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a certain decal or device design may not be ex-
panded without the consent of the owner.
(4) LIMITED PARTICIPATION BY STATES AND
LOCALITIES.—A State or locality need not authorize
the stopping of motor vehicles under all sets of con-
ditions specified under the program in order to par-
ticipate in the program.
(e) MOTOR VEHICLES FOR HIRE.—
(1) NOTIFICATION TO LESSEES.—Any person
who is in the business of renting or leasing motor
vehicles and who rents or leases a motor vehicle on
which a program decal or device is affixed shall,
prior to transferring possession of the vehicle, notify
the person to whom the motor vehicle is rented or
leased about the program.
(2) TYPE OF NOTICE.—The notice required by
this subsection shall—
(A) be in writing;
(B) be in a prominent format to be deter-
mined by the Attorney General; and
(C) explain the possibility that if the motor
vehicle is operated under the specified condi-
tions, the vehicle may be stopped by law en-
forcement officials even if the officials have no
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other basis for believing that the vehicle is
being operated unlawfully.
(3) FINE FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE.—
Failure to provide proper notice under this sub-
section shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
$5,000.
(f) NOTIFICATION OF POLICE.—As a condition of
participating in the program, a State or locality must
agree to take reasonable steps to ensure that law enforce-
ment officials throughout the State or locality are familiar
with the program, and with the conditions under which
motor vehicles may be stopped under the program.
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pro-
mulgate regulations to implement this section.
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized such sums as are necessary to carry out
this section.
SEC. 1802. ALTERING OR REMOVING MOTOR VEHICLE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.
(a) BASIC OFFENSE.—Subsection (a) of section 511
of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) Whoever, with intent to further the theft of a
vehicle, knowingly removes, obliterates, tampers with, or
alters an identification number for a motor vehicle, or
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motor vehicle part, or a decal or device affixed to a motor
vehicle pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention
Act, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than five years, or both.’’.
(b) EXCEPTED PERSONS.—Paragraph (2) of section
511(b) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by—
(1) striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon in sub-
paragraph (B);
(2) striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) adding at the end thereof the following:
‘‘(D) a person who removes, obliterates,
tampers with, or alters a decal or device affixed
to a motor vehicle pursuant to the Motor Vehi-
cle Theft Prevention Act, if that person is the
owner of the motor vehicle, or is authorized to
remove, obliterate, tamper with or alter the
decal or device by—
‘‘(i) the owner or his or her author-
ized agent;
‘‘(ii) applicable State or local law; or
‘‘(iii) regulations promulgated by the
Attorney General to implement the Motor
Vehicle Theft Prevention Act.’’.
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(c) DEFINITION.—Section 511 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:
‘‘(d) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section,
the term ‘tampers with’ includes covering a program decal
or device affixed to a motor vehicle pursuant to the Motor
Vehicle Theft Prevention Act for the purpose of obstruct-
ing its visibility.’’.
(d) UNAUTHORIZED APPLICATION OF A DECAL OR
DEVICE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 25 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding after sec-
tion 511 the following new section:
‘‘§ 511A. Unauthorized application of theft prevention
decal or device
‘‘(a) Whoever affixes to a motor vehicle a theft pre-
vention decal or other device, or a replica thereof, unless
authorized to do so pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention Act, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$1,000.
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘theft pre-
vention decal or device’ means a decal or other device de-
signed in accordance with a uniform design for such de-
vices developed pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Theft Pre-
vention Act.’’.
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(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 25 of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by adding imme-
diately after the item for section 511 the following:
‘‘511A. Unauthorized application of theft prevention decal or device.’’.
TITLE XIX—PROTECTIONS FOR
THE ELDERLY
SEC. 1901. MISSING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATIENT ALERT
PROGRAM.
(a) GRANT.—The Attorney General shall award a
grant to an eligible organization to assist the organization
in paying for the costs of planning, designing, establishing,
and operating a Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert
Program, which shall be a locally based, proactive program
to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer’s
disease and related dementias.
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant
under subsection (a), an organization shall submit an ap-
plication to the Attorney General at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Attorney
General may require, including, at a minimum, an assur-
ance that the organization will obtain and use assistance
from private nonprofit organizations to support the pro-
gram.
(c) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—The Attorney Gen-
eral shall award the grant described in subsection (a) to
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a national voluntary organization that has a direct link
to patients, and families of patients, with Alzheimer’s dis-
ease and related dementias.
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996.
SEC. 1902. CRIMES AGAINST THE ELDERLY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to its authority under
the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 and section 21 of the
Sentencing Act of 1987 (including its authority to amend
the sentencing guidelines and policy statements) and its
authority to make such amendments on an emergency
basis, the United States Sentencing Commission shall en-
sure that the applicable guideline range for a defendant
convicted of a crime of violence against an elderly victim
is sufficiently stringent to deter such a crime, to protect
the public from additional crimes of such a defendant, and
to adequately reflect the heinous nature of such an of-
fense.
(b) CRITERIA.—In carrying out subsection (a), the
United States Sentencing Commission shall ensure that—
(1) the guidelines provide for increasingly se-
vere punishment for a defendant commensurate with
the degree of physical harm caused to the elderly
victim;