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SEC. 1161. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by adding after section 
107, as added by section 250 of this Act, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 108. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) PERIOD FOR AWARDING GRANT FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Unless otherwise specifically provided 
in an authorization, DOJ grant funds for a fiscal year shall 
remain available to be awarded and distributed to a grantee 
only in that fiscal year and the three succeeding fiscal years, 
subject to paragraphs (2) and (3). DOJ grant funds not so 
awarded and distributed shall revert to the Treasury. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
REPROGRAMMED
FUNDS.—DOJ grant 
funds for a fiscal year that are reprogrammed in a later fiscal 
year shall be treated for purposes of paragraph (1) as DOJ 
grant funds for such later fiscal year. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF DEOBLIGATED FUNDS.—If DOJ grant 
funds were obligated and then deobligated, the period of avail-
ability that applies to those grant funds under paragraph (1) 
shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number 
of days from the date on which those grant funds were obligated 
to the date on which those grant funds were deobligated. 
‘‘(b) PERIOD FOR EXPENDING GRANT FUNDS.—DOJ grant funds 
for a fiscal year that have been awarded and distributed to a 
grantee may be expended by that grantee only in the period per-
mitted under the terms of the grant. DOJ grant funds not so 
expended shall revert to the Treasury. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘DOJ grant funds’ 
means, for a fiscal year, amounts appropriated for activities of 
the Department of Justice in carrying out grant programs for that 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to DOJ grant funds 
for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 2006.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendment made 
by this section take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 1162. CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 
OF OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF ACCOUNTING ACTIVITIES AND PROCURE-
MENT ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attorney General of the Office 
of Justice Programs, in coordination with the Chief Information 
Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Justice, 
shall ensure that— 
(1) all accounting activities for all elements of the Office 
of Justice Programs are carried out under the direct manage-
ment of the Office of the Comptroller; and 
(2) all procurement activities for all elements of the Office 
are carried out under the direct management of the Office 
of Administration. 
(b) FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES.—
The Assistant Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief 
Information Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Department 
of Justice, shall ensure that, on and after September 30, 2008— 
(1) all procurement activities for all elements of the Office 
are carried out through a single management office; and
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(2) all contracts and purchase orders used in carrying out 
those activities are processed through a single procurement 
system. 
(c) CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.—The 
Assistant Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Jus-
tice, shall ensure that, on and after September 30, 2010, all financial 
management activities (including human resources, payroll, and 
accounting activities, as well as procurement activities) of all ele-
ments of the Office are carried out through a single financial 
management system. 
(d) ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) SCHEDULE.—The Assistant Attorney General shall 
undertake a scheduled consolidation of operations to achieve 
compliance with the requirements of this section. 
(2) SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to achieving 
compliance with the requirements of— 
(A) subsection (a), the consolidation of operations shall 
be initiated not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
(B) subsections (b) and (c), the consolidation of oper-
ations shall be initiated not later than September 30, 2006, 
and shall be carried out by the Office of Administration, 
in consultation with the Chief Information Officer and the 
Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management. 
SEC. 1163. AUTHORIZATION AND CHANGE OF COPS PROGRAM TO 
SINGLE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd) is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General shall carry 
out a single grant program under which the Attorney General 
makes grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribal 
governments, other public and private entities, and multi-jurisdic-
tional or regional consortia for the purposes described in subsection 
(b).’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (b), and 
in that subsection— 
(A) by striking ‘‘ADDITIONAL GRANT PROJECTS.—Grants 
made under subsection (a) may include programs, projects, 
and other activities to—’’ and inserting ‘‘USES OF GRANT 
AMOUNTS.—The purposes for which grants made under sub-
section (a) may be made are—’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (12) as 
paragraphs (6) through (17), respectively; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (6) (as so redesig-
nated) the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) rehire law enforcement officers who have been laid 
off as a result of State and local budget reductions for deploy-
ment in community-oriented policing; 
‘‘(2) hire and train new, additional career law enforcement 
officers for deployment in community-oriented policing across 
the Nation;
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‘‘(3) procure equipment, technology, or support systems, 
or pay overtime, to increase the number of officers deployed 
in community-oriented policing; 
‘‘(4) award grants to pay for offices hired to perform intel-
ligence, anti-terror, or homeland security duties;’’; and 
(D) by amending paragraph (9) (as so redesignated) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) develop new technologies, including interoperable 
communications technologies, modernized criminal record tech-
nology, and forensic technology, to assist State and local law 
enforcement agencies in reorienting the emphasis of their activi-
ties from reacting to crime to preventing crime and to train 
law enforcement officers to use such technologies;’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (e) through (k) as sub-
sections (c) through (i), respectively; and 
(5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (g)’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1702 of title I of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1) is amended in subsection (d)(2) by striking 
‘‘section 1701(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1701(b)’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 1001(a)(11) of 
title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)(11)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘expended—’’ and all 
that 
follows 
through 
‘‘2000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘expended 
$1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2009’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 1701(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
1701(d)’’; and 
(B) by striking the third sentence. 
SEC. 1164. CLARIFICATION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR BENEFITS 
UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ DEATH BENEFITS 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR DEATH BENEFITS.—Section 1204 of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796b), as most recently amended by section 2(a) of the Mychal 
Judge Police and Fire Chaplains Public Safety Officers’ Benefit 
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–196; 116 Stat. 719), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
(8) and (9), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(7) ‘member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew’ means 
an officially recognized or designated public employee member 
of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ and all that follows 
through the end and inserting a semicolon. 
(4) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘enforcement of the laws’’ 
and inserting ‘‘enforcement of the criminal laws (including juve-
nile delinquency).’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION
OF
LIMITATION
ON
PAYMENTS
IN
NON-
CIVILIAN CASES.—Section 1202(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796a(5)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘with respect’’ before ‘‘to any individual’’. 
(c) WAIVER OF COLLECTION IN CERTAIN CASES.—Section 1201 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
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‘‘(m) The Bureau may suspend or end collection action on an 
amount disbursed pursuant to a statute enacted retroactively or 
otherwise disbursed in error under subsection (a) or (c), where 
such collection would be impractical, or would cause undue hardship 
to a debtor who acted in good faith.’’. 
(d) DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.—Section 1201(a)(4) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 3796(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) if there is no surviving spouse or surviving child— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a claim made on or after the date 
that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
subparagraph, to the individual designated by such officer 
as beneficiary under this section in such officer’s most 
recently executed designation of beneficiary on file at the 
time of death with such officer’s public safety agency, 
organization, or unit, provided that such individual sur-
vived such officer; or 
‘‘(B) if there is no individual qualifying under subpara-
graph (A), to the individual designated by such officer 
as beneficiary under such officer’s most recently executed 
life insurance policy on file at the time of death with 
such officer’s public safety agency, organization, or unit, 
provided that such individual survived such officer; or’’. 
(e) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Section 1201(1)(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
3796(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) The public safety agency, organization, or unit respon-
sible for maintaining on file an executed designation of bene-
ficiary or recently executed life insurance policy pursuant to 
paragraph (4) shall maintain the confidentiality of such des-
ignation or policy in the same manner as it maintains personnel 
or other similar records of the officer.’’. 
SEC. 1165. PRE-RELEASE AND POST-RELEASE PROGRAMS FOR JUVE-
NILE OFFENDERS. 
Section 1801(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ee(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (15) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(2) in paragraph (16) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) establishing, improving, and coordinating pre-release 
and post-release systems and programs to facilitate the success-
ful reentry of juvenile offenders from State or local custody 
in the community.’’. 
SEC. 1166. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOCK 
GRANTS. 
Section 1810(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2002 
through 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2009’’. 
SEC. 1167. SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT. 
Section 40152 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforce-
ment Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13941) is amended by striking sub-
section (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2006 through 2010.’’.