[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6656 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6656

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 adjust the formula allocation under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
           Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 3, 2018

Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 adjust the formula allocation under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
           Assistance Grant Program, 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 ``Start Allocating Funds Efficiently 
to States Act''.

SEC. 2. FORMULA ALLOCATION UNDER THE EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE 
              ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 505(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``50 percent'' and 
        inserting ``30 percent''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``50 percent'' and 
        inserting ``70 percent''.
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