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Community Safety Initiative Act of 2009

Introduced: March 16, 2009 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Mar 16, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 16, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Community Safety Initiative Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs to make grants in FY2010-FY2015 to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative (a program of partnerships between police and community development corporations in troubled neighborhoods to address issues of persistent crime, disorder, and fear).

What's happening now March 16, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 595: Community Safety Initiative Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-595/
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"S. 595: Community Safety Initiative Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-595/.
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S. 595, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-595/.
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