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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1297

To establish community-based partnerships to fight crime in public and

assisted housing.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 27 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Mr. LAUTENBERG introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To establish community-based partnerships to fight crime

in public and assisted housing.

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

3 SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Partner5 ships Against Crime Act’’, or ‘‘COMPAC’’.

6 SEC. 2. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST CRIME.

7 (a) CONFORMING PROVISIONS.—(1) Section 5001 of

8 the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 is amended—

9 (A) by striking

‘‘CHAPTER 2—PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING DRUG ELIMINATION’’

10 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
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‘‘CHAPTER 2—COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AGAINST CRIME’’;

(B) by striking ‘‘Congressional findings.’’ and inserting in

lieu thereof the following: ‘‘Purposes.’’; and

(C) by adding after

‘‘Sec. 5130. Authorization of appropriations.’’

1 the following:

‘‘Sec. 5131. Technical assistance.’’.

2 (2) The heading for chapter 2 of subtitle C of title

3 V of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 is amended to read

4 as follows:

5 ‘‘CHAPTER 2—COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

6 AGAINST CRIME’’.

7 (b) SHORT TITLE, PURPOSES, AND AUTHORITY TO

8 MAKE GRANTS.—Sections 5121, 5122, and 5123 of the

9 Public and Assisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of

10 1990 are amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘SEC. 5121. SHORT TITLE.

12 ‘‘This chapter may be cited as the ‘Community Part13 nerships Against Crime Act of 1993’.

14 ‘‘SEC. 5122. PURPOSES.

15 ‘‘The purposes of this chapter are to—

16 ‘‘(1) substantially expand and enhance the Fed17 eral Government’s commitment to eliminating crime

18 in public housing;

19 ‘‘(2) broaden the scope of the Public and As20 sisted Housing Drug Elimination Act of 1990 to
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1 apply to all types of crime, and not simply crime

2 that is drug-related;

3 ‘‘(3) target opportunities for long-term commit4 ments of funding primarily to public housing agen5 cies with serious crime problems;

6 ‘‘(4) encourage the involvement of a broad

7 range of community-based groups, and residents of

8 neighboring housing that is owned or assisted by the

9 Secretary, in the development and implementation of

10 anti-crime plans;

11 ‘‘(5) reduce crime and disorder in and around

12 public housing through the expansion of community13 oriented policing activities and problem solving;

14 ‘‘(6) provide training, information services, and

15 other technical assistance to program participants;

16 and

17 ‘‘(7) establish a standardized assessment sys18 tem to evaluate need among public housing agencies,

19 and to measure progress in reaching crime reduction

20 goals.

21 ‘‘SEC. 5123. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

22 ‘‘The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,

23 in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, may

24 make grants, for use in eliminating crime in and around

25 public and other federally assisted low-income housing
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1 projects (1) to public housing agencies (including Indian

2 housing authorities) and (2) using amounts appropriated

3 for fiscal year 1994 only, to private, for-profit and non4 profit owners of federally assisted low-income housing. In

5 designing the program, the Secretary shall consult with

6 the Attorney General.’’.

7 (c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Section 5124 of such Act

8 is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) PUBLIC AND ASSISTED

10 HOUSING.—’’;

11 (2) by inserting in the introductory material,

12 immediately after ‘‘used in’’, the following: ‘‘and

13 around’’;

14 (3) in paragraph (3), by inserting immediately

15 before the semicolon the following: ‘‘, such as fenc16 ing, lighting, locking, and surveillance systems’’;

17 (4) by striking paragraph (4)(A) and inserting

18 in lieu thereof the following new subparagraph:

19 ‘‘(A) to investigate crime; and’’;

20 (5) in paragraph (6)—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘in and around public or

22 other federally assisted low-income housing

23 projects’’; and

24 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;

25 (6) in paragraph (7)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘where a public housing

2 agency receives a grant,’’;

3 (B) by striking ‘‘drug abuse’’ and inserting

4 in lieu thereof ‘‘crime’’; and

5 (C) by striking the period at the end and

6 inserting in lieu thereof a colon;

7 (7) by adding the following new paragraphs

8 after paragraph (7):

9 ‘‘(8) the employment or utilization of one or

10 more individuals, including law enforcement officers,

11 made available by contract or other cooperative ar12 rangement with State or local law enforcement agen13 cies, to engage in community- and problem-oriented

14 policing involving interaction with members of the

15 community on proactive crime control and preven16 tion;

17 ‘‘(9) youth initiatives, such as activities involv18 ing training, education, after school programs, cul19 tural programs, recreation and sports, career plan20 ning, and entrepreneurship and employment; and

21 ‘‘(10) resident service programs, such as job

22 training, education programs, and other appropriate

23 social services which address the contributing factors

24 of crime.’’; and

25 (8) by striking subsection (b).
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1 (d) APPLICATIONS.—Section 5125 of such Act is

2 amended—

3 (1) in subsection (a)—

4 (A) by adding the paragraph designation

5 ‘‘(1)’’ immediately after ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’;

6 (B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, a

7 public housing resident management corpora8 tion,’’;

9 (C) in the second sentence, by striking

10 ‘‘drug-related crime on the premises of’’ and in11 serting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘crime in

12 and around’’; and

13 (D) by adding the following new para14 graphs at the end:

15 ‘‘(2) The Secretary shall, by regulation issued

16 after notice and opportunity for public comment, set

17 forth criteria for establishing a class of public hous18 ing agencies that have especially severe crime prob19 lems. Any public housing agency within this class

20 may submit an application for a one-year grant

21 under this chapter that, subject to the availability of

22 appropriated amounts, shall be renewed for a period

23 not exceeding the four subsequent years: Provided,

24 That the Secretary finds, after an annual or more

25 frequent performance review, that the public housing
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1 agency is performing under the terms of the grant

2 and applicable laws in a satisfactory manner and

3 meets such other requirements as the Secretary may

4 prescribe.

5 ‘‘(3) Any eligible applicant may submit an ap6 plication for a grant for a period of up to two years.

7 The Secretary may accord a preference to applica8 tions seeking a subsequent grant under this para9 graph if the grant is to be used to continue or ex10 pand activities assisted under a previous grant under

11 this paragraph and the Secretary finds that the ap12 plicant’s program under the prior grant is being

13 managed soundly and demonstrates success. Any

14 preferences under the preceding sentence shall not

15 unreasonably prejudice the opportunities of other

16 public housing agencies to be awarded grants under

17 this paragraph.’’;

18 (2) in subsection (b)—

19 (A) in the introductory material, by strik20 ing ‘‘subsections (c) and (d)’’ and inserting in

21 lieu thereof ‘‘subsections (a) and (c)’’;

22 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘drug-re23 lated crime problem in’’ and inserting in lieu

24 thereof the following: ‘‘crime problem in and

25 around’’;
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting imme2 diately after ‘‘crime problem in’’ the following:

3 ‘‘and around’’; and

4 (D) in paragraph (4), by inserting after

5 ‘‘local government’’ the following: ‘‘, local com6 munity-based non-profit organizations, local

7 resident organizations that represent the resi8 dents of neighboring projects that are owned or

9 assisted by the Secretary,’’;

10 (3) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ‘‘drug-relat11 ed’’ the two places it appears; and

12 (4) by striking subsection (d).

13 (e) DEFINITIONS.—Section 5126 of such Act is

14 amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2), and renum15 bering paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (1) and (2),

16 respectively.

17 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 5127 of such Act is

18 amended to read as follows:

19 ‘‘SEC 5127. IMPLEMENTATION.

20 ‘‘The Secretary shall issue regulations to implement

21 this chapter within 180 days of the enactment of the Com22 munity Partnerships Against Crime Act.’’.

23 (g) REPORTS.—Section 5128 of such Act is amended

24 by striking ‘‘drug-related crime in’’ and inserting in lieu

25 thereof the following: ‘‘crime in and around’’.
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1 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section

2 5130 of such Act is amended—

3 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by

4 striking ‘‘$175,000,000 for fiscal year 1993’’ and all

5 that follows and inserting in lieu thereof:

6 ‘‘$265,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and

7 $325,000,000 for fiscal year 1995.’’;

8 (2) in subsection (b)—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘SET-ASIDES’’ and insert10 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘SET-ASIDE’’;

11 (B) by striking the first sentence;

12 (C) by striking ‘‘drug elimination’’;

13 (D) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1993 and

14 1994’’; and

15 (E) by striking ‘‘and 5.0 percent’’ and all

16 that follows through the end of the sentence

17 and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

18 (3) by striking subsection (c) and section

19 520(k) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford20 able Housing Act.

21 (i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Such Act is further

22 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

23 section:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 5131. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

2 ‘‘Of the amounts appropriated annually for each of

3 fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to carry out this chapter, the

4 Secretary is authorized to use up to $10,000,000, directly

5 or indirectly, under grants, contracts, cooperative agree6 ments, or otherwise, to provide training, information serv7 ices, and other technical assistance to public housing agen8 cies and other entities with respect to their participation

9 in the program authorized by this chapter. Such technical

10 assistance may include the establishment and operation of

11 the clearinghouse on drug abuse in public housing and the

12 regional training program on drug abuse in public housing

13 under sections 5143 and 5144 of this Act. The Secretary

14 is also authorized to use the foregoing amounts for obtain15 ing assistance in establishing and managing assessment

16 and evaluation criteria and specifications, and obtaining

17 the opinions of experts in relevant fields.’’.

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