Crime Control bill

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Public Safety and Policing

Title II: Death Penalty

Title III: Habeas Corpus Reform

Title IV: Gun Crime Penalties

Title V: Obstruction of Justice

Title VI: Youth Violence

Subtitle A: Increased Penalties for Drug

Trafficking and Criminal Street Gangs

Subtitle B: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang

Prevention Grants

Subtitle C: Bindover System for Certain Violent

Juveniles

Title VII: Terrorism

Subtitle A: Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms

Subtitle B: General Provisions

Title VIII: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse

Subtitle A: Sexual Abuse

Subtitle B: Child Protection

Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children

Title IX: Crime Victims

Subtitle A: Victims' Rights

Subtitle B: Crime Victims' Fund

Title X: State and Local Law Enforcement

Subtitle A: DNA Identification

Subtitle B: Department of Justice Community Substance

Abuse Prevention

Subtitle C: Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Grants

Title XI: Provisions Relating to Police Officers

Subtitle A: Law Enforcement Family Support

Subtitle B: Police Pattern or Practice

Subtitle C: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers

Training and Education

Subtitle D: Study Rights of Police Officers

Title XII: Drug Court Programs

Title XIII: Prisons

Subtitle A: Federal Prisons

Subtitle B: State Prisons

Title XIV: Rural Crime

Subtitle A: Fighting Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas

Subtitle B: Drug Free Truck Stops and Safety Rest Areas

Title XV: Drug Control

Subtitle A: Increased Penalties

Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals Act

Subtitle C: General Provisions

Title XVI: Drunk Driving Provisions

Title XVII: Commissions

Subtitle A: Commission on Crime and Violence

Subtitle B: National Commission to Study the Causes

of the Demand for Drugs in the United States

Subtitle C: National Commission to Support Law

Enforcement

Title XVIII: Bail Posting Reporting

Title XIX: Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention

Title XX: Protections for the Elderly

Title XXI: Consumer Protection

Title XXII: Financial Institution Fraud Prosecution

Title XXIII: Savings and Loan Prosecution Task Force

Title XXIV: Sentencing Provisions

Title XXV: Sentencing and Magistrates Amendments

Title XXVI: Computer Crime

Title XXVII: International Parental Kidnapping

Title XXVIII: Safe Schools

Title XXIX: Miscellaneous

Subtitle A: Increases in Penalties

Subtitle B: Extension of Protection of Civil Rights

Statutes

Subtitle C: Audit and Report

Subtitle D: Gambling

Subtitle E: White Collar Crime Amendments

Subtitle F: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods

Subtitle G: Other Provisions

Title XXX: Technical Corrections

Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1993 - Title I: Public Safety and Policing - Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Omnibus Act) to authorize the Attorney General to make grants and provide technical assistance to units of State and local government, and to other public and private entities, to increase police presence (including the rehiring of law enforcement officers laid off as a result of State and local budget reductions, as well as the hiring of new, additional career law enforcement officers, for deployment in community-oriented policing), expand and improve cooperative efforts between law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and members of the community, and otherwise enhance public safety. Sets forth matching fund, application, and related requirements. Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: Death Penalty - Federal Death Penalty Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide for imposition of the death penalty for various offenses, including: (1) murder by a Federal prisoner; (2) civil rights murders; (3) drive-by shootings and carjackings resulting in death; (4) foreign murder of U.S. nationals; (5) rape and child molestation murders; (6) gun murders during Federal crimes of violence and drug trafficking crimes; and (7) murder in the course of alien smuggling.

(Sec. 202) Sets forth procedures for the imposition, implementation, and review of such sentence. Limits mitigating factors (such as impaired capacity, duress, minor participation, and victim's consent) and aggravating factors (such as involvement of a firearm or previous conviction of a violent felony involving a firearm, previous conviction of other serious offenses, vulnerability of victim, and continuing criminal enterprise involving drug sales to minors). Requires a special hearing to determine whether a death sentence is justified. Directs the court to instruct the jury not to consider the race, color, religious beliefs, national origin, or sex of the defendant or of any victim. Prohibits the execution of a woman while she is pregnant and of a person who is mentally retarded.

Title III: Habeas Corpus Reform - Habeas Corpus Reform Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal judicial code to impose a 180-day limitations period for the filing of Federal habeas corpus petitions, applicable in both capital and non-capital cases in which the State has offered the petitioner counsel for State post-conviction review, which begins from the time the petitioner's conviction becomes final on State direct review. Tolls such period while the petitioner pursues State post-conviction remedies, unless the petitioner fails to initiate post-conviction review within 270 days in capital cases or 180 days in non-capital cases. Provides for a one-time 60-day extension of the period upon a showing of good cause.

(Sec. 303) Provides an automatic stay of execution in capital cases through the consideration of the first Federal habeas corpus petition. Permits a stay of execution to be granted thereafter only if the petition on its face satisfies the requirements for successive petitions.

(Sec. 304) Prohibits a Federal court from announcing or applying a new rule to grant relief to a habeas corpus petitioner, except where the new rule places a class of individual conduct beyond the power of the criminal lawmaking authority to proscribe or prohibits the imposition of a certain type of punishment for a class of persons because of their status or offense, or constitutes a watershed rule of criminal procedure implicating the fundamental fairness and accuracy of the criminal proceeding. Codifies case law providing for an independent Federal habeas corpus review of claims under Federal law, except for fourth amendment exclusionary rule claims. Specifies that the State bears the burden of proving harmless error in Federal habeas corpus review of State criminal convictions.

(Sec. 305) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) limits on successive petitions (allows a prisoner to bring a second or subsequent petition only upon a showing of cause for not having brought the claim before and prejudice if the claim is not heard); and (2) new evidence (allows prisoners in capital cases to present claims of actual innocence based on newly discovered evidence that the petitioner did not previously know about).

(Sec. 308) Sets standards and procedures for the provision of counsel for indigent defendants at all stages of State capital litigation. Requires each State in which a sentence of death may be imposed to establish a State counsel certification authority, comprised of members of the State's criminal defense bar, to create a roster of qualified lawyers eligible for court appointment and monitor the performance of attorneys so certified.

(Sec. 309) Amends the Omnibus Act to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to make grants to States to help fund the provision of defense counsel. Authorizes: (1) Federal grants of up to 75 percent of the additional costs imposed by the new counsel requirements during the first three years following enactment of this title and 50 percent thereafter; and (2) grants for the prosecution of Federal habeas corpus cases in an amount equal to that allocated to capital resource centers.

Title IV: Gun Crime Penalties - Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend its sentencing guidelines to enhance the penalty for: (1) use of a semiautomatic firearm during a crime of violence or a drug trafficking crime; (2) a second offense of using an explosive to commit a Federal felony; (3) use of a firearm in the commission of counterfeiting or forgery; and (4) firearms possession by violent felons and serious drug offenders.

(Sec. 403) Prohibits and sets penalties for: (1) smuggling firearms in aid of drug trafficking; (2) theft of firearms and explosives; (3) the transfer of firearms to a nonresident of a State, except for lawful sporting purposes; (4) conspiracies to commit firearms and explosives crimes; and (5) the distribution of explosives to a person who is legally disqualified from having the explosives.

(Sec. 405) Mandates the revocation of: (1) supervised release and the institution of a prison term for a defendant who possesses a controlled substance or firearm in violation of a condition of such release, or who refuses to cooperate with drug testing; and (2) probation for possession of a controlled substance or firearms in violation of a condition of probation, or who refuses to cooperate with drug testing.

(Sec. 407) Increases the penalty for: (1) knowingly making a false, material statement in connection with the acquisition of a firearms from a licensed dealer; and (2) interstate gun trafficking.

Title V: Obstruction of Justice - Increases the penalties for threats and intimidation of jurors and court officers, obstruction of justice, and attempted retaliatory killings of witnesses, victims, and informants.

(Sec. 501) Provides the death penalty for: (1) the murder of jurors and court officers; (2) retaliatory killings of witnesses, victims, and informants; (3) the murder of State officials working with Federal law enforcement officials in connection with Federal criminal investigations; and (4) the murder of Federal witnesses.

(Sec. 503) Creates an exception to current law requiring that persons charged with capital offenses be furnished with a list (with addresses) of veniremen and witnesses, if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that providing such list may jeopardize the life or safety of any person.

Title VI: Youth Violence - Subtitle A: Increased Penalties for Drug Trafficking and Criminal Street Gangs - Amends: (1) the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to increase penalties for employing children to distribute drugs or avoid apprehension for a drug offense; and (2) the Federal criminal code to provide for imprisonment of up to ten years for a gang member or person acting on behalf of a criminal street gang who commits a Federal drug or violent crime offense and who has had a prior drug or crime of violence conviction, with the penalty to run consecutively to any other sentence imposed.

Subtitle B: Juvenile Drug Trafficking and Gang Prevention Grants - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to make grants for: (1) programs to reduce the formation or continuation of juvenile gangs and the use and sale of illegal drugs by juveniles; (2) public or non-profit private organizations or individuals to identify promising new juvenile drug reduction and enforcement programs; and (3) public or non-profit private organizations or individuals to support promising new programs that specifically address the unique crime, drug, and alcohol related challenges faced by juveniles living at or near international ports of entry and in other international border communities. Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle C: Bindover System for Certain Violent Juveniles - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize grants for bindover systems for the prosecution of 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for certain violent crimes (first- and second-degree murder, attempted murder, armed robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery or assault with a firearm, criminal sexual penetration when armed with a firearm, and drive-by shooting).

Title VII: Terrorism - Subtitle A: Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit and set penalties for the seizure of a ship or fixed platform by force, an act of violence against a person aboard, damage or destruction, or the injuring or killing of a person in connection with such activities. Provides the death penalty where death results.

Subtitle B: General Provisions - Provides the death penalty where death results from the use of a weapon of mass destruction.

(Sec. 714) Extends: (1) the application of State, territory, or district law for offenses committed in territorial waters not otherwise committed within a State's territory or district; (2) special maritime and territorial jurisdiction to offenses committed by or against a U.S. national during a voyage on a foreign vessel scheduled to depart from or arrive in the United States; and (3) the statute of limitations to ten years for certain terrorist offenses.

(Sec. 716) Provides: (1) the death penalty for the commission of torture outside the United States and for the killing of a U.S. national outside the country; (2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with access to telephone subscriber information if the Director or Deputy Assistant Director certifies that such information is relevant to a foreign counterintelligence investigation and that it pertains to an agent of a foreign power; and (3) criminal penalties for willful violations of airport or airline security regulations.

(Sec. 719) Prohibits: (1) acts of terrorism at U.S. international airports (and provides the death penalty where death results); and (2) counterfeiting U.S. currency abroad (and sets penalties). Enhances penalties for any felony that involves or is intended to promote international terrorism. Sets penalties for those who provide material support to terrorists.

(Sec. 722) Creates an Economic Terrorism Task Force.

(Sec. 725) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Attorney General to grant a nonimmigrant visa to an alien who possesses critical information about a criminal organization and whose presence in the United States is essential to an investigation or prosecution of such organization.

Title VIII: Sexual Violence and Child Abuse - Subtitle A: Sexual Abuse - Amends the Federal criminal code to include within the definition of "sexual act" the intentional touching, not through the clothing, of the genitalia of another person who has not attained age 16 with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, degrade, or arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.

Subtitle B: Child Protection - National Child Protection Act of 1993 - Provides for the establishment of a national background check system whereby child care organizations can determine whether prospective employees have histories of child abuse or other serious crimes. Requires State to have at least 80 percent currency of crime cases in their systems within three years. Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to begin a study of child abusers' criminal records.

(Sec. 816) Amends the Omnibus Act to provide for the use of drug control and system improvement grants for the improvement of State record systems and the sharing of records of child abuse crime information to implement this subtitle.

Subtitle C: Crimes Against Children - Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration Act - Directs the Attorney General to establish guidelines for State programs requiring any person convicted of a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to register a current address with a designated State LEA for ten years after release from prison or being placed on parole or supervised release. Subjects to criminal penalties a person required to register under a State program who knowingly fails to register and keep such registration current.

(Sec. 823) Specifies that the allocation of BJA grant funds (under the Omnibus Act) received by a State not complying with provisions of this Act three years after its enactment shall be reduced by ten percent, with the unallocated funds to be reallocated to the States in compliance with this Act.

Title IX: Crime Victims - Subtitle A: Victims' Rights - Amends Rule 32 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to give victims of violent crimes and sexual abuse the right to address the court concerning the sentence to be imposed on convicted offenders. Permits such right to be exercised by a parent or guardian if the victim is under 18, or by one or more family members if the victim is deceased or incapacitated.

(Sec. 902) Requires courts to order criminal defendants who are convicted to pay restitution to victims. Specifies that a restitution order shall constitute a lien against real or personal property.

Subtitle B: Crime Victims' Fund - Amends the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 to provide that if the compensation paid by an eligible crime victim compensation program would cover costs that a Federal, or a federally financed State or local, program would otherwise pay: (1) such victim compensation program shall not pay such compensation; and (2) the other program shall make its payments without regard to the existence of the crime victim compensation program.

(Sec. 913) Allows: (1) up to five percent of a victim compensation or assistance program grant to be used for administrative costs; and (2) the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime to use unspent compensation funds for assistance programs in either the year such funds are not spent or in the following year.

(Sec. 917) Requires grantees to certify that no grant funds will be used to supplant State and local funds, but rather will supplement those otherwise available funds.

Title X: State and Local Law Enforcement - Subtitle A: DNA Identification - DNA Identification Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the use of drug control and system improvement grants to develop or improve in a forensic laboratory a capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) for identification purposes. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 1003) Requires the Director of the FBI to appoint an advisory board on DNA quality assurance methods and issue standards for quality assurance.

(Sec. 1004) Authorizes the Director to establish an index of DNA identification records of persons convicted of crimes, and of analyses of DNA samples recovered from crime scenes and from unidentified human remains.

(Sec. 1005) Sets forth proficiency testing and privacy protection requirements, and penalties for violations.

(Sec. 1006) Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle B: Department of Justice Community Substance Abuse Prevention - Department of Justice Community Substance Abuse Prevention Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to eligible coalitions to develop and implement substance abuse prevention programs, with the efforts of such coalitions involving substantial community participation. Grants priority to communities providing evidence of significant abuse. Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle C: Racial and Ethnic Bias Study Grants - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States that have established, by State law or the court of last resort, plans for analyzing the role of race in their criminal justice systems. Requires State plans to include recommendations designed to correct any findings of racial and ethnic bias. Authorizes appropriations.

Title XI: Provisions Relating to Police Officers - Subtitle A: Law Enforcement Family Support - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) require the Director of the BJA to establish guidelines and oversee the implementation of family-friendly policies in law enforcement divisions of the Department of Justice (DOJ), identify model programs that provide support to law enforcement families, and provide technical assistance for stress reduction and family support efforts by State and local LEAs; and (2) authorize the Director to make grants to States and local LEAs and organizations representing State or local law enforcement personnel to provide family support services to law enforcement personnel. Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle B: Police Pattern or Practice - Prohibits any governmental authority, or any agent or person acting on behalf of such authority, from engaging in a pattern or practice of conduct by law enforcement officers that deprives persons of their constitutional or Federal rights. Authorizes the Attorney General to bring a civil action against such officers to eliminate such practices.

(Sec. 1112) Directs the Attorney General to acquire data about the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.

Subtitle C: Police Corps and Law Enforcement Officers Training and Education - Chapter 1: Police Corps - Police Corps Act - Establishes in DOJ an Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education, headed by a Director. Authorizes the Director to award college and graduate school scholarships (of up to $30,000 per student) in exchange for four years work with a State or local police force upon graduation. Requires participants who do not follow through on their commitment to pay back all the scholarship money plus ten percent interest.

(Sec. 1127) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) selection and training of participants; (2) swearing in, discipline, and layoffs; (3) State plan requirements; and (4) assistance to States and localities employing police corps officers. Authorizes appropriations.

Chapter 2: Law Enforcement Scholarship Program - Law Enforcement Scholarships and Recruitment Act - Requires the Director to provide scholarships for in-service law enforcement personnel who seek further education, allotting 80 percent of funds based on the relative number of law enforcement officers per State and 20 percent based on the relative shortage of officers. Provides grants for summer jobs or part-time jobs during the year for high school students interested in law enforcement careers. Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle D: Study Rights of Police Officers - Directs the Attorney General to conduct a study of the procedures followed in internal, noncriminal investigations of State and local law enforcement officers to determine if such investigations are conducted fairly and effectively.

Title XII: Drug Court Programs - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the BJA to make grants to States: (1) for drug testing upon arrest and on a regular basis pending trial for the purpose of making pretrial detention decisions; (2) to develop alternative methods of punishment for young offenders to traditional forms of incarceration and probation; and (3) for residential substance abuse treatment programs in State prisons. Authorizes appropriations.

Title XIII: Prisons - Subtitle A: Federal Prisons - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit the Bureau of Prisons from showing favoritism to prisoners of high social or economic status in designating their place of imprisonment; and (2) require that any submission of legislation by the judicial or executive branch that might affect prison populations be accompanied by an impact statement (and requires the Attorney General to prepare and transmit to the Congress annual prison impact assessments).

(Sec. 1303) Federal Prisoner Drug Testing Act of 1993 - Requires the Director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to establish a program of drug testing of Federal offenders on post-conviction release.

(Sec. 1304) Drug Treatment in Federal Prisons Act of 1993 - Establishes a schedule for the Bureau of Prisons to place all eligible prisoners into residential substance abuse treatment programs for between nine and 12 months, in facilities separate from the general prison population. Specifies that prisoners who successfully complete such programs could be released up to a year early. Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle B: State Prisons - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to States and to multi-State compact associations for the development and operation of boot camp prisons (for prisoners not convicted of violent felonies, providing a highly regimented schedule of strict discipline, physical training, and work, as well as remedial education and treatment for substance abuse) and regional prisons (for violent offenders with serious substance abuse problems). Specifies that grants may support the activation of boot camp and regional prison facilities already constructed by State or local governments, and shall support aftercare services (to reduce the likelihood of repeat criminality following release). Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 1323) Requires the Director of the National Institute of Justice to study: (1) the feasibility of establishing an information clearinghouse to facilitate the interstate transfer of prisoners to facilities near their families; (2) the recidivism rates of persons who were under the influence of alcohol at the time they committed their crimes, comparing recidivism rates of those who participated in a residential treatment program while in custody with those who did not; and (3) the use of alcohol, alone or in combination with other drugs, as a factor in criminal activity.

(Sec. 1324) Requires the Bureau of Prisons to notify State and local law enforcement authorities concerning the release or relocation to their areas of Federal offenders under post-release supervision, with respect to prisoners convicted of drug trafficking and violent crimes.

Title XIV: Rural Crime - Subtitle A: Fighting Drug Trafficking in Rural Areas - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize appropriations, and increase the base allocation, for rural drug enforcement assistance.

(Sec. 1402) Directs the Attorney General to establish a Rural Drug Enforcement Task Force in each of the Federal judicial districts which encompass significant rural lands.

(Sec. 1403) Authorizes the Attorney General to cross-designate up to 100 Federal officers with jurisdiction to enforce CSA provisions on non-Federal lands to the extent necessary to effect the purposes of this title.

(Sec. 1404) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop a specialized course of instruction devoted to training law enforcement officers from rural agencies in the investigation of drug trafficking and related crimes. Authorizes appropriations.

Subtitle B: Drug Free Truck Stops and Safety Rest Areas - Drug Free Truck Stop Act - Amends the CSA to enhance penalties for drug distribution at or near truck stops and safety rest areas.

Title XV: Drug Control - Subtitle A: Increased Penalties - Amends: (1) the Federal criminal code to enhance penalties for drug trafficking and illegal drug use in prisons; (2) the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the penalty for failure to declare a controlled substance 1,000 percent of the value of the article (as under current law) or $500, whichever is greater; and (3) the CSA to enhance penalties for drug dealing in or near public housing authority facilities, and to set penalties for any physical trainer or adviser who endeavors to persuade or induce an individual to possess or use anabolic steroids in violation of such Act.

(Sec. 1505) Directs the Sentencing Commission to amend the sentencing guidelines to increase penalties for drug-dealing in "drug-free" zones.

Subtitle B: Precursor Chemicals Act - Chemical Control Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the CSA to impose registration requirements for precursor chemicals.

(Sec. 1514) Requires manufacturers to submit annual reports concerning listed chemicals manufactured during the year.

(Sec. 1515) Amends the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act to: (1) subject brokers and traders to the same recordkeeping and reporting requirements for international transactions, and the same criminal penalties, as exporters; (2) authorize the Attorney General to require that the 15-day advance notice requirement with respect to the importation and exportation of listed chemicals apply to all exports of specific listed chemicals to specified countries, regardless of the status of certain customers in such countries as regular customers, if necessary to support effective diversion control programs or as required by treaty; and (3) establish criminal penalties for attempting to evade reporting requirements and for smuggling listed drugs.

(Sec. 1519) Grants the Attorney General the same inspection authority for listed chemicals as presently exists with respect to controlled substances.

(Sec. 1521) Makes it a felony to violate the Solid Waste Disposal Act in the handling of chemicals used to illegally manufacture a controlled substance. Requires that violators be assessed costs of the initial cleanup an disposal of the listed chemical and contaminated property and the costs of restoring property damaged by exposure to such chemical.

Subtitle C: General Provisions - Prohibits advertising which aims to illegally solicit or sell drugs.

(Sec. 1535) Includes among the long-term goals of the National Drug Control Strategy making drug treatment available to all who need it.

(Sec. 1536) Amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations requiring employees to report to law enforcement authorities the discovery of illegal drugs or amounts of cash over $10,000 in airport security screenings.

Title XVI: Drunk Driving Provisions - Drunk Driving Child Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to provide supplementary prison terms and fine authorizations in cases where drunk driving endangers or injures a person under 18 years of age.

(Sec. 1603) Expresses the sense of the Congress that in determining child custody and visitation rights the courts should consider the history of drunk driving of anyone involved in the determination.

Title XVII: Commissions - Subtitle A: Commission on Crime and Violence - Establishes the National Commission on Crime and Violence in America to develop a comprehensive crime control plan for the 1990's.

Subtitle B: National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States - National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States - Establishes a National Commission to Study the Causes of the Demand for Drugs in the United States.

Subtitle C: National Commission to Support Law Enforcement - National Commission to Support Law Enforcement Act - Establishes a National Commission to Support Law Enforcement.

Title XVIII: Bail Posting Reporting - Illegal Drug Profits Act of 1993 - Requires State and Federal criminal court clerks to report to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and prosecutors the name and taxpayer identification number of anyone accused of a drug, money laundering, or racketeering crime who posts cash bail exceeding $10,000.

Title XIX: Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention - Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Act - Directs the Attorney General to develop a national voluntary motor vehicle theft prevention program which would involve placing identifiable decals on the vehicles of consenting owners, whereby such vehicles could then be stopped by law enforcement officers upon a reasonable suspicion that the vehicles were not being operated by or with the consent of their owners.

(Sec. 1903) Prohibits and sets penalties for tampering with the decals, with exceptions.

Title XX: Protections for the Elderly - Directs the Attorney General to make grants in support of programs to protect and locate missing patients with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 2002) Directs the Sentencing Commission to ensure that the sentences for those convicted of crimes of violence against elderly victims be sufficiently stringent to deter such crimes, protect the public from additional crimes of such a defendant, and provide enhanced penalties under specified criteria.

Title XXI: Consumer Protection - Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for insurance industry crimes, including embezzling from insurance companies, making false entries in insurance company books with intent to deceive, and corruptly influencing or obstructing proceedings before State insurance regulatory agencies or insurance examiners. Prohibits persons convicted of criminal felonies involving dishonesty or breach of trust from engaging in the insurance business without the written consent of an insurance regulatory official authorized to regulate the insurer.

(Sec. 2102) Consumer Protection Against Credit Card Fraud Act of 1993 - Prohibits the sale of credit cards without credit card company authorization, fraudulent receipt of payments via credit card for goods never received or inferior to those promised, and laundering of credit card receipts.

(Sec. 2103) Extends the mail fraud statute to include mail sent by private interstate carriers.

Title XXII: Financial Institution Fraud Prosecutions - Financial Institutions Fraud Prosecution Act of 1991 (sic) - Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the Federal Credit Union Act to disqualify certain persons with criminal records from participating in the affairs of insured depository institutions and credit unions.

(Sec. 2204) Amends the Crime Control Act of 1990 to encourage the Attorney General to report to the Congress on the collapse of private insurance deposit corporations.

Title XXIII: Savings and Loan Prosecution Task Force - Directs the Attorney General to establish within DOJ a savings and loan criminal fraud task force to prosecute those criminal cases involving savings and loan institutions.

Title XXIV: Sentencing Provisions - Amends the Federal criminal code to allow the court, in determining the sentence to be imposed in the case of a violation of probation or supervised release, to consider guidelines or policy statements issued by the Sentencing Commission.

(Sec. 2403) Directs the court to revoke a term of supervised release and require the defendant to serve in prison all or part of the term of release authorized by statute for the offense that resulted in such term, without credit for time previously served on post-release supervision, if the court finds that the defendant violated a condition of supervised release, subject to specified limitations. Authorizes the court to include a requirement that the defendant be placed on supervised release after imprisonment when a term of supervised release is revoked and the defendant is required to serve a term of imprisonment less than the maximum authorized. Specifies that the power of the court to revoke a term of supervised release for violation of a condition of such release extends beyond the expiration of the term of release for a period reasonably necessary for the adjudication of matters arising before its expiration if, prior to such expiration, a warrant or summons has been issued on the basis of an allegation of such a violation.

Title XXV: Sentencing and Magistrates Amendments - Permits concurrent sentencing of a defendant to imprisonment and probation for petty offenses.

(Sec. 2502) Authorizes the trial of petty offenses by magistrate judges.

Title XXVI: Computer Crime - Computer Abuse Amendments Act of 1993 - Amends the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act to make it a felony to knowingly transmit an unauthorized program or code that alters the information stored in a computer with the intent to damage the system or information contained within the affected computer or system, or to withhold or deny the use of such system or information, if the transmission: (1) occurred without the authorization of the person responsible for the computer system receiving the program; and (2) causes damage exceeding $1,000 in any one-year period or modifies or impairs the medical care of one or more individuals. Makes it a misdemeanor to recklessly transmit a destructive computer program or code. Creates a civil cause of action for persons suffering damage or loss by virtue of a violation of this Act. Modifies the prohibition against accessing a Government computer where such conduct affects the use of the Government's operation of such computer to cover only actions that "adversely" affect such use.

Title XXVII: International Parental Kidnapping - International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act of 1993 - Amends the Federal criminal code to establish penalties for removing a child from, or retaining a child outside, the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights.

(Sec. 2703) Authorizes appropriations to carry out under the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 national, regional, and in-State training and educational programs dealing with criminal and civil aspects of interstate and international parental child abduction.

Title XXVIII: Safe Schools - Safe Schools Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to: (1) authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence; and (2) require the Director to develop a written safe schools model in English and in Spanish and make such model available to any such agency that requests it. Authorizes appropriations.

Title XXIX: Miscellaneous - Subtitle A: Increases in Penalties - Increases penalties for assault: (1) of Federal officers, foreign officials, and official guests and internationally protected persons; (2) within a maritime and territorial jurisdiction; and (3) of the President, presidential staff, congressional leaders, cabinet officials, and Supreme Court justices.

(Sec. 2902) Increases the maximum penalties for voluntary and involuntary manslaughter.

(Sec. 2903) Broadens the scope and increases the penalties for conspiracies to deprive persons of their civil rights.

(Sec. 2904) Increases penalties for: (1) trafficking in counterfeit goods and services; (2) conspiracy to commit murder for hire; and (3) Travel Act violations.

Subtitle B: Extension of Protection of Civil Rights Statutes - Extends the protections of the criminal civil rights statute to any person in a State. (Currently, the statute only covers State "inhabitants.")

Subtitle C: Audit and Report - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) require State and local LEAs to annually audit and detail the uses and expenses to which forfeiture funds were dedicated and the amount used for each use or expense; and (2) report to the Congress on the administrative and contracting expenses paid from the DOJ Assets Forfeiture Fund.

Subtitle D: Gambling - Grants a State gaming enforcement office located within a State Attorney General's office access to FBI criminal history record information for licensing purposes.

Subtitle E: White Collar Crime Amendments - Establishes penalties for knowingly receiving the proceeds of: (1) extortion; (2) a kidnapping; and (3) a postal robbery.

(Sec. 2943) Extends the prohibition against obstructing civil investigative demands to include obstruction in racketeering and false claims investigations.

Subtitle F: Safer Streets and Neighborhoods - Safer Streets and Neighborhoods Act of 1993 - Amends the Omnibus Act to authorize the Director of the BJA to make grants to, or enter into contracts with, non-Federal public or private agencies, institutions, or organizations to carry out specified purposes of such Act (current law does not specify "non-Federal"), effective October 1, 1993.

Subtitle G: Other Provisions - Authorizes the venue for espionage and related offenses to be in the District of Columbia or in any other district authorized by law.

(Sec. 2963) Amends the Anti-Drug Abuse Act to make amendments with respect to certain IRS undercover operations effective from the date of this Act's enactment through December 31, 1994.

(Sec. 2964) Directs the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress on the medical and psychological basis of "battered women's syndrome" and the extent to which evidence of the syndrome has been held to be admissible as evidence of guilt or as a defense in a criminal trial.

(Sec. 2966) Amends the Federal criminal code to set penalties for: (1) the theft of major art works from museums; (2) misuse of the words "Drug Enforcement Administration" or the initials "DEA"; and (3) attempted robbery, kidnapping, smuggling, and property damage offenses.

(Sec. 2971) Extends the statute of limitations for arson.

Title XXX: Technical Corrections - Makes technical corrections to various criminal law provisions.