34 be effective on enactment. The conference substitute contains a compromise providing that the changes be effective as of July 1, 1973, the beginning of the fiscal year, except for provisions relating to the Administrator, the Deputy Administrators, and their salaries which become effective upon enactment. JOHN MCCLELLAN, PHILIP A. HART, HUGH SCOTT, SAM J. ERVIN, JR., Managers on the Part of the Senate. PETER W. RODino, Jr., JOHN CONYERS, JR., WALTER FLOWERS, JOHN F. SEIBERLING, BARBARA JORDAN, EDWARD MEZVINSKY, EDWARD HUTCHINSON, ROBERT MCCLORY, CHARLES W. SANDMAN, JR., DAVID W. DENNIS, HAMILTON FISH, JR., Managers on the Part of the House. The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 8152) to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve law enforcement and criminal justice, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be insterted by the Senate amendment insert the following: That this Act may be cited as the "Crime Control Act of 1973". SEC. 2. Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended to read as follows: "TITLE I-LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE "DECLARATION AND PURPOSE "Congress finds that the high incidence of crime in the United States threatens the peace, security, and general welfare of the Nation and its citizens. To reduce and prevent crime and juvenile delinquency, and to insure the greater safety of the people, law enforcement and criminal justice efforts must be better coordinated, intensified, and made more effective at all levels of government. "Congress finds further that crime is essentially a local problem that must be dealt with by State and local governments if it is to be controlled effectively. "It is therefore the declared policy of the Congress to assist State and local governments in strengthening and improving law enforcement and criminal justice at every level by national assistance. It is the purpose of this title to (1) encourage States and units of general 99-010 O 2 local government to develop and adopt comprehensive plans based upon their evaluation of State and local problems of law enforcement and criminal justice; (2) authorize grants to States and units of local government in order to improve and strengthen law enforcement and criminal justice; and (3) encourage research and development directed toward the improvement of law enforcement and criminal justice and the development of new methods for the prevention and reduction of crime and the detection, apprehension, and rehabilitation of criminals. "PART A-LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION "SEC. 101. (a) There is hereby established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (hereinafter referred to in this title as 'Administration') composed of an Administrator of Law Enforcement Assistance and two Deputy Administrators of Law Enforcement Assistance, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. "(b) The Administrator shall be the head of the agency. One Deputy Administrator shall be designated the Deputy Administrator for Policy Development. The second Deputy Administrator shall be designated the Deputy Administrator for Administration. "PART B-PLANNING GRants "SEC. 201. It is the purpose of this part to encourage States and units of general local government to develop and adopt comprehensive law enforcement and criminal justice plans based on their evaluation of State and local problems of law enforcement and criminal justice. "SEC. 202. The Administration shall make grants to the States for the establishment and operation of State law enforcement and crimi nal justice planning agencies (hereinafter referred to in this title as 'State planning agengies') for the preparation, development, and revision of the State plan required under section 303 of this title. Any State may make application to the Administration for such grants within six months of the date of enactment of this Act. "SEc. 203. (a) A grant made under this part to a State shall be utilized by the State to establish and maintain a State planning agency. Such agency shall be created or designated by the chief executive of the State and shall be subject to his jurisdiction. The State planning agency and any regional planning units within the State shall, within their respective jurisdictions, be representative of the law enforcement and criminal justice agencies, units of general local government, and public agencies maintaining programs to reduce and control crime and may include representatives of citizen, professional, and community organizations. The regional planning units within the State shall be comprised of a majority of local elected officials. "(b) The State planning agency shall— "(1) develop, in accordance with part C. a comprehensive statewide plan for the improvement of law enforcement and criminal justice throughout the State: "(2) define, develop, and correlate programs and projects for the State and the units of general local government in the State 3 or combinations of States or units for improvement in law enforcement and criminal justice; and "(3) establish priorities for the improvement in law enforcement and criminal justice throughout the State. "(c) The State planning agency shall make such arrangements as such agency deems necessary to provide that at least 40 per centum of all Federal funds granted to such agency under this part for any fiscal year will be available to units of general local government or combinations of such units to enable such units and combinations of such units to participate in the formulation of the comprehensive State plan required under this part. The Administration may waive this requirement, in whole or in part, upon a finding that the requirement is inappropriate in view of the respective law enforcement and criminal justice planning responsibilities exercised by the State and its units of general local government and that adherence to the requirement would not contribute to the efficient development of the State plan required under this part. In allocating funds under this subsection, the State planning agency shall assure that major cities and counties within the State receive planning funds to develop comprehensive plans and coordinate functions at the local level. Any portion of such 40 per centum in any State for any fiscal year not required for the purpose set forth in this subsection shall be available for expenditure by such State agency from time to time on dates during such year as the Administration may fix, for the development by it of the State plan required under this part. "(d) The State planning agency and any other planning organization for the purposes of the title shall hold each meeting open to the public, giving public notice of the time and place of such meeting, and the nature of the business to be transacted, if final action is taken at that meeting on (A) the State plan, or (B) any application for funds under this title. The State planning agency and any other planning organization for the purposes of the title shall provide for public access to all records relating to its functions under this Act, except such records as are required to be kept confidential by any other provisions of local, State, or Federal law. "SEC. 204. A Federal grant authorized under this part shall not exceed 90 per centum of the expenses incurred by the State and units of general local government under this part, and may be up to 100 per centum of the expenses incurred by regional planning units under this part. The non-Federal funding of such expenses, shall be of money appropriated in the aggregate by the State or units of general local government, except that the State shall provide in the aggregate not less than one-half of the non-Federal funding required of units of general local government under this part. "SEC. 205. Funds appropriated to make grants under this part for a fiscal year shall be allocated by the Administration among the States for use therein by the State planning agency or units of general local government, as the case may be. The Administration shall allocate $200,000 to each of the States; and it shall then allocate the remainder of such funds available among the States according to their relative populations. |