US Congress House Bill 3154 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on July 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-08-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2009 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the use of public safety and community policing grants to hire and train new career law enforcement officers for deployment in communities with high incidences of violent crime; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to local governments to hire and train new career law enforcement officers for deployment in high crime areas to enhance community policing in such areas; and (3) authorize the Attorney General to give preference to grant applications for the hiring and training of new career law enforcement officers for deployment in high crime areas. Specifies that grant amounts shall provide for a 5 to 10% increase in the size of a grantee's sworn police force.

Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2009

Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D-CA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D-MI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-08-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2009-07-09		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB1424 (Same As) 2009-07-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3154/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3154/BILLS-111hr3154ih.pdf