110 HR 668 IH: To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act U.S. House of Representatives 2007-01-24 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 668 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2007 Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require States who wish to receive funds under the Act to increase the penalty applied to a defendant convicted of a violent crime who placed a video of the commission of that crime on the Internet.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Web Video Violence Act.

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Conditioning funding on State certification of increased penalties for violent criminals who place video of crime on Internet

(a)

Certification of increased penalty

Section 502 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3752) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6)At the option of the State, a certification that the laws or official policies of the State require that when a criminal defendant is being sentenced, a graduated sanction (in the case of a juvenile defendant) or an increased penalty (in the case of an adult defendant) is applied— (A)if the defendant is convicted of a violent crime against the person of another; and (B)if the defendant is found to have placed, or directed another to have placed, a video or image of the commission of such crime on the Internet. . (b)

Reduction in grant funding for non-certifying States

Section 505(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3755(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph— (3)

Special rule for non-certifying States

If a State opts not to certify that it has increased penalties for certain violent criminals as specified under section 502(6), the Attorney General shall reduce the total amount of funding that would otherwise be allocated to that State— (A)by 10 percent in the first fiscal year in which the certification is lacking; and (B)by an additional 5 percent for each subsequent fiscal year in which the certification is lacking. .

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Effective Date

The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to fiscal years beginning with the next fiscal year that begins 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.