,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bi1 #bjad ,mr4 
,mc,nerney introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend part ,q of title ,i of the    
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      
,streets ,act of #aifh to authorize     
grant funds to be used for the          
,troops-to-,cops ,program4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,veterans ,involved in ,police ,services
 ,act of #bjad4  #b4 ,authorization of  
,troops-to-,cops program ,section       
#agja7;b7 of the ,omnibus ,crime        
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgif;dd7b77 is    
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#ag7 as        
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,q71        
respectively1 and by moving the margins 
of such subparagraphs 7as so            
redesignated7 two ems to the right2     
7#b7 in the matter preceding            

subparagraph 7,a7 7as so redesignated by
 paragraph 7#a7 of this section71 by    
striking ,the purposes for which and    
inserting 7#a7 ,in general4--,the       
purposes for which2  7#c7 in            
subparagraph 7,q7 7as so redesignated by
 paragraph 7#a7 of this section71 by    
striking paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#af7  
and inserting subparagraphs 7,a7 through
 7,p72 and  7#d7 by adding at the end   
the following new paragraph3  7#b7      
,troops-to-,cops ,program  7,a7 ,in     
general ,for grants made during the     
#c-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of the ,veterans ,involved in 
,police ,services ,act of #bjad1 in     
addition to the purposes described in   
paragraph 7#a71 grants made under       
subsection 7a7 may be used to hire      
former members of the ,armed ,forces    
7and to pay the full salary of such     
former members7 to serve as career law  
enforcement officers for deployment in  
community-oriented policing1            
particularly in jurisdictions in which  

the violent crime rate is higher than   
the national violent crime rate1        
according to the uniform crime report   
compiled by the ,federal ,bureau of     
,investigation4  7,b7 ,definition ,in   
this paragraph1 former member of the    
,armed ,forces means a member of the    
,armed ,forces of the ,united ,states   
who has been honorably discharged from  
the ,armed ,forces of the ,united       
,states4  4