To control crime by providing law enforcement block grants.
Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants Act of 1995 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (VCCLEA) to replace provisions of title I setting forth the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 with a local law enforcement block grant program.
Requires the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to pay to qualifying local governments specified sums for reducing crime and improving public safety, including for: (1) hiring, training, and employing on a continuing basis new, additional law enforcement officers and support personnel; (2) paying overtime to increase the number of hours worked by presently employed officers and support personnel; (3) procuring equipment, technology, and other material directly related to basic law enforcement functions; (4) enhancing security measures in and around schools and any other facility or location which is considered by the unit of local government to have a special risk for incidents of crime; (5) establishing crime prevention programs that may involve, though not exclusively, law enforcement officials and that are intended to discourage, disrupt, or interfere with the commission of criminal activity; (6) establishing or supporting drug courts; (7) establishing early intervention and prevention programs for juveniles to reduce or eliminate crime; (8) enhancing the adjudication process of cases involving violent offenders, including the adjudication process of cases involving violent juvenile offenders; (9) enhancing programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 drug control and system improvement grant program; (10) establishing cooperative task forces between adjoining local governments to work cooperatively to prevent and combat criminal activity, particularly criminal activity that is exacerbated by drug- or gang-related involvement; and (11) establishing a multijurisdictional task force, particularly in rural areas, composed of law enforcement officials representing local governments, that works with Federal law enforcement officials to prevent and control crime.
Prohibits a local government from expending any of the funds provided under this Act to purchase, lease, rent, or otherwise acquire tanks or armored personnel carriers, fixed wing aircraft, limousines, real estate, yachts, consultants, or vehicles not primarily used for law enforcement unless the Attorney General certifies that extraordinary and exigent circumstances exist that make the use of funds for such purposes essential to the maintenance of public safety and good order.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) the timing of payments; (2) payment adjustments; (3) reservation of sums for adjustments; (4) repayment of unexpended amounts; (5) requirements that such funds not be used to supplant State or local funds; (6) matching funds; (7) oversight accountability and administration; and (8) technology assistance. Authorizes appropriations.
Requires the Director to: (1) establish procedures under which a local government is required to provide notice to the Director regarding the proposed use of funds made available under this Act; and (2) establish a process for the ongoing evaluation of projects developed with funds made available under this title.
Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) general qualification requirements; (2) sanctions for noncompliance; (3) maintenance of effort requirements; (4) the allocation and distribution of funds, including resolution of disparate allocations and unavailability and inaccuracy of information; (5) the use of funds to contract with private, nonprofit entities or community-based organizations; and (6) public participation.
Repeals provisions of VCCLEA regarding: (1) the Ounce of Prevention Council; (2) local crime prevention block grants; (3) model intensive block grants; (4) family and community endeavor schools grants; (5) assistance for delinquent and at-risk youth; (6) police retirement; (7) the Local Partnership Act; (8) the National Community Economic Partnership; (9) urban recreation and at-risk youth; (10) community-based justice grants for prosecutors; (11) the family unity demonstration project; and (12) gang resistance and education training.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 728 as unfinished business.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1701-1743)
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
DEBATE LIMITATION - Mr. Conyers asked unanimous consent that all further debate on the pending Schumer amendment and all amendments thereto, cease at 1:55 p.m. Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE LIMITATION - Mr. Conyers asked unanimous consent that debate on the Schroeder amendment, if offered, and all amendments thereto, be limited to one hour, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
Mr. Conyers asked unanimous consent that the time for debate on the Schumer amendment, and all amendments thereto, be extended for an additional ten minutes. Agreed to without objection.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the previous unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of debate on the Schroeder amendment, and all amendments thereto.
On motion to agree to the Committee substitute, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote: 237 - 193 (Roll no. 127).
Roll Call #127 (House)The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 728.
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The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Conyers moved to recommit with instructions to Judiciary.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Conyers motion to recommit with instructions.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 184 - 247 (Roll no. 128).
Roll Call #128 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 238 - 192 (Roll no. 129).(consideration: CR H1743)
Roll Call #129 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 238 - 192 (Roll no. 129). (consideration: CR H1743)
Roll Call #129 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 728.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.