(e) ADDITIONAL USE
OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may authorize additional uses of funds that— 
(1) have a demonstrable connection to improv-
ing community safety through the use of qualified 
approaches to community safety; and 
(2) support the objectives of the Division on 
Community Safety. 
(f) GRANT AMOUNTS.—In determining the amount of 
a grant awarded to a unit of local government under this 
section, the Secretary shall base such determination on— 
(1) the number of people who live in the juris-
diction of the local government; 
(2) the depth of need demonstrated, including 
attention to activities planned, the socioeconomic 
characteristics of the community and residents with-
in that jurisdiction, and current patterns of spend-
ing in systems of incarceration; and 
(3) such other factors as the Secretary deter-
mines are relevant. 
(g) ADDITIONAL GRANTS.—The Secretary may au-
thorize additional funds under this section to units of local 
government that previously received funds under this sec-
tion if the Secretary determines the previously received 
funds were successfully deployed and additional funding 
would assist in expanding qualified approaches to commu-
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nity safety and ensuring a sustainable, coordinated ap-
proach in the jurisdiction of the local government. 
(h) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) Funds made available under this section 
may be used only to carry out programs, services, or 
activities that use qualified approaches to commu-
nity safety. 
(2) Not less than 30 percent of the total 
amount made available for grants under this section 
shall be awarded to units of local government with 
less than 50 percent of their total land area jurisdic-
tion classified as urban by the Census Bureau. 
(3) Each unit of local government receiving a 
grant under this section shall certify to the Sec-
retary that any individual hired using funds received 
through such grant will be paid a wage, which shall 
be at least the highest of the following: 
(A) $17 an hour. 
(B) The minimum wage under the applica-
ble State or local minimum wage law. 
(C) The prevailing rates of pay for individ-
uals employed in similar occupations by the 
same employer. 
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(D) The Federal minimum wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)). 
(i) REPORTING.—Beginning not later than 6 months 
after the date on which a local government receives a 
grant under this section, and biannually thereafter, the 
unit of local government shall prepare and submit to the 
Secretary, and make publicly available, a report containing 
information about— 
(1) how the grant funds were used; 
(2) the number of people who were cited, ar-
rested, or jailed by any State or local law enforce-
ment officers in the previous year in the jurisdiction 
of the local government, as compared to the number 
cited, arrest, or jailed during the term of the grant; 
(3) the reasons for such citing, arresting, or de-
tained or imprisoned; 
(4) demographic data of individuals cited, ar-
rested, or jailed or referred by local law enforcement 
officers, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, gen-
der, and disability status; and 
(5) the percentage of grant funds that ulti-
mately benefited community-based organizations. 
(j) EVALUATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Division on Community 
Safety shall review and evaluate information pro-
vided in the reports submitted by units of local gov-
ernment receiving funds under this section, and 
other information available to the Division, including 
by conducting data matching and other forms of 
data analysis, and submit such analyses to the Sec-
retary. 
(2) INCORPORATION OF ANALYSES.—The Sec-
retary shall incorporate analyses provided by the Di-
vision on Community Safety into decision-making re-
garding awarding additional grants under this sec-
tion. 
(k) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—An unit of local 
government receiving a grant under this section may use 
Federal funds received through the grant only to supple-
ment the funds that would, without such Federal funds, 
be made available from State and local sources, and not 
to supplant such funds. 
(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to implement this section 
$3,500,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2026 
through 2030. 
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SEC. 203. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY GRANT 
FOR STATES. 
(a) GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary 
shall award grants, on a rolling basis, to States to conduct 
research on, fund, and otherwise support the development 
of qualified approaches to community safety. 
(b) APPLICATION.—A State seeking a grant under 
this section shall submit an application to the Secretary 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such infor-
mation as the Secretary may require, including an assur-
ance that the State shall— 
(1) establish or designate a State agency, de-
partment, or office equivalent to the Division on 
Community Safety established under section 101, to 
oversee and support the use of qualified approaches 
to community safety statewide; and 
(2) provide matching funds equal to the amount 
of Federal funds received under the grant— 
(A) to fund qualified approaches to com-
munity safety; and 
(B) to provide an ongoing framework for 
continued funding of such qualified approaches. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to a State that meets 
one or more of the same criteria specified in paragraphs 
(1), (2), and (3) of section 202(c). 
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