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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4859 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization 

Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 

Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. 

TILLIS, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. CRUZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

Program Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Safe Neighbor5 hoods Reauthorization Act of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) Launched in 2001, the Project Safe Neigh9 borhoods program is a nationwide initiative that 

10 brings together Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 


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1 enforcement officials, prosecutors, community lead2 ers, and other stakeholders to identify the most 

3 pressing crime problems in a community and work 

4 collaboratively to address those problems. 

5 (2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 

6 (A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis7 tricts throughout the 50 States and territories 

8 of the United States; and 

9 (B) implements 4 key components to suc10 cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 

11 including community engagement, prevention 

12 and intervention, focused and strategic enforce13 ment, and accountability. 

14 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Project Safe 

16 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

17 (34 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 

19 (3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; 

20 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re21 designated, the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi23 vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 

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1 stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 

2 and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re4 designated, the following: 

5 ‘‘(3) the term ‘law enforcement assistant’ 

6 means an individual employed by a law enforcement 

7 agency or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of 

8 aiding law enforcement officers in investigative or 

9 administrative duties;’’. 

10 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 4(b) of the Project 

11 Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 

12 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60703) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

14 end; 

15 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

16 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(5) hiring crime analysts to assist with violent 

19 crime reduction efforts; 

20 ‘‘(6) the cost of overtime for law enforcement 

21 officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants 

22 that assist with the Program; and 

23 ‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech24 nology to assist with violent crime reduction ef25 forts.’’. 


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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

2 6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Au3 thorization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended 

4 by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 2026’’. 

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