cent may be used for technical assistance under 
section 1701(f)’’; and 
(B) by striking the second sentence and in-
serting the following: ‘‘Of the funds available 
for grants under part Q, not less than 
$2,500,000,000 shall be used for grants for the 
purposes specified in section 1701(b), not more 
than $200,000,000 shall be used for grants 
under section 1701(d), and not more than 
$350,000,000 shall be used for grants under 
section 1701(e).’’. 
(i) PURPOSES.—Section 10002 of the Public Safety 
Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 3796dd note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘development’’ 
and inserting ‘‘use’’; and 
(2) in the matter following paragraph (4), by 
striking ‘‘for a period of 6 years’’. 
(j) COPS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 109(b) of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3712h(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 
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(C) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘, except for the program under 
part Q of this title’’ before the period. 
(2) 
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
COMPUTER
SYS-
TEMS.—Section 107 of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712f) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 
grant made under part Q of this title.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL REQUIRED. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Justice shall submit to Congress a report 
on the Public Safety and Community Policing (‘‘COPS 
ON THE BEAT’’) grant program authorized by part Q 
of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et seq.), including the ele-
ments described in subsection (b). 
(b) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—The report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include information on the fol-
lowing, with respect to the grant program described in 
such subsection: 
(1) The effect of the program on the rate of 
violent crime, drug offenses, and other crimes. 
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(2) The degree to which State and local govern-
ments awarded a grant under the program con-
tribute State and local funds, respectively, for law 
enforcement programs and activities. 
(3) Any waste, fraud, or abuse within the pro-
gram. 
(c) RANDOM SAMPLING REQUIRED.—For purposes of 
subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Department 
of Justice shall audit and review a random sampling of 
State and local law enforcement agencies. Such sampling 
shall include— 
(1) law enforcement agencies of various sizes; 
(2) law enforcement agencies that serve various 
populations; and 
(3) law enforcement agencies that serve areas 
of various crime rates. 
Æ 
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