I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6892 
To authorize funds to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry 
out its Community Safety Initiative. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BRADY of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. 
KENNEDY, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. FATTAH, 
and Mr. MEEK of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To authorize funds to the Local Initiatives Support 
Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative. 
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 ‘‘Community Safety Ini-
tiative Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Local Initiatives Support Corporation 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘LISC’’) is a na-
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tional community development support organization 
which provides capital, technical expertise, training, 
and information to help community-based organiza-
tions 
transform 
distressed 
neighborhoods 
into 
healthy and sustainable places to live, do business, 
work, and raise families. Since 1994, LISC’s Com-
munity Safety Initiative has promoted partnerships 
between community developers and law enforcement 
agencies in low-income communities to reduce crime, 
encourage economic revitalization, and respond to 
the challenges faced by people returning home upon 
release from jail or prison. 
(2) Community Safety Initiative activities spe-
cifically accomplish the following: 
(A) Address crime and disorder, including 
drug and gang activity involving youth. 
(B) Spur economic investment. 
(C) Build trust between communities and 
police. 
(D) Respond to prisoner reentry challenges 
related to housing, employment, social services, 
and systems coordination. 
(E) Foster national knowledge-sharing be-
tween law enforcement agencies and community 
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organizations about best-practice crime preven-
tion strategies. 
(3) The Community Safety Initiative improves 
safety and quality of life in more than 20 low-income 
communities across the country each year, resulting 
in measurable reductions in crime, better commu-
nity-police relations, quality affordable housing in 
place of problem properties, viable businesses in pre-
viously blighted commercial corridors, effective pris-
oner reentry programs, and more strategic and effi-
cient use of public- and private-sector resources. 
(4) The Community Safety Initiative program 
has effectively utilized Federal funds since fiscal 
year 1999. 
(5) The Community Safety Initiative has a 
long-standing partnership with the United States 
Department of Justice Community Capacity Devel-
opment Office and has been endorsed by police 
chiefs and community development leaders across 
the country. 
SEC. 3. GRANT PROGRAM FOR EXPANDING THE COMMU-
NITY SAFETY INITIATIVE. 
In each of fiscal years 2009 through 2014, the Assist-
ant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs 
of the Department of Justice may make grants to the 
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Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its 
Community Safety Initiative. 
SEC. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Local Initiatives Support 
Corporation shall, in each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2014, submit a report to the Assistant Attorney General. 
(b) REQUIRED CONTENT.—Each report required to 
be submitted under subsection (a) shall include a detailed 
statement— 
(1) regarding the progress made by the Com-
munity Safety Initiative in using Federal funds to 
reduce crime, encourage economic revitalization, im-
prove community-police relations, respond to the 
challenges faced by people returning home upon re-
lease from jail or prison, and promoting community 
safety knowledge-sharing in low-income and minority 
communities; and 
(2) of the activities for which the appropriated 
funds were spent by the Community Safety Initia-
tive. 
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 
2014. 
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