[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1164 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1164

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 dedicate certain funds for the purpose of reducing violence and hate 
   crime against Native Americans and reducing incidents of crime on 
                 reservations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 dedicate certain funds for the purpose of reducing violence and hate 
   crime against Native Americans and reducing incidents of crime on 
                 reservations, 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 the ``Native American Hate Crimes and 
Criminal Justice Grant Program Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) A Justice Department study released this year by the 
        Bureau of Justice Statistics, concerning violent crime among 
        different races and ethnic groups, shows an alarmingly high 
        rate of violence against Native Americans, as crime against 
        other groups has fallen.
            (2) Native Americans were twice as likely to be victims of 
        violent crime, including spousal abuse, as other ethnic groups.
            (3) Violence against women, juvenile and gang crime, hate 
        crimes against Native Americans, and child abuse remain serious 
        problems.
            (4) It is important that we recognize all that Native 
        Americans have given to this country. We should ensure proper 
        funding to combat these problems.
            (5) Funding for Native American law enforcement is 
        especially crucial in light of information from the Justice 
        Department that confirms that while national crime continues to 
        drop, crime rates on Indian lands continue to rise, due to lack 
        of proper law enforcement and judicial funding.

SEC. 3. DEDICATION OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING 
              VIOLENCE AND HATE CRIMES AGAINST NATIVE AMERICANS AND 
              INCIDENTS OF CRIME ON RESERVATIONS.

    Section 1001(a)(11)(B) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by designating the first through fourth sentences as 
        clauses (i) through (iv), respectively; and
            (2) by amending clause (iv), as so redesignated, to read as 
        follows:
    ``(iv) In view of the extraordinary need for law enforcement 
assistance in Indian country, for each fiscal year, the following 
amounts of funds available under part Q shall be made available for 
grants to Indian tribal governments or tribal law enforcement agencies:
            ``(I) Not less than $100,000,000, for carrying out 
        activities with the purpose of reducing violence and hate crime 
        against Native Americans and reducing incidents of crime on 
        reservations, including but not limited to counseling and 
        social work services relating to domestic violence and spousal 
        abuse, additional policing, activities relating to tribal 
        courts or prosecutors, and programs to reduce hate crimes 
        against Native Americans.
            ``(II) An appropriate amount of funds, for carrying out 
        activities in furtherance of the other purposes of part Q.
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