Start Allocating Funds Efficiently to States Act

Bill: 115-hr-6656
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2018-08-03
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Criminal justice information and records

Digital media

Firearms and explosives

Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Licensing and registrations

Manufacturing
Latest action: action_date: 2018-10-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-08-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Start Allocating Funds Efficiently to States Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify the calculation used to allocate state formula grant funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.</p> <p>Currently, the calculation gives equal weight to two factors&#8212;a state's share of violent crime and population. This bill decreases the weight of one factor&#8212;population&#8212;and increases the weight of the other factor&#8212;violent crime.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6656 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 3, 2018 Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico 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 adjust the formula allocation under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Start Allocating Funds Efficiently to States Act . 2. Formula allocation under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Section 505(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 34 U.S.C. 10156(a)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking 50 percent and inserting 30 percent ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking 50 percent and inserting 70 percent .