[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1369 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1369

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to make military helicopters and 
 other equipment available to State and local governments to assist in 
            emergency law enforcement and rescue operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 1999

     Ms. Kilpatrick (for herself, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. 
 Millender-McDonald, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Shows, Ms. Jackson-Lee 
 of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Luther, Mr. Thompson of 
Mississippi, and Mr. Capuano) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to make military helicopters and 
 other equipment available to State and local governments to assist in 
            emergency 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 OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR 
              EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.

    (a) Authority To Provide Equipment.--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 section 372 of title 10, 
United States Code, to make military helicopters and other equipment of 
the Department of Defense available to assist State and local 
governments to perform such law enforcement and rescue operations. 
Sections 375, 376, and 377 of that title shall apply with respect to 
the provision of equipment under this section.
    (b) Submission of Guidelines for Pursuit and Rescue.--As a 
condition on the provision of Department of Defense equipment under 
this section to assist in police pursuits or police and fire rescue 
operations, the Secretary of Defense shall require a State or local 
government requesting assistance under this section for either purpose 
to submit to the Secretary in advance the guidelines prepared by the 
government regarding the circumstances and procedures under which 
vehicles and helicopters are used to pursue suspected criminals or 
equipment is used to conduct rescue operations, whichever applies.
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