THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, August 26, 1994 TAG: 9408260585
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A2 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE
DATELINE: WASHINGTON LENGTH: Medium: 63 lines
Here are some highlights of the crime bill. The bill would spend $30.2 billion fighting crime over six years. Funding would come from a trust fund of money saved from the elimination of 270,000 federal jobs.
MAJOR PROGRAMS
State and local prisons
$7.9 billion
Crime prevention $6.9 billion
Up to 100,000 new police officers
$8.8 billion
Federal police and courts
$2.6 billion
New drug courts $1.0 billion
Law enforcement grants to states and cities $1.0 billion
Incarceration of illegal criminal aliens $1.8 billion
Rural drug grants $0.24 billion
OTHER PROVISIONS
Semiautomatic weapons ban: Bans 19 semiautomatic weapons and their copies. Some 650 firearms are exempted by name. Gun clips are limited to 10 bullets.
Death penalty: Increases from two to about 60 the number of federal crimes punishable by death, including fatal carjackings and drive-by shootings.
Federal executions: Establishes procedures to resume federally administered executions.
Three times, you're out: Requires life in prison for three-time felons whose last conviction was for a violent federal crime.
Teens tried as adults: Permits federal prosecutions of 13- and 14-year-olds as adults for some violent crimes.
Handgun sales: Imposes ban on sale of handguns to juveniles.
Gender-based violence: Makes gender-based violence a civil rights violation. Imposes federal penalties for interstate stalking or spouse abuse.
Early release: Permits early release from federal prisons for future first-time non-violent drug offenders serving mandatory minimum sentences.
Release of elderly convicts: Permits release of federal inmates over 70 after 30 years if deemed no longer dangerous.
More police: Authorizes more Border Patrol guards and other federal police agents.
Prison funds: Provides grants to states to build prisons to house violent criminals and establish ``boot camps'' for young offenders.
Recreation grants: Provides grants for recreation, employment, anti-gang and comprehensive programs to steer youths away from crime.
Funds for special programs: Authorizes drug treatment for federal and state inmates, programs to fight violence against women.
Court funding: Authorizes special courts to provide treatment and close monitoring of first-time or non-violent drug offenders
Notification of molesters' presence: Requires registration and community notification of child molesters and violent sex offenders.
Admittance of evidence: Allows federal judges to admit as evidence in rape trials past sexual misdeeds of defendants.
KEYWORDS: CRIME BILL by CNB