[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4472. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT OF LOCAL 
                   LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Federal Government often requests emergency 
     assistance from law enforcement agencies of local 
     governments;
       (2) in responding to a request for emergency assistance 
     from the Federal Government, law enforcement agencies of 
     local governments often expend considerable resources;
       (3) when the Federal Government requests emergency 
     assistance from law enforcement agencies of local 
     governments, the local governments should be reimbursed for 
     the costs incurred in a timely manner;
       (4) the intent of Congress in establishing the Emergency 
     Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program under subtitle B 
     of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10501 et 
     seq.) was to address law enforcement emergencies that require 
     joint action by Federal and local law enforcement agencies;
       (5) this intent is demonstrated by the fact that, under the 
     Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program in 
     fiscal year 2013, the Federal Government provided--
       (A) $1,918,864 to the State of Massachusetts to assist with 
     law enforcement costs related to the Boston Marathon bombing, 
     which was used to pay overtime costs for law enforcement 
     agencies in the State of Massachusetts that responded to the 
     event; and
       (B) $1,011,443 to the State of Missouri to assist with law 
     enforcement costs related to the civil unrest surrounding the 
     death of Michael Brown, which was used to pay overtime costs 
     for law enforcement agencies in the State of Missouri that 
     responded to those events; and
       (6) amounts should continue to be made available to fund 
     the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program in 
     order to reimburse local governments and encourage 
     cooperation with the Federal Government.
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