Calendar No. 272
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3355
A ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 to allow grants to increase
police presence, to expand and improve coopera-
tive efforts between law enforcement agencies
and members of the community to address crime
and disorder problems, and otherwise to enhance
public safety.
NOVEMBER 4 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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Calendar No. 272
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3355
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 4 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to allow grants to increase police presence,
to expand and improve cooperative efforts between law
enforcement agencies and members of the community
to address crime and disorder problems, and otherwise
to enhance public safety.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. COMMUNITY POLICING; ‘‘COPS ON THE BEAT’’.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711
et seq.) is amended by—
(1) redesignating part Q as part R;
General deems reasonably necessary to carry out the re-
sponsibilities under this subsection.
‘‘SEC. 1707. REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF FUNDING.
‘‘If the Attorney General determines, as a result of
the reviews required by section 1706 of this part, or other-
wise, that a grant recipient under this part is not in sub-
stantial compliance with the terms and requirements of
an approved grant application submitted under section
1702 of this part, the Attorney General may revoke or
suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in part.
‘‘SEC. 1708. ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS.
‘‘(a) BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The Attorney
General shall have access for the purpose of audit and ex-
amination to any pertinent books, documents, papers, or
records of a grant recipient under this part, as well as
the pertinent books, documents, papers, or records of
States and units of local government, persons, businesses,
and other entities that are involved in programs, projects,
or activities for which assistance is provided under this
part.
‘‘(b) BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The provi-
sions of subsection (a) of this section shall also apply with
respect to audits and examinations conducted by the
Comptroller General of the United States or by an author-
ized representative of the Comptroller General.
‘‘SEC. 1709. GENERAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
‘‘The Attorney General is authorized to promulgate
regulations and guidelines to carry out this part.
‘‘SEC. 1710. DEFINITION.
‘‘For the purposes of this part, the term ‘career law
enforcement officer’ means a person hired on a permanent
basis who is authorized by law or by a State or local public
agency to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection,
or investigation of violations of criminal laws.’’.
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711, et seq.) is amended by strik-
ing the material relating to part Q and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘PART Q—PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING; ‘COPS ON THE
BEAT’
‘‘Sec. 1701. Authority to make public safety and community policing grants.
‘‘Sec. 1702. Applications.
‘‘Sec. 1703. Review of applications by State office.
‘‘Sec. 1704. Renewal of grants.
‘‘Sec. 1705. Limitation on use of funds.
‘‘Sec. 1706. Performance evaluation.
‘‘Sec. 1707. Revocation or suspension of funding.
‘‘Sec. 1708. Access to documents.
‘‘Sec. 1709. General regulatory authority.
‘‘Sec. 1710. Definition.
‘‘PART R—TRANSITION—EFFECTIVE DATE—REPEALER
‘‘Sec. 1801. Continuation of rules, authorities and proceedings.’’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 1001(a) of title I of
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
(42 U.S.C. 3793) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and O.’’ and
inserting ‘‘O, P, and Q.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11)(A) There are authorized to be appropriated to
carry out part Q, to remain available until expended,
$200,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and $650,000,000 for
each of the fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and
1999.
‘‘(B) Of funds available under part Q in any fiscal
year, up to 5 percent may be used for technical assistance
under section 1701(e) or for evaluations or studies carried
out or commissioned by the Attorney General in further-
ance of the purposes of part Q, and up to 5 percent may
be used for the costs of States in carrying out the func-
tions described in section 1703(b) or other administrative
costs. Of the remaining funds, 50 percent shall be allo-
cated for grants pursuant to applications submitted as
provided in section 1703(a) or (d), and 50 percent shall
be allocated for grants pursuant to applications submitted
as provided in section 1703(c). Of the funds available in
relation to grants pursuant to applications submitted as
provided in section 1703(a) or (d), at least 85 percent
shall be applied to grants for the purposes specified in sec-
tion 1701(b), and no more than 15 percent may be applied
to other grants in furtherance of the purposes of part Q.
Of the funds available in relation to grants pursuant to
applications submitted as provided in section 1703(c), at
least 85 percent shall be applied to grants for the purposes
specified in section 1701(b), and no more than 15 percent
may be applied to other grants in furtherance of the pur-
poses of part Q.
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1703,
no funds allocated for grants pursuant to applications sub-
mitted as provided under subsections (a) or (d) of section
1703 shall be allocated for grants to a municipality (as
defined in section 1703(c)).’’.
Passed the House of Representatives November 3,
1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.