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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 827 

To authorize funds to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry 

out its Community Safety Initiative. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2009 

Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. 

LANGEVIN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. FATTAH, 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, 

Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, and Mr. CLEAVER) 

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

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To authorize funds to the Local Initiatives Support 

Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative. 

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 ‘‘Community Safety Ini5 tiative Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) The Local Initiatives Support Corporation 

2 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘LISC’’) is a na3 tional community development support organization 

4 which provides capital, technical expertise, training, 

5 and information to help community-based organiza6 tions transform distressed neighborhoods into 

7 healthy and sustainable places to live, do business, 

8 work, and raise families. Since 1994, LISC’s Com9 munity Safety Initiative has promoted partnerships 

10 between community developers and law enforcement 

11 agencies in low-income communities to reduce crime, 

12 encourage economic revitalization, and respond to 

13 the challenges faced by people returning home upon 

14 release from jail or prison. 

15 (2) Community Safety Initiative activities spe16 cifically accomplish the following: 

17 (A) Address crime and disorder, including 

18 drug and gang activity involving youth. 

19 (B) Spur economic investment. 

20 (C) Build trust between communities and 

21 police. 

22 (D) Respond to prisoner reentry challenges 

23 related to housing, employment, social services, 

24 and systems coordination. 


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1 (E) Foster national knowledge-sharing be2 tween law enforcement agencies and community 

3 organizations about best-practice crime preven4 tion strategies. 

5 (3) The Community Safety Initiative improves 

6 safety and quality of life in more than 20 low-income 

7 communities across the country each year, resulting 

8 in measurable reductions in crime, better commu9 nity-police relations, quality affordable housing in 

10 place of problem properties, viable businesses in pre11 viously blighted commercial corridors, effective pris12 oner reentry programs, and more strategic and effi13 cient use of public- and private-sector resources. 

14 (4) The Community Safety Initiative program 

15 has effectively utilized Federal funds since fiscal 

16 year 1999. 

17 (5) The Community Safety Initiative has a 

18 long-standing partnership with the United States 

19 Department of Justice Community Capacity Devel20 opment Office and has been endorsed by police 

21 chiefs and community development leaders across 

22 the country. 


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1 SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM FOR EXPANDING THE COMMU2 NITY SAFETY INITIATIVE. 

3 In each of fiscal years 2010 through 2015, the Assist4 ant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs 

5 of the Department of Justice may make grants to the 

6 Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its 

7 Community Safety Initiative. 

8 SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Local Initiatives Support 

10 Corporation shall, in each of fiscal years 2010 through 

11 2015, submit a report to the Assistant Attorney General. 

12 (b) REQUIRED CONTENT.—Each report required to 

13 be submitted under subsection (a) shall include a detailed 

14 statement— 

15 (1) regarding the progress made by the Com16 munity Safety Initiative in using Federal funds to 

17 reduce crime, encourage economic revitalization, im18 prove community-police relations, respond to the 

19 challenges faced by people returning home upon re20 lease from jail or prison, and promoting community 

21 safety knowledge-sharing in low-income and minority 

22 communities; and 

23 (2) of the activities for which the appropriated 

24 funds were spent by the Community Safety Initia25 tive. 


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1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this Act $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 

4 2015. 

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