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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3136 

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

and provide additional resources for extradition. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 16, 2008 

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

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC 

database by States and 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 2008’’ or the ‘‘FIND Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

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

8 Center database’’ is the computerized index of criminal 

9 justice information operated by the Federal Bureau of In10 vestigation pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United 


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

2 enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. 

3 SEC. 3. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO ENTER FEL4 ONY WARRANTS. 

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

6 in consultation with local law enforcement and any other 

7 relevant government agencies, apply for a grant from the 

8 United States Attorney General to— 

9 (1) develop and implement secure, electronic 

10 warrant management systems that permit the 

11 prompt preparation, submission, and validation of 

12 warrants and are compatible and interoperable with 

13 the National Crime Information Center database; or 

14 (2) upgrade existing electronic warrant manage15 ment systems to ensure compatibility and interoper16 ability with the National Crime Information Center 

17 database; 

18 to facilitate information sharing and to ensure that felony 

19 warrants entered into State and local warrant databases 

20 can be automatically entered into the National Crime In21 formation Center database. The grant funds may also be 

22 used to hire additional personnel, as needed, for the vali23 dation of warrants entered into the National Crime Infor24 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; and 

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. 

5 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap6 propriated to the Attorney General $25,000,000 for each 

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

8 local government agencies for resources to carry out the 

9 requirements of this section. 

10 SEC. 4. FBI COORDINATION. 

11 The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide to 

12 State and local government agencies the technological 

13 standard that ensures compatibility and interoperability of 

14 all State and local warrant databases with the National 

15 Crime Information Center database. 

16 SEC. 5. REPORT REGARDING FELONY WARRANT ENTRY. 

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

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

19 of the United States shall submit to the House and Senate 

20 Committees on the Judiciary a report regarding— 

21 (1) the number of felony warrants currently ac22 tive in each State; 

23 (2) the number of those felony warrants that 

24 State and local government agencies have entered 


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1 into the National Crime Information Center data2 base; 

3 (3) the number of times State and local law en4 forcement in each State has been contacted regard5 ing a fugitive apprehended in another State over the 

6 preceding 3 years; and 

7 (4) the number of fugitives from each State 

8 who were apprehended in other States over the pre9 ceding 3 years but not extradited. 

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

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

12 shall provide the Comptroller General of the United States 

13 with access to any information collected and reviewed in 

14 connection with the grant application process described in 

15 section 3. 

16 (c) REPORT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—States 

17 that receive grants under section 3 shall, as a condition 

18 of receiving the grant, report to the Attorney General on 

19 an annual basis the number of felony warrants entered 

20 into the State and local warrant databases, the number 

21 of felony warrants entered into the National Crime Infor22 mation Center database, and, with respect to felony war23 rants not entered into the National Crime Information 

24 Center database, the reasons for not entering such war25 rants. On an annual basis, the Attorney General shall subVerDate Aug 31 2005 06:23 Jun 18, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3136.IS S3136

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1 mit to the House and Senate Committees on the Judiciary 

2 a report containing the information received from the 

3 States under this subsection. 

4 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR FUGITIVE TASK 

5 FORCES AND EXTRADITION. 

6 (a) PRESIDENTIAL THREAT PROTECTION ACT OF

7 2000.—Section 6(b) of the Presidential Threat Protection 

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

9 at the end the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap10 propriated to the Attorney General for the United States 

11 Marshals Service to carry out the provisions of this section 

12 $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and $10,000,000 for 

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

14 (b) JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORT SYS15 TEM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the At16 torney General for the United States Marshals Service 

17 $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 

18 to assist in extradition of fugitives through the Justice 

19 Prisoner and Alien Transport System. 

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