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Union Calendar No. 454 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3249 
[Report No. 115–597] 
To authorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2017 
Mrs. COMSTOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
MARCH 14, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. KING of New York and Mr. MACARTHUR 
MARCH 14, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 14, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To authorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 
Program, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Safe Neighbor-
hoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purposes of this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘criminal street gangs’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 521 of title 18, 
United States Code; 
(2) the term ‘‘gang crime’’ means a felony or 
misdemeanor crime, under State or Federal law, com-
mitted by one or more persons who are a member of, 
or directly affiliated with, a criminal street gang; 
(3) the term ‘‘transnational organized crime 
group’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
36(k)(6) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)(6)); 
(4) the term ‘‘transnational organized crime’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 36(k)(5) 
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(k)(5)); and 
(5) the term ‘‘firearms offenses’’ means an offense 
under section 922 or 924 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
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SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT. 
The Attorney General of the United States is author-
ized to establish and carry out a program, to be known as 
the ‘‘Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program’’ or, 
in this Act, as the ‘‘Program’’, within the Office of Justice 
Programs at the Department of Justice. 
SEC. 4. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block 
Grant Program is to foster and improve existing partner-
ships between Federal, State, and local agencies, including 
the United States Attorney in each Federal judicial district, 
to create safer neighborhoods through sustained reductions 
in violent crimes by— 
(1) developing and executing strategic plans to 
assist law enforcement agencies in combating gang 
crimes, including the enforcement of gun laws and 
drug interdiction; and 
(2) developing intervention and prevention ini-
tiatives, including juvenile justice projects and activi-
ties which may include street-level outreach, conflict 
mediation, and the changing of community norms, in 
order to reduce violence. 
SEC. 5. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall, not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
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make rules to create, carry out, and administer the Pro-
gram in accordance with this section. 
(b) FUNDS TO BE DIRECTED TO LOCAL CONTROL.— 
Amounts made available as grants under the Program shall 
be, to the greatest extent practicable, locally controlled to 
address problems that are identified locally 
(c) REGIONAL GANG TASK FORCES.—30 percent of the 
amounts made available as grants under the Program each 
fiscal year shall be granted to established Regional Gang 
Task Forces in regions experiencing a significant or in-
creased presence of, or high levels of activity from, 
transnational organized crime groups posing threats to 
community safety in terms of violent crime, firearms of-
fenses, human trafficking, trafficking and distribution of il-
legal opioids and heroin, and other crimes. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; CONSOLIDA-
TION OF PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for the Program under this 
Act $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020. 
(b) CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS.—For each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2022, no funds are authorized to be sep-
arately appropriated to the Department of Justice Office 
of Justice Programs for— 
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