[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1724 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1724

     To increase discretionary funding for certain grant programs 
   established under the ``Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law 
                   Enforcement Assistance Programs''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To increase discretionary funding for certain grant programs 
   established under the ``Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law 
                   Enforcement Assistance Programs''.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR CERTAIN GRANT PROGRAMS 
              ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ``EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL STATE AND 
              LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS''.

    Section 1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(24) There is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 
        for fiscal year 1999 to carry out subpart 2 of part E of this 
        title.''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1001(a)(3) is amended by adding at the end the following 
sentence: ``There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1999 to carry out the remaining functions of the Office of 
Justice Programs and the Bureau of Justice Assistance other than 
functions under parts D, E, F, G, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, 
and X.''.
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