SEC. 6. DRUG COURTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711
et seq.) is amended by inserting after part U the following:
‘‘PART V—DRUG COURTS
‘‘SEC. 2201. GRANT AUTHORITY.
‘‘The Attorney General may make grants to States,
State courts, local courts, units of local government, and
Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through
agreements with other public or private entities, for pro-
grams that involve—
‘‘(1) continuing judicial supervision over offend-
ers with substance abuse problems who are not vio-
lent offenders; and
‘‘(2) the integrated administration of other
sanctions and services, which shall include—
‘‘(A) mandatory periodic testing for the
use of controlled substances or other addictive
substances during any period of supervised re-
lease or probation for each participant;
‘‘(B) referral to a community-based treat-
ment facility;
‘‘(C) diversion, probation, or other super-
vised release involving the possibility of prosecu-
tion, confinement, or incarceration based on
noncompliance with program requirements or
failure to show satisfactory progress; and
‘‘(D) programmatic, offender management,
and aftercare services such as relapse preven-
tion, health care, education, vocational training,
job placement, housing placement, and child
care or other family support services for each
participant who requires such services.
‘‘SEC. 2202. PROHIBITION OF PARTICIPATION BY VIOLENT
OFFENDERS.
‘‘The Attorney General shall—
‘‘(1) issue regulations and guidelines to ensure
that the programs authorized in this part do not
permit participation by violent offenders; and
‘‘(2) immediately suspend funding for any grant
under this part, pending compliance, if the Attorney
General finds that violent offenders are participating
in any program funded under this part.
‘‘SEC. 2203. DEFINITION.
‘‘In this part, the term ‘violent offender’ means a per-
son who—
‘‘(1) is charged with or convicted of an offense,
during the course of which offense—
‘‘(A) the person carried, possessed, or used
a firearm or dangerous weapon;
‘‘(B) there occurred the death of or serious
bodily injury to any person; or
‘‘(C) there occurred the use of force
against the person of another,
without regard to whether any of the circumstances
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) is an ele-
ment of the offense of which or for which the person
is charged or convicted; or
‘‘(2) has 1 or more prior convictions for a fel-
ony crime of violence involving the use or attempted
use of force against a person with the intent to
cause death or serious bodily harm.
‘‘SEC. 2204. ADMINISTRATION.
‘‘(a) CONSULTATION.—The Attorney General shall
consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services
and any other appropriate officials in carrying out this
part.
‘‘(b) USE OF COMPONENTS.—The Attorney General
may utilize any component or components of the Depart-
ment of Justice in carrying out this part.
‘‘(c) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Attorney Gen-
eral may issue regulations and guidelines necessary to
carry out this part.
‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.—In addition to any other re-
quirements that may be specified by the Attorney General,
an application for a grant under this part shall—
‘‘(1) include a long-term strategy and detailed
implementation plan;
‘‘(2) explain the inability of the applicant to
fund the program adequately without Federal assist-
ance;
‘‘(3) certify that the Federal support provided
will be used to supplement, and not supplant, State,
Indian tribal, and local sources of funding that
would otherwise be available;
‘‘(4) identify related governmental or commu-
nity initiatives which complement or will be coordi-
nated with the proposal;
‘‘(5) certify that there has been appropriate
consultation with all affected agencies and that there
will be appropriate coordination with all affected
agencies in the implementation of the program;
‘‘(6) certify that participating offenders will be
supervised by 1 or more designated judges with re-
sponsibility for the drug court program;
‘‘(7) specify plans for obtaining necessary sup-
port and continuing the proposed program following
the conclusion of Federal support; and
‘‘(8) describe the methodology that will be used
in evaluating the program.
‘‘SEC. 2205. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘In order to request a grant under this part, the chief
executive or the chief justice of a State or the chief execu-
tive or chief judge of a unit of local government or Indian
tribal government shall submit an application to the Attor-
ney General in such form and containing such information
as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
‘‘SEC. 2206. FEDERAL SHARE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of a grant
under this part may not exceed 75 percent of the total
costs of the program described in the application submit-
ted under section 2205 for the fiscal year for which the
program receives assistance under this part, unless the At-
torney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirement
of a matching contribution under this section.
‘‘(b) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—In-kind contribu-
tions may be used to constitute the non-Federal share of
a grant under this part.
‘‘SEC. 2207. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.
‘‘Subject to subsection (b), the Attorney General shall
ensure that, to the extent practicable, an equitable geo-
graphic distribution of grant awards is made under this
part.
‘‘SEC. 2208. REPORT.
‘‘A State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local
government that receives a grant under this part during
a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General a report
in March of the following fiscal year regarding the use
of funds under this part.
‘‘SEC. 2209. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVAL-
UATION.
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.—The
Attorney General may provide technical assistance and
training in furtherance of the purposes of this part.
‘‘(b) EVALUATIONS.—In addition to any evaluation
requirements that may be prescribed for grantees, the At-
torney General may carry out or make arrangements for
evaluations of programs that receive support under this
part.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The technical assistance,
training, and evaluations authorized by this section may
be carried out directly by the Attorney General, in collabo-
ration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
or through grants, contracts, or other cooperative arrange-
ments with other entities.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793(a)) is amended by
inserting after paragraph (19) the following: