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security needs of the judicial branch of the State,
unit, or tribe, as the case may be.
(d) ARMOR VESTS.—Section 2501 of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42
U.S.C. 3796ll) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and State
and local court officers’’ after ‘‘tribal law enforcement
officers’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘State or
local court,’’ after ‘‘government,’’.
SEC. 303. GRANTS TO STATES FOR THREAT ASSESSMENT
DATABASES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General, through the
Office of Justice Programs, shall make grants under this
section to the highest State courts in States participating
in the program, for the purpose of enabling such courts to
establish and maintain a threat assessment database de-
scribed in subsection (b).
(b) DATABASE.—For purposes of subsection (a), a
threat assessment database is a database through which a
State can—
(1) analyze trends and patterns in domestic ter-
rorism and crime;
(2) project the probabilities that specific acts of
domestic terrorism or crime will occur; and
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(3) develop measures and procedures that can ef-
fectively reduce the probabilities that those acts will
occur.
(c) CORE ELEMENTS.—The Attorney General shall de-
fine a core set of data elements to be used by each database
funded by this section so that the information in the data-
base can be effectively shared with other States and with
the Department of Justice.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011.
TITLE IV—LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS
SEC. 401. REPORT ON SECURITY OF FEDERAL PROSECU-
TORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall
submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and
the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the security of assistant United States at-
torneys and other Federal attorneys arising from the pros-
ecution of terrorists, violent criminal gangs, drug traf-
fickers, gun traffickers, white supremacists, those who com-
mit fraud and other white-collar offenses, and other crimi-
nal cases.
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(b) CONTENTS.—The report submitted under sub-
section (a) shall describe each of the following:
(1) The number and nature of threats and as-
saults against attorneys handling prosecutions de-
scribed in subsection (a) and the reporting require-
ments and methods.
(2) The security measures that are in place to
protect the attorneys who are handling prosecutions
described in subsection (a), including threat assess-
ments, response procedures, availability of security
systems and other devices, firearms licensing (deputa-
tions), and other measures designed to protect the at-
torneys and their families.
(3) The firearms deputation policies of the De-
partment of Justice, including the number of attor-
neys deputized and the time between receipt of threat
and completion of the deputation and training proc-
ess.
(4) For each requirement, measure, or policy de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (3), when the re-
quirement, measure, or policy was developed and who
was responsible for developing and implementing the
requirement, measure, or policy.
(5) The programs that are made available to the
attorneys for personal security training, including