Safe Cities Act of 2009
Latest action · Jan 4, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 8, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Cities Act of 2009 - Amends the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to: (1) authorize the Attorney General to designate a Violent and Drug Crime Zone (i.e., a metropolitan area with a higher than average rate of homicides, violent felonies, sex offenses, and drug and gang-related crimes) in each state; (2) establish a drug and violent crime intervention team and a Safe Cities Task Force in each Zone, consisting of state and local law enforcement officials, to coordinate the investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of criminal activity; (3) require the use of grant funds under such Act to increase the number of prosecutors available to work with drug and violent crime intervention teams; and (4) require the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to states to establish and maintain a state-wide database to track criminals, arrests, prosecutions, and convictions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Dec 8, 2009Introduced in House
- Dec 8, 2009Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Sex offenses
- State and local government operations
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 8, 2009Introduced in House
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