ment and the purposes for which such funds are to
be used. The units of local government involved may
establish a joint local advisory board for the pur-
poses of carrying out this paragraph.
(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘‘geographically
constituent unit of local government’’ means a unit
of local government that has jurisdiction over areas
located within the boundaries of an area over which
a unit of local government certified pursuant to
clause (i) has jurisdiction.
(c) UNAVAILABILITY AND INACCURACY OF INFORMA-
TION.—
(1) DATA FOR STATES.—For purposes of this
section, if data regarding part 1 violent crimes in
any State for the 3 most recent calendar years is
unavailable or substantially inaccurate, the Director
shall utilize the best available comparable data re-
garding the number of violent crimes for such years
for such State for the purposes of allocation of any
funds under this Act.
(2) POSSIBLE INACCURACY OF DATA FOR UNITS
OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—In addition to the provi-
sions of paragraph (1), if the Director believes that
the reported rate of part 1 violent crimes for a unit
of local government is inaccurate, the Director
shall—
(A) investigate the methodology used by
such unit to determine the accuracy of the sub-
mitted data; and
(B) when necessary, use the best available
comparable data regarding the number of vio-
lent crimes for such years for such unit of local
government.
SEC. 6. UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR.
Funds or a portion of funds allocated under this Act
may be utilized to contract with private, nonprofit entities
or community-based organizations to carry out the pur-
poses specified under section 2(a)(2).
SEC. 7. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A unit of local government ex-
pending payments under this Act shall hold not less than
1 public hearing on the proposed use of the payment from
the Director in relation to its entire budget.
(b) VIEWS.—At the hearing, persons shall be given
an opportunity to provide written and oral views to the
unit of local government authority responsible for enacting
the budget and to ask questions about the entire budget
and the relation of the payment from the Director to the
entire budget.
(c) TIME AND PLACE.—The unit of local government
shall hold the hearing at a time and place that allows and
encourages public attendance and participation.
SEC. 8. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
The administrative provisions of part H of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, shall
apply to this Act and for purposes of this section any ref-
erence in such provisions to title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 shall be deemed to
be a reference to this Act.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘unit of local government’’
means—
(A) a county, township, city, or political
subdivision of a county, township, or city, that
is a unit of local government as determined by
the Secretary of Commerce for general statis-
tical purposes; and
(B) the District of Columbia and the rec-
ognized governing body of an Indian tribe or
Alaskan Native village that carries out substan-
tial governmental duties and powers.
(2) The term ‘‘payment period’’ means each 1-
year period beginning on October 1 of any year in
which a grant under this Act is awarded.
(3) The term ‘‘State’’ means any State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Is-
lands.
(4) The term ‘‘juvenile’’ means an individual
who is 17 years of age or younger.
(5) The term ‘‘part 1 violent crimes’’ means
murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible
rape, robbery, and aggravated assault as reported to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation for purposes of
the Uniform Crime Reports.
(6) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Passed the House of Representatives September 19,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.