[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 666 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 666

 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to States that do 
   not give full faith and credit to the protective orders of other 
                                States.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 29, 1997

Mr. Lautenberg introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to States that do 
   not give full faith and credit to the protective orders of other 
                                States.

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

SECTION 1. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT GIVEN TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

    Section 2265 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Formula Grant Reduction for Noncompliance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Beginning with the second fiscal year 
        commencing after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 
        in each fiscal year thereafter, if a State is not in compliance 
        with subsections (a) and (b), the Attorney General shall reduce 
        by 10 percent the amount that the State would otherwise receive 
        for that fiscal year under subpart 1 of part E of title I of 
        the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
        U.S.C. 3751 et seq.).
            ``(2) Redistribution of amounts.--In any fiscal year, the 
        total amount remaining for distribution under subpart 1 of part 
        E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
        of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751 et seq.) by operation of paragraph (1), 
        shall be distributed on a pro rata basis among States that--
                    ``(A) are eligible to receive a grant under subpart 
                1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
                Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751 et seq.); and
                    ``(B) are in compliance with subsections (a) and 
                (b) of this section.''.
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