[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1043 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1043

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to temporarily expand the 
Department of Defense program by which State and local law enforcement 
  agencies may procure certain law enforcement equipment through the 
                              Department.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 1997

  Mr. Luther (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Filner, Ms. 
     Rivers, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bishop, Ms. McKinney, and Mr. Evans) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to temporarily expand the 
Department of Defense program by which State and local law enforcement 
  agencies may procure certain law enforcement equipment through the 
                              Department.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Help Equip Local Police Act''.

SEC. 2. PROCUREMENT BY STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    Section 381 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) Temporary Procurement of Other Law Enforcement Equipment.--
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall expand the procedures established 
under subsection (a) for the purchase of law enforcement equipment 
suitable for counter-drug activities to include law enforcement 
equipment that is not suitable or intended for counter-drug activities. 
The catalog maintained under subsection (c) shall be expanded to 
include law enforcement equipment authorized for procurement under this 
subsection.
    ``(2) Law enforcement equipment authorized for procurement under 
this subsection by State and local governments may not include any 
equipment that the Department of Defense does not procure for its own 
purposes.
    ``(3) The expanded procurement authority provided under this 
subsection shall expire at the end of the two-year period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this subsection. However, after the 
expiration date, the Secretary may continue to process requests 
received under this subsection before that date.''.
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