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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6440 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 

establish a grant program for jurisdictions with high rates of violent 

crime, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 20, 2022 

Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 

Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for jurisdictions with high rates of violent crime, 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 ‘‘Safer Streets Act of 

5 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

3 Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 

4 by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘PART NN—GRANTS FOR JURISDICTIONS WITH 

6 HIGH RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME 

7 ‘‘SEC. 3201. IN GENERAL. 

8 ‘‘The Attorney General shall, each fiscal year, make 

9 grants to eligible units of local government and neighbor10 hood or community-based organizations. 

11 ‘‘SEC. 3202. ELIGIBILITY AND INCENTIVES. 

12 ‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part, a unit 

13 of local government or a neighborhood or community14 based organization operating in a covered jurisdiction shall 

15 submit to the Attorney General information establishing 

16 that the rate of occurrence of violent crime within that 

17 jurisdiction is 2 times or more the national violent crime 

18 rate and that the population of that jurisdiction is 

19 100,000 or more. Of any amounts made available for 

20 grants under this part for a fiscal year— 

21 ‘‘(1) 50 percent of such amounts shall be for 

22 grants, of an equal amount to each covered jurisdic23 tion, to eligible grantees for which such rate of oc24 currence is 4 times the national violent crime rate 

25 or higher; 


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1 ‘‘(2) 20 percent of such amounts shall be for 

2 grants, of an equal amount to each covered jurisdic3 tion, to eligible grantees for which such rate of oc4 currence is 3 times the national violent crime rate 

5 or higher; 

6 ‘‘(3) 10 percent of such amounts shall be for 

7 grants, of an equal amount to each covered jurisdic8 tion, to all other eligible grantees; and 

9 ‘‘(4) remaining amounts shall be for emergency 

10 grants to such eligible grantees as the Attorney Gen11 eral determines appropriate. 

12 The Attorney General shall be responsible for awarding 

13 funds between units of local government and neighborhood 

14 or community-based organizations pursuant to each para15 graph of this section. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 3203. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 

17 ‘‘Not more than 10 percent of a grant made under 

18 this part may be used for costs incurred to administer 

19 such grant. 

20 ‘‘SEC. 3204. USE OF FUNDS. 

21 ‘‘Amounts made available as a grant under this part 

22 may be used by a grantee for law enforcement purposes 

23 or community violence prevention purposes including— 

24 ‘‘(1) hiring additional law enforcement officers; 

25 ‘‘(2) investing in surveillance equipment; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) prevention programs. 

2 ‘‘SEC. 3205. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 

3 ‘‘Any unit of local government or neighborhood or 

4 community-based organization in a covered jurisdiction 

5 that experiences, for a fiscal year, an increase of 10 per6 cent in the rate of occurrence in violent crime over the 

7 preceding fiscal year, shall be eligible for an additional 

8 amount equal to 10 percent of the amount otherwise avail9 able under this part. 

10 ‘‘SEC. 3206. DEFINITION. 

11 ‘‘The term ‘violent crime’ has the meaning given that 

12 term by the Attorney General for purposes of the Uniform 

13 Crime Reporting Program, for the fiscal year during 

14 which the grants are made.’’. 

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