[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2055 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2055

To establish the Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish the Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Katie's Law''.

SEC. 2. KATIE POIRIER ABDUCTION EMERGENCY FUND.

    (a) Establishment of Abduction Emergency Fund.--Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General 
shall establish the Katie Poirier Abduction Emergency Fund (referred to 
in this section as the ``fund'') to assist local and rural law 
enforcement agencies with expenses resulting from a crime, including an 
abduction or homicide, that results in extraordinary unanticipated 
costs to the agency because of the magnitude of the crime and the need 
to adequately respond with personnel and support.
    (b) Emergency Grants.--The Attorney General shall make grants to 
States to be distributed to local and rural law enforcement agencies as 
determined by the State.
    (c) Criteria for Grants.--The Attorney General shall establish 
criteria for awarding grants under this section.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2001 through 2003.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST LOCAL AND RURAL LAW 
              ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ESTABLISHING OR UPGRADING AN 
              INTEGRATED APPROACH TO DEVELOP IDENTIFICATION 
              TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE CRIMINAL 
              IDENTIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General, through the Bureau of 
Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice, shall make grants to 
States which shall be used to assist local and rural law enforcement 
agencies in establishing or upgrading an integrated approach to develop 
identification technologies and systems to improve criminal 
identification.
    (b) Criteria for Grants.--The Attorney General shall establish 
criteria for awarding grants under this section.
    (c) Use of Grants.--Grants under this section may be used by local 
and rural law enforcement agencies to integrate information 
technologies or to establish, develop, or upgrade automated fingerprint 
identification systems, including live scan and other automated systems 
to digitize fingerprints and communicate prints, that are compatible 
with standards established by the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology and interoperable with systems operated by States and the 
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2001 through 2003.
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