[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4617 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4617

  To provide increased funding to combat drug offenses, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 1998

  Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Sandlin, Mr. 
 Borski, Ms. Furse, and Mr. Underwood) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
 to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Commerce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide increased funding to combat drug offenses, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Drug Elimination and Justice Act''.

SEC. 2. AFTER SCHOOLS AND LIFE SKILLS PROGRAMS FOR AT-RISK YOUTH.

    Section 10907 of part I of title X of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8247) is amended by striking 
``appropriated'' and all that follows before the period and inserting 
the following: ``appropriated to carry out this part--
            ``(1) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999; 
        and
            ``(2) a total of $1,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2000 
        through 2004''.

SEC. 3. INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES IN SELECTED CITIES.

    (a) Federal Drug Court Pilot Program.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Drug Court Program Office of the Office of Justice 
Programs of the Department of Justice, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2000 through 2002, to carry out a pilot program to establish a 
Federal drug court in each of 10 cities in the United States that have 
increasing drug enforcement problems.
    (b) Increased Prosecutorial Resources.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Justice, $3,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2000 through 2002, for additional prosecutorial resources, 
including personnel, dedicated to drug enforcement, in each of the 10 
cities in which a Federal drug court is established pursuant to 
subsection (a).

SEC. 4. INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE COPS PROGRAM.

    Section 1001(a)(11) of part J of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(C) In addition to amounts made available under subparagraph (A), 
there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out part Q, to remain 
available until expended, the total amount of $1,500,000,000 for fiscal 
years 2000 through 2004, of which 50 percent shall be used for 
cooperative partnerships between schools and State and local police 
departments to provide for the use of police officers in schools.''.

SEC. 5. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR DRUG CRIMES NEAR SCHOOLS.

    Section 419 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 860) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``public library,'' after 
                ``swimming pool,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``one year'' and inserting ``3 
                years''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``public library,'' after 
                ``swimming pool,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``three years'' and inserting ``7 
                years''.
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