US SB1424 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on July 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on July 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2009
Sponsors
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA] | Sen. Carl Levin [D-MI] | Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2009-07-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3154 (Same As) 2009-08-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1424/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1424/BILLS-111s1424is.pdf |