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(H) State and local law enforcement; 
(I) Federal, State, and local prosecutors; 
(J) Federal, State, and local probation and 
parole offices; and 
(K) Federal, State, and local prisons and 
jails. 
(2) INFORMATION.—The Center established 
under paragraph (1) shall make available the infor-
mation referred to in paragraph (1) to—
(A) Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment agencies; 
(B) Federal, State, and local corrections 
agencies and penal institutions; and 
(C) Federal, State, and local prosecutorial 
agencies. 
(3) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Center established 
under paragraph (1) shall annually submit to Con-
gress a report on gang activity. 
(d) NATIONAL
AND
REGIONAL
GANG
ACTIVITY 
DATABASES.—
(1) DATABASES
REQUIRED.—From amounts 
made available to carry out this section, the Attor-
ney General shall establish—
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(A) for each high intensity interstate gang 
activity area, a regional gang activity database; 
and 
(B) a national gang activity database that 
replicates the information in the regional data-
bases. 
(2) DESCRIPTION.—Each regional gang activity 
database required by paragraph (1) shall—
(A) be designed to disseminate gang infor-
mation to law enforcement agencies throughout 
the region; 
(B) contain critical information on gangs, 
gang members, firearms, criminal activities, ve-
hicles, and other information useful for inves-
tigators in solving gang-related crimes; and 
(C) operate in a manner that enables law 
enforcement agencies to—
(i) identify gang members involved in 
crimes; 
(ii) track the movement of gangs and 
members throughout the region; 
(iii) coordinate police response to 
gang violence; 
(iv) enhance officer safety;
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(v) provide realistic, up to date figures 
and statistical data on gang crime and vio-
lence; 
(vi) forecast trends and respond ac-
cordingly; and 
(vii) more easily solve crimes and pre-
vent violence. 
(e) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEYS.—The 
Attorney General is authorized to hire 94 additional As-
sistant United States attorneys to carry out the provisions 
of this section. Each attorney hired under this subsection 
shall be assigned to a high intensity interstate gang activ-
ity area. 
(f) 
ADDITIONAL
BATFE 
INSPECTORS
AND 
AGENTS.—The Attorney General, acting through the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives, is authorized to hire 100 additional inspectors 
and 100 additional agents for the Bureau. Each inspector 
and agent hired under this subsection shall be assigned 
to a high intensity interstate gang activity area, for the 
purpose of assisting local law enforcement agencies to pro-
vide more accurate and complete reports to the Bureau 
of weapons used by gangs in the area. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated—
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(1) $60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2006 through 2010 to carry out subsection (b); 
(2) $7,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 
through 2010 to carry out subsection (e); and 
(3) $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2006 through 2010 to carry out subsection (f). 
SEC. 202. GRANTS TO STATE AND LOCAL PROSECUTORS TO 
COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME AND TO PROTECT 
WITNESSES AND VICTIMS OF CRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31702 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13862) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) to hire additional prosecutors to—
‘‘(A) allow more cases to be prosecuted; 
and 
‘‘(B) reduce backlogs; 
‘‘(6) to fund technology, equipment, and train-
ing for prosecutors and law enforcement in order to 
increase accurate identification of gang members 
and violent offenders, and to maintain databases
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with such information to facilitate coordination 
among law enforcement and prosecutors; and 
‘‘(7) to fund technology, equipment, and train-
ing for prosecutors to increase the accurate identi-
fication and successful prosecution of young violent 
offenders.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
31707 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13867) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 31707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 
2010 to carry out this subtitle.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.