[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3738-S3739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2300. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``county'' means any county, parish, or 
     organized or unorganized borough;
       (2) the term ``covered county'' means a county in which a 
     covered municipality is located;
       (3) the term ``covered municipality'' means a municipality 
     that has reduced the funding of any law enforcement agency 
     over which the municipality has authority during 2020; and
       (4) the term ``municipality''--
       (A) means a city, town, or other public body created by 
     State law; and

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       (B) does not include a county.
       (b) Grants Authorized.--The Attorney General shall 
     establish a competitive grant program to award grants to 
     county law enforcement agencies located in covered counties 
     to assist the law enforcement agencies in hiring additional 
     law enforcement officers.
       (c) Application.--A law enforcement agency seeking a grant 
     under this section shall submit an application in such form, 
     at such time, and containing such information as the Attorney 
     General may require.
       (d) Supplement Not Supplant.--Amounts awarded under this 
     section shall supplement and not supplant amounts otherwise 
     awarded by the Attorney General to a law enforcement agency.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Attorney General $1,500,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2021 to carry out this section.
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