Providing Electronic Resources and Prosecutors Act of 2007

Providing Electronic Resources and Prosecutors Act of 2007 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to include as required uses of grant funds under such Act: (1) the hiring of additional prosecutors to prosecute more cases and to reduce backlogs; and (2) the funding of technology, equipment, and training for prosecutors and law enforcement to increase accurate identification of gang members and violent offenders and to maintain databases with such information.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3568 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3568

 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
  provide grants to prosecutors and law enforcement to combat violent 
                                 crime.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2007

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to 
  provide grants to prosecutors and law enforcement to combat violent 
                                 crime.

    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 ``Providing Electronic Resources and 
Prosecutors Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COMBAT VIOLENT 
              CRIME.

    (a) In General.--Section 31702 of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13862) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) to hire additional prosecutors to--
                    ``(A) allow more cases to be prosecuted; and
                    ``(B) reduce backlogs; and
            ``(6) to fund technology, equipment, and training for 
        prosecutors and law enforcement in order to increase accurate 
        identification of gang members and violent offenders, and to 
        maintain databases with such information to facilitate 
        coordination among law enforcement and prosecutors.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 31707 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13867) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 31707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out this subtitle.''.
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