,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eeej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to provide for a reduction in  
the amount that may be awarded to a unit
 of local government under subpart #a of
 part ,e of title ,i of the ,omnibus    
,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act 
of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq47  
for a unit of local government that     
funds an amount that is greater than #ah
 percent of its operating budget using  
revenue generated from collecting fines 
and other fees related to violations of 
traffic laws1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,the ,urban and ,municipal      
,justice ,act of #bjad or the ,justice  
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,the growing trend of 
local units of government using traffic 
fines and traffic court fees and costs  

as revenue generators promotes unfair1  
excessive targeting of citizens by law  
enforcement agents1 infringes on civil  
liberties1 and promotes reliance on     
unpredictable revenue sources4  7#b7    
,the growing trend of local units of    
government using traffic fines and      
traffic court fees and costs as revenue 
generators has the potential to breed   
public cynicism and distrust of local   
law enforcement agencies1 and to lessen 
public confidence that the laws are     
being enforced impartially and the      
criminal justice system is administered 
equally4  #c4 ,reduction in grant       
funding for units of local government   
7a7 ,collection of fines for violations 
of traffic laws ,except as provided in  
subsection 7b71 a unit of local         
government which1 during the previous #c
 fiscal years1 funded an amount that1 on
 average1 was greater than #ah percent  
of its operating budget using revenue   
generated from collecting fines and     
other fees related to violations of     

traffic laws1 shall1 in the case of a   
unit of local government receiving grant
 funds under subpart #a of part ,e of   
title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control
 and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq471 receive only  
#be percent of the grant award that     
would have otherwise been awarded to    
that unit of local government under such
 subpart4  7b7 ,disproportionate racial 
composition of law enforcement agencies 
,in the case of a unit of local         
government described in subsection 7a7  
for which1 during the previous fiscal   
year1 the percentage of individuals who 
identify as a race who were employees of
 the law enforcement agency for that    
unit of local government1 and the       
percentage of individuals who identify  
as that race who live in the            
jurisdiction which that law enforcement 
agency serves1 differs by greater than  
#cj percent1 the unit of local          
government shall receive only #e percent
 of the grant award that would have     

otherwise been awarded to that unit of  
local government under subpart #a of    
part ,e of title ,i of the ,omnibus     
,crime ,control and ,safe ,streets ,act 
of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cgej et seq474 
7c7 ,obligation of ,states ,a ,state    
that receives a grant award under       
subpart #a of part ,e of title ,i of the
 ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe     
,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgej et seq471 which does not reduce a 
subgrant award made under such grant to 
a unit of local government in its       
jurisdiction in accordance with this    
section1 shall1 in the succeeding fiscal
 year1 receive only #ej percent of the  
grant award that would have otherwise   
been awarded to that ,state under such  
subpart4  7d7 ,reallocation ,any funds  
withheld from a ,state or unit of local 
government from a direct grant award by 
the ,attorney ,general shall be         
reallocated in accordance with subpart  
#a of part ,e of title ,i of the        
,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe      

,streets ,act of #aifh 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#cgej et seq474