Title VII amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act to enhance the ability of U S law enforcement to counter terrorist activity that crosses jurisdictional boundaries It consists of only one section section 701 titled Expansion Of Regional Information Sharing System To Facilitate Federal State Local Law Enforcement Response Related To Terrorist Attacks It modifies the law that regulates grants provided for regional information sharing systems Before it was amended by the Patriot Act the law allowed the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance a division of the Justice Department to make grants and enter into contracts with State local criminal authorities and non profit organizations to stop criminal activities that cross jurisdictional boundaries Title VII added terrorist conspiracies and activities to the list of activities to which the Director could provide grants USA PATRIOT Act U S H R 3162 Public Law 107 56 Title VII Sec 701 1 It also adds to the list of items that grants and contacts may be made for secure information sharing systems to aid in addressing multi jurisdictional terrorist conspiracies and activities The Bureau of Justice Assistance s was given a budget of US 50 000 000 for the 2002 fiscal year and US 100 000 000 for the 2003 fiscal year in order to provide grants USA PATRIOT Act U S H R 3162 Public Law 107 56 Title VII Sec 701 1 d