mittee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(9) FUNDS.—The Attorney General shall use 
not less than 3 percent, and not more than 5 per-
cent, of the amounts made available under this sec-
tion to establish and operate the Institute. 
(g) USE OF FUNDS.—Of amounts made available to 
a local collaborative working group under this section for 
each fiscal year that are remaining after the costs of hir-
ing a full time coordinator for the local collaborative ef-
fort— 
(1) 50 percent shall be used for the operation 
of criminal street gang enforcement teams; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be used— 
(A) to provide at-risk youth with positive 
alternatives to gangs and other violent groups 
and to address the needs of those who leave 
gangs and other violent groups through— 
(i) service providers in the community, 
including schools and school districts; and 
(ii) faith leaders and other individuals 
experienced at reaching youth who have 
been involved in violence and violent gangs 
or groups; 
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(B) for the establishment and operation of 
the National Gang Research, Evaluation, and 
Policy Institute; and 
(C) to support and provide technical assist-
ance to research in criminal justice, social serv-
ices, and community gang violence prevention 
collaborations. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 
Any funds made available under this subsection shall re-
main available until expended. 
SEC. 302. ENHANCEMENT OF PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBOR-
HOODS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE ENFORCE-
MENT OF CRIMINAL LAWS AGAINST VIOLENT 
GANGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—While maintaining the focus of 
Project Safe Neighborhoods as a comprehensive, strategic 
approach to reducing gun violence in America, the Attor-
ney General is authorized to expand the Project Safe 
Neighborhoods program to require each United States at-
torney to— 
(1) identify, investigate, and prosecute signifi-
cant criminal street gangs operating within their dis-
trict; and 
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(2) coordinate the identification, investigation, 
and prosecution of criminal street gangs among Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement agencies. 
(b) ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR PROJECT SAFE NEIGH-
BORHOODS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
hire Assistant United States attorneys, non-attorney 
coordinators, or paralegals to carry out the provi-
sions of this section. 
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General 
may hire Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives agents for, and otherwise expend addi-
tional resources in support of, the Project Safe 
Neighborhoods/Firearms Violence Reduction pro-
gram. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 to carry out this section. Any funds made 
available under this paragraph shall remain available 
until expended. 
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SEC. 303. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED BY THE FED-
ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO INVES-
TIGATE AND PROSECUTE VIOLENT CRIMINAL 
STREET GANGS. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.— 
The Attorney General is authorized to require the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation to— 
(1) increase funding for the Safe Streets Pro-
gram; and 
(2) support criminal street gang enforcement 
teams. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise authorized, there are authorized to be appro-
priated to the Attorney General $10,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to carry out 
the Safe Streets Program. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts appropriated 
under paragraph (1) shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 304. GRANTS TO PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31702 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13862) is amended— 
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