Cops MORE Affordable Program Act

Cops MORE Affordable Program Act - Limits to ten percent the local matching costs of a program, project, or activity funded by a "Cops on the Beat" grant.

[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4734 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4734

 To amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
     1968 to reduce the local matching amount to ensure more local 
communities can qualify for a grant to hire additional police officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 1998

  Mr. Weller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part Q of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
     1968 to reduce the local matching amount to ensure more local 
communities can qualify for a grant to hire additional police officers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Cops MORE Affordable Program Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

    Section 1701(i) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 is amended by striking ``25'' and inserting ``10''.
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