S.Amdt. 4472

SA 4472. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Merkley) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REIMBURSEMENT OF LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Federal Government often requests emergency
assistance from law enforcement agencies of local
governments;
(2) in responding to a request for emergency assistance
from the Federal Government, law enforcement agencies of
local governments often expend considerable resources;
(3) when the Federal Government requests emergency
assistance from law enforcement agencies of local
governments, the local governments should be reimbursed for
the costs incurred in a timely manner;
(4) the intent of Congress in establishing the Emergency
Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program under subtitle B
of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10501 et
seq.) was to address law enforcement emergencies that require
joint action by Federal and local law enforcement agencies;
(5) this intent is demonstrated by the fact that, under the
Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program in
fiscal year 2013, the Federal Government provided--
(A) $1,918,864 to the State of Massachusetts to assist with
law enforcement costs related to the Boston Marathon bombing,
which was used to pay overtime costs for law enforcement
agencies in the State of Massachusetts that responded to the
event; and
(B) $1,011,443 to the State of Missouri to assist with law
enforcement costs related to the civil unrest surrounding the
death of Michael Brown, which was used to pay overtime costs
for law enforcement agencies in the State of Missouri that
responded to those events; and
(6) amounts should continue to be made available to fund
the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program in
order to reimburse local governments and encourage
cooperation with the Federal Government.
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