(3) VIOLENT
OFFENDER.—The term ‘‘violent 
offender’’ means a person who— 
(A) is charged with or convicted of an of-
fense, during the course of which offense or 
conduct— 
(i) the person carried, possessed, or 
used a firearm or dangerous weapon; 
(ii) there occurred the death of or se-
rious bodily injury to any person; or 
(iii) there occurred the use of force 
against the person of another, without re-
gard to whether any of the circumstances 
described in clause (i) or (ii) is an element 
of the offense or conduct of which or for 
which the person is charged or convicted. 
(B) has 1 or more prior convictions for a 
felony crime of violence involving the use or at-
tempted use of force against a person with the 
intent to cause death or serious bodily harm. 
SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General shall 
consult with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, and any other ap-
propriate officials in carrying out this Act. 
(b) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
issue regulations and guidelines necessary to carry 
out this Act. 
(2) PARTICIPATION
LIMITS.—In additional to 
the general authority provided under paragraph (1), 
the Attorney General shall— 
(A) issue regulations and guidelines to en-
sure that programs authorized in this Act do 
not permit participation by violent offenders; 
and 
(B) immediately suspend funding for any 
grant under this part, pending compliance, if 
the Attorney General finds that violent offend-
ers are participating in any program funded 
under this part. 
(c) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Attorney 
General shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, an eq-
uitable geographic distribution of grant awards is made 
under this Act 
SEC. 9. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUA-
TION. 
(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The 
Attorney General may provide technical assistance and 
training in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. 
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(b) EVALUATIONS.—The Attorney General may pro-
vide for evaluations in furtherance of the purposes of this 
Act. 
SEC. 10. FUNDING FOR THE NATIONAL DRUG COURT INSTI-
TUTE. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE, NATIONAL
TRAINING
AND 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR DRUG COURTS.—The Na-
tional Drug Court Institute in Alexandria, Virginia shall— 
(1) conduct national, comprehensive training 
programs for State and local communities for the 
purpose of improving the professional skills of drug 
court practitioners and enhancing the ability of 
State and local communities to expand drug courts 
to reach all addicted citizens in need of their re-
sources; and 
(2) provide national, comprehensive Technical 
Assistance to adult, juvenile and family dependency 
drug courts including a combination of information 
gathering, needs assessment, cultural proficiency, 
analysis, problem solving, action planning, referral 
and follow-up. 
(b) ANCILLARY
PROJECTS.—The National Drug 
Court Institute in Alexandria, Virginia shall complete an-
cillary programs designed to facilitate the expansion and 
improvement of drug courts nationwide including— 
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(1) a Judicial Task Force to develop a transi-
tion plan for new drug court judges; 
(2) a resource center to maintain and distribute 
drug court evaluations reviewed in the National 
Drug Court Institute Review, and to request new re-
search and evaluations for the drug court field; 
(3) publishing annually the National Drug 
Court Institute Review to provide research, analysis, 
and commentary of importance to the drug court 
field; and 
(4) searching drug court literature and identify, 
reprint, and disseminate important and relevant 
scholarship to the drug court field. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General 
to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal 
years 2009 through 2014 to remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 11. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Except for section 10, there are authorized to be ap-
propriated to the Director to carry out this Act 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 to 2014. 
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