[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 95 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 95
To make amounts provided under the Operation Safe Home and New Approach
Anti-Drug programs available for use for providing law enforcement
officers to patrol and provide security for housing assisted by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2003
Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Financial Services
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A BILL
To make amounts provided under the Operation Safe Home and New Approach
Anti-Drug programs available for use for providing law enforcement
officers to patrol and provide security for housing assisted by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``HUD Housing Security and Flexibility
Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF OPERATION SAFE HOME AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT AMOUNTS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
field office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that
receives or administers grants amounts under the Operation Safe Home
program of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development or under the New Approach Anti-Drug
program of such Department may use such amounts to enter into
contracts, having terms of not more than 3 years, with law enforcement
officers or agencies described in subsection (b) to provide security,
patrols, or other protective services for housing that is owned or held
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or is assisted under
a program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and is
within the jurisdiction or purview of such field office.
(b) Law Enforcement Officers and Agencies.--A law enforcement
officer or agency described in this subsection is a law enforcement
officer that is authorized, under Federal or State law, to make
arrests, or a public agency whose officers have such authority.
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