[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2061 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2061

 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
  1968 to reduce the amount of funds to a State that does not have in 
                       effect certain provisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 1999

Mr. Lucas of Kentucky introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
  1968 to reduce the amount of funds to a State that does not have in 
                       effect certain provisions.

    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 ``Mike Partin Law Enforcement 
Officers' Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    (a) Grant Reduction for Noncompliance.--Section 506 of title I of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Information Access.--
            ``(1) In general.--The funds available under this subpart 
        for a State shall be reduced by 25 percent and redistributed 
        under paragraph (2) unless the State has in effect a law which 
        provides--
                    ``(A) for felony penalties punishable by 
                imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year if--
                            ``(i) a motorist or pedestrian who intends 
                        to elude or flee knowingly or wantonly disobeys 
                        a person recognized to be a law enforcement 
                        officer's order to stop; and
                            ``(ii) one or more of the following 
                        conditions exists--
                                    ``(I) the person is fleeing 
                                immediately after committing an act of 
                                domestic violence;
                                    ``(II) the person is driving under 
                                the influence of alcohol or any other 
                                substance or combination of substances;
                                    ``(III) the person is driving while 
                                the driver's license of such person is 
                                suspended; or
                                    ``(IV) by fleeing or eluding, the 
                                person is the cause, or creates 
                                substantial risk, of death or serious 
                                physical injury to any person or 
                                property; and
                    ``(B) for criminal penalties punishable by 
                imprisonment for a term of less than 1 year if a 
                motorist or pedestrian who intends to elude or flee 
                knowingly or wantonly disobeys a person recognized to 
                be a law enforcement officer's order to stop, causing 
                or creating a substantial risk of physical injury to a 
                person or property.
            ``(2) Redistribution.--Any funds available for 
        redistribution shall be redistributed to participating States 
        that have in effect a law referred to in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Compliance.--The Attorney General shall issue 
        regulations to ensure compliance with the requirements of 
        paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 506(a) of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by striking 
``subsection (f),'' and inserting ``subsections (f) and (g),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of each fiscal year succeeding the first 
fiscal year that begins 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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