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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2055

To establish the Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

FEBRUARY 10, 2000

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

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To establish the Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund,

and for other purposes.

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 ‘‘Katie’s Law’’.

5 SEC. 2. KATIE POIRIER ABDUCTION EMERGENCY FUND.

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ABDUCTION EMERGENCY

7 FUND.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact8 ment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish the

9 Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund (referred to in

10 this section as the ‘‘fund’’) to assist local and rural law
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1 enforcement agencies with expenses resulting from a

2 crime, including an abduction or homicide, that results in

3 extraordinary unanticipated costs to the agency because

4 of the magnitude of the crime and the need to adequately

5 respond with personnel and support.

6 (b) EMERGENCY GRANTS.—The Attorney General

7 shall make grants to States to be distributed to local and

8 rural law enforcement agencies as determined by the

9 State.

10 (c) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—The Attorney General

11 shall establish criteria for awarding grants under this sec12 tion.

13 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

14 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

15 $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through

16 2003.

17 SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST

18 LOCAL AND RURAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

19 AGENCIES IN ESTABLISHING OR UPGRADING

20 AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO DEVELOP

21 IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND SYS22 TEMS TO IMPROVE CRIMINAL IDENTIFICA23 TION.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, through

25 the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Department of Jus-
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1 tice, shall make grants to States which shall be used to

2 assist local and rural law enforcement agencies in estab3 lishing or upgrading an integrated approach to develop

4 identification technologies and systems to improve crimi5 nal identification.

6 (b) CRITERIA FOR GRANTS.—The Attorney General

7 shall establish criteria for awarding grants under this sec8 tion.

9 (c) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants under this section may

10 be used by local and rural law enforcement agencies to

11 integrate information technologies or to establish, develop,

12 or upgrade automated fingerprint identification systems,

13 including live scan and other automated systems to

14 digitize fingerprints and communicate prints, that are

15 compatible with standards established by the National In16 stitute of Standards and Technology and interoperable

17 with systems operated by States and the Integrated Auto18 mated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal

19 Bureau of Investigation.

20 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

21 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

22 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through

23 2003.

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