text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Police Gun Buyback Assistance Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
  
      (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
              (1) Buford Furrow, a white supremacist, used a Glock pistol 
          decommissioned and sold by a law enforcement agency in the 
          State of Washington, to shoot children at a Jewish community 
          center in Los Angeles and kill a postal worker.
              (2) Twelve firearms were recently stolen during shipment 
          from the Miami-Dade Police Department to Chicago, Illinois. 
          Four of these firearms have been traced to crimes in Chicago, 
          Illinois, including a shooting near a playground.
              (3) In the past 9 years, decommissioned firearms once used 
          by law enforcement agencies have been involved in more than 
          3,000 crimes, including 293 homicides, 301 assaults, and 279 
          drug-related crimes.
              (4) Many State and local law enforcement departments also 
          engage in the practice of reselling firearms that were involved 
          in the commission of a crime and confiscated. Often these 
          firearms are assault weapons that were in circulation prior to 
          the restrictions imposed by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
          Enforcement Act of 1994.
              (5) Law enforcement departments in the States of New York 
          and Georgia, the City of Chicago, and other localities have 
          adopted the practice of destroying decommissioned firearms.
      (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to reduce the number of 
  firearms on the streets by assisting State and local law enforcement 
  agencies in eliminating the practice of transferring decommissioned 
  firearms to any person.
  
   SEC. 3. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
  
      (a) Grants.--The Attorney General may make grants to States or 
  units of local government--
              (1) to assist States and units of local government in 
          purchasing new firearms without transferring decommissioned 
          firearms to any person; and
              (2) to destroy decommissioned firearms.
      (b) Eligibility.--
              (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), to be 
          eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a State or unit of 
          local government shall certify that it has in effect a law or 
          official policy that--
                      (A) eliminates the practice of transferring any 
                  decommissioned firearm to any person; and
                      (B) provides for the destruction of a 
                  decommissioned firearm.
              (2) Exception.--A State or unit of local government may 
          transfer a decommissioned firearm to a law enforcement agency.
      (c) Use of Funds.--A State or unit of local government that 
  receives a grant under this Act shall only use that grant to purchase 
  new firearms.
  
   SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS.
  
      (a) State Applications.--To request a grant under this Act, the 
  chief executive of a State shall submit an application, signed by the 
  Attorney General of the State requesting the grant, to the Attorney 
  General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney 
  General may reasonably require.
      (b) Local Applications.--To request a grant under this Act, the 
  chief executive of a unit of local government shall submit an 
  application, signed by the chief law enforcement officer in the unit of 
  local government requesting the grant, to the Attorney General in such 
  form and containing such information as the Attorney General may 
  reasonably require.
  
  SEC. 5. REGULATIONS.
  
      Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
  Attorney General shall promulgate regulations to implement this Act, 
  which shall specify the information that must be included and the 
  requirements that the States and units of local government must meet in 
  submitting applications for grants under this Act.
  
  SEC. 6. REPORTING.
  
      (a) In General.--A State or unit of local government shall report 
  to the Attorney General not later than 2 years after funds are received 
  under this Act, regarding the implementation of this Act.
      (b) Budget Assurances.--The report required under subsection (a) 
  shall include budget assurances that any future purchase of a firearm 
  by a law enforcement agency will be possible without transferring a 
  decommissioned firearm.
  
  SEC. 7. DEFINITION.
  
      In this Act:
              (1) Decommissioned firearm.--The term ``decommissioned 
          firearm'' means a firearm--
                      (A) that is no longer in service or use by a law 
                  enforcement agency; or
                      (B) that was involved in the commission of a crime 
                  and was confiscated and is no longer needed for 
                  evidentiary purposes.
              (2) Firearm.--The term ``firearm'' has the same meaning 
          given that term in section 921(a)(3) of title 18, United States 
          Code.
               (3) Person.--The term ``person'' has the same meaning 
          given that term in section 1 of title 1, United States Code.
  
  SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
  
      There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
  $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
target: Police Gun Buyback Assistance Act - Authorizes the Attorney General to make grants to assist eligible States or units of local government in: (1) purchasing new firearms without transferring decommissioned firearms to any person; and (2) destroying decommissioned firearms.
feat_title: A bill to provide grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase firearms needed to perform law enforcement duties.