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(A) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘shall not exceed the lesser
of the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be the
amount billed, not to exceed the amount’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘items and services’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘the Medicare program’’
and inserting ‘‘items and services under the
Medicare program’’; and
(D) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting a pe-
riod.
SEC. 1158. OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGE-
MENT.
(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 104, as added by section 211 of this
Act, the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 105. OFFICE OF AUDIT, ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGE-
MENT.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within
the Office an Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man-
agement, headed by a Director appointed by the At-
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torney General. In carrying out the functions of the
Office, the Director shall be subject to the authority,
direction, and control of the Attorney General. Such
authority, direction, and control may be delegated
only to the Assistant Attorney General, without re-
delegation.
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office shall
be to carry out and coordinate program assessments
of, take actions to ensure compliance with the terms
of, and manage information with respect to, grants
under programs covered by subsection (b). The Direc-
tor shall take special conditions of the grant into ac-
count and consult with the office that issued those
conditions to ensure appropriate compliance.
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Office shall be the ex-
clusive element of the Department of Justice, other
than the Inspector General, performing functions and
activities for the purpose specified in paragraph (2).
There are hereby transferred to the Office all functions
and activities, other than functions and activities of
the Inspector General, for such purpose performed im-
mediately before the date of the enactment of this Act
by any other element of the Department.
‘‘(b) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to
in subsection (a) are the following:
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‘‘(1) The program under part Q of this title.
‘‘(2) Any grant program carried out by the Of-
fice of Justice Programs.
‘‘(3) Any other grant program carried out by the
Department of Justice that the Attorney General con-
siders appropriate.
‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall select
grants awarded under the programs covered by sub-
section (b) and carry out program assessments on
such grants. In selecting such grants, the Director
shall ensure that the aggregate amount awarded
under the grants so selected represent not less than 10
percent of the aggregate amount of money awarded
under all such grant programs.
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP TO NIJ EVALUATIONS.—This
subsection does not affect the authority or duty of the
Director of the National Institute of Justice to carry
out overall evaluations of programs covered by sub-
section (b), except that such Director shall consult
with the Director of the Office in carrying out such
evaluations.
‘‘(3) TIMING OF PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS.—The
program assessment required by paragraph (1) of a
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grant selected under paragraph (1) shall be carried
out—
‘‘(A) not later than the end of the grant pe-
riod, if the grant period is not more than 1 year;
and
‘‘(B) at the end of each year of the grant pe-
riod, if the grant period is more than 1 year.
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE ACTIONS REQUIRED.—The Director
shall take such actions to ensure compliance with the terms
of a grant as the Director considers appropriate with re-
spect to each grant that the Director determines (in con-
sultation with the head of the element of the Department
of Justice concerned), through a program assessment under
subsection (a) or other means, is not in compliance with
such terms. In the case of a misuse of more than 1 percent
of the grant amount concerned, the Director shall, in addi-
tion to any other action to ensure compliance that the Di-
rector considers appropriate, ensure that the entity respon-
sible for such misuse ceases to receive any funds under any
program covered by subsection (b) until such entity repays
to the Attorney General an amount equal to the amounts
misused. The Director may, in unusual circumstances,
grant relief from this requirement to ensure that an inno-
cent party is not punished.
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‘‘(e) GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The Director
shall establish and maintain, in consultation with the chief
information officer of the Office, a modern, automated sys-
tem for managing all information relating to the grants
made under the programs covered by subsection (b).
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not to exceed 3 percent
of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the pro-
grams covered by subsection (b) shall be reserved for the Of-
fice of Audit, Assessment and Management for the activities
authorized by this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1159. COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
(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 105, as added by section 248 of this
Act, the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 106. COMMUNITY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established within
the Office a Community Capacity Development Of-
fice, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney
General. In carrying out the functions of the Office,
the Director shall be subject to the authority, direc-
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tion, and control of the Attorney General. Such au-
thority, direction, and control may be delegated only
to the Assistant Attorney General, without redelega-
tion.
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office shall
be to provide training to actual and prospective par-
ticipants under programs covered by section 105(b) to
assist such participants in understanding the sub-
stantive and procedural requirements for partici-
pating in such programs.
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIVITY.—The Office shall be the ex-
clusive element of the Department of Justice per-
forming functions and activities for the purpose speci-
fied in paragraph (2). There are hereby transferred to
the Office all functions and activities for such purpose
performed immediately before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act by any other element of the Depart-
ment. This does not preclude a grant-making office
from providing specialized training and technical as-
sistance in its area of expertise.
‘‘(b) MEANS.—The Director shall, in coordination with
the heads of the other elements of the Department, carry
out the purpose of the Office through the following means:
‘‘(1) Promoting coordination of public and pri-
vate efforts and resources within or available to
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States, units of local government, and neighborhood
and community-based organizations.
‘‘(2) Providing information, training, and tech-
nical assistance.
‘‘(3) Providing support for inter- and intra-
agency task forces and other agreements and for as-
sessment of the effectiveness of programs, projects, ap-
proaches, or practices.
‘‘(4) Providing in the assessment of the effective-
ness of neighborhood and community-based law en-
forcement and crime prevention strategies and tech-
niques, in coordination with the National Institute of
Justice.
‘‘(5) Any other similar means.
‘‘(c) LOCATIONS.—Training referred to in subsection
(a) shall be provided on a regional basis to groups of such
participants. In a case in which remedial training is ap-
propriate, as recommended by the Director or the head of
any element of the Department, such training may be pro-
vided on a local basis to a single such participant.
‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES.—The Director shall—
‘‘(1) identify grants under which clearly bene-
ficial outcomes were obtained, and the characteristics
of those grants that were responsible for obtaining
those outcomes; and
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‘‘(2) incorporate those characteristics into the
training provided under this section.
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—not to exceed 3 percent
of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the pro-
grams covered by section 105(b) shall be reserved for the
Community Capacity Development Office for the activities
authorized by this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1160. OFFICE OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT TECH-
NOLOGY.
(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 106, as added by section 249 of this
Act, the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 107. DIVISION OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT TECH-
NOLOGY.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within
the Office of Science and Technology, the Division of Ap-
plied Law Enforcement Technology, headed by an indi-
vidual appointed by the Attorney General. The purpose of
the Division shall be to provide leadership and focus to those
grants of the Department of Justice that are made for the
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purpose of using or improving law enforcement computer
systems.
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out the purpose of the Di-
vision, the head of the Division shall—
‘‘(1) establish clear minimum standards for com-
puter systems that can be purchased using amounts
awarded under such grants; and
‘‘(2) ensure that recipients of such grants use
such systems to participate in crime reporting pro-
grams administered by the Department, such as Uni-
form Crime Reports or the National Incident-Based
Reporting System.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section take effect 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
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
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distributed to a grantee only in that fiscal year and
the three succeeding fiscal years, subject to para-
graphs (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 repro-
grammed 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 availability 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 permitted under the terms of the grant.
DOJ grant funds not so expended shall revert to the Treas-
ury.
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘DOJ
grant funds’ means, for a fiscal year, amounts appropriated
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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 amend-
ment 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
PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral 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 management of the Office of the Comp-
troller; and
(2) all procurement activities for all elements of
the Office are carried out under the direct manage-
ment of the Office of Administration.
(b) FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF PROCUREMENT AC-
TIVITIES.—The Assistant Attorney General, in coordination
with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Financial Of-
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ficer 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 manage-
ment office; and
(2) all contracts and purchase orders used in
carrying out those activities are processed through a
single procurement system.
(c) CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYS-
TEMS.—The Assistant Attorney General, in coordination
with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Financial Of-
ficer of the Department of Justice, shall ensure that, on and
after September 30, 2010, all financial management activi-
ties (including human resources, payroll, and accounting
activities, as well as procurement activities) of all elements
of the Office are carried out through a single financial man-
agement system.
(d) ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE.—
(1) SCHEDULE.—The Assistant Attorney General
shall undertake a scheduled consolidation of oper-
ations to achieve compliance with the requirements of
this section.
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to
achieving compliance with the requirements of—
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(A) subsection (a), the consolidation of oper-
ations shall be initiated not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act; and
(B) subsections (b) and (c), the consolida-
tion of operations shall be initiated not later
than September 30, 2006, and shall be carried
out by the Office of Administration, in consulta-
tion with the Chief Information Officer and the
Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management.
SEC. 1163. AUTHORIZATION AND CHANGE OF COPS PRO-
GRAM TO SINGLE GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701 of title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C.
3796dd) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General
shall carry out a single grant program under which the At-
torney General makes grants to States, units of local gov-
ernment, Indian tribal governments, other public and pri-
vate entities, and multi-jurisdictional 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—
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(A) by striking ‘‘ADDITIONAL
GRANT
PROJECTS.—Grants made under subsection (a)
may include programs, projects, and other ac-
tivities to—’’ and inserting ‘‘USES OF GRANT
AMOUNTS.—The purposes for which grants
made under subsection (a) may be made are—
’’;
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1)
through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (17), re-
spectively;
(C) by inserting before paragraph (6) (as so
redesignated) the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(1) rehire law enforcement officers who have
been laid off as a result of State and local budget re-
ductions for deployment in community-oriented polic-
ing;
‘‘(2) hire and train new, additional career law
enforcement officers for deployment in community-
oriented policing across the Nation;
‘‘(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 per-
form intelligence, anti-terror, or homeland security
duties;’’; and
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(D) by amending paragraph (9) (as so re-
designated) to read as follows:
‘‘(9) develop new technologies, including inter-
operable communications technologies, modernized
criminal record technology, and forensic technology,
to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in
reorienting the emphasis of their activities from react-
ing to crime to preventing crime and to train law en-
forcement officers to use such technologies;’’;
(4) by redesignating subsections (e) through (k)
as subsections (c) through (i), respectively; and
(5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated) by
striking ‘‘subsection (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 sub-
section (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 ‘‘ex-
pended—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2000’’ and
inserting ‘‘expended $1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal
years 2006 through 2009’’; and
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(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 1701(f)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1701(d)’’; and
(B) by striking the third sentence.
SEC. 1164. CLARIFICATION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR BEN-
EFITS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’
DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAMS.
(a) PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR DEATH BENEFITS.—Sec-
tion 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 Chap-
lains 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 fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(7) ‘member of a rescue squad or ambulance
crew’ means an officially recognized or designated
public employee member of a rescue squad or ambu-
lance crew;’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ and all
that follows through the end and inserting a semi-
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(4) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘enforcement of
the laws’’ and inserting ‘‘enforcement of the criminal
laws (including juvenile 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.—Sec-
tion 1201 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(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 sub-
section (a) or (c), where such collection would be imprac-
tical, 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 en-
actment of this subparagraph, to the individual
designated by such officer as beneficiary under