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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1164

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to

dedicate certain funds for the purpose of reducing violence and hate

crime against Native Americans and reducing incidents of crime on

reservations, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 22, 2001

Mr. BACA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968 to dedicate certain funds for the purpose

of reducing violence and hate crime against Native Americans and reducing incidents of crime on reservations,

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 the ‘‘Native American Hate

5 Crimes and Criminal Justice Grant Program Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 The Congress finds the following:
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1 (1) A Justice Department study released this

2 year by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, concerning

3 violent crime among different races and ethnic

4 groups, shows an alarmingly high rate of violence

5 against Native Americans, as crime against other

6 groups has fallen.

7 (2) Native Americans were twice as likely to be

8 victims of violent crime, including spousal abuse, as

9 other ethnic groups.

10 (3) Violence against women, juvenile and gang

11 crime, hate crimes against Native Americans, and

12 child abuse remain serious problems.

13 (4) It is important that we recognize all that

14 Native Americans have given to this country. We

15 should ensure proper funding to combat these prob16 lems.

17 (5) Funding for Native American law enforce18 ment is especially crucial in light of information

19 from the Justice Department that confirms that

20 while national crime continues to drop, crime rates

21 on Indian lands continue to rise, due to lack of prop22 er law enforcement and judicial funding.
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1 SEC. 3. DEDICATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR THE PUR2 POSE OF REDUCING VIOLENCE AND HATE

3 CRIMES AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS AND

4 INCIDENTS OF CRIME ON RESERVATIONS.

5 Section 1001(a)(11)(B) of the Omnibus Crime Con6 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.

7 3793(a)(11)(B)) is amended—

8 (1) by designating the first through fourth sen9 tences as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively; and

10 (2) by amending clause (iv), as so redesignated,

11 to read as follows:

12 ‘‘(iv) In view of the extraordinary need for law en13 forcement assistance in Indian country, for each fiscal

14 year, the following amounts of funds available under part

15 Q shall be made available for grants to Indian tribal gov16 ernments or tribal law enforcement agencies:

17 ‘‘(I) Not less than $100,000,000, for carrying

18 out activities with the purpose of reducing violence

19 and hate crime against Native Americans and reduc20 ing incidents of crime on reservations, including but

21 not limited to counseling and social work services re22 lating to domestic violence and spousal abuse, addi23 tional policing, activities relating to tribal courts or

24 prosecutors, and programs to reduce hate crimes

25 against Native Americans.
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1 ‘‘(II) An appropriate amount of funds, for car2 rying out activities in furtherance of the other pur3 poses of part Q.

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