local authorities responsible for the prevention, inves-
tigation, and punishment of instances of prison rape. 
(b) REPORTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30 
of each year, the National Institute of Corrections 
shall submit a report to Congress and the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services. This report shall be 
available to the Director of the Bureau of Justice Sta-
tistics. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall summarize the activities of the 
Department of Justice regarding prison rape abate-
ment for the preceding calendar year. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2004 through 2010 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 6. GRANTS TO PROTECT INMATES AND SAFEGUARD 
COMMUNITIES. 
(a) GRANTS
AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available for grants under this section, the Attorney General 
shall make grants to States to assist those States in ensur-
ing that budgetary circumstances (such as reduced State 
and local spending on prisons) do not compromise efforts 
to protect inmates (particularly from prison rape) and to 
safeguard the communities to which inmates return. The
purpose of grants under this section shall be to provide 
funds for personnel, training, technical assistance, data col-
lection, and equipment to prevent and prosecute prisoner 
rape. 
(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Amounts received by 
a grantee under this section may be used by the grantee, 
directly or through subgrants, only for one or more of the 
following activities: 
(1) PROTECTING INMATES.—Protecting inmates 
by—
(A) undertaking efforts to more effectively 
prevent prison rape; 
(B) investigating incidents of prison rape; 
or 
(C) prosecuting incidents of prison rape. 
(2) 
SAFEGUARDING
COMMUNITIES.—Safe-
guarding communities by—
(A) making available, to officials of State 
and local governments who are considering re-
ductions to prison budgets, training and tech-
nical assistance in successful methods for moder-
ating the growth of prison populations without 
compromising public safety, including successful 
methods used by other jurisdictions;
(B) developing and utilizing analyses of 
prison populations and risk assessment instru-
ments that will improve State and local govern-
ments’ understanding of risks to the community 
regarding release of inmates in the prison popu-
lation; 
(C) preparing maps demonstrating the con-
centration, on a community-by-community basis, 
of inmates who have been released, to facilitate 
the efficient and effective—
(i) deployment of law enforcement re-
sources (including probation and parole re-
sources); and 
(ii) delivery of services (such as job 
training and substance abuse treatment) to 
those released inmates; 
(D) promoting collaborative efforts, among 
officials of State and local governments and 
leaders of appropriate communities, to under-
stand and address the effects on a community of 
the presence of a disproportionate number of re-
leased inmates in that community; or 
(E) developing policies and programs that 
reduce spending on prisons by effectively reduc-
ing rates of parole and probation revocation 
without compromising public safety. 
(c) GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) PERIOD.—A grant under this section shall be 
made for a period of not more than 2 years. 
(2) MAXIMUM.—The amount of a grant under 
this section may not exceed $1,000,000. 
(3) MATCHING.—The Federal share of a grant 
under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the 
total costs of the project described in the application 
submitted under subsection (d) for the fiscal year for 
which the grant was made under this section. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To request a grant under this 
section, the chief executive of a State shall submit an 
application to the Attorney General at such time, in 
such manner, and accompanied by such information 
as the Attorney General may require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application required by 
paragraph (1) shall—
(A) include the certification of the chief ex-
ecutive that the State receiving such grant—
(i) has adopted all national prison 
rape standards that, as of the date on which
the application was submitted, have been 
promulgated under this Act; and 
(ii) will consider adopting all national 
prison rape standards that are promulgated 
under this Act after such date; 
(B) specify with particularity the preventa-
tive, prosecutorial, or administrative activities to 
be undertaken by the State with the amounts re-
ceived under the grant; and 
(C) in the case of an application for a 
grant for one or more activities specified in 
paragraph (2) of subsection (b)—
(i) review the extent of the budgetary 
circumstances affecting the State generally 
and describe how those circumstances relate 
to the State’s prisons; 
(ii) describe the rate of growth of the 
State’s prison population over the preceding 
10 years and explain why the State may 
have difficulty sustaining that rate of 
growth; and 
(iii) explain the extent to which offi-
cials (including law enforcement officials) of 
State and local governments and victims of 
crime will be consulted regarding decisions
whether, or how, to moderate the growth of 
the State’s prison population. 
(e) REPORTS BY GRANTEE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall 
require each grantee to submit, not later than 90 days 
after the end of the period for which the grant was 
made under this section, a report on the activities 
carried out under the grant. The report shall identify 
and describe those activities and shall contain an 
evaluation of the effect of those activities on—
(A) the number of incidents of prison rape, 
and the grantee’s response to such incidents; and 
(B) the safety of the prisons, and the safety 
of the communities in which released inmates are 
present. 
(2) 
DISSEMINATION.—The 
Attorney 
General 
shall ensure that each report submitted under para-
graph (1) is made available under the national clear-
inghouse established under section 5. 
(f) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘State’’ 
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—