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‘‘(2) describe how law enforcement agencies, 
other public and private agencies, neighborhood and 
community-based organizations, and interested citi-
zens are to cooperate in implementing the strategy; 
and 
‘‘(3) incorporate a community-policing compo-
nent that shall serve as a bridge between the Weed-
ing activities under subsection (a)(1) and the Seed-
ing activities under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION.—For a community to be des-
ignated as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of 
subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) the United States Attorney for the District 
encompassing the community must certify to the Di-
rector that— 
‘‘(A) the community suffers from consist-
ently high levels of crime or otherwise is appro-
priate for such designation; 
‘‘(B) the Weed and Seed strategy pro-
posed, adopted, or implemented by the steering 
committee has a high probability of improving 
the criminal justice system within the commu-
nity and contains all the elements required by 
the Director; and
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‘‘(C) the steering committee is capable of 
implementing the strategy appropriately; and 
‘‘(2) the community must agree to formulate a 
timely and effective plan to independently sustain 
the strategy (or, at a minimum, a majority of the 
best practices of the strategy) when assistance under 
this section is no longer available. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An application for designation 
as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of subsection 
(a) shall be submitted to the Director by the steering com-
mittee of the community in such form, and containing 
such information and assurances, as the Director may re-
quire. The application shall propose— 
‘‘(1) a sustainable Weed and Seed strategy that 
includes— 
‘‘(A) the active involvement of the United 
States Attorney for the District encompassing 
the community, the Drug Enforcement Admin-
istration’s special agent in charge for the juris-
diction encompassing the community, and other 
Federal law enforcement agencies operating in 
the vicinity; 
‘‘(B) a significant community-oriented po-
licing component; and
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‘‘(C) demonstrated coordination with com-
plementary neighborhood and community-based 
programs and initiatives; and 
‘‘(2) a methodology with outcome measures and 
specific objective indicia of performance to be used 
to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing a strategy 
for a community under subsection (a), the Director 
may make grants to that community. 
‘‘(2) USES.—For each grant under this sub-
section, the community receiving that grant— 
‘‘(A) shall use not less than 40 percent of 
the grant amounts for Seeding activities under 
subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(B) may not use any of the grant 
amounts for construction, except that the As-
sistant Attorney General may authorize use of 
grant amounts for incidental or minor construc-
tion, renovation, or remodeling. 
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—A community may not re-
ceive grants under this subsection (or fall within 
such a community)— 
‘‘(A) for a period of more than 10 fiscal 
years;
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‘‘(B) for more than 5 separate fiscal years, 
except that the Assistant Attorney General 
may, in single increments and only upon a 
showing of extraordinary circumstances, author-
ize grants for not more than 3 additional sepa-
rate fiscal years; or 
‘‘(C) in an aggregate amount of more than 
$1,000,000, except that the Assistant Attorney 
General may, upon a showing of extraordinary 
circumstances, authorize grants for not more 
than an additional $500,000. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under 
this subsection, the Director shall ensure that— 
‘‘(A) to the extent practicable, the distribu-
tion of such grants is geographically equitable 
and includes both urban and rural areas of 
varying population and area; and 
‘‘(B) priority is given to communities that 
clearly and effectively coordinate crime preven-
tion programs with other Federal programs in 
a manner that addresses the overall needs of 
such communities. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL
SHARE.—(A) Subject to sub-
paragraph (B), the Federal share of a grant under 
this subsection may not exceed 75 percent of the
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total costs of the projects described in the applica-
tion for which the grant was made. 
‘‘(B) The requirement of subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) may be satisfied in cash or in kind; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may be waived by the Assistant Attor-
ney General upon a determination that the fi-
nancial circumstances affecting the applicant 
warrant a finding that such a waiver is equi-
table. 
‘‘(6) SUPPLEMENT, NOT
SUPPLANT.—To re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, the applicant 
must provide assurances that the amounts received 
under the grant shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
available for programs or services provided in the 
community. 
‘‘SEC. 105. INCLUSION OF INDIAN TRIBES. 
‘‘For purposes of sections 103 and 104, the term 
‘State’ includes an Indian tribal government.’’. 
(b) ABOLISHMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF WEED 
AND SEED; TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) ABOLISHMENT.—The Executive Office of 
Weed and Seed is abolished.
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(2) TRANSFER.—There are hereby transferred 
to the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies all func-
tions and activities performed immediately before 
the date of the enactment of this Act by the Execu-
tive Office of Weed and Seed Strategies. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Assisting Victims of 
Crime 
SEC. 221. GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 
TO IMPROVE OUTREACH SERVICES TO VIC-
TIMS OF CRIME. 
Section 1404(c) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10603(c)), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 623 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107– 
56; 115 Stat. 372), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking the comma after ‘‘Director’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and