‘‘PART NN—HATE CRIME EDUCATION AND 
TRAINING GRANT PROGRAM 
‘‘SEC. 3041. HATE CRIME EDUCATION AND TRAINING GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
establish a program to make grants to States and 
units of local government for any purpose described 
in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the grant pro-
gram under this subsection is to enable a law en-
forcement agency of a State or unit of local govern-
ment to establish and carry out education and train-
ing programs on solving and preventing hate crimes 
and establishing community dialogue with groups 
whose members are at-risk of being victims of hate 
crimes. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this part, a State or unit of local gov-
ernment shall be in compliance with reporting re-
quirements applicable to such entity pursuant to the 
Hate Crimes Statistics Act (28 U.S.C. 534 note). 
‘‘(b) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN 
GRANT APPLICATIONS.—The Attorney General shall give 
priority in considering applications that show dispropor-
tionate hate crime activity relative to the total population 
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within the local area where the education and training pro-
gram will operate. 
‘‘(c) DISPROPORTIONATE HATE CRIME ACTIVITY.— 
For the purposes of this section, the Attorney General, 
in consultation with the Bureau of the Census, shall de-
velop guidelines that define and quantify levels of hate 
crime activity using statistical data from the Census and 
data available from the Hate Crimes Statistics Act. 
‘‘(d) CONTENTS.—In accordance with such require-
ments as the Attorney General may by rule establish, each 
application for a grant under this section shall— 
‘‘(1) include a long-term strategy and detailed 
implementation plan that reflects consultation with 
community groups and appropriate stakeholders; 
‘‘(2) demonstrate a specific public safety need; 
‘‘(3) explain the applicant’s inability to address 
the need without Federal assistance; 
‘‘(4) identify related governmental and commu-
nity initiatives which compliment or will be coordi-
nated with the proposal; 
‘‘(5) certify that there has been appropriate co-
ordination with all affected agencies; 
‘‘(6) explain how the grant will be used to reori-
ent the affected law enforcement agency’s mission 
toward community-oriented policing or enhance its 
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involvement in or commitment to community-ori-
ented policing; and 
‘‘(7) provide assurances that the applicant will, 
to the extent practicable, seek, recruit, and hire 
members of racial and ethnic minority groups and 
women in order to increase their ranks within the 
sworn positions in the law enforcement agency. 
‘‘(e) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—A grant made under 
this part may be renewed, without limitations on the dura-
tion of such renewal, to provide additional funds, if the 
Attorney General determines that the funds made avail-
able to the recipient were used in a manner required under 
an approved application and if the recipient can dem-
onstrate significant progress in achieving the objectives of 
the initial application. 
‘‘(f) NO-COST EXTENSIONS.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (e), the Attorney General may extend a grant pe-
riod, without limitations as to the duration of such exten-
sion, to provide additional time to complete the objectives 
of the initial grant award. 
‘‘(g) SUSPENSION OF FUNDS.—If the Attorney Gen-
eral determines that a grant recipient under this section 
is not in substantial compliance with the terms and re-
quirements of an approved grant application, the Attorney 
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General may revoke or suspend funding of that grant, in 
whole, or in part. 
‘‘(h) AVAILABILITY AND AUDITING.—The Attorney 
General shall have access for the purpose of audit and ex-
amination to any pertinent books, documents, papers, or 
records of a grant recipient under this section and to the 
pertinent books, documents, papers, or records of State 
and local governments, persons, businesses, and other en-
tities that are involved in programs, projects, or activities 
for which assistance is provided under this part. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2018 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
‘‘SEC. 3042. REPORT. 
‘‘A State or unit of local government that receives 
funds under this part during a fiscal year shall submit 
to the Attorney General a description and an evaluation 
report on a date specified by the Attorney General regard-
ing the effectiveness of the programs carried out with a 
grant under this part.’’. 
SEC. 5. COMMUNITY BASED RESPONSES TO HATE CRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish a grant program within the Office for Victims of 
Crime in the Office of Justice Programs, under which the 
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Attorney General may award grants to local community 
based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and faith- 
based organizations to establish or expand local programs 
and activities that serve targeted areas and that provide 
legal, health (including physical and mental health), and 
other support services to victims of hate crimes as defined 
in subsection (g)(1) of section 3. Grant funds may be used 
for activities including— 
(1) hiring counselors; 
(2) providing training and resources to victims; 
and 
(3) language support services. 
(b) TARGETED AREA DEFINED.—For the purposes 
of this section, a targeted area shall be defined as the area 
described in and defined in subsection (g)(2) of section 
3 of this Act. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$15,000,000 for the fiscal year 2018 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 6. DATABASE OF HATE CRIME REPORTS TO LOCAL 
HOTLINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A grantee receiving funds under 
this Act shall, on the date that is 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, sub-
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mit to the appropriate State Attorney General, and the 
Attorney General, an annual report of hate crimes re-
ported to the hotlines established under part MM of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3711 et seq.). 
(b) REPORT CONTENTS.—The report in subsection 
(a) shall include the following information with respect to 
each hate crime reported: 
(1) A description of hate crimes that occurred 
in the State, including a description of where the 
hate crimes occurred in the grantee’s State. 
(2) The frequency, in total number and percent-
age terms, of the use of weapons in reported hate 
crimes in the grantee’s State. 
(3) A summary of the total number of hate 
crimes that were reported in the grantee’s State. 
(4) A description of the methodologies used by 
the grantee to collect data. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require the publication of per-
sonally identifiable data, which include the names, ad-
dresses, or physical description of any victims or persons 
reporting hate crimes. 
(d) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS PER-
MITTED FOR CERTAIN REPORTS.—The Attorney General 
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may, during the first 180 days after the Act’s enactment, 
prescribe additional reporting requirements for reports 
submitted to the Federal Government, subject to the limi-
tations in subsection (d), to ensure consistent data report-
ing. 
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