The legislation also provides $2 billion over 5 years in grants to cities and counties with high crime rates to increase the police presence in these communities. Unlike other grant programs. this bill allows local authorities to allocate these funds in the manner best suited for the individual communitys local law enforcement needs. In addition. the Republican crime bill would: Provide for the immediate deportation of criminal aliens as soon as their sentences are served or. in some cases. even sooner. nearly double the number of border patrol officers and immigration service criminal investigators. restore the death penalty for heinous Federal crimes reform habeas corpus laws to stop the endless appeals of death row inmates. change the rules of evidence to make it easier to admit evidence to get more convictions. initiate a point of purchase instant check system to screen out convicted felons who attempt to purchase guns from gun dealers. put new sexual offender laws on the books to make it easier to get rape and other sexual offense convictions: provide new resources to local police. put new laws on the books to protect children and make schools safer: and make acts of terrorism specific Federal crimes. So as not to add to the deficit. the spending in this legislation is fully paid for by cutting Federal administrative overhead expenses across the board by 5 percent and by capping the administrative overhead expenses for university research grants at 90 percent of their current levels. Republicans are eager to work with President Clinton on these matters and hope the legislation he is drafting tracks our bill.
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