 

14 contain such information, as the Attorney General 

15 may prescribe by guidelines. 

16 (2) PRIORITY.—For law enforcement agency 

17 applications, priority shall be given to applicants 

18 seeking or having been awarded accreditation from 

19 national law enforcement accreditation organizations 

20 as defined in section 102. 

21 (3) APPROVAL.—A grant may not be made 

22 under this title unless an application has been sub23 mitted to, and approved by, the Attorney General. 

24 (i) PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.— 


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1 (1) MONITORING COMPONENTS.—Each pro2 gram, project, or activity funded under this title 

3 shall contain a monitoring component, which shall be 

4 developed pursuant to guidelines established by the 

5 Attorney General. Such monitoring component shall 

6 include systematic identification and collection of 

7 data about activities, accomplishments, and pro8 grams throughout the life of the program, project, or 

9 activity and presentation of such data in a usable 

10 form. 

11 (2) EVALUATION COMPONENTS.—Selected grant 

12 recipients shall be evaluated on the local level or as 

13 part of a national evaluation, pursuant to guidelines 

14 established by the Attorney General. Such evalua15 tions may include independent audits of police be16 havior and other assessments of individual program 

17 implementations. In selected jurisdictions that are 

18 able to support outcome evaluations, the effective19 ness of funded programs, projects, and activities 

20 may be required. 

21 (3) PERIODIC REVIEW AND REPORTS.—The At22 torney General may require a grant recipient to sub23 mit biannually to the Attorney General the results of 

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1 mation as the Attorney General deems reasonably 

2 necessary. 

3 (j) REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.—If 

4 the Attorney General determines, as a result of monitoring 

5 under subsection (i) or otherwise, that a grant recipient 

6 under this title is not in substantial compliance with the 

7 terms and requirements of the approved grant application 

8 submitted under subsection (h), the Attorney General may 

9 revoke or suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in 

10 part. 

11 (k) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 

12 (1) The terms ‘‘law enforcement accreditation 

13 organization’’, ‘‘law enforcement agency’’, ‘‘commu14 nity-based organization’’, and ‘‘professional law en15 forcement association’’ have the meaning given such 

16 terms in section 102 of this Act. 

17 (2) The term ‘‘private entity’’ means a private 

18 security organization engaged in the prevention, de19 tection, or investigation of violations of criminal laws 

20 and/or organizational policy (such as privately oper21 ated campus public safety units or department store 

22 security). 

23 (3) The term ‘‘civilian review board’’ means an 

24 administrative entity that— 

25 (A) is independent and adequately funded; 


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1 (B) has investigatory authority and staff 

2 subpoena power; 

3 (C) has representative community diver4 sity; 

5 (D) has policymaking authority; 

6 (E) provides advocates for civilian com7 plainants; 

8 (F) has mandatory police power to conduct 

9 hearings; and 

10 (G) conducts statistical studies on pre11 vailing complaint trends. 

12 TITLE III—ADMINISTRATIVE 

13 DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES 

14 SEC. 301. ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONDUCT STUDY. 

15 (a) STUDY.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

17 conduct a nationwide study of the prevalence and ef18 fect of any law, rule, or procedure that allows a law 

19 enforcement officer to delay the response to ques20 tions posed by a local internal affairs officer, or re21 view board on the investigative integrity and pros22 ecution of law enforcement misconduct, including 

23 preinterview warnings and termination policies. 

24 (2) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—The Attorney General 

25 shall perform an initial analysis of existing State 


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1 statutes to determine whether, at a threshold level, 

2 the effect of this type of rule or procedure raises 

3 material investigatory issues that could impair or 

4 hinder a prompt and thorough investigation of pos5 sible misconduct, including criminal conduct, that 

6 would justify a wider inquiry. 

7 (3) DATA COLLECTION.—After completion of 

8 the initial analysis under paragraph (2), and consid9 ering material investigatory issues, the Attorney 

10 General shall gather additional data nationwide on 

11 similar rules from a representative and statistically 

12 significant sample of jurisdictions, to determine 

13 whether such rules and procedures raise such mate14 rial investigatory issues. 

15 (b) REPORTING.— 

16 (1) INITIAL ANALYSIS.—Not later than 120 

17 days after the date of the enactment of this title, the 

18 Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report 

19 containing the results of its initial analysis, make 

20 such report available to the public, and identify the 

21 jurisdictions for which the study is to be conducted. 

22 (2) DATA COLLECTED.—Not later than 2 years 

23 after the date of the enactment of this title, the At24 torney General shall submit to Congress a report 

25 containing the results of the data collected under 


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1 this title and cause a copy of such report to be pub2 lished in the Federal Register. 

3 TITLE IV—ENHANCED FUNDING 

4 TO COMBAT POLICE MIS5 CONDUCT 

6 SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

8 year 2016, in addition to any other sums authorized to 

9 be appropriated for this purpose, $5,000,000 for addi10 tional expenses related to the enforcement of section 

11 210401 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce12 ment Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14141), criminal enforce13 ment (18 U.S.C. 241 and 242), and administrative en14 forcement by the Department of Justice, and $3,300,000 

15 for additional expenses related to conflict resolution by the 

16 Department of Justice’s Community Relations Service. 

17 TITLE V—NATIONAL TASK 

18 FORCE ON LAW ENFORCE19 MENT OVERSIGHT 

20 SEC. 501. NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON LAW ENFORCEMENT 

21 OVERSIGHT. 

22 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

23 the Department of Justice a task force to be known as 

24 the Task Force on Law Enforcement Oversight (herein25 after in this title referred to as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 


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1 (b) COMPOSITION.—The Task Force shall be com2 posed of individuals appointed by the Attorney General, 

3 who shall appoint at least 1 individual from each of the 

4 following: 

5 (1) the Special Litigation Section of the Civil 

6 Rights Division; 

7 (2) the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Di8 vision; 

9 (3) the Federal Coordination and Compliance 

10 Section of the Civil Rights Division; 

11 (4) the Employment Litigation Section of the 

12 Civil Rights Division; 

13 (5) the Disability Rights Section of the Civil 

14 Rights Division; 

15 (6) the Office of Justice Programs; 

16 (7) the Office of Community Oriented Policing 

17 Services (COPS); 

18 (8) the Corruption/Civil Rights Section of the 

19 Federal Bureau of Investigation; 

20 (9) the Community Relations Service; 

21 (10) Office of Tribal Justice; and 

22 (11) the unit within the Department of Justice 

23 assigned as a liaison for civilian review boards. 

24 (c) POWERS AND DUTIES.—The Task Force shall 

25 consult with professional law enforcement associations (as 


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1 defined in section 102), labor organizations, and commu2 nity-based organizations (as defined in section 102) to co3 ordinate the process of the detection and referral of com4 plaints regarding incidents of alleged law enforcement 

5 misconduct. 

6 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each fiscal 

8 year to carry out this section. 

9 TITLE VI—FEDERAL DATA COL10 LECTION ON LAW ENFORCE11 MENT PRACTICES 

12 SEC. 601. FEDERAL DATA COLLECTION ON LAW ENFORCE13 MENT PRACTICES. 

14 (a) AGENCIES TO REPORT.—Each Federal and State 

15 and local law enforcement agency shall report data of the 

16 practices of that agency to the Attorney General. 

17 (b) BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION BY RACE, ETH18 NICITY, AND GENDER.—For each practice enumerated in 

19 subsection (c), the reporting law enforcement agency shall 

20 provide a breakdown of the numbers of incidents of that 

21 practice by race, ethnicity, age, and gender of the officers 

22 and employees of the agency and of members of the public 

23 involved in the practice. 

24 (c) PRACTICES TO BE REPORTED ON.—The prac25 tices to be reported on are the following: 


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1 (1) Traffic violation stops. 

2 (2) Pedestrian stops. 

3 (3) Frisk and body searches. 

4 (4) Instances where officers or employees of the 

5 law enforcement agency used deadly force, includ6 ing— 

7 (A) a description of when and where dead8 ly force was used, and whether it resulted in 

9 death; 

10 (B) a description of deadly force directed 

11 against an officer or employee and whether it 

12 resulted in injury or death; and 

13 (C) the law enforcement agency’s justifica14 tion for use of deadly force, if the agency deter15 mines it was justified. 

16 (d) RETENTION OF DATA.—Each law enforcement 

17 agency required to report data under this section shall 

18 maintain records relating to any matter so reportable for 

19 not less than 4 years after those records are created. 

20 (e) PENALTY FOR STATES FAILING TO REPORT AS

21 REQUIRED.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—For any fiscal year, a State 

23 shall not receive any amount that would otherwise 

24 be allocated to that State under section 505(a) of 

25 the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 


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1 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755(a)), or any amount from any 

2 other law enforcement assistance program of the De3 partment of Justice, unless the State has ensured, 

4 to the satisfaction of the Attorney General, that 

5 each State and local law enforcement agency is in 

6 substantial compliance with the requirements of this 

7 section. 

8 (2) REALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated by 

9 reason of this subsection shall be reallocated to 

10 States not disqualified by failure to comply with this 

11 section. 

12 (f) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pre13 scribe regulations to carry out this section. 

14 TITLE VII—MEDALLIONS FOR 

15 FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

16 OFFICERS 

17 SEC. 701. MEDALLIONS FOR FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT 

18 OFFICERS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, in con20 sultation with the National Law Enforcement Officers Me21 morial Fund, shall create and provide a distinctive medal22 lion to be issued to the survivors of law enforcement offi23 cers— 

24 (1) killed in the line of duty; and 


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1 (2) memorialized on the wall of the National 

2 Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. 

3 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF MEDALLIONS.—The Attorney 

4 General shall make arrangements with the National Law 

5 Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund to distribute the 

6 medallions to appropriate survivors of each law enforce7 ment officer memorialized on the wall of the National Law 

8 Enforcement Officers Memorial. 

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

10 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

11 such sums as may be necessary. 

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