[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3021 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3021

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
   reduce certain funds if eligible States do not enact certain laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1997

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
   reduce certain funds if eligible States do not enact certain laws.

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

SECTION 1. GRANT REDUCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE

    (a) Grant Reduction for Noncompliance.--Section 506 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Access to Neighboring Jurisdictions.--
            ``(1) In general.--The funds available under this subpart 
        for a State shall be reduced by 10 percent and redistributed 
        under paragraph (2) unless, on the first day of each fiscal 
        year succeeding the first fiscal year beginning after September 
        30, 1999, the State has in effect throughout the State in such 
        fiscal year a law which--
                    ``(A) permits any law enforcement agency from a 
                bordering state to pursue a suspected criminal across 
                the state line; and
                    ``(B) permits any law enforcement agency in the 
                state to create a cooperative law enforcement agreement 
                with a law enforcement agency in a bordering state and, 
                at the request of the law enforcement agency from the 
                bordering state, assist such bordering state.
            ``(2) Redistribution.--Any funds available for 
        redistribution shall be redistributed to participating States 
        that have in effect a law referred to in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Compliance.--The Attorney General shall issue 
        regulations to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
        paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 506(a) of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by striking 
``subsection (f),'' and inserting ``subsections (f) and (g),''.
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