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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, 

and Mr. COONS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 

Program Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

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


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

2 enforcement officials, prosecutors, community lead3 ers, and other stakeholders to identify the most 

4 pressing crime problems in a community and work 

5 collaboratively to address those problems. 

6 (2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 

7 (A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis8 tricts throughout the 50 States and territories 

9 of the United States; and 

10 (B) implements 4 key components to suc11 cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 

12 including community engagement, prevention 

13 and intervention, focused and strategic enforce14 ment, and accountability. 

15 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 

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

17 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

18 (34 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 

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

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

21 (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re22 designated, the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi24 vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 

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1 nents and contributing to plans of action to under2 stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 

3 and 

4 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re5 designated, the following: 

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

7 means an individual employed by a law enforcement 

8 agency or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of 

9 aiding law enforcement officers in investigative or 

10 administrative duties;’’. 

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

12 Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 

13 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)) is amended— 

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

15 end; 

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

17 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

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

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

20 crime reduction efforts; 

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

22 officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants 

23 that assist with the Program; and 


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1 ‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech2 nology to assist with violent crime reduction ef3 forts.’’. 

4 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

5 6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Au6 thorization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘fiscal years 2024 through 2028’’. 

9 SEC. 4. TASK FORCE SUPPORT. 

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

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

12 Force Support Act of 2023’’. 

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

14 Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 

15 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)), as amended by section 3(b), is 

16 amended— 

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

18 end; 

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

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

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

23 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 

4 the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 

5 House of Representatives a report that details, for each 

6 area in which the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block 

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

8 period preceding the date of the report— 

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

10 Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program; 

11 (2) the total number of criminal prosecutions 

12 carried out in the area, disaggregated by the number 

13 of Federal and State prosecutions, and the results of 

14 those prosecutions; 

15 (3) the community outreach efforts performed 

16 in the area; and 

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

18 crime offenses committed in the area, including mur19 der, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and 

20 aggravated assault. 

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