,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ab1 #bjai,mr4 
,cohen introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,omnibus ,crime ,control and ,safe     
,streets ,act of #aifh to establish a   
grant program for jurisdictions with    
high rates of violent crime1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,safer ,streets
 ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,grant program     
,title ,i of the ,omnibus ,crime        
,control and ,safe ,streets ,act of     
#aifh 7#cd ,u4,s4,c4 #ajaja et seq47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  ,,nn ,grants for            
jurisdictions with high rates of violent
 crime  #cbja4 ,in general ,the         
,attorney ,general shall1 each fiscal   
year1 make grants to eligible units of  
local government4  #cbjb4 ,eligibility  
and incentives ,to be eligible for a    
grant under this part1 a unit of local  

government shall submit to the ,attorney
 ,general information establishing that 
the rate of occurrence of violent crime 
within that unit of local government is 
#b times or more the national violent   
crime rate4 ,of any amounts made        
available for grants under this part for
 a fiscal year--  7#a7 #ej percent of   
such amounts shall be for grants1 of an 
equal amount to each1 to units of local 
government for which such rate of       
occurrence is #d times the national     
violent crime rate or higher2  7#b7 #bj 
percent of such amounts shall be for    
grants1 of an equal amount to each1 to  
units of local government for which such
 rate of occurrence is #c times the     
national violent crime rate or higher2  
7#c7 #aj percent of such amounts shall  
be for grants1 of an equal amount to    
each1 to all other eligible units of    
local government2 and  7#d7 remaining   
amounts shall be for emergency grants to
 such units of local government as the  
,attorney ,general determines           

appropriate4  #cbjc4 ,administrative    
costs ,not more than #aj percent of a   
grant made under this part may be used  
for costs incurred to administer such   
grant4  #cbjd4 ,use of funds ,amounts   
made available as a grant under this    
part may be used by a grantee for law   
enforcement purposes including--  7#a7  
hiring additional law enforcement       
officers2  7#b7 investing in            
surveillance equipment2 and  7#c7       
prevention programs4  #cbje4 ,emergency 
assistance ,any unit of local government
 that experiences1 for a fiscal year1 an
 increase of #aj percent in the rate of 
occurrence in violent crime over the    
preceding fiscal year1 shall be eligible
 for an additional amount equal to #aj  
percent of the amount otherwise         
available under this part4  #cbjf4      
,definition ,the term violent crime has 
the meaning given that term by the      
,attorney ,general for purposes of the  
,uniform ,crime ,reporting ,program1 for
 the fiscal year during which the grants

 are made4  4