[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 121 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S10019]
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  THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND 
        RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997

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                       GRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 5204

  Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to the 
bill, H.R. 3814, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of the bill, insert after the last section 
     (preceeding the short title) the following new section:
       Sec.  . Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     heading ``OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS--state and local law 
     enforcement assistance'', not more than ninety percent of the 
     amount to be awarded to an entity under part Q of title I of 
     the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall 
     be made available to such an entity when it is made known to 
     the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend 
     such funds that the entity that employs a public safety 
     officer (as such term as defined in section 1204 of title I 
     of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) 
     does not provide such a public safety officer who retires or 
     is separated from service due to injury suffered as the 
     direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in 
     the line of duty while responding to an emergency situation 
     or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined by State law) 
     with the same or better level of health insurance benefits 
     that are paid by the entity at the time of retirement or 
     separation.

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