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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 320 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
establish a grant program for jurisdictions with high rates of violent crime. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 12, 2023 
Mr. COHEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for jurisdic-
tions with high rates of violent crime. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safer Streets Act of 
2023’’. 
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘PART NN—GRANTS FOR JURISDICTIONS WITH 
HIGH RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME 
‘‘SEC. 3201. IN GENERAL. 
‘‘The Attorney General shall, each fiscal year, make 
grants to eligible units of local government and neighbor-
hood or community-based organizations. 
‘‘SEC. 3202. ELIGIBILITY AND INCENTIVES. 
‘‘To be eligible for a grant under this part, a unit 
of local government or a neighborhood or community- 
based organization operating in a covered jurisdiction shall 
submit to the Attorney General information establishing 
that the rate of occurrence of violent crime within that 
jurisdiction is 2 times or more the national violent crime 
rate and that the population of that jurisdiction is 
100,000 or more. Of any amounts made available for 
grants under this part for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(1) 50 percent of such amounts shall be for 
grants, of an equal amount to each covered jurisdic-
tion, to eligible grantees for which such rate of oc-
currence is 4 times the national violent crime rate 
or higher; 
‘‘(2) 20 percent of such amounts shall be for 
grants, of an equal amount to each covered jurisdic-
tion, to eligible grantees for which such rate of oc-
currence is 3 times the national violent crime rate 
or higher; 
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‘‘(3) 10 percent of such amounts shall be for 
grants, of an equal amount to each covered jurisdic-
tion, to all other eligible grantees; and 
‘‘(4) remaining amounts shall be for emergency 
grants to such eligible grantees as the Attorney Gen-
eral determines appropriate. 
The Attorney General shall be responsible for awarding 
funds between units of local government and neighborhood 
or community-based organizations pursuant to each para-
graph of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 3203. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. 
‘‘Not more than 10 percent of a grant made under 
this part may be used for costs incurred to administer 
such grant. 
‘‘SEC. 3204. USE OF FUNDS. 
‘‘Amounts made available as a grant under this part 
may be used by a grantee for law enforcement purposes 
or community violence prevention purposes including— 
‘‘(1) hiring additional law enforcement officers; 
‘‘(2) investing in surveillance equipment; and 
‘‘(3) prevention programs. 
‘‘SEC. 3205. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘Any unit of local government or neighborhood or 
community-based organization in a covered jurisdiction 
that experiences, for a fiscal year, an increase of 10 per-
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cent in the rate of occurrence in violent crime over the 
preceding fiscal year, shall be eligible for an additional 
amount equal to 10 percent of the amount otherwise avail-
able under this part. 
‘‘SEC. 3206. DEFINITION. 
‘‘The term ‘violent crime’ has the meaning given that 
term by the Attorney General for purposes of the Uniform 
Crime Reporting Program, for the fiscal year during 
which the grants are made.’’. 
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