[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5181 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5181

  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States and units of 
local government to deploy and implement gunfire detection and location 
                  technology, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2019

Ms. Kelly of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
 authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States and units of 
local government to deploy and implement gunfire detection and location 
                  technology, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GUNFIRE DETECTION TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

    Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
is amended by inserting after part NN the following:

         ``PART OO--GUNFIRE DETECTION TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM

``SEC. 3051. GRANT AUTHORITY.

    ``The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to States and 
units of local government to deploy and implement gunfire detection and 
location technology.

``SEC. 3052. APPLICATIONS.

    ``The chief executive officer of a State or unit of local 
government seeking a grant under this part shall submit to the Attorney 
General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.

``SEC. 3053. FUNDING.

    ``Of the total amount made available to carry out subpart 1 of part 
E, the Attorney General shall allocate not less than $10,000,000 for 
grants under this part for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023.''.

SEC. 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

    Section 505(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10156(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after 
``paragraph (2)'' the following: ``and section 3053''.
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