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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3036

To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice for fiscal years 

2004 through 2006, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2003

Mr. SENSENBRENNER (for himself and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice 

for fiscal years 2004 through 2006, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, 

6 Fiscal Years 2004 through 2006’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

8 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 

Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2004. 
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Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2005. 

Sec. 103. Authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 2006. 

TITLE II—IMPROVING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S GRANT 

PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—Assisting Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Agencies 

Sec. 201. Merger of Byrne grant program and Local Law Enforcement Block 

Grant program. 

Sec. 202. Clarification of number of recipients who may be selected in a given 

year to receive Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor. 

Sec. 203. Congressional medal and plaque for public safety officers who responded to the attacks on the United States on September 11, 

2001. 

Sec. 204. Clarification of official to be consulted by Attorney General in considering application for emergency Federal law enforcement assistance. 

Sec. 205. Clarification of uses for regional information sharing system grants. 

Sec. 206. Integrity and enhancement of national criminal record databases. 

Subtitle B—Building Community Capacity to Prevent, Reduce, and Control 

Crime 

Sec. 211. Office of Weed and Seed Strategies. 

Subtitle C—Assisting Victims of Crime 

Sec. 221. Grants to local nonprofit organizations to improve outreach services 

to victims of crime. 

Sec. 222. Clarification and enhancement of certain authorities relating to Crime 

Victims Fund. 

Sec. 223. Amounts received under crime victim grants may be used by State 

for training purposes. 

Sec. 224. Clarification of authorities relating to Violence Against Women formula and discretionary grant programs. 

Sec. 225. Expansion of grant programs assisting enforcement of domestic violence cases to also assist enforcement of sexual assault cases. 

Sec. 226. Change of certain reports from annual to biennial. 

Sec. 227. Clarification of recipients and programs eligible for grants under 

Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement Assistance program. 

Subtitle D—Preventing Crime 

Sec. 231. Clarification of definition of violent offender for purposes of juvenile 

drug courts. 

Sec. 232. Changes to distribution and allocation of grants for drug courts. 

Sec. 233. Eligibility for grants under drug court grants program extended to 

courts that supervise non-offenders with substance abuse problems. 

Sec. 234. Term of Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program for local 

facilities. 

Subtitle E—Other Matters 

Sec. 241. Changes to certain financial authorities. 

Sec. 242. Coordination duties of Assistant Attorney General. 
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Sec. 243. Simplification of compliance deadlines under sex-offender registration 

laws. 

Sec. 244. Repeal of certain programs. 

Sec. 245. Elimination of certain notice and hearing requirements. 

Sec. 246. Amended definitions for purposes of Omnibus Crime Control and 

Safe Streets Act of 1968. 

Sec. 247. Clarification of authority to pay subsistence payments to prisoners for 

health care items and services. 

Sec. 248. Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management. 

Sec. 249. Community Capacity Development Office. 

Sec. 250. Office of Applied Law Enforcement Technology. 

Sec. 251. Availability of funds for grants. 

Sec. 252. Consolidation of financial management systems of Office of Justice 

Programs. 

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Technical amendments relating to Public Law 107–56. 

Sec. 302. Miscellaneous technical amendments. 

Sec. 303. Minor substantive amendment relating to contents of FBI annual report. 

Sec. 304. Use of Federal training facilities. 

Sec. 305. Privacy officer. 

Sec. 306. Bankruptcy crimes.

1 TITLE I—AUTHORIZATION OF 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS4 CAL YEAR 2004. 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

6 year 2004, to carry out the activities of the Department 

7 of Justice (including any bureau, office, board, division, 

8 commission, subdivision, unit, or other component there9 of), the following sums: 

10 (1) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.—For General 

11 Administration: $133,772,000. 

12 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS.—

13 For Administrative Review and Appeals: 

14 $197,420,000 for administration of pardon and 
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1 clemency petitions and for immigration-related ac2 tivities. 

3 (3) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For the 

4 Office of Inspector General: $70,000,000, which 

5 shall include not to exceed $10,000 to meet unfore6 seen emergencies of a confidential character. 

7 (4) GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES.—For General 

8 Legal Activities: $665,346,000, which shall in9 clude—

10 (A) not less than $4,000,000 for the inves11 tigation and prosecution of denaturalization and 

12 deportation cases involving alleged Nazi war 

13 criminals; 

14 (B) not to exceed $20,000 to meet unfore15 seen emergencies of a confidential character; 

16 and 

17 (C) such sums as may be necessary for ad18 ministrative expenses in accordance with the 

19 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. 

20 (5) ANTITRUST DIVISION.—For the Antitrust 

21 Division: $141,898,000. 

22 (6) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—For United 

23 States Attorneys: $1,556,784,000, which shall in24 clude not less than $10,000,000 for the investigation 

25 and prosecution of intellectual property crimes, in-
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1 cluding software counterfeiting crimes, crimes identi2 fied in the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act (Public 

3 Law 105–147), and violations of laws prohibiting 

4 unsolicited commercial e-mail: Provided, That such 

5 amounts in the appropriations account ‘‘General 

6 Legal Services’’ as may be expended for such inves7 tigations or prosecutions shall count towards this 

8 minimum as though expended from this appropria9 tions account. 

10 (7) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—

11 For the Federal Bureau of Investigation: 

12 $4,639,569,000, which shall include—

13 (A) not to exceed $1,250,000 for construc14 tion, to remain available until expended; 

15 (B) not to exceed $70,000 to meet unfore16 seen emergencies of a confidential character; 

17 and 

18 (C) such sums as may be necessary to as19 sign employees to the Terrorism Threat Inte20 gration Center: Provided, That such amounts 

21 may only be expended for analyzing intelligence 

22 information. 

23 (8) UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.—For 

24 the United States Marshals Service: $720,806,000, 
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1 which shall include not to exceed $1,371,000 for 

2 construction, to remain available until expended. 

3 (9) FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.—For the Fed4 eral Prison System, including the National Institute 

5 of Corrections: $4,677,214,000. 

6 (10) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.—

7 For the Drug Enforcement Administration: 

8 $1,558,743,000, which shall include not to exceed 

9 $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con10 fidential character. 

11 (11) BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE12 ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.—For the Bureau of Alco13 hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: 

14 $851,987,000. 

15 (12) FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES.—

16 For Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: $156,145,000 

17 to remain available until expended, which shall in18 clude not to exceed $6,000,000 for construction of 

19 protected witness safesites. 

20 (13) INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG EN21 FORCEMENT.—For Interagency Crime and Drug 

22 Enforcement: $541,844,000, for expenses not other23 wise provided for, for the investigation and prosecu24 tion of persons involved in organized crime drug 

25 trafficking, except that any funds obligated from ap-
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1 propriations authorized by this paragraph may be 

2 used under authorities available to the organizations 

3 reimbursed from such funds. 

4 (14) FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMIS5 SION.—For the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis6 sion: $1,212,000. 

7 (15) COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE.— For 

8 the Community Relations Service: $9,526,000. 

9 (16) ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.—For the As10 sets Forfeiture Fund: $22,949,000 for expenses au11 thorized by section 524 of title 28, United States 

12 Code. 

13 (17) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.—

14 For the United States Parole Commission: 

15 $11,051,000. 

16 (18) FEDERAL DETENTION TRUSTEE.—For the 

17 necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust18 ee: $810,125,000. 

19 (19) IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS INTEGRA20 TION.—For expenses necessary for the operation of 

21 the Identification System Integration: $34,077,000. 

22 (20) NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS.—For 

23 the costs of conversion to narrowband communica24 tions, including the cost for operation and mainte-
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1 nance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems: 

2 $140,083,000. 

3 (21) OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS.—For ad4 ministrative expenses not otherwise provided for, of 

5 the Office of Justice Programs: $145,768,000. 

6 (22) LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMA7 TIONS.—For necessary expenses related to office au8 tomation: $33,240,000. 

9 (23) COUNTERTERRORISM FUND.—For nec10 essary expenses of the Counterterrorism Fund: 

11 $1,000,000. 

12 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS13 CAL YEAR 2005. 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

15 year 2005, to carry out the activities of the Department 

16 of Justice (including any bureau, office, board, division, 

17 commission, subdivision, unit, or other component there18 of), the following sums: 

19 (1) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.—For General 

20 Administration: $136,447,000. 

21 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS.—

22 For Administrative Review and Appeals: 

23 $201,368,000 for administration of pardon and 

24 clemency petitions and for immigration-related ac25 tivities. 
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1 (3) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For the 

2 Office of Inspector General: $71,400,000, which 

3 shall include not to exceed $10,000 to meet unfore4 seen emergencies of a confidential character. 

5 (4) GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES.—For General 

6 Legal Activities: $678,652,000, which shall in7 clude—

8 (A) not less than $4,000,000 for the inves9 tigation and prosecution of denaturalization and 

10 deportation cases involving alleged Nazi war 

11 criminals; 

12 (B) not to exceed $20,000 to meet unfore13 seen emergencies of a confidential character; 

14 and 

15 (C) such sums as may be necessary for ad16 ministrative expenses inaccordance with the Ra17 diation Exposure Compensation Act. 

18 (5) ANTITRUST DIVISION.—For the Antitrust 

19 Division: $144,736,000. 

20 (6) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—For United 

21 States Attorneys: $1,587,920,000, which shall in22 clude not less than $10,000,000 for the investigation 

23 and prosecution of intellectual property crimes, in24 cluding software counterfeiting crimes, crimes identi25 fied in the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act (Public 
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1 Law 105–147), and violations of law, against unso2 licited commercial e-mail: Provided, That such 

3 amounts in the appropriations account ‘‘General 

4 Legal Services’’ as may be expended for such inves5 tigations or prosecutions shall count towards this 

6 minimum as though expended from this appropria7 tions account. 

8 (7) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—

9 For the Federal Bureau of Investigation: 

10 $4,732,360,000, which shall include—

11 (A) not to exceed $1,250,000 for construc12 tion, to remain available until expended; 

13 (B) not to exceed $70,000 to meet unfore14 seen emergencies of a confidential character; 

15 and 

16 (C) such sums as may be necessary to as17 sign employees to the Terrorism Threat Inte18 gration Center: Provided, That such amounts 

19 may only be expended for analyzing intelligence 

20 information. 

21 (8) UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.—For 

22 the United States Marshals Service: $735,222,000, 

23 which shall include not to exceed $1,371,000 for 

24 construction, to remain available until expended. 
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1 (9) FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.—For the Fed2 eral Prison System, including the National Institute 

3 of Corrections: $4,770,758,000. 

4 (10) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.—

5 For the Drug Enforcement Administration: 

6 $1,589,918,000, which shall include not to exceed 

7 $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con8 fidential character. 

9 (11) BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE10 ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.—For the Bureau of Alco11 hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: 

12 $869,027,000. 

13 (12) FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES.—

14 For Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: $156,268,000 

15 to remain available until expended, which shall in16 clude not to exceed $6,000,000 for construction of 

17 protected witness safesites. 

18 (13) INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG EN19 FORCEMENT.—For Interagency Crime and Drug 

20 Enforcement: $552,681,000, for expenses not other21 wise provided for, for the investigation and prosecu22 tion of persons involved in organized crime drug 

23 trafficking, except that any funds obligated from ap24 propriations authorized by this paragraph may be 
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1 used under authorities available to the organizations 

2 reimbursed from such funds. 

3 (14) FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMIS4 SION.—For the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis5 sion: $1,236,000. 

6 (15) COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE.—For 

7 the Community Relations Service: $9,716,000. 

8 (16) ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.—For the As9 sets Forfeiture Fund: $23,949,000 for expenses au10 thorized by section 524 of title 28, United States 

11 Code. 

12 (17) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.—

13 For the United States Parole Commission: 

14 $11,272,000. 

15 (18) FEDERAL DETENTION TRUSTEE.—For the 

16 necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust17 ee: $826,327,000. 

18 (19) IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS INTEGRA19 TION.—For expenses necessary for the operation of 

20 the Identification System Integration: $34,758,000. 

21 (20) NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS.—For 

22 the costs of conversion to narrowband communica23 tions, including the cost for operation and mainte24 nance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems: 

25 $142,885,000. 
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1 (21) OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS.—For ad2 ministrative expenses not otherwise provided for, of 

3 the Office of Justice Programs: $148,683,000. 

4 (22) LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMA5 TIONS.—For necessary expenses related to office au6 tomation: $33,904,000. 

7 (23) COUNTERTERRORISM FUND.—For nec8 essary expenses of the Counterterrorism Fund: 

9 $1,020,000. 

10 SEC. 103. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FIS11 CAL YEAR 2006. 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

13 year 2006, to carry out the activities of the Department 

14 of Justice (including any bureau, office, board, division, 

15 commission, subdivision, unit, or other component there16 of), the following sums: 

17 (1) GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.—For General 

18 Administration: $139,176,000. 

19 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS.—

20 For Administrative Review and Appeals: 

21 $205,395,000 for administration of pardon and 

22 clemency petitions and for immigration-related ac23 tivities. 

24 (3) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—For the 

25 Office of Inspector General: $72,828,000, which 
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1 shall include not to exceed $10,000 to meet unfore2 seen emergencies of a confidential character. 

3 (4) GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES.—For General 

4 Legal Activities: $692,225,000, which shall in5 clude—

6 (A) not less than $4,000,000 for the inves7 tigation and prosecution of denaturalization and 

8 deportation cases involving alleged Nazi war 

9 criminals; 

10 (B) not to exceed $20,000 to meet unfore11 seen emergencies of a confidential character; 

12 and 

13 (C) such sums as may be necessary for ad14 ministrative expenses in accordance with the 

15 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. 

16 (5) ANTITRUST DIVISION.—For the Antitrust 

17 Division: $147,631,000. 

18 (6) UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS.—For United 

19 States Attorneys: $1,619,678,000, which shall in20 clude not less than $10,000,000 for the investigation 

21 and prosecution of intellectual property crimes, in22 cluding software counterfeiting crimes, crimes identi23 fied in the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act (Public 

24 Law 105–147), and violations of law, against unso25 licited commercial e-mail: Provided, That such 
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1 amounts in the appropriations account ‘‘General 

2 Legal Services’’ as may be expended for such inves3 tigations or prosecutions shall count towards this 

4 minimum as though expended from this appropria5 tions account. 

6 (7) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.—

7 For the Federal Bureau of Investigation: 

8 $4,832,107,000, which shall include—

9 (A) not to exceed $1,250,000 for construc10 tion, to remain available until expended; 

11 (B) not to exceed $70,000 to meet unfore12 seen emergencies of a confidential character; 

13 and 

14 (C) such sums as may be necessary to as15 sign employees to the Terrorism Threat Inte16 gration Center: Provided, That such amounts 

17 may only be expended for analyzing intelligence 

18 information. 

19 (8) UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE.—For 

20 the United States Marshals Service: $749,926,000 

21 which shall include not to exceed $1,371,000 for 

22 construction, to remain available until expended. 

23 (9) FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.—For the Fed24 eral Prison System, including the National Institute 

25 of Corrections: $4,866,173,000. 
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1 (10) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.—

2 For the Drug Enforcement Administration: 

3 $1,621,716,000, which shall include not to exceed 

4 $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con5 fidential character. 

6 (11) BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE7 ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.—For the Bureau of Alco8 hol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives: 

9 $886,407,000. 

10 (12) FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES.—

11 For Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: $159,393,000 

12 to remain available until expended, which shall in13 clude not to exceed $6,000,000 for construction of 

14 protected witness safesites. 

15 (13) INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG EN16 FORCEMENT.—For Interagency Crime and Drug 

17 Enforcement: $563,918,000, for expenses not other18 wise provided for, for the investigation and prosecu19 tion of persons involved in organized crime drug 

20 trafficking, except that any funds obligated from ap21 propriations authorized by this paragraph may be 

22 used under authorities available to the organizations 

23 reimbursed from such funds. 
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1 (14) FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMIS2 SION.—For the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis3 sion: $1,260,000. 

4 (15) COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE.—For 

5 the Community Relations Service: $9,910,000. 

6 (16) ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.—For the As7 sets Forfeiture Fund: $24,428,000 for expenses au8 thorized by section 524 of title 28, United States 

9 Code. 

10 (17) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.—

11 For the United States Parole Commission: 

12 $11,497,000. 

13 (18) FEDERAL DETENTION TRUSTEE.—For the 

14 necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust15 ee: $842,854,000. 

16 (19) IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS INTEGRA17 TION.—For expenses necessary for the operation of 

18 the Identification System Integration: $35,453,000. 

19 (20) NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS.—For 

20 the costs of conversion to narrowband communica21 tions, including the cost for operation and mainte22 nance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems: 

23 $145,743,000. 
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1 (21) OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS.—For ad2 ministrative expenses not otherwise provided for, of 

3 the Office of Justice Programs: $151,657,000. 

4 (22) LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMA5 TIONS.—For necessary expenses related to office au6 tomation: $34,582,000. 

7 (23) COUNTERTERRORISM FUND.—For nec8 essary expenses of the Counterterrorism Fund: 

9 $1,040,000. 

10 TITLE II—IMPROVING THE DE11 PARTMENT OF JUSTICE’S 

12 GRANT PROGRAMS 

13 Subtitle A—Assisting Law Enforce14 ment and Criminal Justice 

15 Agencies 

16 SEC. 201. MERGER OF BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM AND LOCAL 

17 LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO18 GRAM. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part E of title I of the Omnibus 

20 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 

21 as follows: 

22 (1) Subpart 1 of such part (42 U.S.C. 3751–

23 3759) is repealed. 

24 (2) Such part is further amended—
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1 (A) by inserting before section 500 (42 

2 U.S.C. 3750) the following new heading: 

3 ‘‘Subpart 1—Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 

4 Assistance Grant Program’’; 

5 (B) by amending section 500 to read as 

6 follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 500. NAME OF PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The grant program established 

9 under this subpart shall be known as the ‘Edward Byrne 

10 Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program’. 

11 ‘‘(b) REFERENCES TO FORMER PROGRAMS.—Any 

12 reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other 

13 record of the United States to the Edward Byrne Memo14 rial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Pro15 grams, or to the Local Government Law Enforcement 

16 Block Grants program, shall be deemed to be a reference 

17 to the grant program referred to in subsection (a).’’; and 

18 (C) by inserting after section 500 the fol19 lowing new sections: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 501. DESCRIPTION. 

21 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 

22 available to carry out this subpart, the Attorney General 

23 may, in accordance with the formula established under 

24 section 505, make grants to States and units of local gov25 ernment, for use by the State or unit of local government 
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1 to provide additional personnel, equipment, supplies, con2 tractual support, training, technical assistance, and infor3 mation systems for criminal justice, including for any one 

4 or more of the following programs: 

5 ‘‘(1) Law enforcement programs. 

6 ‘‘(2) Prosecution and court programs. 

7 ‘‘(3) Prevention and education programs. 

8 ‘‘(4) Corrections and community corrections 

9 programs. 

10 ‘‘(5) Drug treatment programs. 

11 ‘‘(6) Planning, evaluation, and technology im12 provement programs. 

13 ‘‘(b) CONTRACTS AND SUBAWARDS.—A State or unit 

14 of local government may, in using a grant under this sub15 part for purposes authorized by subsection (a), use all or 

16 a portion of that grant to contract with or make one or 

17 more subawards to one or more—

18 ‘‘(1) neighborhood or community-based organi19 zations that are private and nonprofit; 

20 ‘‘(2) units of local government; or 

21 ‘‘(3) tribal governments. 

22 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT COMPONENT; WAIV23 ER.—

24 ‘‘(1) Each program funded under this subpart 

25 shall contain a program assessment component, de-
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1 veloped pursuant to guidelines established by the At2 torney General, in coordination with the National 

3 Institute of Justice. 

4 ‘‘(2) The Attorney General may waive the re5 quirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a pro6 gram if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the 

7 program is not of sufficient size to justify a full pro8 gram assessment. 

9 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITED USES.—Notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of this Act, no funds provided under this 

11 subpart may be used, directly or indirectly, to provide any 

12 of the following matters: 

13 ‘‘(1) Any security enhancements or any equip14 ment to any nongovernmental entity that is not en15 gaged in criminal justice or public safety. 

16 ‘‘(2) Unless the Attorney General certifies that 

17 extraordinary and exigent circumstances exist that 

18 make the use of such funds to provide such matters 

19 essential to the maintenance of public safety and 

20 good order—

21 ‘‘(A) vehicles, vessels, or aircraft; 

22 ‘‘(B) luxury items; 

23 ‘‘(C) real estate; 

24 ‘‘(D) construction projects (other than 

25 penal or correctional institutions); or 
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1 ‘‘(E) any similar matters. 

2 ‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 10 

3 percent of a grant made under this subpart may be used 

4 for costs incurred to administer such grant. 

5 ‘‘(f) PERIOD.—The period of a grant made under this 

6 subpart shall be four years, except that renewals and ex7 tensions beyond that period may be granted at the discre8 tion of the Attorney General. 

9 ‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subparagraph 

10 (d)(1) shall not be construed to prohibit the use, directly 

11 or indirectly, of funds provided under this subpart to pro12 vide security at a public event, such as a political conven13 tion or major sports event, so long as such security is pro14 vided under applicable laws and procedures. 

15 ‘‘SEC. 502. APPLICATIONS. 

16 ‘‘To request a grant under this subpart, the chief ex17 ecutive officer of a State or unit of local government shall 

18 submit an application to the Attorney General within 90 

19 days after the date on which funds to carry out this sub20 part are appropriated for a fiscal year, in such form as 

21 the Attorney General may require. Such application shall 

22 include the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) A certification that Federal funds made 

24 available under this subpart will not be used to sup25 plant State or local funds, but will be used to in-
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1 crease the amounts of such funds that would, in the 

2 absence of Federal funds, be made available for law 

3 enforcement activities. 

4 ‘‘(2) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 days 

5 before the application (or any amendment to the ap6 plication) was submitted to the Attorney General, 

7 the application (or amendment) was submitted for 

8 review to the governing body of the State or unit of 

9 local government (or to an organization designated 

10 by that governing body). 

11 ‘‘(3) An assurance that, before the application 

12 (or any amendment to the application) was sub13 mitted to the Attorney General—

14 ‘‘(A) the application (or amendment) was 

15 made public; and 

16 ‘‘(B) an opportunity to comment on the 

17 application (or amendment) was provided to 

18 citizens and to neighborhood or community19 based organizations, to the extent applicable 

20 law or established procedure makes such an op21 portunity available. 

22 ‘‘(4) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 

23 covered by an application, the applicant shall main24 tain and report such data, records, and information 
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1 (programmatic and financial) as the Attorney Gen2 eral may reasonably require. 

3 ‘‘(5) A certification, made in a form acceptable 

4 to the Attorney General and executed by the chief 

5 executive officer of the applicant (or by another offi6 cer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations 

7 promulgated by the Attorney General), that—

8 ‘‘(A) the programs to be funded by the 

9 grant meet all the requirements of this subpart; 

10 ‘‘(B) all the information contained in the 

11 application is correct; 

12 ‘‘(C) there has been appropriate coordina13 tion with affected agencies; and 

14 ‘‘(D) the applicant will comply with all 

15 provisions of this subpart and all other applica16 ble Federal laws. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 503. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS. 

18 ‘‘The Attorney General shall not finally disapprove 

19 any application (or any amendment to that application) 

20 submitted under this subpart without first affording the 

21 applicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the appli22 cation and opportunity for correction and reconsideration. 

23 ‘‘SEC. 504. RULES. 

24 ‘‘The Attorney General shall issue rules to carry out 

25 this subpart. The first such rules shall be issued not later 
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1 than one year after the date on which amounts are first 

2 made available to carry out this subpart. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 505. FORMULA. 

4 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount appro6 priated for this subpart, the Attorney General shall 

7 allocate—

8 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of such amount to each 

9 State in amounts that bear the same ratio of—

10 ‘‘(i) the total population of a State 

11 to—

12 ‘‘(ii) the total population of the 

13 United States; and 

14 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of such amount to each 

15 State in amounts that bear the same ratio of—

16 ‘‘(i) the average annual number of 

17 part I violent crimes of the Uniform Crime 

18 Reports of the Federal Bureau of Inves19 tigation reported by such State for the 

20 three most recent years reported by such 

21 State to—

22 ‘‘(ii) the average annual number of 

23 such crimes reported by all States for such 

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1 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Notwithstanding 

2 paragraph (1), no State shall receive less than .25 

3 percent of such total amount for each fiscal year. 

4 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION BETWEEN STATES AND UNITS OF

5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Of the amounts allocated under 

6 subsection (a)—

7 ‘‘(1) 60 percent shall be for direct grants to 

8 States, to be allocated under subsection (c); and 

9 ‘‘(2) 40 percent shall be for grants to be allo10 cated under subsection (d). 

11 ‘‘(c) ALLOCATION FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS.—

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts allocated 

13 under subsection (b)(1), each State may retain for 

14 the purposes described in section 501 an amount 

15 that bears the same ratio of—

16 ‘‘(A) total expenditures on criminal justice 

17 by the State government in the most recently 

18 completed fiscal year to—

19 ‘‘(B) the total expenditure on criminal jus20 tice by the State government and units of local 

21 government within the State in such year. 

22 ‘‘(2) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—Except as pro23 vided in subsection (e)(1), any amounts remaining 

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1 be made available to units of local government by 

2 the State for the purposes described in section 501. 

3 ‘‘(d) ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts allocated 

5 under subsection (b)(2), grants for the purposes de6 scribed in section 501 shall be made directly to units 

7 of local government within each State in accordance 

8 with this subsection, subject to subsection (e). 

9 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS FOR CATEGORIES OF LIKE

10 UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Of the amounts 

11 referred to in paragraph (1), each of the four cat12 egories of like governmental units (county, city, 

13 township, and other) within a State shall be allo14 cated an amount that bears the same ratio of—

15 ‘‘(A) the total expenditures on criminal 

16 justice by units of local government in that cat17 egory within that State in the most recently 

18 completed fiscal year to—

19 ‘‘(B) the total expenditures on criminal 

20 justice by all units of local government within 

21 that State in such year. 

22 ‘‘(3) ALLOCATIONS FOR UNITS OF LOCAL GOV23 ERNMENT.—Of the amounts allocated to a category 

24 under paragraph (2), each unit of local government 
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1 in that category within that State shall be allocated 

2 an amount that bears the same ratio of—

3 ‘‘(A) the average annual number of part I 

4 violent crimes of the Uniform Crime Reports of 

5 the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported by 

6 such unit of local government for the three 

7 most recent years reported by such unit of local 

8 government to—

9 ‘‘(B) the average annual number of such 

10 crimes reported by all like governmental units 

11 for such years. 

12 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS TO UNITS OF

13 LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—

14 ‘‘(1) MAXIMUM ALLOCATION.—No unit of local 

15 government shall receive a total allocation under this 

16 section that exceeds such unit’s total expenditures 

17 on criminal justice services for the most recently 

18 completed fiscal year for which data are available. 

19 Any amount in excess of such total expenditures 

20 shall be allocated proportionally among units of local 

21 government whose allocations under this section do 

22 not exceed their total expenditures on such services. 

23 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS UNDER $10,000.—If the allo24 cation under this section to a unit of local govern25 ment is less than $10,000 for any fiscal year, the di-
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1 rect grant to the State under subsection (c) shall be 

2 increased by the amount of such allocation, to be 

3 distributed (for the purposes described in section 

4 501) among State police departments that provide 

5 criminal justice services to units of local government 

6 and units of local government whose allocation under 

7 this section is less than $10,000. 

8 ‘‘(3) NON-REPORTING UNITS.—No allocation 

9 under this section shall be made to a unit of local 

10 government that has not reported at least three 

11 years of data on part I violent crimes of the Uniform 

12 Crime Reports to the Federal Bureau of Investiga13 tion within the immediately-preceding 10 years. 

14 ‘‘(f) FUNDS NOT USED BY THE STATE.—If the At15 torney General determines, on the basis of information 

16 available during any grant period, that any allocation (or 

17 portion thereof) under this section to a State for such 

18 grant period will not be required, or that a State will be 

19 unable to qualify or receive funds under this subpart, or 

20 that a State chooses not to participate in the program es21 tablished under this subpart, then such State’s allocation 

22 (or portion thereof) shall be awarded by the Attorney Gen23 eral to units of local government, or combinations thereof, 

24 within such State, giving priority to those jurisdictions 

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1 of the Uniform Crime Reports reported by the unit of local 

2 government to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 

3 three most recent calendar years for which such data are 

4 available. 

5 ‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULES FOR PUERTO RICO.—

6 ‘‘(1) ALL FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR COMMON7 WEALTH GOVERNMENT.—Notwithstanding sub8 section (b), of the amounts allocated under sub9 section (a) to Puerto Rico, 100 percent shall be for 

10 direct grants to Puerto Rico. 

11 ‘‘(2) NO LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.—Subsections (c) 

12 and (d) shall not apply to Puerto Rico. 

13 ‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec15 tion, the term ‘like governmental unit’ means any 

16 like unit of local government as defined by the Sec17 retary of Commerce for general statistical purposes. 

18 ‘‘(2) CERTAIN LIKE UNITS REQUIRED.—Not19 withstanding paragraph (1), in determining the 

20 meaning of such term for purposes of this section—

21 ‘‘(A) all counties (including parishes) shall 

22 be treated as like governmental units; 

23 ‘‘(B) all cities shall be treated as like gov24 ernmental units; 
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1 ‘‘(C) all townships shall be treated as like 

2 governmental units; and 

3 ‘‘(D) all governmental units of other par4 ticular types shall be treated as like govern5 mental units of such types.’’. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 506. RESERVED FUNDS. 

7 ‘‘Of the total amount made available to carry out this 

8 subpart for a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall re9 serve not more than—

10 ‘‘(1) $20,000,000, for use by the National In11 stitute of Justice in assisting units of local govern12 ment to identify, select, develop, modernize, and pur13 chase new technologies for use by law enforcement; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(2) $20,000,000, to be granted by the Attor16 ney General to States and units of local government 

17 to develop and implement antiterrorism training pro18 grams. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 507. INTEREST-BEARING TRUST FUNDS. 

20 ‘‘(a) TRUST FUND REQUIRED.—A State or unit of 

21 local government shall establish a trust fund in which to 

22 deposit amounts received under this subpart. 

23 ‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each amount received 

25 under this subpart (including interest on such 
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1 amount) shall be expended before the date on which 

2 the grant period expires. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPAYMENT.—A State or unit of local 

4 government that fails to expend an entire amount 

5 (including interest on such amount) as required by 

6 paragraph (1) shall repay the unexpended portion to 

7 the Attorney General not later than 3 months after 

8 the date on which the grant period expires. 

9 ‘‘(3) REDUCTION OF FUTURE AMOUNTS.—If a 

10 State or unit of local government fails to comply 

11 with paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General 

12 shall reduce amounts to be provided to that State or 

13 unit of local government accordingly. 

14 ‘‘(c) REPAID AMOUNTS.—Amounts received as repay15 ments under this section shall be subject to section 108 

16 of this title as if such amounts had not been granted and 

17 repaid. Such amounts shall be deposited in the Treasury 

18 in a dedicated fund for use by the Attorney General to 

19 carry out this subpart. Such funds are hereby made avail20 able to carry out this subpart. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 508. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 ‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

23 this subpart $1,075,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such 

24 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 

25 through 2008.’’. 
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1 (b) REPEALS OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELATING

2 TO BYRNE GRANTS.—

3 (1) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND

4 PRIVATE ENTITIES.—Chapter A of subpart 2 of Part 

5 E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

6 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3760–3762) is re7 pealed. 

8 (2) TARGETED GRANTS TO CURB MOTOR VEHI9 CLE THEFT.—Subtitle B of the Anti Car Theft Act 

10 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 3750a–3750d) is repealed. 

11 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

12 (1) CRIME IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY

13 ACT.—Subsection (c)(2)(G) of section 102 of the 

14 Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 

15 U.S.C. 14601) is amended by striking ‘‘such as’’ 

16 and all that follows through ‘‘the M.O.R.E. pro17 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘such as the Edward Byrne 

18 Justice Assistance Grant Program and the M.O.R.E. 

19 program’’. 

20 (2) SAFE STREETS ACT.—Title I of the Omni21 bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is 

22 amended—

23 (A) in section 517 (42 U.S.C. 3763), in 

24 subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘pursuant to sec-
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1 tion 511 or 515’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 

2 section 515’’; 

3 (B) in section 520 (42 U.S.C. 3766)—

4 (i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

5 ‘‘the program evaluations as required by 

6 section 501(c) of this part’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘program evaluations’’; 

8 (ii) in subsection (a)(2), by striking 

9 ‘‘evaluations of programs funded under 

10 section 506 (formula grants) and sections 

11 511 and 515 (discretionary grants) of this 

12 part’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluations of pro13 grams funded under section 505 (formula 

14 grants) and section 515 (discretionary 

15 grants) of this part’’; and 

16 (iii) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 

17 ‘‘programs funded under section 506 (for18 mula grants) and section 511 (discre19 tionary grants)’’ and inserting ‘‘programs 

20 funded under section 505 (formula 

21 grants)’’; 

22 (C) in section 522 (42 U.S.C. 3766b)—

23 (i) in subsection (a), in the matter 

24 preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec25 tion 506’’ and inserting ‘‘section 505’’; and 
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1 (ii) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 

2 ‘‘an assessment of the impact of such ac3 tivities on meeting the needs identified in 

4 the State strategy submitted under section 

5 503’’ and inserting ‘‘an assessment of the 

6 impact of such activities on meeting the 

7 purposes of subpart 1’’; 

8 (D) in section 801 (42 U.S.C. 3782), in 

9 subsection (b)(5)—

10 (i) by striking ‘‘the purposes of sec11 tion 501 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

12 purposes of such subpart 1’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘the application sub14 mitted pursuant to section 503 of this 

15 title’’ and inserting ‘‘the application sub16 mitted pursuant to section 502 of this 

17 title’’; 

18 (E) in section 808 (42 U.S.C. 3789), by 

19 striking ‘‘the State office described in section 

20 507 or 1408’’ and inserting ‘‘the State office 

21 responsible for the trust fund required by sec22 tion 507, or the State office described in section 

23 1408,’’; 

24 (F) in section 901 (42 U.S.C. 3791), in 

25 subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘for the purposes 
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1 of section 506(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘for the pur2 poses of section 505(a)’’; 

3 (G) in section 1502 (42 U.S.C. 3796bb–

4 1)—

5 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec6 tion 506(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

7 505(a)’’; 

8 (ii) in paragraph (2)—

9 (I) by striking ‘‘section 503(a)’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘section 502’’; and 

11 (II) by striking ‘‘section 506’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘section 505’’; 

13 (H) in section 1602 (42 U.S.C. 3796cc–1), 

14 in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The office des15 ignated under section 507 of title I’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘The office responsible for the trust fund 

17 required by section 507’’; 

18 (I) in section 1702 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1), 

19 in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘and reflects 

20 consideration of the statewide strategy under 

21 section 503(a)(1)’’; and 

22 (J) in section 1902 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1), 

23 in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘The Office des24 ignated under section 507’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
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1 office responsible for the trust fund required by 

2 section 507’’. 

3 (d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

4 section shall apply with respect to the first fiscal year be5 ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and 

6 each fiscal year thereafter. 

7 SEC. 202. CLARIFICATION OF NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS 

8 WHO MAY BE SELECTED IN A GIVEN YEAR TO 

9 RECEIVE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MEDAL 

10 OF VALOR. 

11 Section 3(c) of the Public Safety Officer Medal of 

12 Valor Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 15202(c)) is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘more than 5 recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘more 

14 than 5 individuals, or groups of individuals, as recipients’’. 

15 SEC. 203. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL AND PLAQUE FOR PUB16 LIC SAFETY OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO 

17 THE ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES ON 

18 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. 

19 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section—

20 (1) to commemorate the sacrifices made and 

21 service rendered to the United States by those public 

22 safety officers who responded to the attacks on the 

23 United States on September 11, 2001; and 

24 (2) to honor those public safety officers on the 

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1 (b) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Speaker of the House of 

3 Representatives and the President pro tempore of 

4 the Senate are authorized jointly to present, on be5 half of the Congress—

6 (A) to individuals certified by the Attorney 

7 General pursuant to subsection (e), a bronze 

medal 11 8 ⁄2 inches in diameter commemorating 

9 the service to the United States of those indi10 viduals; and 

11 (B) to public agencies certified by the At12 torney General pursuant to subsection (e), a 

13 plaque commemorating the service to the 

14 United States of the officers, employees, or 

15 agents of those agencies. 

16 (2) DATE.—The presentation shall be made as 

17 close as feasible to the third anniversary of the at18 tacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 

19 (3) NEXT OF KIN.—In the case of an individual 

20 certified by the Attorney General pursuant to sub21 section (e), the medal may be accepted by the next 

22 of kin of any such individual. 

23 (c) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—

24 (1) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General 

25 shall consult with the Institute of Heraldry of the 
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1 Department of Defense regarding the design and ar2 tistry of the medal and the plaque authorized by this 

3 section. The Attorney General may also consider 

4 suggestions received by the Department of Justice 

5 regarding the design and artistry of the medal and 

6 the plaque, including suggestions made by persons 

7 not employed by the Department of Justice. 

8 (2) STRIKING.—After such consultation, the At9 torney General shall strike such medals and produce 

10 such plaques as may be required to carry out this 

11 section. 

12 (d) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—

13 (1) INDIVIDUALS.—

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to be 

15 presented the medal referred to in subsection 

16 (b), an individual must have been a public safe17 ty officer (as defined in section 5 of the Public 

18 Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (42 

19 U.S.C. 15204))—

20 (i) who was present in New York, Vir21 ginia, or Pennsylvania on September 11, 

22 2001; 

23 (ii) who participated in the response 

24 that day to the terrorist attacks on the 

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1 on the Pentagon, or the terrorist attack 

2 that resulted in the crash of the fourth air3 plane in Pennsylvania; and 

4 (iii) who died as a result of such par5 ticipation. 

6 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—An indi7 vidual who was killed in one of the attacks re8 ferred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 

9 deemed, for purposes of that subparagraph, to 

10 have participated in the response. 

11 (2) AGENCIES.—To be eligible to be presented 

12 the plaque referred to in subsection (b), a public 

13 agency must have had at least one officer, employee, 

14 or agent who is eligible under paragraph (1) or who 

15 would be so eligible but for the requirement of sub16 paragraph (A)(iii) of that paragraph. 

17 (3) APPLICATION; DETERMINATION.—To estab18 lish the eligibility required by paragraphs (1) or (2), 

19 the head of a public agency must present to the At20 torney General an application with such supporting 

21 documentation as the Attorney General may require 

22 to support such eligibility and, in the case of the eli23 gibility of an individual, with information on next of 

24 kin. The Attorney General shall determine, through 

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1 pendent investigation, whether the requirements of 

2 paragraphs (1) or (2) have been established. 

3 (e) CERTIFICATION.—The Attorney General shall, 

4 within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act, certify to the Speaker of the House of Representa6 tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate the 

7 names of individuals eligible to receive the medal and pub8 lic agencies eligible to receive the plaque. 

9 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

10 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec11 essary to carry out this section. 

12 SEC. 204. CLARIFICATION OF OFFICIAL TO BE CONSULTED 

13 BY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CONSIDERING AP14 PLICATION FOR EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW 

15 ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

16 Section 609M(b) of the Justice Assistance Act of 

17 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10501(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 

18 Director of the Office of Justice Assistance’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice 

20 Programs’’. 

21 SEC. 205. CLARIFICATION OF USES FOR REGIONAL INFOR22 MATION SHARING SYSTEM GRANTS. 

23 Section 1301(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

24 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h(b)), as most 
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1 recently amended by section 701 of the USA PATRIOT 

2 Act (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 374), is amended—

3 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘regional’’ 

4 before ‘‘information sharing systems’’; 

5 (2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘(3) establishing and maintaining a secure tele8 communications system for regional information 

9 sharing between Federal, State, and local law en10 forcement agencies;’’; and 

11 (3) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ at the end of paragraph 

12 (4). 

13 SEC. 206. INTEGRITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL 

14 CRIMINAL RECORD DATABASES. 

15 (a) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Section 302 of the Om16 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 

17 U.S.C. 3732) is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 

19 third sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘The Di20 rector shall be responsible for the integrity of data 

21 and statistics and shall protect against improper or 

22 illegal use or disclosure.’’; 

23 (2) by amending paragraph (19) of subsection 

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1 ‘‘(19) provide for improvements in the accuracy, 

2 quality, timeliness, immediate accessibility, and inte3 gration of State criminal history and related records, 

4 support the development and enhancement of na5 tional systems of criminal history and related 

6 records including the National Criminal History 

7 Background Check System, the National Incident8 Based Reporting System, and the records of the Na9 tional Crime Information Center, facilitate State 

10 participation in national records and information 

11 systems, and support statistical research for critical 

12 analysis of the improvement and utilization of crimi13 nal history records;’’; and 

14 (3) in subsection (d)—

15 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para16 graph (4); 

17 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

18 paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(6) confer and cooperate with Federal statis21 tical agencies as needed to carry out the purposes of 

22 this part, including by entering into cooperative data 

23 sharing agreements in conformity with all laws and 

24 regulations applicable to the disclosure and use of 

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1 (b) USE OF DATA.—Section 304 of such Act (42 

2 U.S.C. 3735) is amended by striking ‘‘particular indi3 vidual’’ and inserting ‘‘private person or public agency’’. 

4 (c) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.—Section 

5 812(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3789g(a)) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘Except as provided by Federal law other than 

7 this title, no’’ and inserting ‘‘No’’. 

8 Subtitle B—Building Community 

9 Capacity to Prevent, Reduce, 

10 and Control Crime 

11 SEC. 211. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 

13 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 

14 by inserting after section 102 (42 U.S.C. 3712) the fol15 lowing new sections: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 103. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 

17 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

18 the Office an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, headed 

19 by a Director appointed by the Attorney General. 

20 ‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Director may assist States, 

21 units of local government, and neighborhood and commu22 nity-based organizations in developing Weed and Seed 

23 strategies, as provided in section 104. 

24 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

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1 $58,265,000 for fiscal year 2004, and such sums as may 

2 be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006, to 

3 remain available until expended. 

4 ‘‘SEC. 104. WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available 

6 under section 103(c), the Director of the Office of Weed 

7 and Seed Strategies may implement strategies, to be 

8 known as Weed and Seed strategies, to prevent, control, 

9 and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, 

10 and gang activity in designated Weed-and-Seed commu11 nities. Each such strategy shall involve both of the fol12 lowing activities: 

13 ‘‘(1) WEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 

14 Weeding activities, which shall include promoting 

15 and coordinating a broad spectrum of community ef16 forts (especially those of law enforcement agencies 

17 and prosecutors) to arrest, and to sanction or incar18 cerate, persons in that community who participate or 

19 engage in violent crime, criminal drug-related activ20 ity, and other crimes that threaten the quality of life 

21 in that community. 

22 ‘‘(2) SEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 

23 Seeding activities, which shall include promoting and 

24 coordinating a broad spectrum of community efforts 
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1 (such as drug abuse education, mentoring, and em2 ployment counseling) to provide—

3 ‘‘(A) human services, relating to preven4 tion, intervention, or treatment, for at-risk indi5 viduals and families; and 

6 ‘‘(B) community revitalization efforts, in7 cluding enforcement of building codes and de8 velopment of the economy. 

9 ‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—The Director shall issue guide10 lines for the development and implementation of Weed and 

11 Seed strategies under this section. The guidelines shall en12 sure that the Weed and Seed strategy for a community 

13 referred to in subsection (a) shall—

14 ‘‘(1) be planned and implemented through and 

15 under the auspices of a steering committee, properly 

16 established in the community, comprised of—

17 ‘‘(A) in a voting capacity, representatives 

18 of—

19 ‘‘(i) appropriate law enforcement 

20 agencies; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) other public and private agencies, 

22 and neighborhood and community-based 

23 organizations, interested in criminal justice 

24 and community-based development and re25 vitalization in the community; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) in a voting capacity, both—

2 ‘‘(i) the Drug Enforcement Adminis3 tration’s special agent in charge for the ju4 risdiction encompassing the community; 

5 and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the United States Attorney for 

7 the District encompassing the community; 

8 ‘‘(2) describe how law enforcement agencies, 

9 other public and private agencies, neighborhood and 

10 community-based organizations, and interested citi11 zens are to cooperate in implementing the strategy; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(3) incorporate a community-policing compo14 nent that shall serve as a bridge between the Weed15 ing activities under subsection (a)(1) and the Seed16 ing activities under subsection (a)(2). 

17 ‘‘(c) DESIGNATION.—For a community to be des18 ignated as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of 

19 subsection (a)—

20 ‘‘(1) the United States Attorney for the District 

21 encompassing the community must certify to the Di22 rector that—

23 ‘‘(A) the community suffers from consist24 ently high levels of crime or otherwise is appro25 priate for such designation; 
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1 ‘‘(B) the Weed and Seed strategy pro2 posed, adopted, or implemented by the steering 

3 committee has a high probability of improving 

4 the criminal justice system within the commu5 nity and contains all the elements required by 

6 the Director; and 

7 ‘‘(C) the steering committee is capable of 

8 implementing the strategy appropriately; and 

9 ‘‘(2) the community must agree to formulate a 

10 timely and effective plan to independently sustain 

11 the strategy (or, at a minimum, a majority of the 

12 best practices of the strategy) when assistance under 

13 this section is no longer available. 

14 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An application for designation 

15 as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of subsection 

16 (a) shall be submitted to the Director by the steering com17 mittee of the community in such form, and containing 

18 such information and assurances, as the Director may re19 quire. The application shall propose—

20 ‘‘(1) a sustainable Weed and Seed strategy that 

21 includes—

22 ‘‘(A) the active involvement of the United 

23 States Attorney for the District encompassing 

24 the community, the Drug Enforcement Admin25 istration’s special agent in charge for the juris-
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1 diction encompassing the community, and other 

2 Federal law enforcement agencies operating in 

3 the vicinity; 

4 ‘‘(B) a significant community-oriented po5 licing component; and 

6 ‘‘(C) demonstrated coordination with com7 plementary neighborhood and community-based 

8 programs and initiatives; and 

9 ‘‘(2) a methodology with outcome measures and 

10 specific objective indicia of performance to be used 

11 to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy. 

12 ‘‘(e) GRANTS.—

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing a strategy 

14 for a community under subsection (a), the Director 

15 may make grants to that community. 

16 ‘‘(2) USES.—For each grant under this sub17 section, the community receiving that grant—

18 ‘‘(A) shall use not less than 40 percent of 

19 the grant amounts for Seeding activities under 

20 subsection (a)(2); and 

21 ‘‘(B) may not use any of the grant 

22 amounts for construction, except that the As23 sistant Attorney General may authorize use of 

24 grant amounts for incidental or minor construc25 tion, renovation, or remodeling. 
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1 ‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—A community may not re2 ceive grants under this subsection (or fall within 

3 such a community)—

4 ‘‘(A) for a period of more than 10 fiscal 

5 years; 

6 ‘‘(B) for more than 5 separate fiscal years, 

7 except that the Assistant Attorney General 

8 may, in single increments and only upon a 

9 showing of extraordinary circumstances, author10 ize grants for not more than 3 additional sepa11 rate fiscal years; or 

12 ‘‘(C) in an aggregate amount of more than 

13 $1,000,000, except that the Assistant Attorney 

14 General may, upon a showing of extraordinary 

15 circumstances, authorize grants for not more 

16 than an additional $500,000. 

17 ‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under 

18 this subsection, the Director shall ensure that—

19 ‘‘(A) to the extent practicable, the distribu20 tion of such grants is geographically equitable 

21 and includes both urban and rural areas of 

22 varying population and area; and 

23 ‘‘(B) priority is given to communities that 

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1 a manner that addresses the overall needs of 

2 such communities. 

3 ‘‘(5) FEDERAL SHARE.—(A) Subject to sub4 paragraph (B), the Federal share of a grant under 

5 this subsection may not exceed 75 percent of the 

6 total costs of the projects described in the applica7 tion for which the grant was made. 

8 ‘‘(B) The requirement of subparagraph (A)—

9 ‘‘(i) may be satisfied in cash or in kind; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(ii) may be waived by the Assistant Attor12 ney General upon a determination that the fi13 nancial circumstances affecting the applicant 

14 warrant a finding that such a waiver is equi15 table. 

16 ‘‘(6) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—To re17 ceive a grant under this subsection, the applicant 

18 must provide assurances that the amounts received 

19 under the grant shall be used to supplement, not 

20 supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 

21 available for programs or services provided in the 

22 community.’’. 

23 (b) ABOLISHMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF WEED

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1 (1) ABOLISHMENT.—The Executive Office of 

2 Weed and Seed is abolished. 

3 (2) TRANSFER.—There are hereby transferred 

4 to the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies all func5 tions and activities performed immediately before 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act by the Execu7 tive Office of Weed and Seed Strategies. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend9 ments made by this section take effect 90 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 Subtitle C—Assisting Victims of 

12 Crime 

13 SEC. 221. GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 

14 TO IMPROVE OUTREACH SERVICES TO VIC15 TIMS OF CRIME. 

16 Section 1404(c) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

17 (42 U.S.C. 10603(c)), as most recently amended by sec18 tion 623 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107–

19 56; 115 Stat. 372), is amended—

20 (1) in paragraph (1)—

21 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

22 (A), by striking the comma after ‘‘Director’’; 

23 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

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1 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

2 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

3 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

4 subparagraph: 

5 ‘‘(C) for nonprofit neighborhood and com6 munity-based victim service organizations and 

7 coalitions to improve outreach and services to 

8 victims of crime.’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (2)—

10 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

11 (i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and 

13 (1)(C)’’; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

16 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

18 subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(C) not more than $10,000 shall be used 

20 for any single grant under paragraph (1)(C).’’. 

21 SEC. 222. CLARIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CERTAIN 

22 AUTHORITIES RELATING TO CRIME VICTIMS 

23 FUND. 

24 Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 

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1 (1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—Subsection 

2 (b)(5) of such section is amended by striking the pe3 riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, which 

4 the Director is hereby authorized to accept for de5 posit into the Fund, except that the Director is not 

6 hereby authorized to accept any such gift, bequest, 

7 or donation that—

8 ‘‘(A) attaches conditions inconsistent with 

9 applicable laws or regulations; or 

10 ‘‘(B) is conditioned upon or would require 

11 the expenditure of appropriated funds that are 

12 not available to the Office for Victims of 

13 Crime.’’. 

14 (2) AUTHORITY TO REPLENISH ANTITERRORISM

15 EMERGENCY RESERVE.—Subsection (d)(5)(A) of 

16 such section is amended by striking ‘‘expended’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘obligated’’. 

18 (3) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO INDIAN

19 TRIBES FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub20 section (g) of such section is amended—

21 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, acting 

22 through the Director,’’; 

23 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

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1 (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

2 following new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(2) The Attorney General may use 5 percent of the 

4 funds available under subsection (d)(2) (prior to distribu5 tion) for grants to Indian tribes to establish victim assist6 ance programs, as appropriate.’’. 

7 SEC. 223. AMOUNTS RECEIVED UNDER CRIME VICTIM 

8 GRANTS MAY BE USED BY STATE FOR TRAIN9 ING PURPOSES. 

10 (a) CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.—Section 

11 1403(a)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 

12 U.S.C. 10602(a)(3)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘may 

13 be used for’’ the following: ‘‘training purposes and’’. 

14 (b) CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE.—Section 1404(b)(3) 

15 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10603(b)(3)) is amended by insert16 ing after ‘‘may be used for’’ the following: ‘‘training pur17 poses and’’.

18 SEC. 224. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 

19 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA AND 

20 DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS. 

21 (a) CLARIFICATION OF SPECIFIC PURPOSES.—Sec22 tion 2001(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

23 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) is amended 

24 in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after 

25 ‘‘violent crimes against women’’ the following: ‘‘to develop 
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1 and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent 

2 crimes against women’’. 

3 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO

4 MISDESIGNATED SECTIONS.—Section 402(2) of Public 

5 Law 107–273 (116 Stat. 1789) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘as sections 2006 through 2011, respectively’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘as sections 2007 through 2011, respectively’’. 

8 (c) CLARIFICATION OF STATE GRANTS.—Section 

9 2007 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

10 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1), as redesignated pursuant 

11 to the amendment made by subsection (b), is amended—

12 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to States’’ 

13 and all that follows through ‘‘tribal governments’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)—

15 (A) in each of paragraphs (2) and (3), by 

striking ‘‘1⁄54’’ and inserting ‘‘1 16 ⁄53’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘in In18 dian country’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘police’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘law enforcement’’; and 

21 (4) in subsection (d)—

22 (A) in the second sentence, by inserting 

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1 (B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘An 

2 application’’ and inserting ‘‘In addition, each 

3 application submitted by a State or tribal gov4 ernment’’. 

5 (d) CHANGE FROM ANNUAL TO BIENNIAL REPORT6 ING.—Section 2009(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–

7 3), as redesignated pursuant to the amendment made by 

8 subsection (b), is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ 

9 and all that follows through ‘‘the Attorney General shall 

10 submit’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than one 

11 month after the end of each even-numbered fiscal year, 

12 the Attorney General shall submit’’. 

13 (e) AVAILABILITY OF FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMS.—

14 Section 2010 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4), as redes15 ignated pursuant to the amendment made by subsection 

16 (b), is amended by adding at the end the following new 

17 subsections: 

18 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or Indian tribal gov19 ernment may use Federal grant funds under this part to 

20 pay for forensic medical exams performed by trained ex21 aminers for victims of sexual assault, except that such 

22 funds may not be used to pay for forensic medical exams 

23 by any State or Indian tribal government that requires 

24 victims of sexual assault to seek reimbursement for such 

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1 ‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion shall be construed to require a victim of sexual assault 

3 to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate 

4 with law enforcement in order to be provided with a foren5 sic medical exam, reimbursement for charges incurred on 

6 account of such an exam, or both.’’. 

7 (f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for Part 

8 T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

9 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is amended to read 

10 as follows: 

11 ‘‘PART T—GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES 

12 AGAINST WOMEN’’. 

13 SEC. 225. EXPANSION OF GRANT PROGRAMS ASSISTING EN14 FORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES 

15 TO ALSO ASSIST ENFORCEMENT OF SEXUAL 

16 ASSAULT CASES. 

17 (a) GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

18 ARREST POLICIES.—Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 

19 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh) 

20 is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to treat do22 mestic violence as a serious violation’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘to treat domestic violence and sexual assault as se24 rious violations’’; 

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1 (A) in each of paragraphs (2) and (5), by 

2 striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating violence’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, sexual assault, 

4 and dating violence’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘domes6 tic violence cases’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio7 lence and sexual assault cases’’; and 

8 (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘about 

9 domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘about domes10 tic violence and sexual assault’’; and 

11 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘In this sec12 tion, the term’’ and inserting ‘‘In this part—

13 ‘‘(1) the term ‘sexual assault’ has the meaning 

14 given the term in section 2008; and 

15 ‘‘(2) the term’’. 

16 (b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2102(b) of such Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 3796hh–1(b)) is amended in each of paragraphs 

18 (1) and (2) by inserting after ‘‘involving domestic vio19 lence’’ the following: ‘‘or sexual assault’’. 

20 (c) RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE

21 ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.—Section 40295(a) of the 

22 Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of the Vio23 lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; 

24 42 U.S.C. 13971(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs 

25 (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating vio-
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1 lence (as defined in section 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 

2 violence, sexual assault, and dating violence (as such 

3 terms are defined in section 2008’’. 

4 SEC. 226. CHANGE OF CERTAIN REPORTS FROM ANNUAL 

5 TO BIENNIAL. 

6 (a) STALKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 

7 40610 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title 

8 IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

9 Act of 1994; 42 U.S.C. 14039) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an 

11 annual report, beginning one year after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act, that provides’’ and inserting ‘‘Each 

13 even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall sub14 mit to the Congress a biennial report that provides’’. 

15 (b) SAFE HAVENS FOR CHILDREN.—Section 

16 1301(d)(1) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 

17 Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 10420(d)(1)) is amend18 ed in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 

19 ‘‘Not later than 1 year after the last day of the first fiscal 

20 year commencing on or after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, and not later than 180 days after the last day of 

22 each fiscal year thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 

23 one month after the end of each even-numbered fiscal 

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1 SEC. 227. CLARIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS AND PROGRAMS 

2 ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS UNDER RURAL DO3 MESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE EN4 FORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 

5 Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 

6 of 1994 (title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law 

7 Enforcement Act of 1994; 42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended 

8 as follows: 

9 (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 

10 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to States, Indian tribal 

11 governments, and local governments of rural States, 

12 and to other public or private entities of rural 

13 States’’ and inserting ‘‘to States, Indian tribal gov14 ernments, local governments, and public or private 

15 entities, for programs serving rural areas or rural 

16 communities’’; and 

17 (2) in subsection (b)—

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1) the term’’ before 

19 ‘‘‘Indian tribe’ means’’; 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘Indians.’’ and all that fol21 lows through the period at the end and insert22 ing ‘‘Indians; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the terms ‘rural area’ and ‘rural commu24 nity’ have the meanings given those terms in section 

25 491(k)(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist26 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408(k)(2)).’’. 
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1 Subtitle D—Preventing Crime 

2 SEC. 231. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF VIOLENT OF3 FENDER FOR PURPOSES OF JUVENILE DRUG 

4 COURTS. 

5 Section 2953(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

6 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u–2(b)) is 

7 amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik8 ing ‘‘an offense that’’ and inserting ‘‘a felony-level offense 

9 that’’. 

10 SEC. 232. CHANGES TO DISTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATION OF 

11 GRANTS FOR DRUG COURTS. 

12 (a) MINIMUM ALLOCATION REPEALED.—Section 

13 2957 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3797u–6) is amended by 

14 striking subsection (b). 

15 (b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Such 

16 section is further amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Un19 less one or more applications submitted by any State or 

20 unit of local government within such State (other than an 

21 Indian tribe) for a grant under this part has been funded 

22 in any fiscal year, such State, together with eligible appli23 cants within such State, shall be provided targeted tech24 nical assistance and training by the Community Capacity 

25 Development Office to assist such State and such eligible 
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1 applicants to successfully compete for future funding 

2 under this part.’’. 

3 SEC. 233. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS UNDER DRUG COURT 

4 GRANTS PROGRAM EXTENDED TO COURTS 

5 THAT SUPERVISE NON-OFFENDERS WITH 

6 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. 

7 Section 2951(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 3797u(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘offenders with sub9 stance abuse problems’’ and inserting ‘‘offenders, and 

10 other individuals under the jurisdiction of the court, with 

11 substance abuse problems’’. 

12 SEC. 234. TERM OF RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE 

13 TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL FACILI14 TIES. 

15 Section 1904 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

16 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–3) is amended by 

17 adding at the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘jail19 based substance abuse treatment program’ means a course 

20 of individual and group activities, lasting for a period of 

21 not less than 3 months, in an area of a correctional facility 

22 set apart from the general population of the correctional 

23 facility, if those activities are—

24 ‘‘(1) directed at the substance abuse problems 

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1 ‘‘(2) intended to develop the cognitive, behav2 ioral, and other skills of prisoners in order to ad3 dress the substance abuse and related problems of 

4 prisoners.’’. 

5 Subtitle E—Other Matters 

6 SEC. 241. CHANGES TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL AUTHORITIES. 

7 (a) INCREASE IN AMOUNTS COLLECTED BY DEBT8 COLLECTION ACTIVITIES THAT MAY BE CREDITED TO

9 WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Section 11013 of the 21st 

10 Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authoriza11 tion Act (Public Law 107–273; 116 Stat. 1823; 28 U.S.C. 

12 527 note) is amended by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘6 percent’’. 

14 (b) CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM

15 PAYING STATES INTEREST ON LATE DISBURSEMENTS

16 ALSO EXEMPTED FROM PAYING CHARGE TO TREASURY

17 FOR UNTIMELY DISBURSEMENTS.—Section 204(f) of 

18 such Act (116 Stat. 1776; 31 U.S.C. 6503 note) is amend19 ed—

20 (1) by striking ‘‘section 6503(d)’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘sections 3335(b) or 6503(d)’’; and 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘section 6503’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘sections 3335(b) or 6503’’. 

24 (c) SOUTHWEST BORDER PROSECUTOR INITIATIVE

25 INCLUDED AMONG SUCH EXEMPTED PROGRAMS.—Sec-
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1 tion 204(f) of such Act is further amended by striking 

2 ‘‘pursuant to section 501(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 

3 the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative (as carried out 

4 pursuant to paragraph (3) (117 Stat. 64) under the head5 ing relating to Community Oriented Policing Services of 

6 the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2003 (title 

7 I of division B of Public Law 108–7), or as carried out 

8 pursuant to any subsequent authority) or section 501(a)’’. 

9 (d) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ATFE MAY BE USED

10 FOR AIRCRAFT, BOATS, AMMUNITION, FIREARMS, FIRE11 ARMS COMPETITIONS, AND ANY AUTHORIZED ACTIV12 ITY.—Section 530C(b) of title 28, United States Code, is 

13 amended—

14 (1) in paragraph (2), in each of subparagraphs 

15 (A) and (B), by inserting ‘‘for the Bureau of Alco16 hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,’’ before ‘‘for 

17 the Drug Enforcement Administration,’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(8) BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE21 ARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES.—Funds available to the 

22 Attorney General for the Bureau of Alcohol, To23 bacco, Firearms, and Explosives may be used for the 

24 conduct of all its authorized activities.’’. 
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1 (e) AUDITS AND REPORTS ON ATFE UNDERCOVER

2 INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS.—Section 102(b) of the De3 partment of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations 

4 Act, 1993 (28 U.S.C. 533 note), as in effect pursuant to 

5 section 815(d) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death 

6 Penalty Act of 1996 (28 U.S.C. 533 note) shall apply with 

7 respect to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 

8 Explosives and the undercover investigative operations of 

9 the Bureau on the same basis as such section applies with 

10 respect to any other agency and the undercover investiga11 tive operations of such agency. 

12 SEC. 242. COORDINATION DUTIES OF ASSISTANT ATTOR13 NEY GENERAL. 

14 (a) COORDINATE AND SUPPORT OFFICE FOR VIC15 TIMS OF CRIME.—Section 102 of the Omnibus Crime Con16 trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712) is 

17 amended in subsection (a)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the Bu18 reau of Justice Statistics,’’ the following: ‘‘the Office for 

19 Victims of Crime,’’. 

20 (b) SETTING GRANT CONDITIONS AND PRIOR21 ITIES.—Such section is further amended in subsection 

22 (a)(6) by inserting ‘‘, including placing special conditions 

23 on all grants, and determining priority purposes for for24 mula grants’’ before the period at the end. 
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1 SEC. 243. SIMPLIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE DEADLINES 

2 UNDER SEX-OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAWS. 

3 (a) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—A State shall not be 

4 treated, for purposes of any provision of law, as having 

5 failed to comply with section 170101 (42 U.S.C. 14071) 

6 or 170102 (42 U.S.C. 14072) of the Violent Crime Con7 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 until 36 months 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 

9 the Attorney General may grant an additional 24 months 

10 to a State that is making good faith efforts to comply with 

11 such sections. 

12 (b) TIME FOR REGISTRATION OF CURRENT AD13 DRESS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of such section 170101 is 

14 amended by striking ‘‘unless such requirement is termi15 nated under’’ and inserting ‘‘for the time period specified 

16 in’’. 

17 SEC. 244. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) SAFE STREETS ACT PROGRAMS.—The following 

19 provisions of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

20 Safe Streets Act of 1968 are repealed: 

21 (1) CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACILITY CONSTRUC22 TION PILOT PROGRAM.—Part F (42 U.S.C. 3769–

23 3769d). 

24 (2) FAMILY SUPPORT.—Part W (42 U.S.C. 

25 3796jj–3796jj–7). 
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1 (3) MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL

2 SECURITY.—Part AA (42 U.S.C. 3797a–3797e). 

3 (b) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE4 MENT ACT PROGRAMS.—The following provisions of the 

5 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 

6 are repealed: 

7 (1) LOCAL CRIME PREVENTION BLOCK GRANT

8 PROGRAM.—Subtitle B of title III (42 U.S.C. 

9 13751–13758). 

10 (2) ASSISTANCE FOR DELINQUENT AND AT11 RISK YOUTH.—Subtitle G of title III (42 U.S.C. 

12 13801–13802). 

13 (3) IMPROVED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AU14 TOMATION.—Subtitle E of title XXI (42 U.S.C. 

15 14151). 

16 (4) OTHER STATE AND LOCAL AID.—Subtitle F 

17 of title XXI (42 U.S.C. 14161). 

18 SEC. 245. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN NOTICE AND HEARING 

19 REQUIREMENTS. 

20 Part H of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

21 Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended as follows: 

22 (1) NOTICE AND HEARING ON DENIAL OR TER23 MINATION OF GRANT.—Section 802 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (A) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 

2 and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Whenever,’’. 

4 (2) FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS.—Section 

5 803 (42 U.S.C. 3784) of such part is amended—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘, after reasonable notice 

7 and opportunity for a hearing,’’; and 

8 (B) by striking ‘‘, except as otherwise pro9 vided herein’’. 

10 (3) REPEAL OF APPELLATE COURT REVIEW.—

11 Section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3785) of such part is re12 pealed. 

13 SEC. 246. AMENDED DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF OMNI14 BUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS 

15 ACT OF 1968. 

16 Section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

17 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791) is amend18 ed as follows: 

19 (1) INDIAN TRIBE.—Subsection (a)(3)(C) of 

20 such section is amended by striking ‘‘(as that term 

21 is defined in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and 

22 Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

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1 (2) COMBINATION.—Subsection (a)(5) of such 

2 section is amended by striking ‘‘program or project’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘program, plan, or project’’. 

4 (3) NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY-BASED OR5 GANIZATIONS.—Subsection (a)(11) of such section is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘which’’ and inserting ‘‘, in7 cluding faith-based, that’’. 

8 (4) INDIAN TRIBE; PRIVATE PERSON.—Sub9 section (a) of such section is further amended—

10 (A) in paragraph (24) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (B) in paragraph (25) by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

15 paragraphs: 

16 ‘‘(26) the term ‘Indian Tribe’ has the meaning 

17 given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in section 4(e) of the 

18 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

19 Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); and 

20 ‘‘(27) the term ‘private person’ means any indi21 vidual (including an individual acting in his official 

22 capacity) and any private partnership, corporation, 

23 association, organization, or entity (or any combina24 tion thereof).’’. 
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1 SEC. 247. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PAY SUBSIST2 ENCE PAYMENTS TO PRISONERS FOR 

3 HEALTH CARE ITEMS AND SERVICES. 

4 Section 4006(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 

5 is amended—

6 (1) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Natu7 ralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of 

8 Homeland Security’’; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘shall not exceed the lesser of 

10 the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be the amount 

11 billed, not to exceed the amount’’; 

12 (3) by striking ‘‘items and services’’ and all 

13 that follows through ‘‘the Medicare program’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘items and services under the Medicare 

15 program’’; and 

16 (4) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and all that follows 

17 through the period at the end and inserting a period. 

18 SEC. 248. OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGE19 MENT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 

21 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 

22 by adding after section 104, as added by section 211 of 

23 this Act, the following new section: 

24 ‘‘SEC. 105. OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGE25 MENT. 

26 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

2 the Office an Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man3 agement, headed by a Director appointed by the At4 torney General. 

5 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office 

6 shall be to carry out and coordinate performance au7 dits of, take actions to ensure compliance with the 

8 terms of, and manage information with respect to, 

9 grants under programs covered by subsection (b). 

10 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Office shall be the ex11 clusive element of the Department of Justice, other 

12 than the Inspector General, performing functions 

13 and activities for the purpose specified in paragraph 

14 (2). There are hereby transferred to the Office all 

15 functions and activities, other than functions and ac16 tivities of the Inspector General, for such purpose 

17 performed immediately before the date of the enact18 ment of this Act by any other element of the De19 partment. 

20 ‘‘(b) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred 

21 to in subsection (a) are the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) The program under part Q of this title. 

23 ‘‘(2) Any grant program carried out by the Of24 fice of Justice Programs. 
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1 ‘‘(3) Any other grant program carried out by 

2 the Department of Justice that the Attorney General 

3 considers appropriate. 

4 ‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE AUDITS REQUIRED.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall select 

6 grants awarded under the programs covered by sub7 section (b) and carry out performance audits on 

8 such grants. In selecting such grants, the Director 

9 shall ensure that the aggregate amount awarded 

10 under the grants so selected represent not less than 

11 10 percent of the aggregate amount of money 

12 awarded under all such grant programs. 

13 ‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO NIJEVALUATIONS.—

14 This subsection does not affect the authority or duty 

15 of the Director of the National Institute of Justice 

16 to carry out overall evaluations of programs covered 

17 by subsection (b), except that such Director shall 

18 consult with the Director of the Office in carrying 

19 out such evaluations. 

20 ‘‘(3) TIMING OF PERFORMANCE AUDITS.—The 

21 performance audit required by paragraph (1) of a 

22 grant selected under paragraph (1) shall be carried 

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1 ‘‘(A) not later than the end of the grant 

2 period, if the grant period is not more than 1 

3 year; and 

4 ‘‘(B) at the end of each year of the grant 

5 period, if the grant period is more than 1 year. 

6 ‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE ACTIONS REQUIRED.—The Direc7 tor shall take such actions to ensure compliance with the 

8 terms of a grant as the Director considers appropriate 

9 with respect to each grant that the Director determines 

10 (in consultation with the head of the element of the De11 partment of Justice concerned), through a performance 

12 audit under subsection (a) or other means, is not in com13 pliance with such terms. In the case of a misuse of more 

14 than 1 percent of the grant amount concerned, the Direc15 tor shall, in addition to any other action to ensure compli16 ance that the Director considers appropriate, ensure that 

17 the entity responsible for such misuse ceases to receive any 

18 funds under any program covered by subsection (b) until 

19 such entity repays to the Attorney General an amount 

20 equal to the amounts misused. The Director may, in un21 usual circumstances, grant relief from this requirement to 

22 ensure that an innocent party is not punished. 

23 ‘‘(e) GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The Director 

24 shall establish and maintain, in consultation with the chief 

25 information officer of the Office, a modern, automated 
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1 system for managing all information relating to the grants 

2 made under the programs covered by subsection (b). 

3 ‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not to exceed 5 per4 cent of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the 

5 programs covered by subsection (b) shall be reserved for 

6 the activities of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man7 agement.’’. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend9 ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 

10 date of the enactment of this Act. 

11 SEC. 249. COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 

13 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 

14 by adding after section 105, as added by section 248 of 

15 this Act, the following new section: 

16 ‘‘SEC. 106. COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE. 

17 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 

19 the Office a Community Capacity Development Of20 fice, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney 

21 General. 

22 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office 

23 shall be to provide training to actual and prospective 

24 participants under programs covered by section 

25 105(b) to assist such participants in understanding 
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1 the substantive and procedural requirements for par2 ticipating in such programs. 

3 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Office shall be the ex4 clusive element of the Department of Justice per5 forming functions and activities for the purpose 

6 specified in paragraph (2). There are hereby trans7 ferred to the Office all functions and activities for 

8 such purpose performed immediately before the date 

9 of the enactment of this Act by any other element 

10 of the Department. 

11 ‘‘(b) MEANS.—The Director shall, in coordination 

12 with the heads of the other elements of the Office of Jus13 tice Programs, carry out the purpose of the Office through 

14 the following means: 

15 ‘‘(1) Promoting coordination of public and pri16 vate efforts and resources within or available to 

17 States, units of local government, and neighborhood 

18 and community-based organizations. 

19 ‘‘(2) Providing information, training, and tech20 nical assistance. 

21 ‘‘(3) Providing support for inter- and intra22 agency task forces and other agreements and for as23 sessment of the effectiveness of programs, projects, 

24 approaches, or practices. 
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1 ‘‘(4) Providing in the assessment of the effec2 tiveness of neighborhood and community-based law 

3 enforcement and crime prevention strategies and 

4 techniques, in coordination with the National Insti5 tute of Justice. 

6 ‘‘(5) Any other similar means. 

7 ‘‘(c) LOCATIONS.—Training referred to in subsection 

8 (a) shall be provided on a regional basis to groups of such 

9 participants. In a case in which remedial training is appro10 priate, as recommended by the Director or the head of 

11 any element of the Office of Justice Programs, such train12 ing may be provided on a local basis to a single such par13 ticipant. 

14 ‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES.—The Director shall—

15 ‘‘(1) identify grants under which clearly bene16 ficial outcomes were obtained, and the characteris17 tics of those grants that were responsible for obtain18 ing those outcomes; and 

19 ‘‘(2) incorporate those characteristics into the 

20 training provided under this section. 

21 ‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not to exceed 5 per22 cent of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the 

23 programs covered by section 105(b) shall be reserved for 

24 the activities of the Community Capacity Development Of25 fice.’’. 
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend2 ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 

3 date of the enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 250. OFFICE OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT TECH5 NOLOGY. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 

7 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 

8 by adding after section 106, as added by section 249 of 

9 this Act, the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 107. OFFICE OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT TECH11 NOLOGY. 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 

13 the Office an Office of Applied Law Enforcement Tech14 nology, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney 

15 General. The purpose of the Office shall be to provide 

16 leadership and focus to those grants of the Department 

17 of Justice that are made for the purpose of using or im18 proving law enforcement computer systems. 

19 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out the purpose of the Of20 fice, the Director shall—

21 ‘‘(1) establish clear minimum standards for 

22 computer systems that can be purchased using 

23 amounts awarded under such grants; and 
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1 ‘‘(2) ensure that recipients of such grants use 

2 such systems to participate in crime reporting pro3 grams administered by the Department.’’. 

4 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend5 ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 SEC. 251. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 

9 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 

10 by adding after section 107, as added by section 250 of 

11 this Act, the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 108. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

13 ‘‘(a) PERIOD FOR AWARDING GRANT FUNDS.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless otherwise specifi15 cally provided in an authorization, DOJ grant funds 

16 for a fiscal year shall remain available to be awarded 

17 and distributed to a grantee only in that fiscal year 

18 and the three succeeding fiscal years, subject to 

19 paragraph (2). DOJ grant funds not so awarded and 

20 distributed shall revert to the Treasury. 

21 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF REPROGRAMMED

22 FUNDS.—DOJ grant funds for a fiscal year that are 

23 reprogrammed in a later fiscal year shall be treated 

24 for purposes of paragraph (1) as DOJ grant funds 

25 for such later fiscal year. 
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1 ‘‘(b) PERIOD FOR EXPENDING GRANT FUNDS.—

2 DOJ grant funds for a fiscal year that have been awarded 

3 and distributed to a grantee may be expended by that 

4 grantee only in the period permitted under the terms of 

5 the grant. DOJ grant funds not so expended shall revert 

6 to the Treasury. 

7 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘DOJ 

8 grant funds’ means, for a fiscal year, amounts appro9 priated for activities of the Department of Justice in car10 rying out grant programs for that fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to DOJ 

12 grant funds for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 

13 2004.’’. 

14 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend15 ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 252. CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 

18 SYSTEMS OF OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 

19 (a) CONSOLIDATION OF ACCOUNTING ACTIVITIES

20 AND PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attor21 ney General of the Office of Justice Programs shall ensure 

22 that—

23 (1) all accounting activities for all elements of 

24 the Office of Justice Programs are carried out under 
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1 the direct management of the Office of the Comp2 troller; and 

3 (2) all procurement activities for all elements of 

4 the Office are carried out under the direct manage5 ment of the Office of Administration. 

6 (b) FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF PROCUREMENT

7 ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attorney General shall en8 sure that, on and after September 30, 2007—

9 (1) all procurement activities for all elements of 

10 the Office are carried out through a single manage11 ment office; and 

12 (2) all contracts and purchase orders used in 

13 carrying out those activities are processed through a 

14 single procurement system. 

15 (c) CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

16 SYSTEMS.—The Assistant Attorney General shall ensure 

17 that, on and after September 30, 2010, all financial man18 agement activities (including human resources, payroll, 

19 and accounting activities, as well as procurement activi20 ties) of all elements of the Office are carried out through 

21 a single financial management system. 

22 (d) ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE.—

23 (1) SCHEDULE.—The Assistant Attorney Gen24 eral shall undertake a scheduled consolidation of op-
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1 erations to achieve compliance with the requirements 

2 of this section. 

3 (2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to 

4 achieving compliance with the requirements of—

5 (A) subsection (a), the consolidation of op6 erations shall be initiated not later than Octo7 ber 1, 2003; and 

8 (B) subsections (b) and (c), the consolida9 tion of operations shall be initiated not later 

10 than September 30, 2005, and shall be carried 

11 out by the Office of Administration, in con12 sultation with the Chief Information Officer 

13 and the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man14 agement. 

15 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 

16 PROVISIONS 

17 SEC. 301. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PUBLIC 

18 LAW 107–56. 

19 (a) STRIKING SURPLUS WORDS.—

20 (1) Section 2703(c)(1) of title 18, United 

21 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end 

22 of subparagraph (C). 

23 (2) Section 1960(b)(1)(C) of title 18, United 

24 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘to be used to 

25 be used’’ and inserting ‘‘to be used’’. 
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1 (b) PUNCTUATION AND GRAMMAR CORRECTIONS.—

2 Section 2516(1)(q) of title 18, United States Code, is 

3 amended—

4 (1) by striking the semicolon after the first 

5 close parenthesis; and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘sections’’ and inserting ‘‘sec7 tion’’. 

8 (c) CROSS REFERENCE CORRECTION.—Section 322 

9 of Public Law 107–56 is amended, effective on the date 

10 of the enactment of that section, by striking ‘‘title 18’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘title 28’’. 

12 (d) CAPITALIZATION CORRECTION.—Subsections (a) 

13 and (b) of section 2703 of title 18, United States Code, 

14 are each amended by striking ‘‘CONTENTS OF WIRE OR

15 ELECTRONIC’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTENTS OF WIRE OR

16 ELECTRONIC’’. 

17 SEC. 302. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

18 (a) PUNCTUATION CORRECTIONS.—The heading for 

19 section 1591 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 

20 by inserting a comma after ‘‘fraud’’. 

21 (b) DUPLICATE SECTION NUMBERS.—The second 

22 section 540C in chapter 33 of title 28, United States Code, 

23 is redesignated as section 540D, and the item relating to 

24 that section in the table of sections at the beginning of 
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1 that chapter is amended by moving it so that it follows 

2 the item relating to section 540C. 

3 (c) TABLE OF SECTIONS OMISSION.—The table of 

4 sections at the beginning of chapter 203 of title 18, United 

5 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat6 ing to section 3050 the following new item:

‘‘3051. Powers of Special Agents of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 

Explosives.’’.

7 (d) REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE PROGRAM.—Section 

8 40155 of Public Law 103–322 is repealed. 

9 SEC. 303. MINOR SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENT RELATING TO 

10 CONTENTS OF FBI ANNUAL REPORT. 

11 Section 540D(b)(1)(A) of title 28, United States 

12 Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and the number of such 

13 personnel who receive danger pay under section 151 of the 

14 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 

15 and 1991 (5 U.S.C. 5928 note)’’ after ‘‘year’’.

16 SEC. 304. USE OF FEDERAL TRAINING FACILITIES. 

17 (a) FEDERAL TRAINING FACILITIES.—Unless specifi18 cally authorized in writing by the Attorney General, the 

19 Department of Justice (and each entity within it) shall 

20 use for any predominately internal training or conference 

21 meeting only a facility that does not require a payment 

22 to a private entity for use of the facility. 

23 (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Attorney General shall 

24 prepare an annual report to the Chairmen and ranking 
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1 minority members of the Committees on the Judiciary of 

2 the Senate and of the House of Representatives that de3 tails each training and conference meeting that requires 

4 specific authorization under subsection (a). The report 

5 shall include an explanation of why the facility was chosen, 

6 and a breakdown of any expenditures incurred in excess 

7 of the cost of conducting the training or meeting at a facil8 ity that did not require such authorization.

9 SEC. 305. PRIVACY OFFICER. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall des11 ignate a senior official in the Department of Justice to 

12 assume primary responsibility for privacy policy. 

13 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of such 

14 official shall include—

15 (1) assuring that the use of technologies sus16 tain, and do not erode, privacy protections relating 

17 to the use, collection, and disclosure of personally 

18 identifiable information; 

19 (2) assuring that personally identifiable infor20 mation contained in systems of records is handled in 

21 full compliance with fair information practices as set 

22 out in section 552a of title 5, United States Code; 

23 (3) evaluating legislative and regulatory pro24 posals involving collection, use, and disclosure of 
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1 personally identifiable information by the Federal 

2 Government; 

3 (4) conducting a privacy impact assessment of 

4 proposed rules of the Department on the privacy of 

5 personally identifiable information, including the 

6 type of personally identifiable information collected 

7 and the number of people affected; 

8 (5) preparing a report to Congress on an an9 nual basis on activities of the Department that af10 fect privacy, including complaints of privacy viola11 tions, implementation of section 552a of title 5, 

12 United States Code, internal controls, and other rel13 evant matters; 

14 (6) ensuring that the Department protects per15 sonally identifiable information and information sys16 tems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, dis17 ruption, modification, or destruction in order to pro18 vide—

19 (A) integrity, which means guarding 

20 against improper information modification or 

21 destruction, and includes ensuring information 

22 nonrepudiation and authenticity; 

23 (B) confidentially, which means preserving 

24 authorized restrictions on access and disclosure, 
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1 including means for protecting personal privacy 

2 and proprietary information; 

3 (C) availability, which means ensuring 

4 timely and reliable access to and use of that in5 formation; and 

6 (D) authentication, which means utilizing 

7 digital credentials to assure the identity of 

8 users and validate their access; and 

9 (7) advising the Attorney General and the Di10 rector of the Office of Management and Budget on 

11 information security and privacy issues pertaining to 

12 Federal Government information systems. 

13 (c) REVIEW.—The Department of Justice shall re14 view its policies to assure that the Department treats per15 sonally identifiable information in its databases in a man16 ner that complies with applicable Federal law on privacy.

17 SEC. 306. BANKRUPTCY CRIMES. 

18 The Director of the Executive Office for United 

19 States Trustees shall prepare an annual report to the Con20 gress detailing—

21 (1) the number and types of criminal referrals 

22 made by the United States Trustee Program; 

23 (2) the outcomes of each criminal referral; 
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1 (3) for any year in which the number of crimi2 nal referrals is less than for the prior year, an expla3 nation of the decrease; and 

4 (4) the United States Trustee Program’s efforts 

5 to prevent bankruptcy fraud and abuse, particularly 

6 with respect to the establishment of uniform internal 

7 controls to detect common, higher risk frauds, such 

8 as a debtor’s failure to disclose all assets.

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