PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must tell the Service’s top law‑enforcement official to make a list of System sites with the most violent crime, recommend building fixes and other steps to lower violent crime (including sexual assault), and publish that list and those recommendations in the Federal Register. Using that list and advice, the Secretary must spend money across the System, giving first priority to places with the highest sexual‑assault rates. Up to $10,000,000 may be appropriated from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund for these actions. Funds can pay for things like better lighting, emergency phones, more security or law officers, or other safety projects.

Title 54, §102702

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(a)Recommendations for Improvement.—

The Secretary shall direct the chief official responsible for law enforcement within the Service to—

(1)compile a list of System units with the highest rates of violent crime;

(2)make recommendations concerning capital improvements, and other measures, needed within the System to reduce the rates of violent crime, including the rate of sexual assault; and

(3)publish the information required by paragraphs (1) and (2) in the Federal Register.

(b)Distribution of Funds.—

Based on the recommendations and list issued pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall distribute the funds authorized by subsection (d) throughout the System. Priority shall be given to areas with the highest rates of sexual assault.

(c)Use of Funds.—

Funds provided under this section may be used—

(1)to increase lighting within or adjacent to System units;

(2)to provide emergency phone lines to contact law enforcement or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to System units;

(3)to increase security or law enforcement personnel within or adjacent to System units; or

(4)for any other project intended to increase the security and safety of System units.

(d)Authorization of Appropriations.—

There is authorized to be appropriated out of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund not more than $10,000,000 for the Secretary to take all necessary actions to seek to reduce the incidence of violent crime in the System.

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 10270216 U.S.C. 1a–7a.Pub. L. 91–383, § 13, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, § 40132, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1917.

§102702 Crime Prevention Assistance

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Title 54, §102702

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