[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2943 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2943

  To waive, for grants awarded in fiscal years 2004 and 2005, certain 
   restrictions on the hiring or rehiring of career law enforcement 
officers under the COPS grant program under Part Q of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2003

Ms. Hooley of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To waive, for grants awarded in fiscal years 2004 and 2005, certain 
   restrictions on the hiring or rehiring of career law enforcement 
officers under the COPS grant program under Part Q of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 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 ``First Responders Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS AND INCREASE IN MAXIMUM 
              GRANT FOR HIRING COSTS.

    (a) Waiver of Matching Funds.--Subsections (e) and (i) of section 
1701 of part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) shall not apply to a covered COPS grant.
    (b) Increase in Maximum Grant for Hiring Costs.--Subsection (c) of 
section 1704 of such part (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-3) shall not apply to a 
covered COPS grant. Funding provided under a covered COPS grant for 
hiring or rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 
$150,000, unless the Attorney General grants a waiver from this 
limitation.
    (c) Waiver of Retention Requirement.--Paragraph (8) of section 
1702(c) of such part (42 U.S.C. 3796dd-1) shall not apply to a covered 
COPS grant. The Attorney General shall award covered COPS grants 
without regard to whether the applicant has any plans described in that 
paragraph.
    (d) Covered COPS Grant.--In this section, the term ``covered COPS 
grant'' means a grant under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) that is 
awarded in fiscal year 2004 or 2005, regardless of the period for which 
the grant is made.
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