A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to provide for grants to cities for improved street lighting.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Authorizes the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, to make direct grants, without regard to any comprehensive State plan, to any unit of general local government for the improvement of street lighting systems in any urban place in such unit. Provides that such improvement shall include the increased use of brighter street lighting, such as high pressure sodium lamps. Provides that such grants shall be for an amount not to exceed seventy-five percent of the cost of the project with respect to which such grant is made. Authorizes to be appropriated for the purposes of this Act, to remain available until expended, $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, and $60,000,000 for each of the next two fiscal years.…