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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4334 

To provide grants for the renovation, modernization, and construction of 

law enforcement facilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2009 

Mr. BRIGHT (for himself and Mr. ELLSWORTH) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide grants for the renovation, modernization, and 

construction of law enforcement facilities. 

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 ‘‘Protect Those Who 

5 Serve Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) LAW ENFORCEMENT FACILITY.—The term 

9 ‘‘law enforcement facility’’ means any building or fa10 cility that serves as an official work site for State or 


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1 local public safety officers that have law enforcement 

2 standing. 

3 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

4 the several States, the District of Columbia, the 

5 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth 

6 of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, 

7 Guam, the Virgin Islands, any territory or posses8 sion of the United States, and any Indian tribe. 

9 SEC. 3. GRANTS. 

10 The Attorney General is authorized to make grants 

11 to States for the renovation, modernization, and construc12 tion of law enforcement facilities. 

13 SEC. 4. MATCHING REQUIREMENT. 

14 (a) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As a condition of re15 ceiving funding under a grant awarded under section 3, 

16 with respect to the renovation, modernization, or construc17 tion of a law enforcement facility, the following matching 

18 requirements shall apply: 

19 (1) In the case of a law enforcement facility 

20 that serves a population of 50,000 or more, the fa21 cility shall agree to match the Federal grant funds 

22 with an amount of non-Federal funds equal to 20 

23 percent of the total project cost. 

24 (2) In the case of a law enforcement facility 

25 that serves a population of more than 20,000 but 


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1 fewer than 50,000, the facility shall agree to match 

2 the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Fed3 eral funds equal to 10 percent of the total project 

4 cost. 

5 (3) In the case of a law enforcement facility 

6 that serves a population of 20,000 or fewer, the fa7 cility shall agree to match the Federal grant funds 

8 with an amount of non-Federal funds equal to 5 per9 cent of the total project cost. 

10 (b) REGIONAL COST-SHARE.—In the case of a facility 

11 to be operated by a geographic region, the matching re12 quirement under subsection (a) applicable to such facility 

13 shall be determined based on the total population and de14 mographics of the entire region. 

15 SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION. 

16 The Attorney General shall prescribe requirements, 

17 including application requirements, for grants under the 

18 program under this Act. 

19 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

20 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

21 this Act $500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 

22 through 2015. 

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