(10) DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION.—
For 
the 
Drug 
Enforcement 
Administration: 
$1,621,716,000, which shall include not to exceed 
$70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a con-
fidential character. 
(11) BUREAU
OF
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-
ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES.—For the Bureau of Alco-
hol, 
Tobacco, 
Firearms 
and 
Explosives: 
$886,407,000. 
(12) FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES.—
For Fees and Expenses of Witnesses: $159,393,000 
to remain available until expended, which shall in-
clude not to exceed $6,000,000 for construction of 
protected witness safesites. 
(13) INTERAGENCY
CRIME
AND
DRUG
EN-
FORCEMENT.—For Interagency Crime and Drug 
Enforcement: $563,918,000, for expenses not other-
wise provided for, for the investigation and prosecu-
tion of persons involved in organized crime drug 
trafficking, except that any funds obligated from ap-
propriations authorized by this paragraph may be 
used under authorities available to the organizations 
reimbursed from such funds.
(14) FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMIS-
SION.—For the Foreign Claims Settlement Commis-
sion: $1,260,000. 
(15) COMMUNITY
RELATIONS
SERVICE.—For 
the Community Relations Service: $9,910,000. 
(16) ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND.—For the As-
sets Forfeiture Fund: $24,428,000 for expenses au-
thorized by section 524 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(17) UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION.—
For 
the 
United 
States 
Parole 
Commission: 
$11,497,000. 
(18) FEDERAL DETENTION TRUSTEE.—For the 
necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trust-
ee: $842,854,000. 
(19) 
IDENTIFICATION
SYSTEMS
INTEGRA-
TION.—For expenses necessary for the operation of 
the Identification System Integration: $35,453,000. 
(20) 
NARROWBAND
COMMUNICATIONS.—For 
the costs of conversion to narrowband communica-
tions, including the cost for operation and mainte-
nance of Land Mobile Radio legacy systems: 
$145,743,000.
(21) OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS.—For ad-
ministrative expenses not otherwise provided for, of 
the Office of Justice Programs: $151,657,000. 
(22) LEGAL
ACTIVITIES
OFFICE
AUTOMA-
TIONS.—For necessary expenses related to office au-
tomation: $34,582,000. 
(23) COUNTERTERRORISM
FUND.—For nec-
essary expenses of the Counterterrorism Fund: 
$1,040,000. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING THE DE-
PARTMENT 
OF 
JUSTICE’S 
GRANT PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Assisting Law Enforce-
ment 
and 
Criminal 
Justice 
Agencies 
SEC. 201. MERGER OF BYRNE GRANT PROGRAM AND LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(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 
follows: 
‘‘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.—Any 
reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Edward Byrne Memo-
rial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Pro-
grams, or to the Local Government Law Enforcement 
Block Grants program, shall be deemed to be a reference 
to the grant program referred to in subsection (a).’’; and 
(C) by inserting after section 500 the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 501. DESCRIPTION. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts made 
available to carry out this subpart, the Attorney General 
may, in accordance with the formula established under 
section 505, make grants to States and units of local gov-
ernment, for use by the State or unit of local government
to provide additional personnel, equipment, supplies, con-
tractual support, training, technical assistance, and infor-
mation systems for criminal justice, including for any one 
or more of the following programs: 
‘‘(1) Law enforcement programs. 
‘‘(2) Prosecution and court programs. 
‘‘(3) Prevention and education programs. 
‘‘(4) Corrections and community corrections 
programs. 
‘‘(5) Drug treatment programs. 
‘‘(6) Planning, evaluation, and technology im-
provement programs. 
‘‘(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 organi-
zations that are private and nonprofit; 
‘‘(2) units of local government; or 
‘‘(3) tribal governments. 
‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT COMPONENT; WAIV-
ER.—
‘‘(1) Each program funded under this subpart 
shall contain a program assessment component, de-
veloped pursuant to guidelines established by the At-
torney General, in coordination with the National 
Institute of Justice. 
‘‘(2) The Attorney General may waive the re-
quirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a pro-
gram if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the 
program is not of sufficient size to justify a full pro-
gram 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: 
‘‘(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, vessels, or aircraft; 
‘‘(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 
percent 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 ex-
tensions beyond that period may be granted at the discre-
tion of the Attorney General. 
‘‘(g) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Subparagraph 
(d)(1) shall not be construed to prohibit the use, directly 
or indirectly, of funds provided under this subpart to pro-
vide security at a public event, such as a political conven-
tion or major sports event, so long as such security is pro-
vided under applicable laws and procedures. 
‘‘SEC. 502. APPLICATIONS. 
‘‘To request a grant under this subpart, the chief ex-
ecutive officer of a State or unit of local government shall 
submit an application to the Attorney General within 90 
days after the date on which funds to carry out this sub-
part are appropriated for a fiscal year, in such form as 
the Attorney General may require. Such application shall 
include the following: 
‘‘(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 in-
crease the amounts of such funds that would, in the 
absence of Federal funds, be made available for law 
enforcement 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 government (or to an organization designated 
by that governing body). 
‘‘(3) An assurance that, before the application 
(or any amendment to the application) was sub-
mitted to the Attorney General—
‘‘(A) the application (or amendment) was 
made public; and 
‘‘(B) an opportunity to comment on the 
application (or amendment) was provided to 
citizens and to neighborhood or community-
based organizations, to the extent applicable 
law or established procedure makes such an op-
portunity available. 
‘‘(4) An assurance that, for each fiscal year 
covered by an application, the applicant shall main-
tain and report such data, records, and information
(programmatic and financial) as the Attorney Gen-
eral may reasonably require. 
‘‘(5) A certification, made in a form acceptable 
to the Attorney General and executed by the chief 
executive officer of the applicant (or by another offi-
cer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations 
promulgated 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; 
‘‘(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 
applicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the appli-
cation 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 
allocate—
‘‘(A) 50 percent of such amount to each 
State in amounts that bear the same ratio of—
‘‘(i) the total population of a State 
to—
‘‘(ii) the total population of the 
United States; and 
‘‘(B) 50 percent of such amount to each 
State in amounts that bear the same ratio of—
‘‘(i) the average annual number of 
part I violent crimes of the Uniform Crime 
Reports of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation reported by such State for the 
three most recent years reported by such 
State to—
‘‘(ii) the average annual number of 
such crimes reported by all States for such 
years.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), no State shall receive less than .25 
percent of such total amount for each fiscal year. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION BETWEEN STATES AND UNITS OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Of the amounts allocated under 
subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) 60 percent shall be for direct grants to 
States, to be allocated under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) 40 percent shall be for grants to be allo-
cated under subsection (d). 
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION FOR STATE GOVERNMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts allocated 
under subsection (b)(1), each State may retain for 
the purposes described in section 501 an amount 
that bears the same ratio of—
‘‘(A) total expenditures on criminal justice 
by the State government in the most recently 
completed fiscal year to—
‘‘(B) the total expenditure on criminal jus-
tice by the State government and units of local 
government within the State in such year. 
‘‘(2) REMAINING
AMOUNTS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (e)(1), any amounts remaining 
after the allocation required by paragraph (1) shall
be made available to units of local government by 
the State for the purposes described in section 501. 
‘‘(d) ALLOCATIONS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts allocated 
under subsection (b)(2), grants for the purposes de-
scribed in section 501 shall be made directly to units 
of local government within each State in accordance 
with this subsection, subject to subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS FOR CATEGORIES OF LIKE 
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—Of the amounts 
referred to in paragraph (1), each of the four cat-
egories of like governmental units (county, city, 
township, and other) within a State shall be allo-
cated an amount that bears the same ratio of—
‘‘(A) the total expenditures on criminal 
justice by units of local government in that cat-
egory within that State in the most recently 
completed fiscal year to—
‘‘(B) the total expenditures on criminal 
justice by all units of local government within 
that State in such year. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATIONS FOR UNITS OF LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—Of the amounts allocated to a category 
under paragraph (2), each unit of local government
in that category within that State shall be allocated 
an amount that bears the same ratio of—
‘‘(A) the average annual number of part I 
violent crimes of the Uniform Crime Reports of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported by 
such unit of local government for the three 
most recent years reported by such unit of local 
government to—
‘‘(B) the average annual number of such 
crimes reported by all like governmental units 
for such years. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ALLOCATIONS TO UNITS OF 
LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM ALLOCATION.—No unit of local 
government shall receive a total allocation under this 
section that exceeds such unit’s total expenditures 
on criminal justice services for the most recently 
completed fiscal year for which data are available. 
Any amount in excess of such total expenditures 
shall be allocated proportionally among units of local 
government whose allocations under this section do 
not exceed their total expenditures on such services. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS UNDER $10,000.—If the allo-
cation under this section to a unit of local govern-
ment is less than $10,000 for any fiscal year, the di-
rect grant to the State under subsection (c) shall be 
increased by the amount of such allocation, to be 
distributed (for the purposes described in section 
501) among State police departments that provide 
criminal justice services to units of local government 
and units of local government whose allocation under 
this section is less than $10,000. 
‘‘(3) NON-REPORTING
UNITS.—No allocation 
under this section shall be made to a unit of local 
government that has not reported at least three 
years of data on part I violent crimes of the Uniform 
Crime Reports to the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion within the immediately-preceding 10 years. 
‘‘(f) FUNDS NOT USED BY THE STATE.—If the At-
torney General determines, on the basis of information 
available during any grant period, that any allocation (or 
portion thereof) under this section to a State for such 
grant period will not be required, or that a State will be 
unable to qualify or receive funds under this subpart, or 
that a State chooses not to participate in the program es-
tablished under this subpart, then such State’s allocation 
(or portion thereof) shall be awarded by the Attorney Gen-
eral to units of local government, or combinations thereof, 
within such State, giving priority to those jurisdictions 
with the highest annual number of part I violent crimes
of the Uniform Crime Reports reported by the unit of local 
government to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 
three most recent calendar years for which such data are 
available. 
‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULES FOR PUERTO RICO.—
‘‘(1) ALL
FUNDS
SET
ASIDE
FOR
COMMON-
WEALTH
GOVERNMENT.—Notwithstanding 
sub-
section (b), of the amounts allocated under sub-
section (a) to Puerto Rico, 100 percent shall be for 
direct grants to Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(2) NO LOCAL ALLOCATIONS.—Subsections (c) 
and (d) shall not apply to Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘like governmental unit’ means any 
like unit of local government as defined by the Sec-
retary of Commerce for general statistical purposes. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
LIKE
UNITS
REQUIRED.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), in determining the 
meaning of such term for purposes of this section—
‘‘(A) all counties (including parishes) shall 
be treated as like governmental units; 
‘‘(B) all cities shall be treated as like gov-
ernmental units;
‘‘(C) all townships shall be treated as like 
governmental units; and 
‘‘(D) all governmental units of other par-
ticular types shall be treated as like govern-
mental units of such types.’’. 
‘‘SEC. 506. RESERVED FUNDS. 
‘‘Of the total amount made available to carry out this 
subpart for a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall re-
serve not more than—
‘‘(1) $20,000,000, for use by the National In-
stitute of Justice in assisting units of local govern-
ment to identify, select, develop, modernize, and pur-
chase new technologies for use by law enforcement; 
and 
‘‘(2) $20,000,000, to be granted by the Attor-
ney General to States and units of local government 
to develop and implement antiterrorism training pro-
grams. 
‘‘SEC. 507. INTEREST-BEARING TRUST FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) TRUST FUND REQUIRED.—A State or unit of 
local government shall establish a trust fund in which to 
deposit amounts received under this subpart. 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each amount received 
under this subpart (including interest on such
amount) shall be expended before the date on which 
the grant period expires. 
‘‘(2) REPAYMENT.—A State or unit of local 
government that fails to expend an entire amount 
(including interest on such amount) as required by 
paragraph (1) shall repay the unexpended portion to 
the Attorney General not later than 3 months after 
the date on which the grant period expires. 
‘‘(3) REDUCTION OF FUTURE AMOUNTS.—If a 
State or unit of local government fails to comply 
with paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General 
shall reduce amounts to be provided to that State or 
unit of local government accordingly. 
‘‘(c) REPAID AMOUNTS.—Amounts received as repay-
ments under this section shall be subject to section 108 
of this title as if such amounts had not been granted and 
repaid. Such amounts shall be deposited in the Treasury 
in a dedicated fund for use by the Attorney General to 
carry out this subpart. Such funds are hereby made avail-
able to carry out this subpart. 
‘‘SEC. 508. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subpart $1,075,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2008.’’.
(b) REPEALS OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELATING 
TO BYRNE GRANTS.—
(1) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS TO PUBLIC AND 
PRIVATE ENTITIES.—Chapter A of subpart 2 of Part 
E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3760–3762) is re-
pealed. 
(2) TARGETED GRANTS TO CURB MOTOR VEHI-
CLE THEFT.—Subtitle B of the Anti Car Theft Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 3750a–3750d) is repealed. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) 
CRIME
IDENTIFICATION
TECHNOLOGY 
ACT.—Subsection (c)(2)(G) of section 102 of the 
Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 
U.S.C. 14601) is amended by striking ‘‘such as’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘the M.O.R.E. pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘such as the Edward Byrne 
Justice Assistance Grant Program and the M.O.R.E. 
program’’. 
(2) SAFE STREETS ACT.—Title I of the Omni-
bus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is 
amended—
(A) in section 517 (42 U.S.C. 3763), in 
subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘pursuant to sec-
tion 511 or 515’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 
section 515’’; 
(B) in section 520 (42 U.S.C. 3766)—
(i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘the program evaluations as required by 
section 501(c) of this part’’ and inserting 
‘‘program evaluations’’; 
(ii) in subsection (a)(2), by striking 
‘‘evaluations of programs funded under 
section 506 (formula grants) and sections 
511 and 515 (discretionary grants) of this 
part’’ and inserting ‘‘evaluations of pro-
grams funded under section 505 (formula 
grants) and section 515 (discretionary 
grants) of this part’’; and 
(iii) in subsection (b)(2), by striking 
‘‘programs funded under section 506 (for-
mula grants) and section 511 (discre-
tionary grants)’’ and inserting ‘‘programs 
funded 
under 
section 
505 
(formula 
grants)’’; 
(C) in section 522 (42 U.S.C. 3766b)—
(i) in subsection (a), in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 506’’ and inserting ‘‘section 505’’; and
(ii) in subsection (a)(1), by striking 
‘‘an assessment of the impact of such ac-
tivities on meeting the needs identified in 
the State strategy submitted under section 
503’’ and inserting ‘‘an assessment of the 
impact of such activities on meeting the 
purposes of subpart 1’’; 
(D) in section 801 (42 U.S.C. 3782), in 
subsection (b)(5)—
(i) by striking ‘‘the purposes of sec-
tion 501 of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
purposes of such subpart 1’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the application sub-
mitted pursuant to section 503 of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘the application sub-
mitted pursuant to section 502 of this 
title’’; 
(E) in section 808 (42 U.S.C. 3789), by 
striking ‘‘the State office described in section 
507 or 1408’’ and inserting ‘‘the State office 
responsible for the trust fund required by sec-
tion 507, or the State office described in section 
1408,’’; 
(F) in section 901 (42 U.S.C. 3791), in 
subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘for the purposes
of section 506(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘for the pur-
poses of section 505(a)’’; 
(G) in section 1502 (42 U.S.C. 3796bb–
1)—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 
506(a)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
505(a)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2)—
(I) by striking ‘‘section 503(a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 502’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘section 506’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 505’’; 
(H) in section 1602 (42 U.S.C. 3796cc–1), 
in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘The office des-
ignated under section 507 of title I’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The office responsible for the trust fund 
required by section 507’’; 
(I) in section 1702 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1), 
in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘and reflects 
consideration of the statewide strategy under 
section 503(a)(1)’’; and 
(J) in section 1902 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–1), 
in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘The Office des-
ignated under section 507’’ and inserting ‘‘the
office responsible for the trust fund required by 
section 507’’. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to the first fiscal year be-
ginning after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 202. CLARIFICATION OF NUMBER OF RECIPIENTS 
WHO MAY BE SELECTED IN A GIVEN YEAR TO 
RECEIVE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER MEDAL 
OF VALOR. 
Section 3(c) of the Public Safety Officer Medal of 
Valor Act of 2001 (42 U.S.C. 15202(c)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘more than 5 recipients’’ and inserting ‘‘more 
than 5 individuals, or groups of individuals, as recipients’’. 
SEC. 203. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL AND PLAQUE FOR PUB-
LIC SAFETY OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED TO 
THE ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES ON 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001. 
(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section—
(1) to commemorate the sacrifices made and 
service rendered to the United States by those public 
safety officers who responded to the attacks on the 
United States on September 11, 2001; and 
(2) to honor those public safety officers on the 
third anniversary of those attacks.
(b) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of 
the Senate are authorized jointly to present, on be-
half of the Congress—
(A) to individuals certified by the Attorney 
General pursuant to subsection (e), a bronze 
medal 11⁄2 inches in diameter commemorating 
the service to the United States of those indi-
viduals; and 
(B) to public agencies certified by the At-
torney General pursuant to subsection (e), a 
plaque commemorating the service to the 
United States of the officers, employees, or 
agents of those agencies. 
(2) DATE.—The presentation shall be made as 
close as feasible to the third anniversary of the at-
tacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 
(3) NEXT OF KIN.—In the case of an individual 
certified by the Attorney General pursuant to sub-
section (e), the medal may be accepted by the next 
of kin of any such individual. 
(c) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—
(1) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General 
shall consult with the Institute of Heraldry of the
Department of Defense regarding the design and ar-
tistry of the medal and the plaque authorized by this 
section. The Attorney General may also consider 
suggestions received by the Department of Justice 
regarding the design and artistry of the medal and 
the plaque, including suggestions made by persons 
not employed by the Department of Justice. 
(2) STRIKING.—After such consultation, the At-
torney General shall strike such medals and produce 
such plaques as may be required to carry out this 
section. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) INDIVIDUALS.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—To be eligible to be 
presented the medal referred to in subsection 
(b), an individual must have been a public safe-
ty officer (as defined in section 5 of the Public 
Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001 (42 
U.S.C. 15204))—
(i) who was present in New York, Vir-
ginia, or Pennsylvania on September 11, 
2001; 
(ii) who participated in the response 
that day to the terrorist attacks on the 
World Trade Center, the terrorist attack
on the Pentagon, or the terrorist attack 
that resulted in the crash of the fourth air-
plane in Pennsylvania; and 
(iii) who died as a result of such par-
ticipation. 
(B) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—An indi-
vidual who was killed in one of the attacks re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be 
deemed, for purposes of that subparagraph, to 
have participated in the response. 
(2) AGENCIES.—To be eligible to be presented 
the plaque referred to in subsection (b), a public 
agency must have had at least one officer, employee, 
or agent who is eligible under paragraph (1) or who 
would be so eligible but for the requirement of sub-
paragraph (A)(iii) of that paragraph. 
(3) APPLICATION; DETERMINATION.—To estab-
lish the eligibility required by paragraphs (1) or (2), 
the head of a public agency must present to the At-
torney General an application with such supporting 
documentation as the Attorney General may require 
to support such eligibility and, in the case of the eli-
gibility of an individual, with information on next of 
kin. The Attorney General shall determine, through 
the documentation provided and, if necessary, inde-
pendent investigation, whether the requirements of 
paragraphs (1) or (2) have been established. 
(e) CERTIFICATION.—The Attorney General shall, 
within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, certify to the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate the 
names of individuals eligible to receive the medal and pub-
lic agencies eligible to receive the plaque. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 204. CLARIFICATION OF OFFICIAL TO BE CONSULTED 
BY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN CONSIDERING AP-
PLICATION FOR EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 609M(b) of the Justice Assistance Act of 
1984 (42 U.S.C. 10501(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Director of the Office of Justice Assistance’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice 
Programs’’. 
SEC. 205. CLARIFICATION OF USES FOR REGIONAL INFOR-
MATION SHARING SYSTEM GRANTS. 
Section 1301(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796h(b)), as most
recently amended by section 701 of the USA PATRIOT 
Act (Public Law 107–56; 115 Stat. 374), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘regional’’ 
before ‘‘information sharing systems’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) establishing and maintaining a secure tele-
communications system for regional information 
sharing between Federal, State, and local law en-
forcement agencies;’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ at the end of paragraph 
(4). 
SEC. 206. INTEGRITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL 
CRIMINAL RECORD DATABASES. 
(a) DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.—Section 302 of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3732) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 
third sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘The Di-
rector shall be responsible for the integrity of data 
and statistics and shall protect against improper or 
illegal use or disclosure.’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (19) of subsection 
(c) to read as follows:
‘‘(19) provide for improvements in the accuracy, 
quality, timeliness, immediate accessibility, and inte-
gration of State criminal history and related records, 
support the development and enhancement of na-
tional systems of criminal history and related 
records including the National Criminal History 
Background Check System, the National Incident-
Based Reporting System, and the records of the Na-
tional Crime Information Center, facilitate State 
participation in national records and information 
systems, and support statistical research for critical 
analysis of the improvement and utilization of crimi-
nal history records;’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) confer and cooperate with Federal statis-
tical agencies as needed to carry out the purposes of 
this part, including by entering into cooperative data 
sharing agreements in conformity with all laws and 
regulations applicable to the disclosure and use of 
data.’’.
(b) USE OF DATA.—Section 304 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3735) is amended by striking ‘‘particular indi-
vidual’’ and inserting ‘‘private person or public agency’’. 
(c) CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION.—Section 
812(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3789g(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Except as provided by Federal law other than 
this title, no’’ and inserting ‘‘No’’. 
Subtitle B—Building Community 
Capacity to Prevent, Reduce, 
and Control Crime 
SEC. 211. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title I of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended 
by inserting after section 102 (42 U.S.C. 3712) the fol-
lowing new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 103. OFFICE OF WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, headed 
by a Director appointed by the Attorney General. 
‘‘(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Director may assist States, 
units of local government, and neighborhood and commu-
nity-based organizations in developing Weed and Seed 
strategies, as provided in section 104. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$58,265,000 for fiscal year 2004, and such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2005 and 2006, to 
remain available until expended. 
‘‘SEC. 104. WEED AND SEED STRATEGIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available 
under section 103(c), the Director of the Office of Weed 
and Seed Strategies may implement strategies, to be 
known as Weed and Seed strategies, to prevent, control, 
and reduce violent crime, criminal drug-related activity, 
and gang activity in designated Weed-and-Seed commu-
nities. Each such strategy shall involve both of the fol-
lowing activities: 
‘‘(1) WEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 
Weeding activities, which shall include promoting 
and coordinating a broad spectrum of community ef-
forts (especially those of law enforcement agencies 
and prosecutors) to arrest, and to sanction or incar-
cerate, persons in that community who participate or 
engage in violent crime, criminal drug-related activ-
ity, and other crimes that threaten the quality of life 
in that community. 
‘‘(2) SEEDING.—Activities, to be known as 
Seeding activities, which shall include promoting and 
coordinating a broad spectrum of community efforts
(such as drug abuse education, mentoring, and em-
ployment counseling) to provide—
‘‘(A) human services, relating to preven-
tion, intervention, or treatment, for at-risk indi-
viduals and families; and 
‘‘(B) community revitalization efforts, in-
cluding enforcement of building codes and de-
velopment of the economy. 
‘‘(b) GUIDELINES.—The Director shall issue guide-
lines for the development and implementation of Weed and 
Seed strategies under this section. The guidelines shall en-
sure that the Weed and Seed strategy for a community 
referred to in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(1) be planned and implemented through and 
under the auspices of a steering committee, properly 
established in the community, comprised of—
‘‘(A) in a voting capacity, representatives 
of—
‘‘(i) 
appropriate 
law 
enforcement 
agencies; and 
‘‘(ii) other public and private agencies, 
and neighborhood and community-based 
organizations, interested in criminal justice 
and community-based development and re-
vitalization in the community; and
‘‘(B) in a voting capacity, both—
‘‘(i) the Drug Enforcement Adminis-
tration’s special agent in charge for the ju-
risdiction encompassing the community; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the United States Attorney for 
the District encompassing the community; 
‘‘(2) describe how law enforcement agencies, 
other public and private agencies, neighborhood and 
community-based organizations, and interested citi-
zens are to cooperate in implementing the strategy; 
and 
‘‘(3) incorporate a community-policing compo-
nent that shall serve as a bridge between the Weed-
ing activities under subsection (a)(1) and the Seed-
ing activities under subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(c) DESIGNATION.—For a community to be des-
ignated as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of 
subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) the United States Attorney for the District 
encompassing the community must certify to the Di-
rector that—
‘‘(A) the community suffers from consist-
ently high levels of crime or otherwise is appro-
priate for such designation;
‘‘(B) the Weed and Seed strategy pro-
posed, adopted, or implemented by the steering 
committee has a high probability of improving 
the criminal justice system within the commu-
nity and contains all the elements required by 
the Director; and 
‘‘(C) the steering committee is capable of 
implementing the strategy appropriately; and 
‘‘(2) the community must agree to formulate a 
timely and effective plan to independently sustain 
the strategy (or, at a minimum, a majority of the 
best practices of the strategy) when assistance under 
this section is no longer available. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—An application for designation 
as a Weed-and-Seed community for purposes of subsection 
(a) shall be submitted to the Director by the steering com-
mittee of the community in such form, and containing 
such information and assurances, as the Director may re-
quire. The application shall propose—
‘‘(1) a sustainable Weed and Seed strategy that 
includes—
‘‘(A) the active involvement of the United 
States Attorney for the District encompassing 
the community, the Drug Enforcement Admin-
istration’s special agent in charge for the juris-
diction encompassing the community, and other 
Federal law enforcement agencies operating in 
the vicinity; 
‘‘(B) a significant community-oriented po-
licing component; and 
‘‘(C) demonstrated coordination with com-
plementary neighborhood and community-based 
programs and initiatives; and 
‘‘(2) a methodology with outcome measures and 
specific objective indicia of performance to be used 
to evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy. 
‘‘(e) GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In implementing a strategy 
for a community under subsection (a), the Director 
may make grants to that community. 
‘‘(2) USES.—For each grant under this sub-
section, the community receiving that grant—
‘‘(A) shall use not less than 40 percent of 
the grant amounts for Seeding activities under 
subsection (a)(2); and 
‘‘(B) may not use any of the grant 
amounts for construction, except that the As-
sistant Attorney General may authorize use of 
grant amounts for incidental or minor construc-
tion, renovation, or remodeling.
‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—A community may not re-
ceive grants under this subsection (or fall within 
such a community)—
‘‘(A) for a period of more than 10 fiscal 
years; 
‘‘(B) for more than 5 separate fiscal years, 
except that the Assistant Attorney General 
may, in single increments and only upon a 
showing of extraordinary circumstances, author-
ize grants for not more than 3 additional sepa-
rate fiscal years; or 
‘‘(C) in an aggregate amount of more than 
$1,000,000, except that the Assistant Attorney 
General may, upon a showing of extraordinary 
circumstances, authorize grants for not more 
than an additional $500,000. 
‘‘(4) DISTRIBUTION.—In making grants under 
this subsection, the Director shall ensure that—
‘‘(A) to the extent practicable, the distribu-
tion of such grants is geographically equitable 
and includes both urban and rural areas of 
varying population and area; and 
‘‘(B) priority is given to communities that 
clearly and effectively coordinate crime preven-
tion programs with other Federal programs in
a manner that addresses the overall needs of 
such communities. 
‘‘(5) FEDERAL
SHARE.—(A) Subject to sub-
paragraph (B), the Federal share of a grant under 
this subsection may not exceed 75 percent of the 
total costs of the projects described in the applica-
tion for which the grant was made. 
‘‘(B) The requirement of subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) may be satisfied in cash or in kind; 
and 
‘‘(ii) may be waived by the Assistant Attor-
ney General upon a determination that the fi-
nancial circumstances affecting the applicant 
warrant a finding that such a waiver is equi-
table. 
‘‘(6) SUPPLEMENT, NOT
SUPPLANT.—To re-
ceive a grant under this subsection, the applicant 
must provide assurances that the amounts received 
under the grant shall be used to supplement, not 
supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be 
available for programs or services provided in the 
community.’’. 
(b) ABOLISHMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF WEED 
AND SEED; TRANSFERS OF FUNCTIONS.—
(1) ABOLISHMENT.—The Executive Office of 
Weed and Seed is abolished. 
(2) TRANSFER.—There are hereby transferred 
to the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies all func-
tions and activities performed immediately before 
the date of the enactment of this Act by the Execu-
tive Office of Weed and Seed Strategies. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section take effect 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Assisting Victims of 
Crime 
SEC. 221. GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS 
TO IMPROVE OUTREACH SERVICES TO VIC-
TIMS OF CRIME. 
Section 1404(c) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10603(c)), as most recently amended by sec-
tion 623 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 107–
56; 115 Stat. 372), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking the comma after ‘‘Director’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) for nonprofit neighborhood and com-
munity-based victim service organizations and 
coalitions to improve outreach and services to 
victims of crime.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and 
(1)(C)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) not more than $10,000 shall be used 
for any single grant under paragraph (1)(C).’’. 
SEC. 222. CLARIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF CERTAIN 
AUTHORITIES RELATING TO CRIME VICTIMS 
FUND. 
Section 1402 of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 
(42 U.S.C. 10601) is amended as follows:
(1) AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT GIFTS.—Subsection 
(b)(5) of such section is amended by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, which 
the Director is hereby authorized to accept for de-
posit into the Fund, except that the Director is not 
hereby authorized to accept any such gift, bequest, 
or donation that—
‘‘(A) attaches conditions inconsistent with 
applicable laws or regulations; or 
‘‘(B) is conditioned upon or would require 
the expenditure of appropriated funds that are 
not available to the Office for Victims of 
Crime.’’. 
(2) AUTHORITY TO REPLENISH ANTITERRORISM 
EMERGENCY
RESERVE.—Subsection (d)(5)(A) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘expended’’ and 
inserting ‘‘obligated’’. 
(3) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO INDIAN 
TRIBES FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub-
section (g) of such section is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, acting 
through the Director,’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Attorney General may use 5 percent of the 
funds available under subsection (d)(2) (prior to distribu-
tion) for grants to Indian tribes to establish victim assist-
ance programs, as appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 223. AMOUNTS RECEIVED UNDER CRIME VICTIM 
GRANTS MAY BE USED BY STATE FOR TRAIN-
ING PURPOSES. 
(a) 
CRIME
VICTIM
COMPENSATION.—Section 
1403(a)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 
U.S.C. 10602(a)(3)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘may 
be used for’’ the following: ‘‘training purposes and’’. 
(b) CRIME VICTIM ASSISTANCE.—Section 1404(b)(3) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 10603(b)(3)) is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘may be used for’’ the following: ‘‘training pur-
poses and’’.
SEC. 224. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FORMULA AND 
DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF SPECIFIC PURPOSES.—Sec-
tion 2001(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg(b)) is amended 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after 
‘‘violent crimes against women’’ the following: ‘‘to develop
and strengthen victim services in cases involving violent 
crimes against women’’. 
(b) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
MISDESIGNATED SECTIONS.—Section 402(2) of Public 
Law 107–273 (116 Stat. 1789) is amended by striking 
‘‘as sections 2006 through 2011, respectively’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘as sections 2007 through 2011, respectively’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION
OF STATE GRANTS.—Section 
2007 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–1), as redesignated pursuant 
to the amendment made by subsection (b), is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to States’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘tribal governments’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in each of paragraphs (2) and (3), by 
striking ‘‘1⁄54’’ and inserting ‘‘1⁄53’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘in In-
dian country’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking ‘‘police’’ 
and inserting ‘‘law enforcement’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) in the second sentence, by inserting 
after ‘‘each application’’ the following: ‘‘sub-
mitted by a State’’; and
(B) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘An 
application’’ and inserting ‘‘In addition, each 
application submitted by a State or tribal gov-
ernment’’. 
(d) CHANGE FROM ANNUAL TO BIENNIAL REPORT-
ING.—Section 2009(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–
3), as redesignated pursuant to the amendment made by 
subsection (b), is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘the Attorney General shall 
submit’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Not later than one 
month after the end of each even-numbered fiscal year, 
the Attorney General shall submit’’. 
(e) AVAILABILITY OF FORENSIC MEDICAL EXAMS.—
Section 2010 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–4), as redes-
ignated pursuant to the amendment made by subsection 
(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsections: 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or Indian tribal gov-
ernment may use Federal grant funds under this part to 
pay for forensic medical exams performed by trained ex-
aminers for victims of sexual assault, except that such 
funds may not be used to pay for forensic medical exams 
by any State or Indian tribal government that requires 
victims of sexual assault to seek reimbursement for such 
exams from their insurance carriers.
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require a victim of sexual assault 
to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate 
with law enforcement in order to be provided with a foren-
sic medical exam, reimbursement for charges incurred on 
account of such an exam, or both.’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for Part 
T of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg et seq.) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘PART T—GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIMES 
AGAINST WOMEN’’. 
SEC. 225. EXPANSION OF GRANT PROGRAMS ASSISTING EN-
FORCEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES 
TO ALSO ASSIST ENFORCEMENT OF SEXUAL 
ASSAULT CASES. 
(a) GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
ARREST POLICIES.—Section 2101 of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796hh) 
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to treat do-
mestic violence as a serious violation’’ and inserting 
‘‘to treat domestic violence and sexual assault as se-
rious violations’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in each of paragraphs (2) and (5), by 
striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating violence’’ 
and inserting ‘‘domestic violence, sexual assault, 
and dating violence’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘domes-
tic violence cases’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic vio-
lence and sexual assault cases’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘about 
domestic violence’’ and inserting ‘‘about domes-
tic violence and sexual assault’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘In this sec-
tion, the term’’ and inserting ‘‘In this part—
‘‘(1) the term ‘sexual assault’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 2008; and 
‘‘(2) the term’’. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—Section 2102(b) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3796hh–1(b)) is amended in each of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) by inserting after ‘‘involving domestic vio-
lence’’ the following: ‘‘or sexual assault’’. 
(c) RURAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE 
ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.—Section 40295(a) of the 
Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of the Vio-
lent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994; 
42 U.S.C. 13971(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs 
(1) and (2) by striking ‘‘domestic violence and dating vio-
lence (as defined in section 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘domestic 
violence, sexual assault, and dating violence (as such 
terms are defined in section 2008’’. 
SEC. 226. CHANGE OF CERTAIN REPORTS FROM ANNUAL 
TO BIENNIAL. 
(a) STALKING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—Section 
40610 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title 
IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994; 42 U.S.C. 14039) is amended by striking 
‘‘The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress an 
annual report, beginning one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that provides’’ and inserting ‘‘Each 
even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall sub-
mit to the Congress a biennial report that provides’’. 
(b) 
SAFE
HAVENS
FOR
CHILDREN.—Section 
1301(d)(1) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence 
Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 10420(d)(1)) is amend-
ed in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘Not later than 1 year after the last day of the first fiscal 
year commencing on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and not later than 180 days after the last day of 
each fiscal year thereafter,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 
one month after the end of each even-numbered fiscal 
year,’’.
SEC. 227. CLARIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS AND PROGRAMS 
ELIGIBLE FOR GRANTS UNDER RURAL DO-
MESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE EN-
FORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 40295 of the Violence Against Women Act 
of 1994 (title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994; 42 U.S.C. 13971) is amended 
as follows: 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to States, Indian tribal 
governments, and local governments of rural States, 
and to other public or private entities of rural 
States’’ and inserting ‘‘to States, Indian tribal gov-
ernments, local governments, and public or private 
entities, for programs serving rural areas or rural 
communities’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1) the term’’ before 
‘‘‘Indian tribe’ means’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Indians.’’ and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘Indians; and 
‘‘(2) the terms ‘rural area’ and ‘rural commu-
nity’ have the meanings given those terms in section 
491(k)(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408(k)(2)).’’.
Subtitle D—Preventing Crime 
SEC. 231. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF VIOLENT OF-
FENDER FOR PURPOSES OF JUVENILE DRUG 
COURTS. 
Section 2953(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797u–2(b)) is 
amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik-
ing ‘‘an offense that’’ and inserting ‘‘a felony-level offense 
that’’. 
SEC. 232. CHANGES TO DISTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATION OF 
GRANTS FOR DRUG COURTS. 
(a) MINIMUM
ALLOCATION
REPEALED.—Section 
2957 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3797u–6) is amended by 
striking subsection (b). 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Such 
section is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—Un-
less one or more applications submitted by any State or 
unit of local government within such State (other than an 
Indian tribe) for a grant under this part has been funded 
in any fiscal year, such State, together with eligible appli-
cants within such State, shall be provided targeted tech-
nical assistance and training by the Community Capacity 
Development Office to assist such State and such eligible
applicants to successfully compete for future funding 
under this part.’’. 
SEC. 233. ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS UNDER DRUG COURT 
GRANTS PROGRAM EXTENDED TO COURTS 
THAT 
SUPERVISE 
NON-OFFENDERS 
WITH 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEMS. 
Section 2951(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
3797u(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘offenders with sub-
stance abuse problems’’ and inserting ‘‘offenders, and 
other individuals under the jurisdiction of the court, with 
substance abuse problems’’. 
SEC. 234. TERM OF RESIDENTIAL SUBSTANCE ABUSE 
TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL FACILI-
TIES. 
Section 1904 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ff–3) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘jail-
based substance abuse treatment program’ means a course 
of individual and group activities, lasting for a period of 
not less than 3 months, in an area of a correctional facility 
set apart from the general population of the correctional 
facility, if those activities are—
‘‘(1) directed at the substance abuse problems 
of the prisoners; and
‘‘(2) intended to develop the cognitive, behav-
ioral, and other skills of prisoners in order to ad-
dress the substance abuse and related problems of 
prisoners.’’. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 241. CHANGES TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL AUTHORITIES. 
(a) INCREASE IN AMOUNTS COLLECTED BY DEBT-
COLLECTION ACTIVITIES THAT MAY BE CREDITED TO 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Section 11013 of the 21st 
Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authoriza-
tion Act (Public Law 107–273; 116 Stat. 1823; 28 U.S.C. 
527 note) is amended by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘6 percent’’. 
(b) CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM 
PAYING STATES INTEREST ON LATE DISBURSEMENTS 
ALSO EXEMPTED FROM PAYING CHARGE TO TREASURY 
FOR UNTIMELY DISBURSEMENTS.—Section 204(f) of 
such Act (116 Stat. 1776; 31 U.S.C. 6503 note) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 6503(d)’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 3335(b) or 6503(d)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 6503’’ and inserting 
‘‘sections 3335(b) or 6503’’. 
(c) SOUTHWEST BORDER PROSECUTOR INITIATIVE 
INCLUDED AMONG SUCH EXEMPTED PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 204(f) of such Act is further amended by striking 
‘‘pursuant to section 501(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to 
the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative (as carried out 
pursuant to paragraph (3) (117 Stat. 64) under the head-
ing relating to Community Oriented Policing Services of 
the Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2003 (title 
I of division B of Public Law 108–7), or as carried out 
pursuant to any subsequent authority) or section 501(a)’’. 
(d) FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR ATFE MAY BE USED 
FOR AIRCRAFT, BOATS, AMMUNITION, FIREARMS, FIRE-
ARMS COMPETITIONS, AND ANY AUTHORIZED ACTIV-
ITY.—Section 530C(b) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), in each of subparagraphs 
(A) and (B), by inserting ‘‘for the Bureau of Alco-
hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives,’’ before ‘‘for 
the Drug Enforcement Administration,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(8) BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIRE-
ARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES.—Funds available to the 
Attorney General for the Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, Firearms, and Explosives may be used for the 
conduct of all its authorized activities.’’.
(e) AUDITS AND REPORTS ON ATFE UNDERCOVER 
INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS.—Section 102(b) of the De-
partment of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1993 (28 U.S.C. 533 note), as in effect pursuant to 
section 815(d) of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death 
Penalty Act of 1996 (28 U.S.C. 533 note) shall apply with 
respect to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives and the undercover investigative operations of 
the Bureau on the same basis as such section applies with 
respect to any other agency and the undercover investiga-
tive operations of such agency. 
SEC. 242. COORDINATION DUTIES OF ASSISTANT ATTOR-
NEY GENERAL. 
(a) COORDINATE AND SUPPORT OFFICE FOR VIC-
TIMS OF CRIME.—Section 102 of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3712) is 
amended in subsection (a)(5) by inserting after ‘‘the Bu-
reau of Justice Statistics,’’ the following: ‘‘the Office for 
Victims of Crime,’’. 
(b) SETTING
GRANT
CONDITIONS
AND
PRIOR-
ITIES.—Such section is further amended in subsection 
(a)(6) by inserting ‘‘, including placing special conditions 
on all grants, and determining priority purposes for for-
mula grants’’ before the period at the end.
SEC. 243. SIMPLIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE DEADLINES 
UNDER SEX-OFFENDER REGISTRATION LAWS. 
(a) COMPLIANCE PERIOD.—A State shall not be 
treated, for purposes of any provision of law, as having 
failed to comply with section 170101 (42 U.S.C. 14071) 
or 170102 (42 U.S.C. 14072) of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 until 36 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 
the Attorney General may grant an additional 24 months 
to a State that is making good faith efforts to comply with 
such sections. 
(b) TIME
FOR REGISTRATION
OF CURRENT AD-
DRESS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of such section 170101 is 
amended by striking ‘‘unless such requirement is termi-
nated under’’ and inserting ‘‘for the time period specified 
in’’. 
SEC. 244. REPEAL OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS. 
(a) SAFE STREETS ACT PROGRAMS.—The following 
provisions of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 are repealed: 
(1) CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
FACILITY
CONSTRUC-
TION PILOT PROGRAM.—Part F (42 U.S.C. 3769–
3769d). 
(2) FAMILY
SUPPORT.—Part W (42 U.S.C. 
3796jj–3796jj–7).
(3) MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL 
SECURITY.—Part AA (42 U.S.C. 3797a–3797e). 
(b) VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT ACT PROGRAMS.—The following provisions of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
are repealed: 
(1) LOCAL CRIME PREVENTION BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM.—Subtitle B of title III (42 U.S.C. 
13751–13758). 
(2) ASSISTANCE
FOR
DELINQUENT
AND
AT-
RISK
YOUTH.—Subtitle G of title III (42 U.S.C. 
13801–13802). 
(3) IMPROVED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL AU-
TOMATION.—Subtitle E of title XXI (42 U.S.C. 
14151). 
(4) OTHER STATE AND LOCAL AID.—Subtitle F 
of title XXI (42 U.S.C. 14161). 
SEC. 245. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN NOTICE AND HEARING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
Part H of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended as follows: 
(1) NOTICE AND HEARING ON DENIAL OR TER-
MINATION
OF
GRANT.—Section 802 (42 U.S.C. 
3783) of such part is amended—
(A) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Whenever,’’. 
(2) FINALITY
OF
DETERMINATIONS.—Section 
803 (42 U.S.C. 3784) of such part is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘, after reasonable notice 
and opportunity for a hearing,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, except as otherwise pro-
vided herein’’. 
(3) REPEAL OF APPELLATE COURT REVIEW.—
Section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3785) of such part is re-
pealed. 
SEC. 246. AMENDED DEFINITIONS FOR PURPOSES OF OMNI-
BUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS 
ACT OF 1968. 
Section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3791) is amend-
ed as follows: 
(1) INDIAN
TRIBE.—Subsection (a)(3)(C) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘(as that term 
is defined in section 103 of the Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5603))’’.
(2) COMBINATION.—Subsection (a)(5) of such 
section is amended by striking ‘‘program or project’’ 
and inserting ‘‘program, plan, or project’’. 
(3) NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY-BASED OR-
GANIZATIONS.—Subsection (a)(11) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘which’’ and inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding faith-based, that’’. 
(4) INDIAN
TRIBE; PRIVATE
PERSON.—Sub-
section (a) of such section is further amended—
(A) in paragraph (24) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (25) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(26) the term ‘Indian Tribe’ has the meaning 
given the term ‘Indian tribe’ in section 4(e) of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)); and 
‘‘(27) the term ‘private person’ means any indi-
vidual (including an individual acting in his official 
capacity) and any private partnership, corporation, 
association, organization, or entity (or any combina-
tion thereof).’’.
SEC. 247. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PAY SUBSIST-
ENCE 
PAYMENTS 
TO 
PRISONERS 
FOR 
HEALTH CARE ITEMS AND SERVICES. 
Section 4006(b)(1) of title 18, United States Code, 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Natu-
ralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Department of 
Homeland Security’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall not exceed the lesser of 
the amount’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be the amount 
billed, not to exceed the amount’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘items and services’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘the Medicare program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘items and services under the Medicare 
program’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting a period. 
SEC. 248. 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.—
‘‘(3) Any other grant program carried out by 
the Department of Justice that the Attorney General 
considers appropriate. 
‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE AUDITS REQUIRED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall select 
grants awarded under the programs covered by sub-
section (b) and carry out performance audits 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 subsection (b), except that such Director shall 
consult with the Director of the Office in carrying 
out such evaluations. 
‘‘(3) TIMING OF PERFORMANCE AUDITS.—The 
performance audit required by paragraph (1) of a 
grant selected under paragraph (1) shall be carried 
out—
‘‘(A) not later than the end of the grant 
period, if the grant period is not more than 1 
year; and 
‘‘(B) at the end of each year of the grant 
period, if the grant period is more than 1 year. 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE ACTIONS REQUIRED.—The Direc-
tor shall take such actions to ensure compliance with the 
terms of a grant as the Director considers appropriate 
with respect to each grant that the Director determines 
(in consultation with the head of the element of the De-
partment of Justice concerned), through a performance 
audit under subsection (a) or other means, is not in com-
pliance with such terms. In the case of a misuse of more 
than 1 percent of the grant amount concerned, the Direc-
tor shall, in addition to any other action to ensure compli-
ance that the Director considers appropriate, ensure that 
the entity responsible 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 un-
usual circumstances, grant relief from this requirement to 
ensure that an innocent party is not punished. 
‘‘(e) GRANT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The Director 
shall establish and maintain, in consultation with the chief 
information officer of the Office, a modern, automated
system for managing all information relating to the grants 
made under the programs covered by subsection (b). 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not to exceed 5 per-
cent of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the 
programs covered by subsection (b) shall be reserved for 
the activities of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man-
agement.’’. 
(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. 249. 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. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Office 
shall be to provide training to actual and prospective 
participants under programs covered by section 
105(b) to assist such participants in understanding
the substantive and procedural requirements for par-
ticipating 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 
specified in paragraph (2). There are hereby trans-
ferred to the Office all functions and activities for 
such purpose performed immediately before the date 
of the enactment of this Act by any other element 
of the Department. 
‘‘(b) MEANS.—The Director shall, in coordination 
with the heads of the other elements of the Office of Jus-
tice Programs, 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 
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, 
approaches, or practices.
‘‘(4) Providing in the assessment of the effec-
tiveness of neighborhood and community-based law 
enforcement and crime prevention strategies and 
techniques, in coordination with the National Insti-
tute 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 appro-
priate, as recommended by the Director or the head of 
any element of the Office of Justice Programs, such train-
ing may be provided on a local basis to a single such par-
ticipant. 
‘‘(d) BEST PRACTICES.—The Director shall—
‘‘(1) identify grants under which clearly bene-
ficial outcomes were obtained, and the characteris-
tics of those grants that were responsible for obtain-
ing those outcomes; and 
‘‘(2) incorporate those characteristics into the 
training provided under this section. 
‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Not to exceed 5 per-
cent of all funding made available for a fiscal year for the 
programs covered by section 105(b) shall be reserved for 
the activities of the Community Capacity Development Of-
fice.’’.