[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6059 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6059

 To clarify the use of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants 
for corrections and community corrections programs, to enhance the data 
  made available by the National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry 
                Resource Center, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 2008

  Mr. Murphy of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify the use of Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants 
for corrections and community corrections programs, to enhance the data 
  made available by the National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry 
                Resource Center, 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 ``Delivering Effective Training and 
Enforcement Resources (DETER) Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED USES OF EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL 
              JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANTS.

    Subparagraph (D) of section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3751(a)(1)) is amended to read 
as follows:
                    ``(D) Corrections and community corrections 
                programs, which may include--
                            ``(i) using global positioning monitoring 
                        technologies to monitor individuals on parole 
                        and probation; and
                            ``(ii) hiring additional parole 
                        officers.''.

SEC. 3. NATIONAL ADULT AND JUVENILE OFFENDER REENTRY RESOURCE CENTER.

    Paragraph (3) of section 2976(m) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (as amended by Public Law 110-199) (42 U.S.C. 
3797w) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (I) as 
        subparagraphs (I) through (K), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new 
        subparagraphs:
                    ``(G) collect and disseminate information related 
                to Federal and State laws relevant to parole and 
                probation agencies and officers;
                    ``(H) collect and disseminate information on 
                available Federal and State grants for parole and 
                probation agencies and officers;''.
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