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H.R. 381: Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2011

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H.R. 381: Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-01-20 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-01-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2011

Plain summary

Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2011 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) allow the use of public safety and community policing grants to hire and train new career law enforcement officers for deployment in communities with high incidences of violent crime; (2) direct the Attorney General to make grants to local governments to hire and train new career law enforcement officers for deployment in high crime areas to enhance community policing in such areas; and (3) authorize the Attorney General to give preference to grant applications for the hiring and training of new career law enforcement officers for deployment in high crime areas. Specifies that grant amounts shall provide for a 5% to 10% increase in the size of a grantee's sworn police force.

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Official text

Enhanced Violent Crime Community Policing Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr381 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112