Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2022

To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2022 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Launched in 2001, the Project Safe Neighborhoods program is a nationwide initiative that brings together Federal, State, local, and Tribal law enforcement officials, prosecutors, community leaders, and other stakeholders to identify the most pressing crime problems in a community and work collaboratively to address those problems. (2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— (A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial districts throughout the 50 States and territories of the United States; and (B) implements 4 key components to successfully reduce violent crime in communities, including community engagement, prevention and intervention, focused and strategic enforcement, and accountability. 3. Reauthorization (a) Definitions Section 2 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 ( 34 U.S.C. 60701 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: (1) the term crime analyst ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: (3) the term law enforcement assistant . (b) Use of funds Section 4(b) of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 ( 34 U.S.C. 60703(b) (1) in paragraph (3), by striking or (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (5) hiring crime analysts to assist with violent crime reduction efforts; (6) the cost of overtime for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants that assist with the Program; and (7) purchasing, implementing, and using technology to assist with violent crime reduction efforts. . (c) Authorization of appropriations Section 6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 ( 34 U.S.C. 60705 fiscal years 2023 through 2026 4. Task force support (a) Short title This section may be cited as the Officer Ella Grace French and Sergeant Jim Smith Task Force Support Act of 2022 (b) Amendment Section 4(b) of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 ( 34 U.S.C. 60703(b) (1) in paragraph (6), by striking and (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (8) support for multi-jurisdictional task forces. .

Summary: Project Safe Neighborhoods Reauthorization Act of 2022 This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program within the Department of Justice. The bill also allows funds under the program to be used for hiring crime analysts to assist with violent crime reduction efforts; the cost of overtime for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants who assist with the program; purchasing, implementing, and using technology to assist with violent crime reduction efforts; and supporting multijurisdictional task forces.