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(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Center established under 
subsection (a) shall annually submit to Congress a report 
on gang activity. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and for each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING THE DE-
PARTMENT 
OF 
JUSTICE’S 
GRANT PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Assisting Law Enforce-
ment 
and 
Criminal 
Justice 
Agencies 
SEC. 201. MERGER OF BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM AND LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part E of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
as follows: 
(1) Subpart 1 of such part (42 U.S.C. 3751– 
3759) is repealed. 
(2) Such part is further amended— 
(A) by inserting before section 500 (42 
U.S.C. 3750) the following new heading:
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‘‘Subpart 1—Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant Program’’; 
(B) by amending section 500 to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 500. NAME OF PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The grant program established 
under this subpart shall be known as the ‘Edward Byrne 
Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program’. 
‘‘(b) REFERENCES TO FORMER PROGRAMS.—(1) Any 
reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Edward Byrne Memo-
rial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Pro-
grams, or to the Local Government Law Enforcement 
Block Grants program, shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the grant program referred to in subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) Any reference in a law, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to section 506 
of this Act as such section was in effect on the date of 
the enactment of the Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009, 
shall be deemed to be a reference to section 505(a) of this 
Act as amended by the Department of Justice Appropria-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 
2009.’’; and 
(C) by inserting after section 500 the fol-
lowing new sections:
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‘‘SEC. 501. DESCRIPTION. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-
able to carry out this subpart, the Attorney General 
may, in accordance with the formula established 
under section 505, make grants to States and units 
of local government, for use by the State or unit of 
local government to provide additional personnel, 
equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, 
technical assistance, and information systems for 
criminal justice, including for any one or more of the 
following programs: 
‘‘(A) Law enforcement programs. 
‘‘(B) Prosecution and court programs. 
‘‘(C) Prevention and education programs. 
‘‘(D) Corrections and community correc-
tions programs. 
‘‘(E) Drug treatment and enforcement pro-
grams. 
‘‘(F) Planning, evaluation, and technology 
improvement programs. 
‘‘(G) Crime victim and witness programs 
(other than compensation). 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph (1) 
shall be construed to ensure that a grant under that 
paragraph may be used for any purpose for which
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a grant was authorized to be used under either or 
both of the programs specified in section 500(b), as 
those programs were in effect immediately before the 
enactment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(b) CONTRACTS AND SUBAWARDS.—A State or unit 
of local government may, in using a grant under this sub-
part for purposes authorized by subsection (a), use all or 
a portion of that grant to contract with or make one or 
more subawards to one or more— 
‘‘(1) neighborhood or community-based organi-
zations that are private and nonprofit; 
‘‘(2) units of local government; or 
‘‘(3) tribal governments. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT COMPONENT; WAIV-
ER.— 
‘‘(1) Each program funded under this subpart 
shall contain a program assessment component, de-
veloped pursuant to guidelines established by the At-
torney General, in coordination with the National 
Institute of Justice. 
‘‘(2) The Attorney General may waive the re-
quirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a pro-
gram if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the 
program is not of sufficient size to justify a full pro-
gram assessment.
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‘‘(d) 
PROHIBITED
USES.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of this Act, no funds provided under this 
subpart may be used, directly or indirectly, to provide any 
of the following matters: 
‘‘(1) Any security enhancements or any equip-
ment to any nongovernmental entity that is not en-
gaged in criminal justice or public safety. 
‘‘(2) Unless the Attorney General certifies that 
extraordinary and exigent circumstances exist that 
make the use of such funds to provide such matters 
essential to the maintenance of public safety and 
good order— 
‘‘(A) vehicles (excluding police cruisers), 
vessels (excluding police boats), or aircraft (ex-
cluding police helicopters); 
‘‘(B) luxury items; 
‘‘(C) real estate; 
‘‘(D) construction projects (other than 
penal or correctional institutions); or 
‘‘(E) any similar matters. 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 10 
percent of a grant made under this subpart may be used 
for costs incurred to administer such grant. 
‘‘(f) PERIOD.—The period of a grant made under this 
subpart shall be four years, except that renewals and ex-
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tensions beyond that period may be granted at the discre-
tion of the Attorney General. 
‘‘(g) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Subparagraph 
(d)(1) shall not be construed to prohibit the use, directly 
or indirectly, of funds provided under this subpart to pro-
vide security at a public event, such as a political conven-
tion or major sports event, so long as such security is pro-
vided under applicable laws and procedures. 
‘‘SEC. 502. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘To request a grant under this subpart, the chief ex-
ecutive officer of a State or unit of local government shall 
submit an application to the Attorney General within 90 
days after the date on which funds to carry out this sub-
part are appropriated for a fiscal year, in such form as 
the Attorney General may require. Such application shall 
include the following: 
‘‘(1) A certification that Federal funds made 
available under this subpart will not be used to sup-
plant State or local funds, but will be used to in-
crease the amounts of such funds that would, in the 
absence of Federal funds, be made available for law 
enforcement activities. 
‘‘(2) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 days 
before the application (or any amendment to the ap-
plication) was submitted to the Attorney General,
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the application (or amendment) was submitted for 
review to the governing body of the State or unit of 
local government (or to an organization designated 
by that governing body). 
‘‘(3) An assurance that, before the application 
(or any amendment to the application) was sub-
mitted to the Attorney General— 
‘‘(A) the application (or amendment) was 
made public; and 
‘‘(B) an opportunity to comment on the 
application (or amendment) was provided to 
citizens and to neighborhood or community- 
based organizations, to the extent applicable 
law or established procedure makes such an op-
portunity available. 
‘‘(4) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant shall main-
tain and report such data, records, and information 
(programmatic and financial) as the Attorney Gen-
eral may reasonably require. 
‘‘(5) A certification, made in a form acceptable 
to the Attorney General and executed by the chief 
executive officer of the applicant (or by another offi-
cer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations 
promulgated by the Attorney General), that—
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‘‘(A) the programs to be funded by the 
grant meet all the requirements of this subpart; 
‘‘(B) all the information contained in the 
application is correct; 
‘‘(C) there has been appropriate coordina-
tion with affected agencies; and 
‘‘(D) the applicant will comply with all 
provisions of this subpart and all other applica-
ble Federal laws. 
‘‘SEC. 503. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall not finally disapprove 
any application (or any amendment to that application) 
submitted under this subpart without first affording the 
applicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the appli-
cation and opportunity for correction and reconsideration. 
‘‘SEC. 504. RULES. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall issue rules to carry out 
this subpart. The first such rules shall be issued not later 
than one year after the date on which amounts are first 
made available to carry out this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 505. FORMULA. 
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the total amount appro-
priated for this subpart, the Attorney General shall, 
except as provided in paragraph (2), allocate—
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‘‘(A) 50 percent of such remaining amount 
to each State in amounts that bear the same 
ratio of— 
‘‘(i) the total population of a State 
to— 
‘‘(ii) the total population of the 
United States; and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent of such remaining amount 
to each State in amounts that bear the same 
ratio of— 
‘‘(i) the average annual number of 
part 1 violent crimes of the Uniform Crime 
Reports of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation reported by such State for the 
three most recent years reported by such 
State to— 
‘‘(ii) the average annual number of 
such crimes reported by all States for such 
years. 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—If carrying out 
paragraph (1) would result in any State receiving an 
allocation less than 0.25 percent of the total amount 
(in this paragraph referred to as a ‘minimum alloca-
tion State’), then paragraph (1), as so carried out,
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shall not apply, and the Attorney General shall in-
stead— 
‘‘(A) allocate 0.25 percent of the total 
amount to each State; and 
‘‘(B) using the amount remaining after 
carrying out subparagraph (A), carry out para-
graph (1) in a manner that excludes each min-
imum allocation State, including the population 
of and the crimes reported by such State. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION BETWEEN STATES AND UNITS OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Of the amounts allocated under 
subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) 60 percent shall be for direct grants to 
States, to be allocated under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) 40 percent shall be for grants to be allo-
cated under subsection (d). 
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts allocated 
under subsection (b)(1), each State may retain for 
the purposes described in section 501 an amount 
that bears the same ratio of— 
‘‘(A) total expenditures on criminal justice 
by the State government in the most recently 
completed fiscal year to—
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‘‘(B) the total expenditure on criminal jus-
tice by the State government and units of local 
government within the State in such year. 
‘‘(2) REMAINING
AMOUNTS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (e)(1), any amounts remaining 
after the allocation required by paragraph (1) shall 
be made available to units of local government by 
the State for the purposes described in section 501. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts allocated 
under subsection (b)(2), grants for the purposes de-
scribed in section 501 shall be made directly to units 
of local government within each State in accordance 
with this subsection, subject to subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) with respect to a 
State (in this subsection referred to as the 
‘local amount’), the Attorney General shall allo-
cate to each unit of local government an 
amount which bears the same ratio to such 
share as the average annual number of part 1 
violent crimes reported by such unit to the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most re-
cent calendar years for which such data is avail-
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able bears to the number of part 1 violent 
crimes reported by all units of local government 
in the State in which the unit is located to the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for such years. 
‘‘(B) 
TRANSITIONAL
RULE.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), for fiscal years 
2006, 2007, and 2008, the Attorney General 
shall allocate the local amount to units of local 
government in the same manner that, under the 
Local Government Law Enforcement Block 
Grants program in effect immediately before 
the date of the enactment of this section, the 
reserved amount was allocated among reporting 
and nonreporting units of local government. 
‘‘(3) ANNEXED UNITS.—If a unit of local gov-
ernment in the State has been annexed since the 
date of the collection of the data used by the Attor-
ney General in making allocations pursuant to this 
section, the Attorney General shall pay the amount 
that would have been allocated to such unit of local 
government to the unit of local government that an-
nexed it. 
‘‘(4) RESOLUTION
OF
DISPARATE
ALLOCA-
TIONS.—(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this subpart, if—
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‘‘(i) the Attorney General certifies that a 
unit of local government bears more than 50 
percent of the costs of prosecution or incarcer-
ation that arise with respect to part 1 violent 
crimes reported by a specified geographically 
constituent unit of local government; and 
‘‘(ii) but for this paragraph, the amount of 
funds allocated under this section to— 
‘‘(I) any one such specified geographi-
cally constituent unit of local government 
exceeds 150 percent of the amount allo-
cated to the unit of local government cer-
tified pursuant to clause (i); or 
‘‘(II) more than one such specified 
geographically constituent unit of local 
government exceeds 400 percent of the 
amount allocated to the unit of local gov-
ernment certified pursuant to clause (i), 
then in order to qualify for payment under this sub-
section, the unit of local government certified pursu-
ant to clause (i), together with any such specified 
geographically constituent units of local government 
described in clause (ii), shall submit to the Attorney 
General a joint application for the aggregate of 
funds allocated to such units of local government.
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Such application shall specify the amount of such 
funds that are to be distributed to each of the units 
of local government 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 purposes of carrying out this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘geographi-
cally 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. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS TO UNITS OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM ALLOCATION.—No unit of local 
government shall receive a total allocation under this 
section that exceeds such unit’s total expenditures 
on criminal justice services for the most recently 
completed fiscal year for which data are available. 
Any amount in excess of such total expenditures 
shall be allocated proportionally among units of local 
government whose allocations under this section do 
not exceed their total expenditures on such services. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS UNDER $10,000.—If the allo-
cation under this section to a unit of local govern-
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ment is less than $10,000 for any fiscal year, the di-
rect grant to the State under subsection (c) shall be 
increased by the amount of such allocation, to be 
distributed (for the purposes described in section 
501) among State police departments that provide 
criminal justice services to units of local government 
and units of local government whose allocation under 
this section is less than $10,000. 
‘‘(3) NON-REPORTING
UNITS.—No allocation 
under this section shall be made to a unit of local 
government that has not reported at least three 
years of data on part 1 violent crimes of the Uni-
form Crime Reports to the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation within the immediately preceding 10 years. 
‘‘(f) FUNDS NOT USED BY THE STATE.—If the At-
torney General determines, on the basis of information 
available during any grant period, that any allocation (or 
portion thereof) under this section to a State for such 
grant period will not be required, or that a State will be 
unable to qualify or receive funds under this subpart, or 
that a State chooses not to participate in the program es-
tablished under this subpart, then such State’s allocation 
(or portion thereof) shall be awarded by the Attorney Gen-
eral to units of local government, or combinations thereof, 
within such State, giving priority to those jurisdictions
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with the highest annual number of part 1 violent crimes 
of the Uniform Crime Reports reported by the unit of local 
government to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 
three most recent calendar years for which such data are 
available. 
‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULES FOR PUERTO RICO.— 
‘‘(1) ALL
FUNDS
SET
ASIDE
FOR
COMMON-
WEALTH GOVERNMENT.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this subpart, the amounts allocated 
under subsection (a) to Puerto Rico, 100 percent 
shall be for direct grants to the Commonwealth gov-
ernment of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(2) NO LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.—Subsections (c) 
and (d) shall not apply to Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(h) UNITS
OF
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
IN
LOU-
ISIANA.—In carrying out this section with respect to the 
State of Louisiana, the term ‘unit of local government’ 
means a district attorney or a parish sheriff. 
‘‘SEC. 506. RESERVED FUNDS. 
‘‘Of the total amount made available to carry out this 
subpart for a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall re-
serve not more than— 
‘‘(1) $20,000,000, for use by the National In-
stitute of Justice in assisting units of local govern-
ment to identify, select, develop, modernize, and pur-
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chase new technologies for use by law enforcement, 
of which $1,000,000 shall be for use by the Bureau 
of Justice Statistics to collect data necessary for car-
rying out this subpart; and 
‘‘(2) $20,000,000, to be granted by the Attor-
ney General to States and units of local government 
to develop and implement antiterrorism training pro-
grams. 
‘‘SEC. 507. INTEREST-BEARING TRUST FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) TRUST FUND REQUIRED.—A State or unit of 
local government shall establish a trust fund in which to 
deposit amounts received under this subpart. 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each amount received 
under this subpart (including interest on such 
amount) shall be expended before the date on which 
the grant period expires. 
‘‘(2) REPAYMENT.—A State or unit of local 
government that fails to expend an entire amount 
(including interest on such amount) as required by 
paragraph (1) shall repay the unexpended portion to 
the Attorney General not later than 3 months after 
the date on which the grant period expires. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION OF FUTURE AMOUNTS.—If a 
State or unit of local government fails to comply
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with paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General 
shall reduce amounts to be provided to that State or 
unit of local government accordingly. 
‘‘(c) REPAID AMOUNTS.—Amounts received as repay-
ments under this section shall be subject to section 108 
of this title as if such amounts had not been granted and 
repaid. Such amounts shall be deposited in the Treasury 
in a dedicated fund for use by the Attorney General to 
carry out this subpart. Such funds are hereby made avail-
able to carry out this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 508. INCLUSION OF INDIAN TRIBES. 
‘‘In this subpart, the term ‘State’ includes an Indian 
tribal government. 
‘‘SEC. 509. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subpart $1,095,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2009.’’. 
(b) REPEALS OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELATING 
TO BYRNE GRANTS.— 
(1) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE ENTITIES.—Chapter A of subpart 2 of Part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3760–3762) is re-
pealed.
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(2) TARGETED GRANTS TO CURB MOTOR VEHI-
CLE THEFT.—Subtitle B of title I of the Anti Car 
Theft Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 3750a–3750d) is re-
pealed. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) 
CRIME
IDENTIFICATION
TECHNOLOGY 
ACT.—Subsection (c)(2)(G) of section 102 of the 
Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 
U.S.C. 14601) is amended by striking ‘‘such as’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘the M.O.R.E. pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘such as the Edward Byrne 
Justice Assistance Grant Program and the M.O.R.E. 
program’’. 
(2) SAFE STREETS ACT.—Title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is 
amended— 
(A) in section 517 (42 U.S.C. 3763), in 
subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘pursuant to sec-
tion 511 or 515’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 
section 515’’; 
(B) in section 520 (42 U.S.C. 3766)— 
(i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘the program evaluations as required by 
section 501(c) of this part’’ and inserting 
‘‘program evaluations’’;
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(ii) in subsection (a)(2), by striking 
‘‘evaluations of programs funded under 
section 506 (formula grants) and sections 
511 and 515 (discretionary grants) of this 
part’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluations of pro-
grams funded under section 505 (formula 
grants) and section 515 (discretionary 
grants) of this part’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
‘‘programs funded under section 506 (for-
mula grants) and section 511 (discre-
tionary grants)’’ and inserting ‘‘programs 
funded 
under 
section 
505 
(formula 
grants)’’; 
(C) in section 522 (42 U.S.C. 3766b)— 
(i) in subsection (a), in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 506’’ and inserting ‘‘section 505’’; and 
(ii) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘an assessment of the impact of such ac-
tivities on meeting the needs identified in 
the State strategy submitted under section 
503’’ and inserting ‘‘an assessment of the 
impact of such activities on meeting the 
purposes of subpart 1’’;
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(D) in section 801(b) (42 U.S.C. 3782(b)), 
in the matter following paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the purposes of sec-
tion 501 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
purposes of such subpart 1’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the application sub-
mitted pursuant to section 503 of this 
title.’’ and inserting ‘‘the application sub-
mitted pursuant to section 502 of this 
title. Such report shall include details iden-
tifying each applicant that used any funds 
to purchase any cruiser, boat, or helicopter 
and, with respect to such applicant, speci-
fying both the amount of funds used by 
such applicant for each purchase of any 
cruiser, boat, or helicopter and a justifica-
tion of each such purchase (and the Bu-
reau of Justice Assistance shall submit to 
the Committee of the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee of the Judiciary of the Senate, 
promptly after preparation of such report 
a written copy of the portion of such re-
port containing the information required 
by this sentence).’’;
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(E) in section 808 (42 U.S.C. 3789), by 
striking ‘‘the State office described in section 
507 or 1408’’ and inserting ‘‘the State office 
responsible for the trust fund required by sec-
tion 507, or the State office described in section 
1408,’’; 
(F) in section 901 (42 U.S.C. 3791), in 
subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘for the purposes 
of section 506(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘for the pur-
poses of section 505(a)’’; 
(G) in section 1502 (42 U.S.C. 3796bb– 
1)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
506(a)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
505(a)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘section 503(a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 502’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘section 506’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 505’’; 
(H) in section 1602 (42 U.S.C. 3796cc–1), 
in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The office des-
ignated under section 507 of title I’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The office responsible for the trust fund 
required by section 507’’;
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(I) in section 1702 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1), 
in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘and reflects 
consideration of the statewide strategy under 
section 503(a)(1)’’; and 
(J) in section 1902 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1), 
in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘The Office des-
ignated under section 507’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
office responsible for the trust fund required by 
section 507’’. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to the first fiscal year be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 202. CLARIFICATION OF NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS 
WHO MAY BE SELECTED IN A GIVEN YEAR TO 
RECEIVE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MEDAL 
OF VALOR. 
Section 3(c) of the Public Safety Officer Medal of 
Valor Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 15202(c)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘more than 5 recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘more 
than 5 individuals, or groups of individuals, as recipients’’.
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SEC. 203. CLARIFICATION OF OFFICIAL TO BE CONSULTED 
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CONSIDERING AP-
PLICATION FOR EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 609M(b) of the Justice Assistance Act of 
1984 (42 U.S.C. 10501(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Director of the Office of Justice Assistance’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice 
Programs’’. 
SEC. 204. CLARIFICATION OF USES FOR REGIONAL INFOR-
MATION SHARING SYSTEM GRANTS. 
Section 1301(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h(b)), as most 
recently amended by section 701 of the USA PATRIOT 
Act (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 374), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘regional’’ 
before ‘‘information sharing systems’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) establishing and maintaining a secure tele-
communications system for regional information 
sharing between Federal, State, tribal, and local law 
enforcement agencies;’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4).
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SEC. 205. INTEGRITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL 
CRIMINAL RECORD DATABASES. 
(a) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Section 302 of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3732) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 
third sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘The Di-
rector shall be responsible for the integrity of data 
and statistics and shall protect against improper or 
illegal use or disclosure.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (19) of subsection 
(c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(19) provide for improvements in the accuracy, 
quality, timeliness, immediate accessibility, and inte-
gration of State criminal history and related records, 
support the development and enhancement of na-
tional systems of criminal history and related 
records including the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System, the National Incident- 
Based Reporting System, and the records of the Na-
tional Crime Information Center, facilitate State 
participation in national records and information 
systems, and support statistical research for critical 
analysis of the improvement and utilization of crimi-
nal history records;’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) confer and cooperate with Federal statis-
tical agencies as needed to carry out the purposes of 
this part, including by entering into cooperative data 
sharing agreements in conformity with all laws and 
regulations applicable to the disclosure and use of 
data.’’. 
(b) USE OF DATA.—Section 304 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3735) is amended by striking ‘‘particular indi-
vidual’’ and inserting ‘‘private person or public agency’’. 
(c) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION.—Section 
812(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3789g(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Except as provided by Federal law other than 
this title, no’’ and inserting ‘‘No’’. 
SEC. 206. EXTENSION OF MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS. 
Section 1001(a)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2009’’.
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Subtitle B—Building Community 
Capacity to Prevent, Reduce, 
and Control Crime 
SEC. 211. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
by inserting after section 102 (42 U.S.C. 3712) the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 103. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, headed 
by a Director appointed by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Director may assist States, 
units of local government, and neighborhood and commu-
nity-based organizations in developing Weed and Seed 
strategies, as provided in section 104. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2006, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2007, 2008, and 
2009, to remain available until expended. 
‘‘SEC. 104. WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available 
under section 103(c), the Director of the Office of Weed 
and Seed Strategies may implement strategies, to be
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known as Weed and Seed strategies, to prevent, control, 
and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, 
and gang activity in designated Weed-and-Seed commu-
nities. Each such strategy shall involve both of the fol-
lowing activities: 
‘‘(1) WEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 
Weeding activities, which shall include promoting 
and coordinating a broad spectrum of community ef-
forts (especially those of law enforcement agencies 
and prosecutors) to arrest, and to sanction or incar-
cerate, persons in that community who participate or 
engage in violent crime, criminal drug-related activ-
ity, and other crimes that threaten the quality of life 
in that community. 
‘‘(2) SEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 
Seeding activities, which shall include promoting and 
coordinating a broad spectrum of community efforts 
(such as drug abuse education, mentoring, and em-
ployment counseling) to provide— 
‘‘(A) human services, relating to preven-
tion, intervention, or treatment, for at-risk indi-
viduals and families; and 
‘‘(B) community revitalization efforts, in-
cluding enforcement of building codes and de-
velopment of the economy.
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‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—The Director shall issue guide-
lines for the development and implementation of Weed and 
Seed strategies under this section. The guidelines shall en-
sure that the Weed and Seed strategy for a community 
referred to in subsection (a) shall— 
‘‘(1) be planned and implemented through and 
under the auspices of a steering committee, properly 
established in the community, comprised of— 
‘‘(A) in a voting capacity, representatives 
of— 
‘‘(i) 
appropriate 
law 
enforcement 
agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) other public and private agencies, 
and neighborhood and community-based 
organizations, interested in criminal justice 
and community-based development and re-
vitalization in the community; and 
‘‘(B) in a voting capacity, both— 
‘‘(i) the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration’s special agent in charge for the ju-
risdiction encompassing the community; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the United States Attorney for 
the District encompassing the community;