[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4334 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4334

 To provide grants for the renovation, modernization, and construction 
                     of law enforcement facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2009

  Mr. Bright (for himself and Mr. Ellsworth) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide grants for the renovation, modernization, and construction 
                     of law enforcement facilities.

    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 ``Protect Those Who Serve Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Law enforcement facility.--The term ``law enforcement 
        facility'' means any building or facility that serves as an 
        official work site for State or local public safety officers 
        that have law enforcement standing.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
        American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, any territory or 
        possession of the United States, and any Indian tribe.

SEC. 3. GRANTS.

    The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to States for the 
renovation, modernization, and construction of law enforcement 
facilities.

SEC. 4. MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Matching Requirement.--As a condition of receiving funding 
under a grant awarded under section 3, with respect to the renovation, 
modernization, or construction of a law enforcement facility, the 
following matching requirements shall apply:
            (1) In the case of a law enforcement facility that serves a 
        population of 50,000 or more, the facility shall agree to match 
        the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal funds 
        equal to 20 percent of the total project cost.
            (2) In the case of a law enforcement facility that serves a 
        population of more than 20,000 but fewer than 50,000, the 
        facility shall agree to match the Federal grant funds with an 
        amount of non-Federal funds equal to 10 percent of the total 
        project cost.
            (3) In the case of a law enforcement facility that serves a 
        population of 20,000 or fewer, the facility shall agree to 
        match the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal 
        funds equal to 5 percent of the total project cost.
    (b) Regional Cost-Share.--In the case of a facility to be operated 
by a geographic region, the matching requirement under subsection (a) 
applicable to such facility shall be determined based on the total 
population and demographics of the entire region.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATION.

    The Attorney General shall prescribe requirements, including 
application requirements, for grants under the program under this Act.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$500,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2015.
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