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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5642
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 6, 2016Ms. Duckworth introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide adequate resources for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the VALOR Officer Safety
Initiative.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Counterterrorism Enhancement Act of 2016.
2.
Domestic Terror Prevention
(a)
FBI funding
For fiscal year 2017, an additional $175,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for personnel, training, and equipment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation needed to counter both terrorism, including domestic and foreign threats.
(b)
VALOR initiative
For fiscal year 2017, an additional $15,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for an Officer Robert Wilson III memorial initiative to be administered by the Bureau of Justice Programs on Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement Officer Resilience and Survivability (VALOR).
(c)
Civil Rights Division
For fiscal year 2017, an additional $30,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
(d)
Community relations service
For fiscal year 2017, an additional $11,000,000 are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General for personnel and training to respond to hate crimes by the Community Relations Service of the Department of Justice.
(e)
Firearms Trafficking
Section 924 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (h) and inserting the following:
(h) Whoever knowingly transfers or receives a firearm, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such firearm will be used to commit a Federal crime of terrorism (as defined in section 2332b(g)(5)), a crime of violence (as defined in subsection (c)(3)), or a drug trafficking crime (as defined in subsection (c)(2)) shall be imprisoned not more than 15 years, fined in accordance with this title, or both.
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