To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to reduce funding if States do not enact legislation that requires the death penalty in certain cases.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Aug 6, 1993
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reduce funds available under the drug control and system improvement grant program by 25 percent (for redistribution to other participating States) to any State which does not have in effect a law requiring that a sentence of death be imposed when a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty.
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