Justice Assistance Act of 1982

Summary

Title I: Amendments to Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 - Justice Assistance Act of 1981 - 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. 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. 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 or five percent of assistance on administrative costs. 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. Requires a State to distribute formula grants among local governments in the same proportion that such governments expend 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. 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. Decreases from $750,000,000 to $170,000,000 the amount authorized to be appropriated for each of FY 1980 through 1983. Authorizes additional appropriations as are necessary to provide emergency law enforcement assistance to States. 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. 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 exits. 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. 15 September 1981

   Committee

   For Previous Action See H.R.3359.

   Source: Committee

2. 15 September 1981

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 15 September 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 15 September 1981

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 22 September 1981

   Reported

   Ordered to be Reported (Amended).

   Source: Committee

6. 22 September 1981

   Committee

   Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

   Source: Committee

7. 26 October 1981

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 97-293 (Part I).

   Source: Committee

8. 26 October 1981

   Calendars

   Placed on Union Calendar No: 186.

   Source: Calendars

9. 26 October 1981

   Reported

   Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on The Judiciary. Report No: 97-293 (Part I).

   Source: Committee

10. 5 November 1981

    Committee

    Supplemental Report Filed by House Committee on Judiciary. House Report No: 97-293 (Part II).

    Source: Committee

11. 5 November 1981

    Committee

    Supplemental Report Filed by House Committee on Judiciary. House Report No: 97-293 (Part II).

    Source: Committee

12. 8 December 1981

    Reported

    Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.289 Reported to House.

    Source: Floor

13. 8 December 1981

    Floor

    Rule Granted Providing an Open Rule with 1 Hour of Debate.

    Source: Floor

14. 10 February 1982

    Vote

    Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 289 - 73 (Record Vote No: 7).

    Source: Floor

15. 10 February 1982

    Vote

    Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 289 - 73 (Record Vote No: 7).

    Source: Floor

16. 10 February 1982

    Floor

    Called up by House by Rule.

    Source: Floor

17. 10 February 1982

    Passed

    Rule Passed House.

    Source: Floor

18. 22 February 1982

    Introduced

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

    Source: IntroReferral

19. 26 February 1982

    Referred

    Committee on Judiciary. Referred jointly to the Subcommittee on Criminal Law.

    Source: Committee

20. 9 December 1982

    ResolvingDifferences

    Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Thurmond; Specter; Mathias; East; Biden; Kennedy; Heflin.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

21. 9 December 1982

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 2411 with an amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: Floor

22. 9 December 1982

    Floor

    Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 2411 amended.

    Source: Floor

23. 9 December 1982

    Discharge

    Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Discharge

24. 9 December 1982

    Committee

    Senate Committee on Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.

    Source: Committee

Votes

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Documents

4 official files

• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 9 December 1982

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 10 February 1982

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

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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. McClory, Robert [R-IL-13] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Sawyer, Harold S. [R-MI-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hall, Sam B., Jr. [D-TX-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. [R-NY-19] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Biaggi, Mario [D-NY-19] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Oakar, Mary Rose [D-OH-20] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Florio, James J. [D-NJ-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Boland, Edward P. [D-MA-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Pritchard, Joel [R-WA-1] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. AuCoin, Les [D-OR-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Danielson, George E. [D-CA-30] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Zeferetti, Leo C. [D-NY-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dyson, Roy [D-MD-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Patterson, Jerry M. [D-CA-38] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Madigan, Edward R. [R-IL-15] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Duncan, John J. [R-TN-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mica, Daniel Andrew [D-FL-14] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Mottl, Ronald M. [D-OH-23] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Long, Clarence D. [D-MD-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Del. Fauntroy, Walter E. [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records

• related to → Justice Assistance Act of 1981
• related to → A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 4481) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Justice Assistance Act of 1982
• amends ← An amendment to permit formula grants to be used for programs which address the increase in the incidence of offenses committed against the elderly and which address the stress and fear among the elderly caused by such offenses.
• amends ← An amendment to prohibit the use of funds for resolution of civil disputes.
• amends ← An amendment making technical corrections.
• amends ← An amendment to add that formula grants may be used for construction of prisons, jails, and other detention facilities. The amendment removes other restrictions to use of funds for such purposes.
• amends ← An amendment to make technical changes and additions. It adds that federal agencies cannot exercise control or supervision over a local agency on the basis of the agency applying for federal law enforcement assistance. It prohibits granting or continuing aid on the basis of adoption of regulations that require a quota system or other programs to achieve racial balance. Funds cannot be used to replace state funds otherwise available for the programs in question. Discrimination on the basis of race, sex, creed, national origin, or color in the use of the funds is prohibited. The amendment also has sections dealing with confidentiality of information, prohibition of land acquisition, repayment, recordkeeping requirements, reports to Congress, issuance of rules, and the Office of Justice Assistance.
• amends ← An amendment to permit states and local governments to receive discretionary grants for technical assistance regardless of whether they have received formula grants.
• amends ← An amendment to change the federal portion of grants from being 50 percent of each program and project to 50 percent of the programs and projects taken as one unit.

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