[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 521 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 521

   To amend part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
  Streets Act of 1968 to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the 
       matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal hardship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 1999

 Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Feingold, and 
Mr. Torricelli) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
  Streets Act of 1968 to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the 
       matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal hardship.

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

SECTION 1. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS.

    Section 2501(f) of part Y of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The portion'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the portion''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Director may waive, in whole or in part, 
        the requirement of paragraph (1) in the case of fiscal 
        hardship, as determined by the Director.''.
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