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follows and inserting ‘‘shall use the Office of Com-
munity Oriented Policing Services of the Depart-
ment of Justice in carrying out this part.’’; 
(9) in subsection (h), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ the first 
place that term appears and inserting ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘in each fiscal year pursu-
ant to subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘in each 
fiscal year for purposes described in paragraph 
(1) and (2) of subsection (b)’’; 
(10) in subsection (i), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Federal share shall 
decrease from year to year for up to 5 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘unless the Attorney General 
waives the non-Federal contribution require-
ment as described in the preceding sentence, 
the non-Federal share of the costs of hiring or 
rehiring such officers may be less than 25 per-
cent of such costs for any year during the grant 
period, provided that the non-Federal share of 
such costs shall not be less than 25 percent in 
the aggregate for the entire grant period, but 
the State or local government should make an 
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effort to increase the non-Federal share of such 
costs during the grant period’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentences shall not 
apply with respect to any program, project, or 
activity provided by a grant made pursuant to 
subsection (b)(4).’’; and 
(11) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) RETENTION
OF ADDITIONAL OFFICER POSI-
TIONS.—For any grant under paragraph (1) or (2) of sub-
section (b) for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement 
officers, a grant recipient shall retain each additional law 
enforcement officer position created under that grant for 
not less than 12 months after the end of the period of 
that grant, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or 
in part, the retention requirement of such grant. 
‘‘(k) TREATMENT OF GRANT FOR HIRING CIVILIAN 
FORENSIC ANALYSTS AND LABORATORY PERSONNEL.— 
A grant awarded under this section for hiring and rehiring 
of civilian forensic analysts and laboratory personnel (in 
accordance with paragraph (17) of subsection (b)) shall 
be subject to the same treatment, limitations, and renewal 
requirements under this part as grants awarded under this 
section for hiring and rehiring of career law enforcement 
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personnel (in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
subsection (b)).’’. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 1702 of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796dd–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘, unless waived by the Attorney 
General’’ after ‘‘under this part shall’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘share of 
the cost’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘share of the costs during the grant period, 
how the applicant will maintain the increased 
hiring level of the law enforcement officers, and 
how the applicant will eventually assume re-
sponsibility for all of the costs for such offi-
cers;’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d). 
(c) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—Section 1703 of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd–2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1703. RENEWAL OF GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), a grant made under this part may be renewed, without 
limitations on the duration of such renewal, to provide ad-
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