[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4153 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4153

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 allow the Attorney General to award grants under a homeland security 
    overtime program to reimburse law enforcement agencies for past 
overtime expenditures and to require the Attorney General to waive the 
              matching funds requirement for such grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2004

  Mrs. Lowey (for herself, Mr. Rahall, Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. 
 Grijalva, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Owens, Mr. Pallone, 
Mr. Case, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cardoza, Ms. Lee, and Mr. Weiner) 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 
 allow the Attorney General to award grants under a homeland security 
    overtime program to reimburse law enforcement agencies for past 
overtime expenditures and to require the Attorney General to waive the 
              matching funds requirement for such grants.

    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 ``Homeland Security Overtime 
Reimbursement Act''.

SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR PAST OVERTIME 
              EXPENDITURES UNDER THE HOMELAND SECURITY OVERTIME 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Special Rules for Homeland Security Overtime Programs.--
            ``(1) Reimbursement for past overtime expenditures.--
        Notwithstanding section 1704(a), a recipient of a grant under a 
        homeland security overtime program may use grant funds to pay 
        for homeland security overtime expenditures incurred at any 
        time during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which 
        the grant is made.
            ``(2) Waiver of matching funds.--The Attorney General shall 
        waive the requirement under subsection (i) of a non-Federal 
        contribution for any grant or portion of a grant under a 
        homeland security overtime program to the extent that the grant 
        is used to pay for expenditures described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Treatment of puerto rico.--Puerto Rico shall be 
        considered both a unit of local government and a State for the 
        purposes of any homeland security overtime program.
            ``(4) Homeland security overtime program.--The term 
        `homeland security overtime program' means a program for which 
        a grant is made under subsection (a) to fund overtime 
        expenditures to law enforcement agencies for training and 
        increased patrols related to homeland security concerns.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1704(a) (42 U.S.C. 3799dd-3(a)), by striking 
        ``Funds made'' and inserting ``Except as provided in section 
        1701(l)(1), funds made''; and
            (2) in section 1701(i) (42 U.S.C. 3799dd(i)), by striking 
        ``The portion'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
        subsection (l)(2), the portion''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to grants made under 
section 1701(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 9799dd(a)) for which applications are submitted after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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