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“THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S10019 on Sept. 6, 1996.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997
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GRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 5204
Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to the bill, H.R. 3814, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes; as follows:
At the end of the bill, insert after the last section
(preceeding the short title) the following new section:
Sec. . Of the funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ``OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS--state and local law enforcement assistance'', not more than ninety percent of the amount to be awarded to an entity under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be made available to such an entity when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the entity that employs a public safety officer (as such term as defined in section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968) does not provide such a public safety officer who retires or is separated from service due to injury suffered as the direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty while responding to an emergency situation or a hot pursuit (as such terms are defined by State law) with the same or better level of health insurance benefits that are paid by the entity at the time of retirement or separation.
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