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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3528 

To establish a grants program to assist States and units of local governments 

to establish and expand programs that employ global positioning system 

technologies as alternative sentencing options, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2009 

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

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a grants program to assist States and units 

of local governments to establish and expand programs 

that employ global positioning system technologies as 

alternative sentencing options, 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 ‘‘GPS Protection & 

5 Safety Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GPS ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING OPTIONS GRANTS 

7 PROGRAM. 

8 (a) GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 

2 establish a program under which the Attorney Gen3 eral may make grants to States and units of local 

4 government to establish or expand programs that 

5 provide for global positioning system to be used by 

6 law enforcement agencies of such States and units 

7 of local government to monitor individuals described 

8 in paragraph (2) as an alternative to incarcerating 

9 such individuals or in order to ensure compliance by 

10 such individuals with the terms and conditions of a 

11 properly issued protective order or other court man12 dated condition. 

13 (2) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual 

14 described in this paragraph includes the following: 

15 (A) An individual who is a convicted sex 

16 offender. 

17 (B) An individual who is subject to an 

18 order of protection or a restraining order. 

19 (C) An individual who is charged or con20 victed for driving while intoxicated. 

21 (b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

22 under subsection (a), a State or unit of local government 

23 shall submit to the Attorney General an application at 

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1 sultation and coordination with appropriate district attor2 neys, court systems, local probation departments, and po3 lice and sheriff departments. 

4 (c) GAO STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall 

5 conduct a study to examine the extent to which the use 

6 of a global positioning system is effective as a means to 

7 track individuals described in subsection (a)(2). 

8 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM.—The term 

10 ‘‘global positioning system’’ means a satellite-based 

11 navigation system made up of satellites designed to 

12 pinpoint longitude and latitude through the trans13 mission of digital radio signals. 

14 (2) SEX OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘sex offender’’ 

15 has the meaning given such term in section 111 of 

16 the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 

17 2006. 

18 (3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 50 

19 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 

20 of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the North21 ern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin 

22 Islands. 

23 (4) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 

24 ‘‘unit of local government’’ has the meaning given 

25 such term in section 901 of the Omnibus Crime 


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1 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

2 3791). 

3 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

5 $140,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 

6 2014. 

7 SEC. 3. PUBLIC SERVICE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall pro9 vide for a public service awareness campaign to educate 

10 the public on the importance of reporting instances of 

11 stalking. 

12 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) 

14 $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 

15 2014. 

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