[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1580 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1580

 To provide funding for community-oriented policing, to reduce funding 
         for the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            February 29 (legislative day, February 28), 1996

   Mr. Kerry introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide funding for community-oriented policing, to reduce funding 
         for the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-61), the Secretary of 
Defense shall transfer $6,500,000,000 of unobligated funds appropriated 
under such Act for fiscal year 1996 to the Violent Crime Reduction 
Trust Fund established under section 310001 of the Violent Crime 
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 14211).
    (b) Allocation.--The Secretary of Defense shall allocate the amount 
transferred under subsection (a) from among any programs in the 
Department of Defense for which funding was not requested in the 1996 
budget request of the President.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING PROGRAMS.

    The amount transferred under section 1 shall only be used for 
community-oriented policing programs under section 1701(b) of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd(b)).
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