[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2896 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2896

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to make military helicopters and 
 their crews available to State and local law enforcement agencies to 
            assist in law enforcement and rescue operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 1997

  Ms. Kilpatrick (for herself, Mr. Frost, and Ms. Millender-McDonald) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to make military helicopters and 
 their crews available to State and local law enforcement agencies to 
            assist in law enforcement and rescue operations.

    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 ``Police Pursuit and Rescue Support 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF MILITARY HELICOPTERS AND CREWS FOR LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.

    (a) Authority To Provide Helicopters and Crews.--To improve the 
safety and success of police pursuits of suspected criminals and police 
and fire rescue operations, the Secretary of Defense is authorized and 
encouraged to use the authority provided in sections 372 and 374 of 
title 10, United States Code, to make military helicopters (and 
personnel of the Department of Defense necessary to operate such 
helicopters) available to assist State and local law enforcement 
agencies to perform such law enforcement and rescue operations. 
Sections 375, 376, and 377 of such title shall apply with respect to 
the provision of equipment and the assignment or detail of personnel 
under this section.
    (b) Pursuit Guidelines.--As a condition on the provision of 
equipment and the assignment or detail of Department of Defense 
personnel under this section to assist in police pursuits, the 
Secretary of Defense shall require a State or local law enforcement 
agency requesting assistance under this section for such a purpose to 
submit to the Secretary the guidelines prepared by the agency regarding 
the circumstances and procedures under which vehicles and helicopters 
are used to pursue suspected criminals.
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