Justice Assistance, Missing Children and Juvenile Justice Act of 1984

Summary

Title I: Amendments to Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Justice Assistance Act of 1983 - Amends title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Justice System Improvement) to eliminate the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the Office of Justice Assistance, Research and Statistics. Retains the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Institute of Justice. Establishes a new Office of Justice Assistance. Revises the formula grant program to make the following changes. Eliminates the authority for local governments to receive formula grants. Decreases from 23 to 15 the purposes for which formula grants may be made. Includes categories for programs addressing the problems of serious crimes committed by juveniles and juveniles with a history of criminal conduct. Authorizes the Director of the Office of Justice Assistance to certify new categories of programs having a record of proven success. Requires States to provide a 50 percent match to receive Federal funding, or 25 percent match for innovative programs addressing critical problems of crime. Requires grant recipients to assume program costs after a four-year period. Applies the State match requirement on an aggregate rather than per project basis. Revises the application requirements for a State to receive formula grant assistance. Requires States to include assurances that not more than ten percent of assistance will be spent on innovative programs addressing critical crime problems. Requires submission of the formula grant application for approval to the State legislature which shall act on the application as it would for State budget requests. Retains the current requirement that 80 percent of total funding be allocated for formula grants. Bases the distribution of funds among States on population and the extent of the crime problem as determined by the number of Part I offenses in the Uniform Crime Reports reported to the FBI. Requires a State to distribute formula grants among local governments in the same proportion as State funds for law enforcement purposes. Eliminates the national priority grant program. Retains the discretionary grant program. Revises the general purposes for which such grants may be made. Requires that private nonprofit organizations be the primary recipients of such grants for providing educational, training, and technical assistance and undertaking national projects. Permits discretionary grants to be used to provide technical assistance to States not participating in the formula grant program. Revises the training and manpower development program to eliminate the training programs for prosecuting attorneys and State and local criminal justice personnel by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Retains the Federal Bureau of Investigation training of State and local criminal justice personnel and the criminal justice education program. Permits "construction" under such Act to include renovation, repairs, or remodeling. Authorizes appropriations for each of FY 1983 and 1984 for the Office of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the National Institute of Justice. Eliminates the current authorization of appropriations for the Office of Community Anti-Crime Programs and the requirement that at least 19.15 percent of total appropriations be maintained for juvenile delinquency programs. Prohibits the reprogramming of funds, including those authorized for civil dispute resolution, previously appropriated for the purposes of criminal justice assistance. Title II: Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance - Authorizes a State or local government to apply for emergency Federal law enforcement assistance in the event that a crime problem of serious and epidemic proportions exists. Requires the Attorney General, in approving or disapproving such application, to consider: (1) the nature and extent of the crime problem; (2) the emergency or extraordinary circumstances; (3) the availability of State and local resources; (4) the cost of increased Federal presence; and (5) the need to avoid unnecessary Federal involvement in local concerns. Authorizes appropriations for such purpose.

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Timeline

1. 17 March 1983

   Committee

   For Previous Action See H.R.1338.

   Source: Committee

2. 17 March 1983

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 March 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 17 March 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 6 April 1983

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

6. 6 April 1983

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 20 April 1983

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 36.

   Source: Calendars

8. 20 April 1983

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 98-68.

   Source: Committee

9. 20 April 1983

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 98-68.

   Source: Committee

10. 5 May 1983

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.184 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

11. 5 May 1983

    Floor

    Committee on Rules Granted an Open Rule Providing One Hour Debate; Making in Order the Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute; Waiving Clause 5, Rule XXI Against the Substitute.

    Source: Floor

12. 9 May 1983

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

13. 9 May 1983

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

14. 10 May 1983

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 399 - 16 (Record Vote No: 98).

    Source: Floor

15. 10 May 1983

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 399 - 16 (Record Vote No: 98).

    Source: Floor

16. 12 May 1983

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

17. 2 March 1984

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 688.

    Source: Calendars

18. 2 March 1984

    Discharge

    Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Discharge

19. 2 March 1984

    Committee

    Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Committee

20. 10 August 1984

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

21. 10 August 1984

    Floor

    Considered by Senate.

    Source: Floor

22. 12 October 1984

    Committee

    See H.J.Res.648.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

4 official files

• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 10 August 1984

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 May 1983

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Sponsors

• Rep. Hughes, William J. [D-NJ-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Sawyer, Harold S. [R-MI-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-19] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Morrison, Bruce A. [D-CT-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Feighan, Edward F. [D-OH-19] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Dixon, Julian C. [D-CA-32] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] · R · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1985, and for other purposes.
• related to → Justice Assistance Act of 1983
• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 2175) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Justice Assistance Act of 1983
• amends ← An amendment to add a new grant category to the bill to provide programs which address the increase in the incidence of offenses committed against the elderly, which address the stress and fear among the elderly caused by such offenses.
• amends ← An amendment to add a new section stating "it is the sense of the Congress that, in connection with assistance provided under this Act, law enforcement officials and personnel should be made aware of the critical shortage of human organs available for life-sustaining medical transplant operations and be fully advised of the means by which they can be of potential assistance toward alleviating that shortage when, in the course of their responsibilities, they are involved in activities resulting in fatalities.".
• amends ← An amendment to add that not withstanding any law to the contrary, materials produced by convict labor may be used in the construction of any highways located on a federal aid systems.
• amends ← To preserve the independence of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Institute of Justice.
• amends ← In the nature of a substitute.
• amends ← To establish a pilot program of Federal assistance for construction of State and local correctional facilities to relieve emergency overcrowding conditions.