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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 970 

To encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC database by States 

and to provide additional resources for extradition. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2009 

Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC 

database by States and to provide additional resources 

for extradition. 

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 ‘‘Fugitive Information 

5 Networked Database Act of 2009’’ or the ‘‘FIND Act of 

6 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

8 In this Act, the term ‘‘National Crime Information 

9 Center database’’ means the computerized index of crimi10 nal justice information operated by the Federal Bureau 

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1 of Investigation pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United 

2 States Code, and available to Federal, State, and local law 

3 enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. 

4 SEC. 3. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO ENTER FEL5 ONY WARRANTS. 

6 (a) STATE SYSTEM.—A State Attorney General may, 

7 in consultation with local law enforcement and any other 

8 relevant government agencies, apply for a grant from the 

9 United States Attorney General to— 

10 (1) develop and implement secure, electronic 

11 warrant management systems that permit the 

12 prompt preparation, submission, and validation of 

13 warrants and are compatible and interoperable with 

14 the National Crime Information Center database; or 

15 (2) upgrade existing electronic warrant manage16 ment systems to ensure compatibility and interoper17 ability with the National Crime Information Center 

18 database; 

19 to facilitate information sharing and to ensure that felony 

20 warrants entered into State and local warrant databases 

21 can be automatically entered into the National Crime In22 formation Center database. The grant funds may also be 

23 used to hire additional personnel, as needed, for the vali24 dation of warrants entered into the National Crime Infor25 mation Center database. 

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1 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for a grant 

2 authorized under subsection (a), a State shall submit to 

3 the United States Attorney General— 

4 (1) a plan to develop and implement, or up5 grade, systems described in subsection (a); 

6 (2) a report that— 

7 (A) details the number of felony warrants 

8 outstanding in the State; 

9 (B) describes any backlog of warrants that 

10 have not been entered into the State and local 

11 warrant databases or into the National Crime 

12 Information Center database, over the pre13 ceding 3 years (including the number of such 

14 felony warrants); 

15 (C) explains the reasons for the failure of 

16 State and local government agencies to enter 

17 felony warrants into the National Crime Infor18 mation Center database; and 

19 (D) demonstrates that State and local gov20 ernment agencies have made good faith efforts 

21 to eliminate any such backlog; 

22 (3) guidelines for warrant entry by State and 

23 local government agencies that will ensure that fel24 ony warrants entered into State and local warrant 

25 databases will also be entered into the National 

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1 Crime Information Center database and explain the 

2 circumstances in which, as a matter of policy, cer3 tain felony warrants will not be entered into the Na4 tional Crime Information Center database; and 

5 (4) an assurance that the State will implement 

6 such practices and procedures as may be necessary 

7 to ensure that all felony warrants for Part I crimes 

8 (as classified for the Federal Bureau of Investiga9 tion’s Uniform Crime Report) that are issued after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act are entered into 

11 the National Crime Information Center database. 

12 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—Each State that receives a 

13 grant under this section shall, as a condition of receiving 

14 such grant, report to the Attorney General on an annual 

15 basis the number of felony warrants entered into the State 

16 and local warrant databases, the number of felony war17 rants entered into the National Crime Information Center 

18 database, and, with respect to felony warrants not entered 

19 into the National Crime Information Center database, the 

20 reasons for not entering such warrants. 

21 (d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap22 propriated to the Attorney General $25,000,000 for each 

23 of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010 for grants to State and 

24 local government agencies for resources to carry out the 

25 requirements of this section. 

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1 SEC. 4. FBI COORDINATION. 

2 The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide to 

3 State and local government agencies the technological 

4 standard that ensures compatibility and interoperability of 

5 all State and local warrant databases with the National 

6 Crime Information Center database. 

7 SEC. 5. REPORT REGARDING FELONY WARRANT ENTRY. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

10 of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 

11 the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 

12 Senate a report regarding— 

13 (1) the number of felony warrants currently ac14 tive in each State; 

15 (2) the number of those felony warrants that 

16 State and local government agencies have entered 

17 into the National Crime Information Center data18 base; 

19 (3) the number of times State and local law en20 forcement in each State has been contacted regard21 ing a fugitive apprehended in another State over the 

22 preceding 3 years; and 

23 (4) the number of fugitives from each State 

24 who were apprehended in other States over the pre25 ceding 3 years but not extradited. 

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1 (b) ASSISTANCE.—To assist in the preparation of the 

2 report required by subsection (a), the Attorney General 

3 shall provide the Comptroller General of the United States 

4 with access to any information collected and reviewed in 

5 connection with the grant application process described in 

6 section 3. 

7 (c) REPORT.—On an annual basis, the Attorney Gen8 eral shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of 

9 the House of Representatives and the Senate a report con10 taining the information received from the States under 

11 this section 3(c). 

12 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR FUGITIVE TASK 

13 FORCES AND EXTRADITION. 

14 (a) PRESIDENTIAL THREAT PROTECTION ACT OF

15 2000.—Section 6(b) of the Presidential Threat Protection 

16 Act of 2000 (28 U.S.C. 566 note) is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap18 propriated to the Attorney General for the United States 

19 Marshals Service to carry out the provisions of this section 

20 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and $10,000,000 for 

21 each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 

22 (b) JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORT SYS23 TEM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the At24 torney General for the United States Marshals Service 

25 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 

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1 to assist in extradition of fugitives through the Justice 

2 Prisoner and Alien Transport System. 

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