[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3025 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3025

  To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the program under 
which State and local governments may procure law enforcement equipment 
    through the Department of Defense to include the procurement of 
                      counter-terrorism equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 4, 2001

  Mr. Forbes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the program under 
which State and local governments may procure law enforcement equipment 
    through the Department of Defense to include the procurement of 
                      counter-terrorism equipment.

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

SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF PROGRAM FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
              PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT THROUGH 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) Procurement of Equipment Suitable for Counter-Terrorism 
Activities.--Section 381 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or counter-terrorism'' after ``counter-
        drug'' each place it appears in the first sentence of 
        subsection (a)(1), subsection (a)(1)(A), subsection (c), and 
        subsection (d)(3); and
            (2) in subsection (d)(3), by inserting after the first 
        sentence the following new sentence: ``Equipment suitable for 
        counter-terrorism activities includes equipment suitable for 
        use to respond to and manage the consequences of an act of 
        terrorism.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--(1) The heading of such section is 
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 381. Procurement by State and local governments of law 
              enforcement equipment through the Department of 
              Defense''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 18 of such 
title is amended by striking the item relating to section 381 and 
inserting the following new item:

``381. Procurement by State and local governments of law enforcement 
                            equipment through the Department of 
                            Defense.''.
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