Union Calendar No. 11

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 728

[Report No. 104–24]

A BILL

To control crime by providing law enforcement

block grants.

FEBRUARY 8, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 11

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 728

[Report No. 104–24]

To control crime by providing law enforcement block grants.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 30, 1995

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

Committee on the Judiciary

FEBRUARY 8, 1995

Additional sponsors: Mr. BRYANT of Tennessee, Mr. BLILEY, and Mr.

WELLER

FEBRUARY 8, 1995

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 30, 1995]

A BILL

To control crime by providing law enforcement block grants.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Government Law

3 Enforcement Block Grants Act of 1995’’.

4 SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Violent Crime Control

6 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amended to read as

7 follows:

8 ‘‘TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT

9 BLOCK GRANTS

10 ‘‘SEC. 101. PAYMENTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

11 ‘‘(a) PAYMENT AND USE.—

12 ‘‘(1) PAYMENT.—The Director of the Bureau of

13 Justice Assistance, shall pay to each unit of local gov14 ernment which qualifies for a payment under this

15 title an amount equal to the sum of any amounts al16 located to such unit under this title for each payment

17 period. The Director shall pay such amount from

18 amounts appropriated to carry out this title.

19 ‘‘(2) USE.—Amounts paid to a unit of local gov20 ernment under this section shall be used by the unit

21 for reducing crime and improving public safety, in22 cluding but not limited to, 1 or more of the following

23 purposes:

24 ‘‘(A)(i) Hiring, training, and employing on

25 a continuing basis new, additional law enforce26 ment officers and necessary support personnel.
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1 ‘‘(ii) Paying overtime to presently employed

2 law enforcement officers and necessary support

3 personnel for the purpose of increasing the num4 ber of hours worked by such personnel.

5 ‘‘(iii) Procuring equipment, technology, and

6 other material directly related to basic law en7 forcement functions.

8 ‘‘(B) Enhancing school security measures

9 by—

10 ‘‘(i) providing increased law enforce11 ment patrols in and around schools, wheth12 er through the hiring of additional law en13 forcement officers or paying overtime to

14 presently employed officers;

15 ‘‘(ii) purchasing law enforcement

16 equipment necessary to carry out normal

17 law enforcement functions in and around

18 schools;

19 ‘‘(iii) equipping schools with metal de20 tectors, fences, closed circuit cameras, and

21 other physical safety measures;

22 ‘‘(iv) gun hotlines designed to facilitate

23 the reporting of weapons possession by stu24 dents and other individuals in and around

25 schools; and
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1 ‘‘(v) preventing and suppressing vio2 lent youth gang activity.

3 ‘‘(C) Establishing crime prevention pro4 grams that may, though not exclusively, involve

5 law enforcement officials and that are intended

6 to discourage, disrupt, or interfere with the com7 mission of criminal activity, including neighbor8 hood watch and citizen patrol programs, sexual

9 assault and domestic violence programs, and

10 programs intended to prevent juvenile crime.

11 ‘‘(D) Establishing or supporting drug

12 courts.

13 ‘‘(E) Establishing early intervention and

14 prevention programs for juveniles to reduce or

15 eliminate crime.

16 ‘‘(F) Enhancing the adjudication process of

17 cases involving violent offenders, including the

18 adjudication process of cases involving violent

19 juvenile offenders.

20 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub21 section—

22 ‘‘(A) the term ‘violent offender’ means a

23 person charged with committing a part I violent

24 crime; and
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1 ‘‘(B) the term ‘drug courts’ means a pro2 gram that involves—

3 ‘‘(i) continuing judicial supervision

4 over offenders with substance abuse prob5 lems who are not violent offenders; and

6 ‘‘(ii) the integrated administration of

7 other sanctions and services, which shall in8 clude—

9 ‘‘(I) mandatory periodic testing

10 for the use of controlled substances or

11 other addictive substances during any

12 period of supervised release or proba13 tion for each participant;

14 ‘‘(II) substance abuse treatment

15 for each participant;

16 ‘‘(III) probation, or other super17 vised release involving the possibility

18 of prosecution, confinement, or incar19 ceration based on noncompliance with

20 program requirements or failure to

21 show satisfactory progress; and

22 ‘‘(IV) programmatic, offender

23 management, and aftercare services

24 such as relapse prevention, vocational
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1 job training, job placement, and hous2 ing placement.

3 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITED USES.—Notwithstanding any other

4 provision of this Act, a unit of local government may not

5 expend any of the funds provided under this title to pur6 chase, lease, rent, or otherwise acquire—

7 ‘‘(1) tanks or armored personnel carriers;

8 ‘‘(2) fixed wing aircraft;

9 ‘‘(3) limousines;

10 ‘‘(4) real estate; or

11 ‘‘(5) yachts;

12 unless the Attorney General certifies that extraordinary and

13 exigent circumstances exist that make the use of funds for

14 such purposes essential to the maintenance of public safety

15 and good order in such unit of local government.

16 ‘‘(c) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.—The Director shall pay

17 each unit of local government that has submitted an appli18 cation under this title not later than—

19 ‘‘(1) 90 days after the date that the amount is

20 available, or

21 ‘‘(2) the first day of the payment period if the

22 unit of local government has provided the Director

23 with the assurances required by section 103(d),

24 whichever is later.

25 ‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENTS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the

2 Director shall adjust a payment under this title to a

3 unit of local government to the extent that a prior

4 payment to the unit of local government was more or

5 less than the amount required to be paid.

6 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Director may in7 crease or decrease under this subsection a payment to

8 a unit of local government only if the Director deter9 mines the need for the increase or decrease, or if the

10 unit requests the increase or decrease, not later than

11 1 year after the end of the payment period for which

12 a payment was made.

13 ‘‘(e) RESERVATION FOR ADJUSTMENT.—The Director

14 may reserve a percentage of not more than 2 percent of the

15 amount under this section for a payment period for all

16 units of local government in a State if the Director consid17 ers the reserve is necessary to ensure the availability of suf18 ficient amounts to pay adjustments after the final alloca19 tion of amounts among the units of local government in

20 the State.

21 ‘‘(f) REPAYMENT OF UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS.—

22 ‘‘(1) REPAYMENT REQUIRED.—A unit of local

23 government shall repay to the Director, by not later

24 than 27 months after receipt of funds from the Direc25 tor, any amount that is—
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1 ‘‘(A) paid to the unit from amounts appro2 priated under the authority of this section; and

3 ‘‘(B) not expended by the unit within 2

4 years after receipt of such funds from the Direc5 tor.

6 ‘‘(2) PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO REPAY.—If the

7 amount required to be repaid is not repaid, the Direc8 tor shall reduce payment in future payment periods

9 accordingly.

10 ‘‘(3) DEPOSIT OF AMOUNTS REPAID.—Amounts

11 received by the Director as repayments under this

12 subsection shall be deposited in a designated fund for

13 future payments to units of local government.

14 ‘‘(g) NONSUPPLANTING REQUIREMENT.—Funds made

15 available under this title to units of local government shall

16 not be used to supplant State or local funds, but shall be

17 used to increase the amount of funds that would, in the

18 absence of funds made available under this title, be made

19 available from State or local sources.

20 ‘‘SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

22 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title—

23 ‘‘(1) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;

24 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;

25 ‘‘(3) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
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1 ‘‘(4) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

2 ‘‘(5) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

3 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 2.5 per4 cent of the amount authorized to be appropriated under sub5 section (a) for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000

6 shall be available to the Director for administrative costs

7 to carry out the purposes of this title. Such sums are to

8 remain available until expended.

9 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts authorized to be ap10 propriated under subsection (a) shall remain available

11 until expended.

12 ‘‘SEC. 103. QUALIFICATION FOR PAYMENT.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall issue regula14 tions establishing procedures under which a unit of local

15 government is required to provide notice to the Director re16 garding the proposed use of funds made available under this

17 title.

18 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM REVIEW.—The Director shall establish

19 a process for the ongoing evaluation of projects developed

20 with funds made available under this title.

21 ‘‘(c) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFICATION.—

22 A unit of local government qualifies for a payment under

23 this title for a payment period only if the unit of local gov24 ernment submits an application to the Director and estab25 lishes, to the satisfaction of the Director, that—
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1 ‘‘(1) the unit of local government has established

2 a local advisory board that—

3 ‘‘(A) includes, but is not limited to, a rep4 resentative from—

5 ‘‘(i) the local police department or

6 local sheriff’s department;

7 ‘‘(ii) the local prosecutor’s office;

8 ‘‘(iii) the local court system;

9 ‘‘(iv) the local public school system;

10 and

11 ‘‘(v) a local nonprofit, educational, re12 ligious, or community group active in crime

13 prevention or drug use prevention or treat14 ment;

15 ‘‘(B) has reviewed the application; and

16 ‘‘(C) is designated to make nonbinding rec17 ommendations to the unit of local government for

18 the use of funds received under this title;

19 ‘‘(2) the chief executive officer of the State has

20 had not less than 45 days to review and comment on

21 the application prior to submission to the Director;

22 ‘‘(3) the unit of local government will establish

23 a trust fund in which the government will deposit all

24 payments received under this title;
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1 ‘‘(4) the unit of local government will use

2 amounts in the trust fund (including interest) during

3 a period not to exceed 2 years from the date the first

4 grant payment is made to the unit of local govern5 ment;

6 ‘‘(5) the unit of local government will expend the

7 payments received in accordance with the laws and

8 procedures that are applicable to the expenditure of

9 revenues of the unit of local government;

10 ‘‘(6) the unit of local government will use ac11 counting, audit, and fiscal procedures that conform to

12 guidelines which shall be prescribed by the Director

13 after consultation with the Comptroller General and

14 as applicable, amounts received under this title shall

15 be audited in compliance with the Single Audit Act

16 of 1984;

17 ‘‘(7) after reasonable notice from the Director or

18 the Comptroller General to the unit of local govern19 ment, the unit of local government will make avail20 able to the Director and the Comptroller General,

21 with the right to inspect, records that the Director

22 reasonably requires to review compliance with this

23 title or that the Comptroller General reasonably re24 quires to review compliance and operation;
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1 ‘‘(8) a designated official of the unit of local gov2 ernment shall make reports the Director reasonably

3 requires, in addition to the annual reports required

4 under this title; and

5 ‘‘(9) the unit of local government will spend the

6 funds made available under this title only for the

7 purposes set forth in section 101(a)(2).

8 ‘‘(d) SANCTIONS FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Director determines

10 that a unit of local government has not complied sub11 stantially with the requirements or regulations pre12 scribed under subsections (a) and (c), the Director

13 shall notify the unit of local government that if the

14 unit of local government does not take corrective ac15 tion within 60 days of such notice, the Director will

16 withhold additional payments to the unit of local gov17 ernment for the current and future payment periods

18 until the Director is satisfied that the unit of local

19 government—

20 ‘‘(A) has taken the appropriate corrective

21 action; and

22 ‘‘(B) will comply with the requirements and

23 regulations prescribed under subsections (a) and

24 (c).
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1 ‘‘(2) NOTICE.—Before giving notice under para2 graph (1), the Director shall give the chief executive

3 officer of the unit of local government reasonable no4 tice and an opportunity for comment.

5 ‘‘SEC. 104. ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

6 ‘‘(a) STATE SET-ASIDE.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amounts appro8 priated for this title for each payment period, the Di9 rector shall allocate for units of local government in

10 each State an amount that bears the same ratio to

11 such total as the average annual number of part 1

12 violent crimes reported by such State to the Federal

13 Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most recent cal14 endar years for which such data is available, bears to

15 the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all

16 States to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for such

17 years.

18 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.—Each State shall

19 receive not less than .25 percent of the total amounts

20 appropriated under section 102 under this subsection

21 for each payment period.

22 ‘‘(3) PROPORTIONAL REDUCTION.—If amounts

23 available to carry out paragraph (2) for any payment

24 period are insufficient to pay in full the total pay25 ment that any State is otherwise eligible to receive
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1 under paragraph (1) for such period, then the Direc2 tor shall reduce payments under paragraph (1) for

3 such payment period to the extent of such insuffi4 ciency. Reductions under the preceding sentence shall

5 be allocated among the States (other than States

6 whose payment is determined under paragraph (2))

7 in the same proportions as amounts would be allo8 cated under paragraph (1) without regard to para9 graph (2).

10 ‘‘(b) LOCAL DISTRIBUTION.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amount reserved

12 for each State under subsection (a), the Director shall

13 allocate—

14 ‘‘(A) among reporting units of local govern15 ment the reporting units’ share of such reserved

16 amount, and

17 ‘‘(B) among nonreporting units of local gov18 ernment the nonreporting units’ share of the re19 served amount.

20 ‘‘(2) AMOUNTS.—

21 ‘‘(A) The reporting units’ share of the re22 served amount is the amount equal to the prod23 uct of such reserved amount multiplied by the

24 percentage which the population living in report25 ing units of local government in the State bears
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1 to the population of all units of local government

2 in the State.

3 ‘‘(B) The nonreporting units’ share of the

4 reserved amount is the reserved amount reduced

5 by the reporting units’ share of the reserved

6 amount.

7 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATION TO EACH REPORTING UNIT.—

8 From the reporting units’ share of the reserved

9 amount for each State under subsection (a), the Di10 rector shall allocate to each reporting unit of local

11 government an amount which bears the same ratio to

12 such share as the average annual number of part 1

13 violent crimes reported by such unit to the Federal

14 Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most recent cal15 endar years for which such data is available bears to

16 the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all

17 units of local government in the State in which the

18 unit is located to the Federal Bureau of Investigation

19 for such years.

20 ‘‘(4) ALLOCATION TO EACH NONREPORTING

21 UNIT.—From the nonreporting units’ share of the re22 served amount for each State under subsection (a), the

23 Director shall allocate to each nonreporting unit of

24 local government an amount which bears the same

25 ratio to such share as the average number of part 1
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1 violent crimes of like governmental units in the same

2 population class as such unit bears to the average an3 nual imputed number of part 1 violent crimes of all

4 nonreporting units in the State for the 3 most recent

5 calendar years.

6 ‘‘(5) LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS.—A unit of

7 local government shall not receive an allocation which

8 exceeds 100 percent of such unit’s expenditures on law

9 enforcement services as reported by the Bureau of the

10 Census for the most recent fiscal year. Any amount

11 in excess of 100 percent of such unit’s expenditures on

12 law enforcement services shall be distributed propor13 tionally among units of local government whose allo14 cation does not exceed 100 percent of expenditures on

15 law enforcement services.

16 ‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub17 section—

18 ‘‘(A) The term ‘reporting unit of local gov19 ernment’ means any unit of local government

20 that reported part 1 violent crimes to the Federal

21 Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most recent

22 calendar years for which such data is available.

23 ‘‘(B) The term ‘nonreporting unit of local

24 government’ means any unit of local government
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1 which is not a reporting unit of local govern2 ment.

3 ‘‘(C)(i) The term ‘like governmental units’

4 means any like unit of local government as de5 fined by the Secretary of Commerce for general

6 statistical purposes, and means—

7 ‘‘(I) all counties are treated as like

8 governmental units;

9 ‘‘(II) all cities are treated as like gov10 ernmental units;

11 ‘‘(III) all townships are treated as like

12 governmental units.

13 ‘‘(ii) Similar rules shall apply to other

14 types of governmental units.

15 ‘‘(D) The term ‘same population class’

16 means a like unit within the same population

17 category as another like unit with the categories

18 determined as follows:

19 ‘‘(i) 0 through 9,999.

20 ‘‘(ii) 10,000 through 49,999.

21 ‘‘(iii) 50,000 through 149,999.

22 ‘‘(iv) 150,000 through 299,999.

23 ‘‘(v) 300,000 or more.

24 ‘‘(7) LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH ALLOCATIONS

25 OF LESS THAN $10,000.—If under paragraph (3) or
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1 (4) a unit of local government is allotted less than

2 $10,000 for the payment period, the amount allotted

3 shall be transferred to the chief executive officer of the

4 State who shall distribute such funds among units of

5 local government whose allotment is less than such

6 amount in a manner which reduces crime and im7 proves public safety.

8 ‘‘(8) SPECIAL RULES.—

9 ‘‘(A) If a unit of local government in a

10 State that has been incorporated since the date

11 of the collection of the data used by the Director

12 in making allocations pursuant to this section,

13 such unit shall be treated as a nonreporting unit

14 of local government for purposes of this sub15 section.

16 ‘‘(B) If a unit of local government in the

17 State has been annexed since the date of the col18 lection of the data used by the Director in mak19 ing allocations pursuant to this section, the Di20 rector shall pay the amount that would have

21 been allocated to such unit of local government

22 to the unit of local government that annexed it.

23 ‘‘(c) UNAVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—For pur24 poses of this section, if data regarding part 1 violent crimes

25 in any State for the 3 most recent calendar years is un-
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1 available or substantially inaccurate, the Director shall uti2 lize the best available comparable data regarding the num3 ber of violent crimes for such years for such State for the

4 purposes of allocation of any funds under this title.

5 ‘‘SEC. 105. UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR.

6 ‘‘Funds or a portion of funds allocated under this title

7 may be utilized to contract with private, nonprofit entities

8 or community-based organizations to carry out the purposes

9 specified under section 101(a)(2).

10 ‘‘SEC. 106. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A unit of local government ex12 pending payments under this title shall hold not less than

13 1 public hearing on the proposed use of the payment from

14 the Director in relation to its entire budget.

15 ‘‘(b) VIEWS.—At the hearing, persons shall be given

16 an opportunity to provide written and oral views to the

17 unit of local government authority responsible for enacting

18 the budget and to ask questions about the entire budget and

19 the relation of the payment from the Director to the entire

20 budget.

21 ‘‘(c) TIME AND PLACE.—The unit of local government

22 shall hold the hearing at a time and place that allows and

23 encourages public attendance and participation.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 107. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

2 ‘‘The administrative provisions of part H of the Omni3 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, shall apply

4 to this title and for purposes of this section any reference

5 in such provisions to title I of the Omnibus Crime Control

6 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be deemed to be a ref7 erence to this title.

8 ‘‘SEC. 108. DEFINITIONS.

9 ‘‘For the purposes of this title:

10 ‘‘(1) The term ‘unit of local government’

11 means—

12 ‘‘(A) a county, township, city, or political

13 subdivision of a county, township, or city, that

14 is a unit of local government as determined by

15 the Secretary of Commerce for general statistical

16 purposes; and

17 ‘‘(B) the District of Columbia and the rec18 ognized governing body of an Indian tribe or

19 Alaskan Native village that carries out substan20 tial governmental duties and powers.

21 ‘‘(2) The term ‘payment period’ means each 1-

22 year period beginning on October 1 of any year in

23 which a grant under this title is awarded.

24 ‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means any State of the

25 United States, the District of Columbia, the Common26 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American
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1 Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands,

2 except that American Samoa, Guam, and the North3 ern Mariana Islands shall be considered as 1 State

4 and that, for purposes of section 104(a), 33 percent

5 of the amounts allocated shall be allocated to Amer6 ican Samoa, 50 percent to Guam, and 17 percent to

7 the Northern Mariana Islands.

8 ‘‘(4) The term ‘juvenile’ means an individual

9 who is 17 years of age or younger.

10 ‘‘(5) The term ‘part 1 violent crimes’ means

11 murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape,

12 robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to the

13 Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of the

14 Uniform Crime Reports.

15 ‘‘(6) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of

16 the Bureau of Justice Assistance.’’.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

18 (1) Part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and

19 Safe Streets Act of 1968 is repealed effective on Sep20 tember 30, 1995.

21 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph

22 (1), any funds that remain available to an applicant

23 under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control

24 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be used in accord-
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1 ance with such part as in effect on the day preceding

2 the date of the enactment of this Act.

3 (3) Effective on the date of the enactment of this

4 Act, section 1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control

5 and Safe Streets Act is amended—

6 (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Q,’’; and

7 (B) by striking paragraph (11).

8 SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

9 (a) OUNCE OF PREVENTION COUNCIL.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title III of the

11 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

12 1994 is repealed.

13 (2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding the provisions

14 of paragraph (1), any funds that remain available to

15 an applicant under subtitle A of title III of the Vio16 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

17 shall be used in accordance with such subtitle as in

18 effect on the day preceding the date of enactment of

19 this Act.

20 (b) LOCAL CRIME PREVENTION BLOCK GRANT PRO21 GRAM.—Subtitle B of title III of the Violent Crime Control

22 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is repealed.

23 (c) MODEL INTENSIVE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS.—

24 Subtitle C of title III of the Violent Crime Control and Law

25 Enforcement Act of 1994 is repealed.
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1 (d) FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENDEAVOR SCHOOLS

2 GRANT PROGRAM.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle D of title III of the

4 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

5 1994 is repealed.

6 (2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding the provisions

7 of paragraph (1), any funds that remain available to

8 an applicant under subtitle D of title III of the Vio9 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

10 shall be used in accordance such subtitle as in effect

11 on the day preceding the date of enactment of this

12 Act.

13 (e) ASSISTANCE FOR DELINQUENT AND AT-RISK

14 YOUTH.—Subtitle G of title III of the Violent Crime Control

15 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is repealed.

16 (f) POLICE RETIREMENT.—Subtitle H of title III of

17 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

18 1994 is repealed.

19 (g) LOCAL PARTNERSHIP ACT.—

20 (1) SUBTITLE J.—Subtitle J of title III of the

21 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

22 1994 is repealed.

23 (2) FEDERAL PAYMENTS.—Chapter 67 of title

24 31, United States Code is repealed.
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1 (3) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chapters

2 at the beginning of subtitle V of title 31, United

3 States Code, is amended by striking the matter relat4 ing to chapter 67.

5 (4) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding the provisions

6 of paragraph (2), any funds that remain available to

7 an applicant under chapter 67 of title 31, United

8 States Code, shall be used in accordance with such

9 chapter as in effect on the day preceding the date of

10 enactment of this Act.

11 (h) NATIONAL COMMUNITY ECONOMIC PARTNER12 SHIP.—Subtitle K of title III of the Violent Crime Control

13 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is repealed.

14 (i) URBAN RECREATION AND AT-RISK YOUTH.—

15 (1) RECREATION.—Subtitle O of title III of the

16 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of

17 1994 is repealed.

18 (2) URBAN PARK AND RECREATION RECOVERY.—

19 (A) Section 1004 of the Urban Park and Recreation

20 Recovery Act of 1978 is amended—

21 (i) by striking subsection (d); and

22 (ii) by redesignating subsections (e) through

23 (k) as (d) through (j), respectively.

24 (B) Section 1005 of the Urban Park and Recre25 ation Recovery Act of 1978 is amended by inserting
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1 ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘;

2 and’’ and inserting a period at the end of paragraph

3 (7), and by striking paragraph (8).

4 (C) Section 1007(b) of the Urban Park and

5 Recreation Recovery Act of 1978 is amended by strik6 ing the last 2 sentences.

7 (D) Section 1013 of the Urban Park and Recre8 ation Recovery Act of 1978 is amended by striking

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ after ‘‘1013’’ and by striking

10 subsection (b).

11 (j) COMMUNITY-BASED JUSTICE GRANTS FOR PROS12 ECUTORS.—Subtitle Q of title III of the Violent Crime Con13 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is repealed.

14 (k) FAMILY UNITY DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.—Sub15 title S of title III of the Violent Crime Control and Law

16 Enforcement Act of 1994 is repealed.

17 (l) GANG RESISTANCE AND EDUCATION TRAINING.—

18 (1) Subtitle X of title III of the Violent Crime Control and

19 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is repealed.

20 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph

21 (A), any funds that remain available to an applicant under

22 subtitle X of title III of the Violent Crime Control and Law

23 Enforcement Act of 1994 shall be used in accordance with

24 such subtitle as in effect on the day preceding the date of

25 enactment of this Act.
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1 (m) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—

2 (1) The matter relating to title I in the table of

3 contents of the Violent Crime Control and Law En4 forcement Act of 1994 is amended to read as follows:

‘‘TITLE I—LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANTS

‘‘Sec. 101. Payments to local governments.

‘‘Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Sec. 103. Qualification for payment.

‘‘Sec. 104. Allocation and distribution of funds.

‘‘Sec. 105. Utilization of private sector.

‘‘Sec. 106. Public participation.

‘‘Sec. 107. Administrative provisions.

‘‘Sec. 108. Definitions.’’.

5 (2) The table of contents of the Violent Crime

6 Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is amend7 ed by striking the matter relating to subtitles A, B,

8 C, D, G, H, J, K, O, Q, S, and X of title III.

9 (3) The table of contents of the Omnibus Crime

10 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by

11 striking the matter relating to part Q of title I.

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