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that is know or should be known to have been taken
in violation of paragraph (1); or
(3) the coordination, organization, or recruit-
ment of persons to undertake the conduct described in
paragraph (1) or (2).
SEC. 1106. UNITED STATES-MEXICO BORDER VIOLENCE
TASK FORCE.
(a) TASK FORCE.—(1) The Attorney General shall es-
tablish the United States-Mexico Border Violence Task
Force in Laredo, Texas, to combat drug and firearms traf-
ficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border between
the United States and Mexico and to provide expertise to
the law enforcement and homeland security agencies along
the border between the United States and Mexico. The Task
Force shall include personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement, the Drug Enforcement Administration,
Customs and Border Protection, other Federal agencies (as
appropriate), the Texas Department of Public Safety, and
local law enforcement agencies.
(2) The Attorney General shall make available funds
to provide for the ongoing administrative and technological
costs to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies
participating in the Task Force.
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2006 through 2009, for—
(1) the establishment and operation of the
United States-Mexico Border Violence Task Force;
and
(2) the investigation, apprehension, and prosecu-
tion of individuals engaged in drug and firearms
trafficking, violence, and kidnapping along the border
between the United States and Mexico.
SEC. 1107. NATIONAL GANG INTELLIGENCE CENTER.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General shall es-
tablish a National Gang Intelligence Center and gang infor-
mation database to be housed at and administered by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation to collect, analyze, and dis-
seminate gang activity information from—
(1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(2) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms,
and Explosives;
(3) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
(4) the Bureau of Prisons;
(5) the United States Marshals Service;
(6) the Directorate of Border and Transportation
Security of the Department of Homeland Security;
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(7) the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment;
(8) State and local law enforcement;
(9) Federal, State, and local prosecutors;
(10) Federal, State, and local probation and pa-
role offices;
(11) Federal, State, and local prisons and jails;
and
(12) any other entity as appropriate.
(b) INFORMATION.—The Center established under sub-
section (a) shall make available the information referred to
in subsection (a) to—
(1) Federal, State, and local law enforcement
agencies;
(2) Federal, State, and local corrections agencies
and penal institutions;
(3) Federal, State, and local prosecutorial agen-
cies; and
(4) any other entity as appropriate.
(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
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$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and for each fiscal year
thereafter.
Subtitle B—IMPROVING THE DE-
PARTMENT 
OF 
JUSTICE’S
GRANT PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 1—ASSISTING LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGEN-
CIES
SEC. 1111. MERGER OF BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM AND
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT
PROGRAM.
(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:
‘‘Subpart 1—Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant Program’’;
(B) by amending section 500 to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘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 Memorial
State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, or
to the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants
program, shall be deemed to be a reference to the grant pro-
gram 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 Appropriations Au-
thorization 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 Appropriations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009.’’; and
(C) by inserting after section 500 the fol-
lowing new sections:
‘‘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
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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 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 enact-
ment of this paragraph.
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‘‘(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 organiza-
tions that are private and nonprofit;
‘‘(2) units of local government; or
‘‘(3) tribal governments.
‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT COMPONENT; WAIVER.—
‘‘(1) Each program funded under this subpart
shall contain a program assessment component, devel-
oped pursuant to guidelines established by the Attor-
ney General, in coordination with the National Insti-
tute of Justice.
‘‘(2) The Attorney General may waive the re-
quirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a program
if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the pro-
gram is not of sufficient size to justify a full program
assessment.
‘‘(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:
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‘‘(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 per-
cent 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 exten-
sions beyond that period may be granted at the discretion
of the Attorney General.
‘‘(g) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subparagraph (d)(1)
shall not be construed to prohibit the use, directly or indi-
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rectly, of funds provided under this subpart to provide secu-
rity at a public event, such as a political convention or
major sports event, so long as such security is provided
under applicable laws and procedures.
‘‘SEC. 502. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘To request a grant under this subpart, the chief execu-
tive officer of a State or unit of local government shall sub-
mit an application to the Attorney General within 90 days
after the date on which funds to carry out this subpart are
appropriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the Attorney
General may require. Such application shall include the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(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 increase
the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence
of Federal funds, be made available for law enforce-
ment 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, the
application (or amendment) was submitted for review
to the governing body of the State or unit of local gov-
ernment (or to an organization designated by that
governing body).
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‘‘(3) An assurance that, before the application
(or any amendment to the application) was submitted
to the Attorney General—
‘‘(A) the application (or amendment) was
made public; and
‘‘(B) an opportunity to comment on the ap-
plication (or amendment) was provided to citi-
zens and to neighborhood or community-based
organizations, to the extent applicable law or es-
tablished procedure makes such an opportunity
available.
‘‘(4) An assurance that, for each fiscal year cov-
ered by an application, the applicant shall maintain
and report such data, records, and information (pro-
grammatic and financial) as the Attorney General
may reasonably require.
‘‘(5) A certification, made in a form acceptable
to the Attorney General and executed by the chief ex-
ecutive officer of the applicant (or by another officer
of the applicant, if qualified under regulations pro-
mulgated by the Attorney General), that—
‘‘(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;
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‘‘(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 ap-
plicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the applica-
tion 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—
‘‘(A) 50 percent of such remaining amount
to each State in amounts that bear the same
ratio of—