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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1223

To make grants to States for providing information regarding parolees to

local law enforcement agencies, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 27, 2001

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

on the Judiciary

A BILL

To make grants to States for providing information regarding parolees to local law enforcement agencies, 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 ‘‘Parolee LEADS Public

5 Safety Grant Program Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.

7 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANTS.—From amounts

8 made available to carry out this section, the Attorney Gen9 eral may make grants to eligible States for use by the

10 State to carry out an automated data system to provide
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1 information regarding parolees to local law enforcement

2 agencies within the State.

3 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—For a State to be eligible to re4 ceive a grant under this section, the chief executive officer

5 of the State shall submit to the Attorney General an appli6 cation in such form and containing such information as

7 the Attorney General may require.

8 (c) REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF SYSTEM.—An auto9 mated data system referred to in subsection (a) shall in10 clude the following elements:

11 (1) INFORMATION ABOUT PAROLEES.—For each

12 person incarcerated by that State who is to be re13 leased from incarceration by reason of probation or

14 parole, the system shall, to the extent available, in15 clude the following information:

16 (A) Last, first, and middle name.

17 (B) Date of birth.

18 (C) Sex, race, height, weight, hair color,

19 and eye color.

20 (D) Date of release from custody.

21 (E) Whether the person is required to reg22 ister as a result of a State or Federal law and,

23 if so, the status of that registration.

24 (F) Social Security number, driver’s li25 cense number, and any identification number
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1 assigned to the person by the State criminal

2 justice system or the Federal Bureau of Inves3 tigation.

4 (G) Place of incarceration.

5 (H) Whether the person has any distinctive

6 scar, mark, or tattoo and, if so, a description.

7 (I) The offense or offenses by reason of

8 which the person is incarcerated.

9 (J) Place of residence, including street

10 name and number (not a post office box), city

11 or town, and zip code, and the date on which

12 that place of residence is to become effective.

13 (K) A geographic coordinate for that place

14 of residence, in a format for use with a geo15 graphic information system or comparable sat16 ellite location system.

17 (L) Contact officer, including name and

18 telephone number, and an identification of that

19 officer’s unit.

20 (M) A digitized picture of the person.

21 (N) A digitized fingerprint of the person.

22 (2) COMPUTER DATABASE.—The information

23 shall be maintained in a database that can be

24 accessed and processed by a local law enforcement

25 agency using a remote desktop computer system.
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1 (3) ACCESS TO INFORMATION UPON RE2 LEASE.—Each local law enforcement agency having

3 jurisdiction over the place of residence of a person

4 referred to in paragraph (1) shall—

5 (A) upon the release from incarceration of

6 that person by reason of probation or parole, be

7 provided the information included in the system

8 with respect to that person; and

9 (B) thereafter, on a continuing basis, have

10 access to such information upon request of that

11 agency.

12 (d) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—

13 (1) MATCHING.—The Federal share of a grant

14 made under this section may not exceed 50 percent

15 of the total costs of the system for the fiscal year

16 for which the system receives that grant.

17 (2) NONSUPPLANTING.—Funds made available

18 pursuant to this section shall not be used to sup19 plant State funds, but shall be used to increase the

20 amount of funds that would, in the absence of Fed21 eral funds, be made available from State sources for

22 the purposes of this Act.

23 (3) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A State may not

24 use more than five percent of the funds it receives

25 from this section for administrative expenses.
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1 (e) REPORTS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—Each

2 State which receives a grant under this section shall sub3 mit to the Attorney General, for each fiscal year in which

4 funds from a grant received under this section are ex5 pended, a report at such time and in such manner as the

6 Attorney General may reasonably require.

7 (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days

8 after the end of each fiscal year for which grants are made

9 under this section, the Attorney General shall submit to

10 the Congress a report that includes—

11 (1) the aggregate amount of grants made under

12 this section to each State for such fiscal year; and

13 (2) a summary of the information provided by

14 States receiving grants under this section.

15 (g) EXPENDITURE RECORDS.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each State which receives a

17 grant under this section shall keep records as the

18 Attorney General may require to facilitate an effec19 tive audit of the receipt and use of grant funds re20 ceived under this section.

21 (2) ACCESS.—Each State which receives a

22 grant under this section shall make available, for the

23 purpose of audit and examination, such records as

24 are related to the receipt or use of any such grant.
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1 (h) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the

2 term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the United States, the Dis3 trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the

4 United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,

5 and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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