[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 955 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 955

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 11, 2011

   Mr. Kerry introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide grants for the renovation, modernization or 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 facilities.--The term ``law enforcement 
        facilities'' means any building or facilities that houses 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.--The matching requirements for this Act 
are as follows:
            (1) Law enforcement facilities serving populations of over 
        50,000 or more 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) Law enforcement facilities serving populations between 
        20,000 and 50,000 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) Law enforcement facilities serving areas with a 
        population of 20,000 or fewer 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) Cost-Share.--For purposes of this section, the regional 
projects' cost-share shall be 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 fiscal years 2012 through 2017.
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