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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1164
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
dedicate certain funds for the purpose of reducing violence and hate
crime against Native Americans and reducing incidents of crime on
reservations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 2001
Mr. BACA 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 dedicate certain funds for the purpose
of reducing violence and hate crime against Native Amer-
icans and reducing incidents of crime on reservations,
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 ‘‘Native American Hate
Crimes and Criminal Justice Grant Program Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) A Justice Department study released this
year by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, concerning
violent crime among different races and ethnic
groups, shows an alarmingly high rate of violence
against Native Americans, as crime against other
groups has fallen.
(2) Native Americans were twice as likely to be
victims of violent crime, including spousal abuse, as
other ethnic groups.
(3) Violence against women, juvenile and gang
crime, hate crimes against Native Americans, and
child abuse remain serious problems.
(4) It is important that we recognize all that
Native Americans have given to this country. We
should ensure proper funding to combat these prob-
lems.
(5) Funding for Native American law enforce-
ment is especially crucial in light of information
from the Justice Department that confirms that
while national crime continues to drop, crime rates
on Indian lands continue to rise, due to lack of prop-
er law enforcement and judicial funding.
SEC. 3. DEDICATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF REDUCING VIOLENCE AND HATE
CRIMES AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS AND
INCIDENTS OF CRIME ON RESERVATIONS.
Section 1001(a)(11)(B) of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3793(a)(11)(B)) is amended—
(1) by designating the first through fourth sen-
tences as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively; and
(2) by amending clause (iv), as so redesignated,
to read as follows:
‘‘(iv) In view of the extraordinary need for law en-
forcement assistance in Indian country, for each fiscal
year, the following amounts of funds available under part
Q shall be made available for grants to Indian tribal gov-
ernments or tribal law enforcement agencies:
‘‘(I) Not less than $100,000,000, for carrying
out activities with the purpose of reducing violence
and hate crime against Native Americans and reduc-
ing incidents of crime on reservations, including but
not limited to counseling and social work services re-
lating to domestic violence and spousal abuse, addi-
tional policing, activities relating to tribal courts or
prosecutors, and programs to reduce hate crimes
against Native Americans.
‘‘(II) An appropriate amount of funds, for car-
rying out activities in furtherance of the other pur-
poses of part Q.
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