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[S. 1235 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1235

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
To amend part G of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
  Act of 1968 to allow railroad police officers to attend the Federal 
 Bureau of Investigation National Academy for law enforcement training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF RAILROAD POLICE OFFICERS IN FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT 
TRAINING.
    (a) In General.--Section 701(a) of part G of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3771(a)) is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by striking ``State or unit of local government'' and 
        inserting ``State, unit of local government, or rail carrier''; 
        and
            (B) by inserting ``, including railroad police officers'' 
        before the semicolon; and
        (2) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) by striking ``State or unit of local government'' and 
        inserting ``State, unit of local government, or rail carrier'';
            (B) by inserting ``railroad police officer,'' after 
        ``deputies,'';
            (C) by striking ``State or such unit'' and inserting 
        ``State, unit of local government, or rail carrier''; and
            (D) by striking ``State or unit.'' and inserting ``State, 
        unit of local government, or rail carrier.''.
    (b) Rail Carrier Costs.--Section 701 of part G of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3771) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Rail Carrier Costs.--No Federal funds may be used for any 
travel, transportation, or subsistence expenses incurred in connection 
with the participation of a railroad police officer in a training 
program conducted under subsection (a).''.
    (c) Definitions.--Section 701 of part G of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3771) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section--
        ``(1) the terms `rail carrier' and `railroad' have the meanings 
    given such terms in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code; 
    and
        ``(2) the term `railroad police officer' means a peace officer 
    who is commissioned in his or her State of legal residence or State 
    of primary employment and employed by a rail carrier to enforce 
    State laws for the protection of railroad property, personnel, 
    passengers, or cargo.''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.