(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—
(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;
(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—
(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
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:
Clerk.