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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2564
To provide funds to the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1999
Mr. HUTCHINSON (for himself, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr.
NORWOOD, Mr. FROST, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr.
PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BARCIA, Mr. HERGER, Mr. LUCAS of
Oklahoma, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. YOUNG of
Alaska, Mr. COOK, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SPRATT, Mr. FRANK
of Massachusetts, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. DEFAZIO,
Mr. KIND, and Mr. LATOURETTE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide funds to the National Center for Rural Law
Enforcement.
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 ‘‘Rural Law Enforce-
ment Assistance Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. FUNDING TO NATIONAL CENTER FOR RURAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
(a) FUNDING AUTHORITY.—The Attorney General
shall provide funds, subject to appropriations, to the Na-
tional Center for Rural Law Enforcement if the Executive
Director of the Center certifies, in writing, to the Attorney
General that the Center—
(1) is incorporated in accordance with applica-
ble State laws;
(2) is in compliance with the by-laws of the
Center;
(3) shall use amounts made available under this
section in accordance with subsection (b); and
(4) shall not support any political party or can-
didate for elected or appointed office.
(b) USES OF FUNDS.—
(1) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—The Center
shall use funds made available under this section to
develop an educational program for employees of law
enforcement agencies serving rural areas which shall
include—
(A) the development and delivery of man-
agement education and training, technical as-
sistance, practical research and evaluation, and
computer and forensic education and training
for employees of law enforcement agencies serv-
ing rural areas, tribal law enforcement employ-
ees and railroad law enforcement employees, in-
cluding supervisory and executive managers of
those agencies;
(B) conducting research into the causes
and prevention of criminal activity in rural
areas, including the causes, assessment, evalua-
tion, analysis, and prevention of criminal activ-
ity;
(C) the development and dissemination of
information designed to assist States and units
of local government in rural areas throughout
the United States;
(D) the establishment and maintenance of
a resource and information center for the collec-
tion, preparation, and dissemination of informa-
tion regarding criminal justice and law enforce-
ment in rural areas, including programs for the
prevention of crime and recidivism; and
(E) the delivery of assistance, in a con-
sulting capacity, to criminal justice agencies in
the development, establishment, maintenance,
and coordination of programs, facilities and
services, training, and research relating to
crime in rural areas.
(2) PERMISSIVE USES OF FUNDS.—The Center
may use funds made available under this section to
enhance the educational program developed under
paragraph (1), through—
(A) educational opportunities for rural law
enforcement agencies;
(B) the development, promotion, and vol-
untary adoption of educational and training
standards and accreditation certification pro-
grams for law enforcement agencies serving
rural areas and the employees of those agencies;
(C) grants to, and contracts with, State,
and local governments, law enforcement agen-
cies, public and private agencies, educational in-
stitutions, and other organizations and individ-
uals to carry out this paragraph;
(D) the formulation and recommendation
of law enforcement policy, goals, and standards
in rural areas applicable to criminal justice
agencies, organizations, institutions, and per-
sonnel; and
(E) coordination with institutions of higher
education for the purpose of encouraging pro-
grams of study for law enforcement in rural
areas at such institutions.
(c) POWERS.—In carrying out subsection (b), the Ex-
ecutive Director may—
(1) request the head of any Federal department
or agency to detail, on a reimbursable basis, any of
the personnel of that department or agency to the
Center to assist it in carrying out its duties under
this Act;
(2) request the Administrator of the General
Services Administration to provide the Center, on a
reimbursable basis, the administrative support serv-
ices necessary for the Center to carry out its respon-
sibilities under this Act; and
(3) procure temporary and intermittent services
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,
at rates of compensation established by the Board,
but not to exceed the daily equivalent of the max-
imum rate of pay payable for a position at level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title
5, United States Code.
(d) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—For purposes of official
travel, expenses shall be reimbursed, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as such ex-
penses are permitted under sections 5702 and 5703 of
title 5, United States Code.
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—The Center shall
submit an annual report to the Attorney General that
includes—
(1) a description of the education and training
program conducted by the Center;
(2) the number and demographic representation
of individuals who attended programs sponsored by
the Center;
(3) a description of the extent resources of
other governmental agencies or private entities were
used; and
(5) a description of the extent contracts with
other public and private resources were used.
(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Board’’ means the members of
the Board of the Center as elected according to its
bylaws.
(2) The term ‘‘Center’’ means the National
Center for Rural Law Enforcement, a nonprofit cor-
poration located in Little Rock, Arkansas.
(3) The term ‘‘Executive Director’’ means the
Executive Director of the Center as appointed ac-
cording to the bylaws of the Center.
(4) The term ‘‘metropolitan statistical area’’
has the same meaning given such term by the Bu-
reau of the Census.
(5) The term ‘‘rural law enforcement agency’’
means a law enforcement agency that serves a city,
town, township, borough, or village outside a metro-
politan statistical area.
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section—
(1) $22,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and
(2) such sums as may be necessary for each of
fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
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