[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3528 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3528

   To establish a grants program to assist States and units of local 
    governments to establish and expand programs that employ global 
positioning system technologies as alternative sentencing options, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2009

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish a grants program to assist States and units of local 
    governments to establish and expand programs that employ global 
positioning system technologies as alternative sentencing options, 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 ``GPS Protection & Safety Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. GPS ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING OPTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM.

    (a) Grant Program Established.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall establish a 
        program under which the Attorney General may make grants to 
        States and units of local government to establish or expand 
        programs that provide for global positioning system to be used 
        by law enforcement agencies of such States and units of local 
        government to monitor individuals described in paragraph (2) as 
        an alternative to incarcerating such individuals or in order to 
        ensure compliance by such individuals with the terms and 
        conditions of a properly issued protective order or other court 
        mandated condition.
            (2) Individuals described.--An individual described in this 
        paragraph includes the following:
                    (A) An individual who is a convicted sex offender.
                    (B) An individual who is subject to an order of 
                protection or a restraining order.
                    (C) An individual who is charged or convicted for 
                driving while intoxicated.
    (b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), a State or unit of local government shall submit to the 
Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Attorney General may require through 
consultation and coordination with appropriate district attorneys, 
court systems, local probation departments, and police and sheriff 
departments.
    (c) GAO Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study to 
examine the extent to which the use of a global positioning system is 
effective as a means to track individuals described in subsection 
(a)(2).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Global positioning system.--The term ``global 
        positioning system'' means a satellite-based navigation system 
        made up of satellites designed to pinpoint longitude and 
        latitude through the transmission of digital radio signals.
            (2) Sex offender.--The term ``sex offender'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child 
        Protection and Safety Act of 2006.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' includes the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 
        American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United 
        States Virgin Islands.
            (4) Unit of local government.--The term ``unit of local 
        government'' has the meaning given such term in section 901 of 
        the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
        U.S.C. 3791).
    (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $140,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2010 through 2014.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC SERVICE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General shall provide for a public 
service awareness campaign to educate the public on the importance of 
reporting instances of stalking.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $10,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
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