[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4743 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4743

To reauthorize the Public Safety and Community Policing Grants, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 1998

Mr. Frank of Massachusetts (for himself and Mr. Neal of Massachusetts) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize the Public Safety and Community Policing Grants, 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 ``Public Safety and Community Policing 
Grants Reauthorization Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY POLICING (COPS 
              ON THE BEAT) GRANTS.

    Section 1001(a)(11) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vi) by striking ``268,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 2000'' and inserting ``500,000,000 each of fiscal years 
        2000 through 2005.''.

SEC. 3. RENEWAL OF GRANTS.

    Section 1703 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-2) is amended by amended 
subsection (b) to read as follows--
    ``(b) Grants for Hiring.--
            ``(1) In general.--Grants made for hiring or rehiring 
        additional career law enforcement officers or to promote 
        redeployment of officers by hiring civilians may be renewed for 
        an additional 3 year period beginning the fiscal year after the 
        last fiscal year during which a recipient receives its initial 
        grant.
            ``(2) Initial period expired.--In a case in which a 
        recipient's initial grant has expired prior to the date of the 
        enactment of the Public Safety and Community Policing Grants 
        Reauthorization Act of 1998, grants made for hiring or rehiring 
        additional career law enforcement officers may be renewed for 
        an additional 3 year period beginning the fiscal year after the 
        date of the enactment of such Act.
            ``(3) Authorization for appropriations.--There are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
        carry out the provisions of this subsection. In a case in which 
        a recipient receives a grant for an additional 3 year period, 
        the amount for any additional years shall be increased by 3 
        percent to reflect a cost of living adjustment.''.

SEC. 4. MATCHING FUNDS.

    Section 1701(i) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd(i)) is amended by striking ``up 
to 5 years'' and inserting ``each 3 year grant period''.

SEC. 5. HIRING COSTS.

    Section 1704 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-3) is amended by repealing 
subsection (c).
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