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Calendar No. 88 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1387 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization 

Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 1, 2023 

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

TILLIS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. CRUZ, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. FISCHER, 

Mr. COONS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. DURBIN, and Mr. HAWLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JUNE 8, 2023 

Reported by Mr. DURBIN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

Program Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Safe Neighbor5 hoods Reauthorization Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Launched in 2001, the Project Safe Neigh4 borhoods program is a nationwide initiative that 

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

6 enforcement officials, prosecutors, community lead7 ers, and other stakeholders to identify the most 

8 pressing crime problems in a community and work 

9 collaboratively to address those problems. 

10 (2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 

11 (A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis12 tricts throughout the 50 States and territories 

13 of the United States; and 

14 (B) implements 4 key components to suc15 cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 

16 including community engagement, prevention 

17 and intervention, focused and strategic enforce18 ment, and accountability. 

19 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 

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

21 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

22 (34 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 

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

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

25 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re26 designated, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi2 vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 

3 purpose of separating information into key compo4 nents and contributing to plans of action to under5 stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 

6 and 

7 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re8 designated, the following: 

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

10 means an individual employed by a law enforcement 

11 agency or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of 

12 aiding law enforcement officers in investigative or 

13 administrative duties;’’. 

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

15 Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 

16 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)) is amended— 

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

18 end; 

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

20 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

23 crime reduction efforts; 


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

2 officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants 

3 that assist with the Program; and 

4 ‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech5 nology to assist with violent crime reduction ef6 forts.’’. 

7 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

8 6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Au9 thorization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2024 through 2028’’. 

12 SEC. 4. TASK FORCE SUPPORT. 

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

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

15 Force Support Act of 2023’’. 

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

17 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

18 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)), as amended by section 3(b), is 

19 amended— 

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

21 end; 

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

23 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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


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

2 forces.’’. 

3 SEC. 5. TRANSPARENCY. 

4 Not less frequently than annually, the Attorney Gen5 eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 

6 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

7 House of Representatives a report that details, for each 

8 area in which the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block 

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

10 period preceding the date of the report— 

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

12 Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program; 

13 (2) the total number of criminal prosecutions 

14 carried out in the area, disaggregated by the number 

15 of Federal and State prosecutions, and the results of 

16 those prosecutions; 

17 (3) the community outreach efforts performed 

18 in the area; and 

19 (4) the number and a description of the violent 

20 crime offenses committed in the area, including mur21 der, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and 

22 aggravated assault. 

23 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

24 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Safe Neighbor25 hoods Reauthorization Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Launched in 2001, the Project Safe Neighbor4 hoods program is a nationwide initiative that brings 

5 together Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforce6 ment officials, prosecutors, community leaders, and 

7 other stakeholders to identify the most pressing crime 

8 problems in a community and work collaboratively to 

9 address those problems. 

10 (2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 

11 (A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis12 tricts throughout the 50 States and territories of 

13 the United States; and 

14 (B) implements 4 key components to suc15 cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 

16 including community engagement, prevention 

17 and intervention, focused and strategic enforce18 ment, and accountability. 

19 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 

20 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Project Safe Neigh21 borhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 (34 

22 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 

23 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 

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

25 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re26 designated, the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi2 vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 

3 purpose of separating information into key compo4 nents and contributing to plans of action to under5 stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 

6 and 

7 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so redes8 ignated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(3) the term ‘law enforcement assistant’ means 

10 an individual employed by a law enforcement agency 

11 or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of aiding law 

12 enforcement officers in investigative or administrative 

13 duties;’’. 

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

15 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

16 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)) is amended— 

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

18 end; 

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

20 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

23 crime reduction efforts; 


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1 ‘‘(6) the cost of overtime for law enforcement offi2 cers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants that 

3 assist with the Program; and 

4 ‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech5 nology to assist with violent crime reduction efforts.’’. 

6 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 6 

7 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Author8 ization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

10 years 2024 through 2028’’. 

11 SEC. 4. TASK FORCE SUPPORT. 

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

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

14 Force Support Act of 2023’’. 

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

16 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

17 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)), as amended by section 3(b), is 

18 amended— 

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

20 end; 

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

22 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

25 forces.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. TRANSPARENCY. 

2 Not less frequently than annually, the Attorney Gen3 eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

4 Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 

5 of Representatives a report that details, for each area in 

6 which the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program 

7 operates and with respect to the 1-year period preceding 

8 the date of the report— 

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

10 Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program; 

11 (2) the community outreach efforts performed in 

12 the area; and 

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

14 crime offenses committed in the area, including mur15 der, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and 

16 aggravated assault. 


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Calendar No. 88 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1387 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods 

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

JUNE 8, 2023 

Reported with an amendment 


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