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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3738 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
establish a grant program for jurisdictions with high rates of violent 
crime, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2019 
Mr. COHEN 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 establish a grant program for jurisdic-
tions with high rates of violent crime, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safer Streets Act of 
2019’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘PART NN—GRANTS FOR JURISDICTIONS WITH 
HIGH RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME 
‘‘SEC. 3201. IN GENERAL. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall, each fiscal year, make 
grants to eligible units of local government. 
‘‘SEC. 3202. ELIGIBILITY AND INCENTIVES. 
‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part, a unit 
of local government shall submit to the Attorney General 
information establishing that the rate of occurrence of vio-
lent crime within that unit of local government is 2 times 
or more the national violent crime rate. Of any amounts 
made available for grants under this part for a fiscal 
year— 
‘‘(1) 50 percent of such amounts shall be for 
grants, of an equal amount to each, to units of local 
government for which such rate of occurrence is 4 
times the national violent crime rate or higher; 
‘‘(2) 20 percent of such amounts shall be for 
grants, of an equal amount to each, to units of local 
government for which such rate of occurrence is 3 
times the national violent crime rate or higher; 
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‘‘(3) 10 percent of such amounts shall be for 
grants, of an equal amount to each, to all other eli-
gible units of local government; and 
‘‘(4) remaining amounts shall be for emergency 
grants to such units of local government as the At-
torney General determines appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 3203. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
‘‘Not more than 10 percent of a grant made under 
this part may be used for costs incurred to administer 
such grant. 
‘‘SEC. 3204. USE OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Amounts made available as a grant under this part 
may be used by a grantee for law enforcement purposes 
including— 
‘‘(1) hiring additional law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(2) investing in surveillance equipment; and 
‘‘(3) prevention programs. 
‘‘SEC. 3205. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘Any unit of local government that experiences, for 
a fiscal year, an increase of 10 percent in the rate of oc-
currence in violent crime over the preceding fiscal year, 
shall be eligible for an additional amount equal to 10 per-
cent of the amount otherwise available under this part. 
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‘‘SEC. 3206. DEFINITION. 
‘‘The term ‘violent crime’ has the meaning given that 
term by the Attorney General for purposes of the Uniform 
Crime Reporting Program, for the fiscal year during 
which the grants are made.’’. 
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