2013 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES (§§ 1 - 460zzz-7)
Subchapter I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (§§ 1 - 18f-3)
Section 1a-7a - National Park System crime prevention assistance
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 1 - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES SUBCHAPTER I - NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Sec. 1a-7a - National Park System crime prevention assistance |
Contains | section 1a-7a |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-383, §13, as added Pub. L. 103-322, title IV, §40132, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1917. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 108 Stat. 1917 |
Public Law References | Public Law 91-383, Public Law 103-322 |
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There are authorized to be appropriated out of the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, not to exceed $10,000,000, for the Secretary of the Interior to take all necessary actions to seek to reduce the incidence of violent crime in the National Park System.
(b) Recommendations for improvementThe Secretary shall direct the chief official responsible for law enforcement within the National Park Service to—
(1) compile a list of areas within the National Park System with the highest rates of violent crime;
(2) make recommendations concerning capital improvements, and other measures, needed within the National Park 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.
(c) Distribution of fundsBased on the recommendations and list issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary shall distribute the funds authorized by subsection (a) of this section throughout the National Park System. Priority shall be given to those areas with the highest rates of sexual assault.
(d) Use of fundsFunds provided under this section may be used—
(1) to increase lighting within or adjacent to National Park System units;
(2) to provide emergency phone lines to contact law enforcement or security personnel in areas within or adjacent to National Park System units;
(3) to increase security or law enforcement personnel within or adjacent to National Park System units; or
(4) for any other project intended to increase the security and safety of National Park System units.
(Pub. L. 91–383, §13, as added Pub. L. 103–322, title IV, §40132, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1917.)
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