HR 5272
100th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Block grants
Corrections and Correctional Institutions
Crime prevention
Federal aid to law enforcement agencies
Imprisonment
Murder
Prisoners
Rehabilitation of criminals
State finance
States
A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require as a condition of eligibility to receive funds under parts D and E that States certify that individuals who are convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole are not granted any unescorted release from imprisonment.
Introduced: September 9, 1988
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Sep 9, 1988
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Sep 9, 1988
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require applications of States and local governments for block and discretionary grants under such Act to include a certification that individuals who are convicted of first degree murder under the law of the State and sentenced under such law to imprisonment for life without possibility of parole are not granted any unescorted release from imprisonment.
What's happening now
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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