Amendment authorizes $10.5 billion for a new grant program to the States for the construction of prisons.

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Amendment Number
512
Description
Amendment authorizes $10.5 billion for a new grant program to the States for the construction of prisons.
Purpose
An amendment to authorize $10.5 billion through FY 1999 for new grant programs for state prisons. Twentyfive percent of the funds would be reserved for states that increase the percentage of violent offenders sentenced to prison, increase the average time violent offenders serve, and increase the percentage of sentence served. The remaining 75% of funds available would be allocated among eligible states base on the rate of violent crime.
Congress
103
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Apr 19, 1994
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Chapman amendment (A014) Agreed to by recorded vote: 377 - 50 (Roll no. 124).
Latest Action Time
18:16:58
Submitted Date
Apr 19, 1994
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Aug 15, 2021
Amendment 512 — Informed