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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 3009

To provide funds to the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 6, 2000

Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. WELLSTONE, Ms. COLLINS,

Mr. THURMOND, Mr. HOLLINGS, and Mr. JEFFORDS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the

Judiciary

A BILL

To provide funds to the National Center for Rural Law

Enforcement.

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 ‘‘Rural Law Enforce5 ment Assistance Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. FUNDING TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR RURAL LAW

7 ENFORCEMENT.

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 (1) BOARD.—The term ‘‘Board’’ means the

2 members of the Board of the Center elected in ac3 cordance with the bylaws of the Center.

4 (2) CENTER.—The term ‘‘Center’’ means the

5 National Center for Rural Law Enforcement, a non6 profit corporation located in Little Rock, Arkansas.

7 (3) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Execu8 tive Director’’ means the Executive Director of the

9 Center as appointed in accordance with the bylaws

10 of the Center.

11 (4) INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—

12 The term ‘‘institutions of higher education’’ has the

13 meaning given the term in section 1201(a) of the

14 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)).

15 (5) METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA.—The

16 term ‘‘metropolitan statistical area’’ has the same

17 meaning given the term by the Bureau of the Cen18 sus of the Department of Commerce.

19 (6) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’

20 means an area that is located outside of a metropoli21 tan statistical area.

22 (7) RURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.—The

23 term ‘‘rural law enforcement agency’’ means a law

24 enforcement agency that serves a city, town, town25 ship, borough, or village that is located in rural area.
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1 (b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General shall

2 annually make a grant to the National Center for Rural

3 Law Enforcement, if the Executive Director certifies in

4 writing to the Attorney General that the Center—

5 (1) is incorporated in accordance with applica6 ble State law;

7 (2) is in compliance with the bylaws of the Cen8 ter;

9 (3) will use amounts made available under this

10 section in accordance with subsection (c); and

11 (4) will not support any political party or can12 didate for elected or appointed office.

13 (c) USES OF FUNDS.—

14 (1) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—The Center

15 shall use amounts made available under a grant this

16 section to develop an education and training pro17 gram for rural law enforcement agencies, and the

18 employees of those agencies, which shall include—

19 (A) the development and delivery of man20 agement education and training, technical as21 sistance, practical research and evaluation, and

22 computer and forensic education and training

23 for employees of rural law enforcement agencies

24 (including tribal law enforcement agencies and

25 railroad law enforcement agencies), including
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1 supervisory and executive managers of those

2 agencies;

3 (B) conducting research into the causes

4 and prevention of criminal activity in rural

5 areas, including the causes, assessment, evalua6 tion, analysis, and prevention of criminal activ7 ity;

8 (C) the development and dissemination of

9 information designed to assist States and units

10 of local government in rural areas throughout

11 the United States;

12 (D) the establishment and maintenance of

13 a resource and information center for the collec14 tion, preparation, and dissemination of informa15 tion regarding criminal justice and law enforce16 ment in rural areas, including programs for the

17 prevention of crime and recidivism; and

18 (E) the delivery of assistance, in a con19 sulting capacity, to criminal justice agencies in

20 the development, establishment, maintenance,

21 and coordination of programs, facilities and

22 services, training, and research relating to

23 crime in rural areas.

24 (2) PERMISSIVE USES OF FUNDS.—The Center

25 may use amounts made available under a grant
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1 under this section to enhance the education and

2 training program developed under paragraph (1),

3 through—

4 (A) educational opportunities for rural law

5 enforcement agencies;

6 (B) the development, promotion, and vol7 untary adoption of educational and training

8 standards and accreditation certification pro9 grams for rural law enforcement agencies and

10 the employees of those agencies;

11 (C) grants to, and contracts with, State,

12 and local governments, law enforcement agen13 cies, public and private agencies, educational in14 stitutions, and other organizations and individ15 uals to carry out this paragraph;

16 (D) the formulation and recommendation

17 of law enforcement policy, goals, and standards

18 in rural areas applicable to criminal justice

19 agencies, organizations, institutions, and per20 sonnel; and

21 (E) coordination with institutions of higher

22 education for the purpose of encouraging pro23 grams of study at those institutions for employ24 ees of rural law enforcement agencies.
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1 (d) POWERS.—In carrying out subsection (c), the Ex2 ecutive Director may—

3 (1) request the head of any Federal department

4 or agency to detail, on a reimbursable basis, 1 or

5 more employees of that department or agency to the

6 Center to assist the Center in carrying out sub7 section (c), and any such detail shall be without

8 interruption or loss of civil service status or privi9 lege;

10 (2) request the Administrator of the General

11 Services Administration to provide the Center, on a

12 reimbursable basis, the administrative support serv13 ices necessary for the Center to carry out subsection

14 (c); and

15 (3) procure temporary and intermittent services

16 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,

17 at rates of compensation established by the Board,

18 but not to exceed the daily equivalent of the max19 imum rate of pay payable for a position at level IV

20 of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title

21 5, United States Code.

22 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Executive Di23 rector shall annually submit to the Attorney General a re24 port, which shall include—
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1 (1) a description of the education and training

2 program developed under subsection (c);

3 (2) the number and demographic representation

4 of individuals who attended programs sponsored by

5 the Center;

6 (3) a description of the extent to which re7 sources of other governmental agencies or private

8 entities were used in carrying out subsection (c); and

9 (4) a description of the extent to which con10 tracts with other public and private entities were

11 used in carrying out subsection (c).

12 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

13 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

14 section—

15 (1) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

16 (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of

17 fiscal years 2002 through 2006.

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