I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 970 
To encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC database by States 
and to provide additional resources for extradition. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 10, 2009 
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC 
database by States and to provide additional resources 
for extradition. 
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 ‘‘Fugitive Information 
Networked Database Act of 2009’’ or the ‘‘FIND Act of 
2009’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘National Crime Information 
Center database’’ means the computerized index of crimi-
nal justice information operated by the Federal Bureau 
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of Investigation pursuant to section 534 of title 28, United 
States Code, and available to Federal, State, and local law 
enforcement and other criminal justice agencies. 
SEC. 3. GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE STATES TO ENTER FEL-
ONY WARRANTS. 
(a) STATE SYSTEM.—A State Attorney General may, 
in consultation with local law enforcement and any other 
relevant government agencies, apply for a grant from the 
United States Attorney General to— 
(1) develop and implement secure, electronic 
warrant management systems that permit the 
prompt preparation, submission, and validation of 
warrants and are compatible and interoperable with 
the National Crime Information Center database; or 
(2) upgrade existing electronic warrant manage-
ment systems to ensure compatibility and interoper-
ability with the National Crime Information Center 
database; 
to facilitate information sharing and to ensure that felony 
warrants entered into State and local warrant databases 
can be automatically entered into the National Crime In-
formation Center database. The grant funds may also be 
used to hire additional personnel, as needed, for the vali-
dation of warrants entered into the National Crime Infor-
mation Center database. 
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(b) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for a grant 
authorized under subsection (a), a State shall submit to 
the United States Attorney General— 
(1) a plan to develop and implement, or up-
grade, systems described in subsection (a); 
(2) a report that— 
(A) details the number of felony warrants 
outstanding in the State; 
(B) describes any backlog of warrants that 
have not been entered into the State and local 
warrant databases or into the National Crime 
Information Center database, over the pre-
ceding 3 years (including the number of such 
felony warrants); 
(C) explains the reasons for the failure of 
State and local government agencies to enter 
felony warrants into the National Crime Infor-
mation Center database; and 
(D) demonstrates that State and local gov-
ernment agencies have made good faith efforts 
to eliminate any such backlog; 
(3) guidelines for warrant entry by State and 
local government agencies that will ensure that fel-
ony warrants entered into State and local warrant 
databases will also be entered into the National 
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Crime Information Center database and explain the 
circumstances in which, as a matter of policy, cer-
tain felony warrants will not be entered into the Na-
tional Crime Information Center database; and 
(4) an assurance that the State will implement 
such practices and procedures as may be necessary 
to ensure that all felony warrants for Part I crimes 
(as classified for the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion’s Uniform Crime Report) that are issued after 
the date of enactment of this Act are entered into 
the National Crime Information Center database. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—Each State that receives a 
grant under this section shall, as a condition of receiving 
such grant, report to the Attorney General on an annual 
basis the number of felony warrants entered into the State 
and local warrant databases, the number of felony war-
rants entered into the National Crime Information Center 
database, and, with respect to felony warrants not entered 
into the National Crime Information Center database, the 
reasons for not entering such warrants. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Attorney General $25,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010 for grants to State and 
local government agencies for resources to carry out the 
requirements of this section. 
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SEC. 4. FBI COORDINATION. 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation shall provide to 
State and local government agencies the technological 
standard that ensures compatibility and interoperability of 
all State and local warrant databases with the National 
Crime Information Center database. 
SEC. 5. REPORT REGARDING FELONY WARRANT ENTRY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committees on 
the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report regarding— 
(1) the number of felony warrants currently ac-
tive in each State; 
(2) the number of those felony warrants that 
State and local government agencies have entered 
into the National Crime Information Center data-
base; 
(3) the number of times State and local law en-
forcement in each State has been contacted regard-
ing a fugitive apprehended in another State over the 
preceding 3 years; and 
(4) the number of fugitives from each State 
who were apprehended in other States over the pre-
ceding 3 years but not extradited. 
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(b) ASSISTANCE.—To assist in the preparation of the 
report required by subsection (a), the Attorney General 
shall provide the Comptroller General of the United States 
with access to any information collected and reviewed in 
connection with the grant application process described in 
section 3. 
(c) REPORT.—On an annual basis, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report con-
taining the information received from the States under 
this section 3(c). 
SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR FUGITIVE TASK 
FORCES AND EXTRADITION. 
(a) PRESIDENTIAL THREAT PROTECTION ACT OF 
2000.—Section 6(b) of the Presidential Threat Protection 
Act of 2000 (28 U.S.C. 566 note) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Attorney General for the United States 
Marshals Service to carry out the provisions of this section 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2009 and $10,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014.’’. 
(b) JUSTICE PRISONER AND ALIEN TRANSPORT SYS-
TEM.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the At-
torney General for the United States Marshals Service 
$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 
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to assist in extradition of fugitives through the Justice 
Prisoner and Alien Transport System. 
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