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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3160 

To provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to help 

State and local law enforcement enact crime prevention and intervention 

strategies supported by rigorous evidence. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 24, 2010 

Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself and Mr. SPECTER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide information, resources, recommendations, and 

funding to help State and local law enforcement enact 

crime prevention and intervention strategies supported 

by rigorous evidence. 

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 ‘‘Prevention Resources 

5 for Eliminating Criminal Activity Using Tailored Inter6 ventions in Our Neighborhoods Act of 2010’’ or the 

7 ‘‘PRECAUTION Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

2 The purposes of this Act are to— 

3 (1) establish a commitment on the part of the 

4 Federal Government to provide leadership on suc5 cessful crime prevention and intervention strategies; 

6 (2) further the integration of crime prevention 

7 and intervention strategies into traditional law en8 forcement practices of State and local law enforce9 ment offices around the country; 

10 (3) develop a plain-language, implementation11 focused assessment of those current crime and delin12 quency prevention and intervention strategies that 

13 are supported by rigorous evidence; 

14 (4) provide additional resources to the National 

15 Institute of Justice to administer grants, contracts, 

16 and cooperative agreements for research and devel17 opment for promising crime prevention and interven18 tion strategies; 

19 (5) develop recommendations for Federal prior20 ities for crime and delinquency prevention and inter21 vention research, development, and funding that 

22 may augment important Federal grant programs, in23 cluding the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assist24 ance Grant Program under subpart 1 of part E of 

25 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

26 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3750 et seq.), grant 


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1 programs administered by the Office of Community 

2 Oriented Policing Services of the Department of 

3 Justice, grant programs administered by the Office 

4 of Safe and Drug-Free Schools of the Department 

5 of Education, and other similar programs; and 

6 (6) reduce the costs that rising violent crime 

7 imposes on interstate commerce. 

8 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act, the following definitions shall apply: 

10 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

11 means the National Commission on Public Safety 

12 Through Crime Prevention established under section 

13 4(a). 

14 (2) RIGOROUS EVIDENCE.—The term ‘‘rigorous 

15 evidence’’ means evidence generated by scientifically 

16 valid forms of outcome evaluation, particularly ran17 domized trials (where practicable). 

18 (3) SUBCATEGORY.—The term ‘‘subcategory’’ 

19 means 1 of the following categories: 

20 (A) Family and community settings (in21 cluding public health-based strategies). 

22 (B) Law enforcement settings (including 

23 probation-based strategies). 

24 (C) School settings (including antigang 

25 and general antiviolence strategies). 


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1 (4) TOP-TIER.—The term ‘‘top-tier’’ means any 

2 strategy supported by rigorous evidence of the siz3 able, sustained benefits to participants in the strat4 egy or to society. 

5 SEC. 4. NATIONAL COMMISSION ON PUBLIC SAFETY 

6 THROUGH CRIME PREVENTION. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a com8 mission to be known as the National Commission on Pub9 lic Safety Through Crime Prevention. 

10 (b) MEMBERS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 

12 composed of 9 members, of whom— 

13 (A) 3 shall be appointed by the President, 

14 1 of whom shall be the Assistant Attorney Gen15 eral for the Office of Justice Programs or a 

16 representative of such Assistant Attorney Gen17 eral; 

18 (B) 2 shall be appointed by the Speaker of 

19 the House of Representatives, unless the Speak20 er is of the same party as the President, in 

21 which case 1 shall be appointed by the Speaker 

22 of the House of Representatives and 1 shall be 

23 appointed by the minority leader of the House 

24 of Representatives; 


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1 (C) 1 shall be appointed by the minority 

2 leader of the House of Representatives (in addi3 tion to any appointment made under subpara4 graph (B)); 

5 (D) 2 shall be appointed by the majority 

6 leader of the Senate, unless the majority leader 

7 is of the same party as the President, in which 

8 case 1 shall be appointed by the majority leader 

9 of the Senate and 1 shall be appointed by the 

10 minority leader of the Senate; and 

11 (E) 1 shall be appointed by the minority 

12 leader of the Senate (in addition to any ap13 pointment made under subparagraph (D)). 

14 (2) PERSONS ELIGIBLE.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the 

16 Commission shall be an individual who has 

17 knowledge or expertise in matters to be studied 

18 by the Commission. 

19 (B) REQUIRED REPRESENTATIVES.—At 

20 least— 

21 (i) 2 members of the Commission 

22 shall be respected social scientists with ex23 perience implementing or interpreting rig24 orous, outcome-based trials; and 


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1 (ii) 2 members of the Commission 

2 shall be law enforcement practitioners. 

3 (3) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The President, 

4 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the mi5 nority leader of the House of Representatives, and 

6 the majority leader and minority leader of the Sen7 ate shall consult prior to the appointment of the 

8 members of the Commission to achieve, to the max9 imum extent possible, fair and equitable representa10 tion of various points of view with respect to the 

11 matters to be studied by the Commission. 

12 (4) TERM.—Each member shall be appointed 

13 for the life of the Commission. 

14 (5) TIME FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The 

15 appointment of the members shall be made not later 

16 than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 

17 Act. 

18 (6) VACANCIES.—A vacancy in the Commission 

19 shall be filled in the manner in which the original 

20 appointment was made, and shall be made not later 

21 than 60 days after the date on which the vacancy 

22 occurred. 

23 (7) EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.—The Director of 

24 the National Institute of Justice, the Director of the 

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1 tion, the Director of the Community Capacity Devel2 opment Office, the Director of the Bureau of Justice 

3 Statistics, the Director of the Bureau of Justice As4 sistance, and the Director of Community Oriented 

5 Policing Services (or a representative of each such 

6 director) shall each serve in an ex officio capacity on 

7 the Commission to provide advice and information to 

8 the Commission. 

9 (c) OPERATION.— 

10 (1) CHAIRPERSON.—At the initial meeting of 

11 the Commission, the members of the Commission 

12 shall elect a chairperson from among its voting 

members, by a vote of 2 13 ⁄3 of the members of the 

14 Commission. The chairperson shall retain this posi15 tion for the life of the Commission. If the chair16 person leaves the Commission, a new chairperson 

shall be selected, by a vote of 2 17 ⁄3 of the members of 

18 the Commission. 

19 (2) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at 

20 the call of the chairperson. The initial meeting of the 

21 Commission shall take place not later than 30 days 

22 after the date on which all the members of the Com23 mission have been appointed. 

24 (3) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

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1 duct business, and the Commission may establish a 

2 lesser quorum for conducting hearings scheduled by 

3 the Commission. 

4 (4) RULES.—The Commission may establish by 

5 majority vote any other rules for the conduct of 

6 Commission business, if such rules are not incon7 sistent with this Act or other applicable law. 

8 (d) PUBLIC HEARINGS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall hold 

10 public hearings. The Commission may hold such 

11 hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take 

12 such testimony, and receive such evidence as the 

13 Commission considers advisable to carry out its du14 ties under this section. 

15 (2) FOCUS OF HEARINGS.—The Commission 

16 shall hold at least 3 separate public hearings, each 

17 of which shall focus on 1 of the subcategories. 

18 (3) WITNESS EXPENSES.—Witnesses requested 

19 to appear before the Commission shall be paid the 

20 same fees as are paid to witnesses under section 

21 1821 of title 28, United States Code. The per diem 

22 and mileage allowances for witnesses shall be paid 

23 from funds appropriated to the Commission. 

24 (e) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF EVIDENCE-BASED

25 CRIME PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall carry 

2 out a comprehensive study of the effectiveness of 

3 crime and delinquency prevention and intervention 

4 strategies, organized around the 3 subcategories. 

5 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The study under 

6 paragraph (1) shall include— 

7 (A) a review of research on the general ef8 fectiveness of incorporating crime prevention 

9 and intervention strategies into an overall law 

10 enforcement plan; 

11 (B) an evaluation of how to more effec12 tively communicate the wealth of social science 

13 research to practitioners; 

14 (C) a review of evidence regarding the ef15 fectiveness of specific crime prevention and 

16 intervention strategies, focusing on those strate17 gies supported by rigorous evidence; 

18 (D) an identification of— 

19 (i) promising areas for further re20 search and development; and 

21 (ii) other areas representing gaps in 

22 the body of knowledge that would benefit 

23 from additional research and development; 


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1 (E) an assessment of the best practices for 

2 implementing prevention and intervention strat3 egies; 

4 (F) an assessment of the best practices for 

5 gathering rigorous evidence regarding the im6 plementation of intervention and prevention 

7 strategies; and 

8 (G) an assessment of those top-tier strate9 gies best suited for duplication efforts in a 

10 range of settings across the country. 

11 (3) INITIAL REPORT ON TOP-TIER CRIME PRE12 VENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.— 

13 (A) DISTRIBUTION.—Not later than 18 

14 months after the date on which all members of 

15 the Commission have been appointed, the Com16 mission shall submit a public report on the 

17 study carried out under this subsection to— 

18 (i) the President; 

19 (ii) Congress; 

20 (iii) the Attorney General; 

21 (iv) the Chief Federal Public Defender 

22 of each district; 

23 (v) the chief executive of each State; 

24 (vi) the Director of the Administrative 

25 Office of the Courts of each State; 


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1 (vii) the Director of the Administra2 tive Office of the United States Courts; 

3 and 

4 (viii) the attorney general of each 

5 State. 

6 (B) CONTENTS.—The report under sub7 paragraph (A) shall include— 

8 (i) the findings and conclusions of the 

9 Commission; 

10 (ii) a summary of the top-tier strate11 gies, including— 

12 (I) a review of the rigorous evi13 dence supporting the designation of 

14 each strategy as top-tier; 

15 (II) a brief outline of the keys to 

16 successful implementation for each 

17 strategy; and 

18 (III) a list of references and 

19 other information on where further in20 formation on each strategy can be 

21 found; 

22 (iii) recommended protocols for imple23 menting crime and delinquency prevention 

24 and intervention strategies generally; 


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1 (iv) recommended protocols for evalu2 ating the effectiveness of crime and delin3 quency prevention and intervention strate4 gies; and 

5 (v) a summary of the materials relied 

6 upon by the Commission in preparation of 

7 the report. 

8 (C) CONSULTATION WITH OUTSIDE AU9 THORITIES.—In developing the recommended 

10 protocols for implementation and rigorous eval11 uation of top-tier crime and delinquency preven12 tion and intervention strategies under this para13 graph, the Commission shall consult with the 

14 Committee on Law and Justice at the National 

15 Academy of Science and with national associa16 tions representing the law enforcement and so17 cial science professions, including the National 

18 Sheriffs’ Association, the Police Executive Re19 search Forum, the International Association of 

20 Chiefs of Police, the Consortium of Social 

21 Science Associations, and the American Society 

22 of Criminology. 

23 (f) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING INNOVATIVE

24 CRIME PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES.— 

25 (1) SUBMISSION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

2 after the date of the final hearing under sub3 section (d) relating to a subcategory, the Com4 mission shall provide the Director of the Na5 tional Institute of Justice and the Attorney 

6 General with recommendations on qualifying 

7 considerations relating to that subcategory for 

8 selecting recipients of contracts, cooperative 

9 agreements, and grants under section 5. 

10 (B) DEADLINE.—Not later than 13 

11 months after the date on which all members of 

12 the Commission have been appointed, the Com13 mission shall provide all recommendations re14 quired under this subsection. 

15 (2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The recommenda16 tions provided under paragraph (1) shall include rec17 ommendations relating to— 

18 (A) the types of strategies for the applica19 ble subcategory that would best benefit from 

20 additional research and development; 

21 (B) any geographic or demographic tar22 gets; 

23 (C) the types of partnerships with other 

24 public or private entities that might be perti25 nent and prioritized; and 


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1 (D) any classes of crime and delinquency 

2 prevention and intervention strategies that 

3 should not be given priority because of a pre4 existing base of knowledge that would benefit 

5 less from additional research and development. 

6 (g) FINAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF INNOVA7 TIVE CRIME PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION STRATE8 GIES.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Following the close of the 3- 

10 year period for the evaluation of an innovative strat11 egy under section 5, the Commission shall collect the 

12 results of the evaluation and shall submit a public 

13 report to the President, the Attorney General, Con14 gress, the chief executive of each State, and the at15 torney general of each State describing each strategy 

16 funded under section 5 and the results of the strat17 egy. The report under this paragraph shall be sub18 mitted not later than 5 years after the date of the 

19 selection of the chairperson of the Commission. 

20 (2) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION AND EVI21 DENCE REGARDING RECIPIENTS.—The collection of 

22 information and evidence by the Commission regard23 ing each recipient of a contract, cooperative agree24 ment, or grant under section 5 shall be carried out 

25 by— 


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1 (A) ongoing communications with the 

2 grant administrator at the National Institute of 

3 Justice and other appropriate officers at other 

4 components of the Department of Justice; 

5 (B) visits by representatives of the Com6 mission (including at least 1 member of the 

7 Commission) to the site where the recipient of 

8 a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant is 

9 carrying out the strategy funded under section 

10 5, at least once in the second and once in the 

11 third year of the contract, cooperative agree12 ment, or grant; 

13 (C) a review of the data generated by the 

14 study monitoring the effectiveness of the strat15 egy; and 

16 (D) other means as necessary. 

17 (3) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report sub18 mitted under paragraph (1) shall include a review of 

19 each strategy carried out with a contract, coopera20 tive agreement, or grant under section 5, detailing— 

21 (A) the type of crime or delinquency pre22 vention or intervention strategy; 

23 (B) where the activities under the strategy 

24 were carried out, including geographic and de25 mographic targets; 


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1 (C) any partnerships with public or private 

2 entities through the course of the period of the 

3 contract, cooperative agreement, or grant; 

4 (D) the type and design of the effective5 ness study conducted under section 5(b)(4) or 

6 section 5(c)(2)(C) for that strategy; 

7 (E) the results of the effectiveness study 

8 conducted under section 5(b)(4) or section 

9 5(c)(2)(C) for that strategy; 

10 (F) lessons learned regarding implementa11 tion of that strategy or of the effectiveness 

12 study conducted under section 5(b)(4) or sec13 tion 5(c)(2)(C), including recommendations re14 garding which types of environments might best 

15 be suited for successful replication; and 

16 (G) recommendations regarding the need 

17 for further research and development of the 

18 strategy. 

19 (h) PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 

20 (1) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the 

21 Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, includ22 ing per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates author23 ized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 

24 chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while 


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1 away from their homes or regular places of business 

2 in the performance of service for the Commission. 

3 (2) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—Members of 

4 the Commission shall serve without compensation. 

5 (3) STAFF.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The chairperson of the 

7 Commission may, without regard to the civil 

8 service laws and regulations, appoint and termi9 nate an executive director and such other addi10 tional personnel as may be necessary to enable 

11 the Commission to perform its duties. The em12 ployment of an executive director shall be sub13 ject to confirmation by the Commission. 

14 (B) COMPENSATION.—The chairperson of 

15 the Commission may fix the compensation of 

16 the executive director and other personnel with17 out regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 

18 subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United 

19 States Code, relating to classification of posi20 tions and General Schedule pay rates, except 

21 that the rate of pay for the executive director 

22 and other personnel may not exceed the rate 

23 payable for level V of the Executive Schedule 

24 under section 5316 of such title. 


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1 (4) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—With 

the affirmative vote of 2 2 ⁄3 of the members of the 

3 Commission, any Federal Government employee, 

4 with the approval of the head of the appropriate 

5 Federal agency, may be detailed to the Commission 

6 without reimbursement, and such detail shall be 

7 without interruption or loss of civil service status, 

8 benefits, or privileges. 

9 (i) CONTRACTS FOR RESEARCH.— 

10 (1) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE.—With a 

2 11 ⁄3 affirmative vote of the members of the Commis12 sion, the Commission may select nongovernmental 

13 researchers and experts to assist the Commission in 

14 carrying out its duties under this Act. The National 

15 Institute of Justice shall contract with the research16 ers and experts selected by the Commission to pro17 vide funding in exchange for their services. 

18 (2) OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.—Nothing in this 

19 subsection shall be construed to limit the ability of 

20 the Commission to enter into contracts with other 

21 entities or organizations for research necessary to 

22 carry out the duties of the Commission under this 

23 section. 


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1 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 

3 this section. 

4 (k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 

5 on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 

6 Commission submits the last report required by this sec7 tion. 

8 (l) EXEMPTION.—The Commission shall be exempt 

9 from the Federal Advisory Committee Act. 

10 SEC. 5. INNOVATIVE CRIME PREVENTION AND INTERVEN11 TION STRATEGIES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may fund 

13 the implementation and evaluation of innovative crime or 

14 delinquency prevention or intervention strategies though 

15 coordinated initiatives, as described in subsection (b), 

16 through grants authorized under subsection (c), or a com17 bination of the coordinated initiatives and grants. 

18 (b) COORDINATED INITIATIVES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, act20 ing through the Director of the National Institute of 

21 Justice, may coordinate efforts between the National 

22 Institute of Justice and other appropriate compo23 nents of the Department of Justice to implement 

24 and rigorously evaluate innovative crime or delin25 quency prevention or intervention strategies. 


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1 (2) SELECTION OF STRATEGIES.—The Director 

2 of the National Institute of Justice, in consultation 

3 with the heads of other appropriate components of 

4 the Department of Justice, shall identify innovative 

5 crime or delinquency prevention or intervention 

6 strategies that would best benefit from additional 

7 funding and evaluation, taking into consideration the 

8 recommendations of the Commission under section 

9 4(f). 

10 (3) PROGRAM OFFICE ROLE.—The head of any 

11 appropriate component of the Department of Jus12 tice, as determined by the Attorney General, may 

13 provide incentives under a contract, cooperative 

14 agreement, or grant entered into or made by the 

15 component, including a competitive preference pri16 ority and providing additional funds, for a public or 

17 private entity to— 

18 (A) implement a strategy identified under 

19 paragraph (2); or 

20 (B) participate in the evaluation under 

21 paragraph (4) of the strategies identified under 

22 paragraph (2). 

23 (4) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE EVALUA24 TION.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 

2 National Institute of Justice may enter into or 

3 make contracts, cooperative agreements, or 

4 grants to conduct a rigorous study of the effec5 tiveness of each strategy relating to which an 

6 incentive is provided under paragraph (3). 

7 (B) AMOUNT AND DURATION.—A contract, 

8 cooperative agreement, or grant under subpara9 graph (A) shall be for not more than $700,000, 

10 and shall be for a period of not more than 3 

11 years. 

12 (C) METHODOLOGY OF STUDY.—Each 

13 study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall 

14 use a study design that is likely to produce rig15 orous evidence of the effectiveness of the strat16 egy and, where feasible, measure outcomes 

17 using available administrative data, such as po18 lice arrest records, so as to minimize the costs 

19 of the study. 

20 (c) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

22 Institute of Justice may make grants to public and 

23 private entities to fund the implementation and eval24 uation of innovative crime or delinquency prevention 

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1 under this subsection shall be to provide funds for 

2 all expenses related to the implementation of such a 

3 strategy and to conduct a rigorous study on the ef4 fectiveness of that strategy. 

5 (2) GRANT DISTRIBUTION.— 

6 (A) PERIOD.—A grant under this sub7 section shall be made for a period of not more 

8 than 3 years. 

9 (B) AMOUNT.—The amount of each grant 

10 under this subsection— 

11 (i) shall be sufficient to ensure that 

12 rigorous evaluations may be performed; 

13 and 

14 (ii) shall not exceed $2,000,000. 

15 (C) EVALUATION SET-ASIDE.— 

16 (i) IN GENERAL.—A grantee shall use 

17 not less than $300,000 and not more than 

18 $700,000 of the funds from a grant under 

19 this subsection for a rigorous study of the 

20 effectiveness of the strategy during the 3- 

21 year period of the grant for that strategy. 

22 (ii) METHODOLOGY OF STUDY.— 

23 (I) IN GENERAL.—Each study 

24 conducted under clause (i) shall use 

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1 proved by the employee of the Na2 tional Institute of Justice hired or as3 signed under subsection (e) and, 

4 where feasible, measure outcomes 

5 using available administrative data, 

6 such as police arrest records, so as to 

7 minimize the costs of the study. 

8 (II) CRITERIA.—The employee of 

9 the National Institute of Justice hired 

10 or assigned under subsection (e) shall 

11 approve— 

12 (aa) an evaluator that has 

13 successfully carried out multiple 

14 studies producing rigorous evi15 dence of effectiveness; and 

16 (bb) a proposed study design 

17 that is likely to produce rigorous 

18 evidence of the effectiveness of 

19 the strategy. 

20 (III) APPROVAL.—Before a grant 

21 is awarded under this subsection, the 

22 evaluator and study design of a grant23 ee shall be approved by the employee 

24 of the National Institute of Justice 


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1 hired or assigned under subsection 

2 (e). 

3 (D) DATE OF AWARD.—Not later than 6 

4 months after the date of receiving recommenda5 tions relating to a subcategory from the Com6 mission under section 4(f), the Director of the 

7 National Institute of Justice shall award all 

8 grants under this subsection relating to that 

9 subcategory. 

10 (E) TYPE OF GRANTS.—One-third of the 

11 grants made under this subsection shall be 

12 made in each subcategory. In distributing 

13 grants, the recommendations of the Commission 

14 under section 4(f) shall be considered. 

15 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

16 are authorized to be appropriated $18,000,000 to carry 

17 out subsections (b) and (c). 

18 (e) DEDICATED STAFF.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the National 

20 Institute of Justice shall hire or assign a full-time 

21 employee to oversee the contracts, cooperative agree22 ments, and grants under this section. 

23 (2) STUDY OVERSIGHT.—The employee of the 

24 National Institute of Justice hired or assigned under 

25 paragraph (1) shall be responsible for ensuring that 


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1 recipients of a contract, cooperative agreement, or 

2 grant under this section adhere to the study design 

3 approved before the contract, cooperative agreement, 

4 or grant was entered into or awarded. 

5 (3) LIAISON.—The employee of the National 

6 Institute of Justice hired or assigned under para7 graph (1) may be used as a liaison between the 

8 Commission and the recipients of a contract, cooper9 ative agreement, or grant under this section. The 

10 employee shall be responsible for ensuring timely co11 operation with Commission requests. 

12 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated $150,000 

14 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to carry 

15 out this subsection. 

16 (f) APPLICATIONS.—A public or private entity desir17 ing a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant under this 

18 section shall submit an application at such time, in such 

19 manner, and accompanied by such information as the Di20 rector of the National Institute of Justice or other appro21 priate component of the Department of Justice may rea22 sonably require. 

23 (g) COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSION.—A per24 son entering into a contract or cooperative agreement or 

25 receiving a grant under this section shall cooperate with 


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1 the Commission in providing the Commission with full in2 formation on the progress of the strategy being carried 

3 out with a contract, cooperative agreement, or grant under 

4 this section, including— 

5 (1) hosting visits by the members of the Com6 mission to the site where the activities under the 

7 strategy are being carried out; 

8 (2) providing pertinent information on the lo9 gistics of establishing the strategy for which the con10 tract, cooperative agreement, or grant under this 

11 section was received, including details on partner12 ships, selection of participants, and any efforts to 

13 publicize the strategy; and 

14 (3) responding to any specific inquiries that 

15 may be made by the Commission. 

16 SEC. 6. FUNDING. 

17 Section 524(c) of title 28, United States Code, is 

18 amended by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(12) For the first full fiscal year after the date of 

20 enactment of the PRECAUTION Act, and each fiscal year 

21 thereafter through the end of the fifth full fiscal year after 

22 such date of enactment, there is appropriated to the Attor23 ney General from the Fund $4,750,000 to carry out the 

24 PRECAUTION Act.’’. 

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