118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1387 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

Program Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Safe Neighbor3 hoods Reauthorization Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) Launched in 2001, the Project Safe Neigh7 borhoods program is a nationwide initiative that 

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

9 enforcement officials, prosecutors, community lead10 ers, and other stakeholders to identify the most 

11 pressing crime problems in a community and work 

12 collaboratively to address those problems. 

13 (2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 

14 (A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis15 tricts throughout the 50 States and territories 

16 of the United States; and 

17 (B) implements 4 key components to suc18 cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 

19 including community engagement, prevention 

20 and intervention, focused and strategic enforce21 ment, and accountability. 

22 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 

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

24 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

25 (34 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 

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

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

5 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi6 vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 

7 purpose of separating information into key compo8 nents and contributing to plans of action to under9 stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 

10 and 

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re12 designated, the following: 

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

14 means an individual employed by a law enforcement 

15 agency or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of 

16 aiding law enforcement officers in investigative or 

17 administrative duties;’’. 

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

19 Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 

20 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)) is amended— 

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

22 end; 

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

24 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

25 (3) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(5) hiring crime analysts to assist with violent 

2 crime reduction efforts; 

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

4 officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants 

5 that assist with the Program; and 

6 ‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech7 nology to assist with violent crime reduction ef8 forts.’’. 

9 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

10 6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Au11 thorization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended 

12 by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2024 through 2028’’. 

14 SEC. 4. TASK FORCE SUPPORT. 

15 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

16 ‘‘Officer Ella Grace French and Sergeant Jim Smith Task 

17 Force Support Act of 2023’’. 

18 (b) AMENDMENT.—Section 4(b) of the Project Safe 

19 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

20 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)), as amended by section 3(b), is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

23 end; 

24 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 

25 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(8) support for multi-jurisdictional task 

3 forces.’’. 

4 SEC. 5. TRANSPARENCY. 

5 Not less frequently than annually, the Attorney Gen6 eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 

7 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

8 House of Representatives a report that details, for each 

9 area in which the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block 

10 Grant Program operates and with respect to the 1-year 

11 period preceding the date of the report— 

12 (1) how the area spent funds under the Project 

13 Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program; 

14 (2) the community outreach efforts performed 

15 in the area; and 

16 (3) the number and a description of the violent 

17 crime offenses committed in the area, including mur18 der, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and 

19 aggravated assault. 

Passed the Senate July 26, 2023. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1387 

AN ACT 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods 

for other purposes. Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018, and