Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994”.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The following is the table of contents for this Act:

Sec. 1.	Short title.
Sec. 2.	Table of contents.
TITLE I—PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICING
Sec. 10001.	Short title.
Sec. 10002.	Purposes.
Sec. 10003.	Community policing; “Cops on the Beat”.
TITLE II—PRISONS
Subtitle A—Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants
Sec. 20101.	Grants for correctional facilities.
Sec. 20102.	Truth in sentencing incentive grants.
Sec. 20103.	Violent offender incarceration grants.
Sec. 20104.	Matching requirement.
Sec. 20105.	Rules and regulations.
Sec. 20106.	Technical assistance and training.
Sec. 20107.	Evaluation.
Sec. 20108.	Definitions.
Sec. 20109.	Authorization of appropriations.
Subtitle B—Punishment for Young Offenders
Sec. 20201.	Certain punishment for young offenders.
Subtitle C—Alien Incarceration
Sec. 20301.	Incarceration of undocumented criminal aliens.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 20401.	Prisoner’s place of imprisonment.
Sec. 20402.	Prison impact assessments.
Sec. 20403.	Sentences to account for costs to the Government of imprisonment, release, and probation.
Sec. 20404.	Application to prisoners to which prior law applies.
Sec. 20405.	Crediting of “good time”.
Sec. 20406.	Task force on prison construction standardization and techniques.
Sec. 20407.	Efficiency in law enforcement and corrections.
Sec. 20408.	Amendments to the Department of Education Organization Act and the National Literacy Act of 1991.
Sec. 20409.	Appropriate remedies for prison overcrowding.
Sec. 20410.	Congressional approval of any expansion at Lorton and congressional hearings on future needs.

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enforcement officer of the United States for the purposes of any other law, and no law enforcement agent designated under subsection (a) or other employee of the corporation shall receive an increase in compensation solely on account of this section.

“(h) Relationship With Attorney General.—The duties and powers of law enforcement agents designated under subsection (a) that are described in subsection (b) shall be exercised in accordance with guidelines approved by the Attorney General.”.

SEC. 320932. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY RESIDENCY.

Section 545(a) of title 28, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking “and assistant United States attorney”; and

(2) by inserting the following after the first sentence: “Each assistant United States attorney shall reside in the district for which he or she is appointed or within 25 miles thereof.”.

SEC. 320933. LABELS ON PRODUCTS.

To the extent any person introduces, delivers for introduction, sells, advertises, or offers for sale in commerce a product with a “Made in the U.S.A.” or “Made in America” label, or the equivalent thereof, in order to represent that such product was in whole or substantial part of domestic origin, such label shall be consistent with decisions and orders of the Federal Trade Commission issued pursuant to section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act. This section only applies to such labels. Nothing in this section shall preclude the application of other provisions of law relating to labeling. The Commission may periodically consider an appropriate percentage of imported components which may be included in the product and still be reasonably consistent with such decisions and orders. Nothing in this section shall preclude use of such labels for products that contain imported components under the label when the label also discloses such information in a clear and conspicuous manner. The Commission shall administer this section pursuant to section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act and may from time to time issue rules pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, for such purpose. If a rule is issued, such violation shall be treated by the Commission as a violation of a rule under section 18 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices. This section shall be effective upon publication in the Federal Register of a Notice of the provisions of this section. The Commission shall publish such notice within six months after the enactment of this section.

SEC. 320934. NON-DISCHARGEABILITY OF PAYMENT OF RESTITUTION ORDER.

Section 523(a) of title 11, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking “or” at the end of paragraph (11);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (12) and inserting “; or”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(13) for any payment of an order of restitution issued under title 18, United States Code.”.

SEC. 320935. ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE OF SIMILAR CRIMES IN SEX OFFENSE CASES.

(a) The Federal Rules of Evidence are amended by adding after Rule 412 the following new rules:

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(2) Section 5(b)(3) of the Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act of 1993 is amended by striking “at the end” and inserting “after paragraph (4)”.

(e) Missing Conforming Amendment.—Section 304(g) of the Controlled Substances Act is amended by inserting “or chemical” after “such substance” in the last sentence.

(f) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect as of the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of the Domestic Chemical Diversion Control Act of 1993.

SEC. 330025. VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT.

(a) Incorrect Section Reference.—Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended by striking “1404(a)” and inserting “1404A”.

(b) Missing Text.—Section 1403(b)(1) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10602(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after “domestic violence” the following: “for—

“(A) medical expenses attributable to a physical injury resulting from compensable crime, including expenses for mental health counseling and care;

“(B) loss of wages attributable to a physical injury resulting from a compensable crime; and

“(C) funeral expenses attributable to a death resulting from a compensable crime”.

Approved September 13, 1994.