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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).
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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)—
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(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’’. 
SEC. 207. EXTENSION OF MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR 
LAW ENFORCEMENT ARMOR VESTS. 
Section 1001(a)(23) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3793(a)(23)) is amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting 
‘‘2007’’.
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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
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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.
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‘‘(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;
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‘‘(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
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‘‘(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
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‘‘(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;
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‘‘(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
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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
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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
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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.’’.
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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’’.
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(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’’
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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 title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
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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
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(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
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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 the 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:
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(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-
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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.’’.
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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-
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dress the substance abuse and related problems of 
prisoners.’’. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
SEC. 241. CHANGES TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL AUTHORITIES. 
(a) 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’’. 
(b) 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)’’.
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(c) 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.’’. 
(d) 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
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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
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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) 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).
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(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’’.
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(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;
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(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 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting after ‘‘The 
Attorney General’’ the following: ‘‘or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, as applicable,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the Immigration and Nat-
uralization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security’’;
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(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 pro-
gram’’ 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 
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.— 
‘‘(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-
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
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‘‘(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—
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‘‘(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
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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 as 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. 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. In carrying out the functions of the Office, 
the Director shall be subject to the authority, direc-
tion, and control of the Attorney General. Such au-
thority, direction, and control may be delegated only
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to the Assistant Attorney General, without redelega-
tion. 
‘‘(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 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 
States, units of local government, and neighborhood 
and community-based organizations.
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‘‘(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 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 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.
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‘‘(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 as 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. 250. 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. OFFICE OF APPLIED LAW ENFORCEMENT TECH-
NOLOGY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the Office an Office of Applied Law Enforcement Tech-
nology, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney 
General. The purpose of the Office shall be to provide 
leadership and focus to those grants of the Department 
of Justice that are made for the purpose of using or im-
proving law enforcement computer systems. 
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—In carrying out the purpose of the Of-
fice, the Director shall—
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‘‘(1) establish clear minimum standards for 
computer 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.’’. 
(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. 251. 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 specifi-
cally provided in an authorization, DOJ grant funds 
for a fiscal year shall remain available to be awarded 
and distributed to a grantee only in that fiscal year 
and the three succeeding fiscal years, subject to 
paragraphs (2) and (3). DOJ grant funds not so 
awarded and distributed shall revert to the Treas-
ury.
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‘‘(2) 
TREATMENT
OF
REPROGRAMMED 
FUNDS.—DOJ grant funds for a fiscal year that are 
reprogrammed 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 ex-
tended 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 Treasury. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘DOJ 
grant funds’ means, for a fiscal year, amounts appro-
priated for activities of the Department of Justice in car-
rying out grant programs for that fiscal year.
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‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies to DOJ 
grant funds for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 
2004.’’. 
(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. 252. CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEMS OF OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION
OF ACCOUNTING ACTIVITIES 
AND PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attor-
ney General of the Office of Justice Programs 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 
ACTIVITIES.—The Assistant Attorney General shall en-
sure that, on and after September 30, 2007— 
(1) all procurement activities for all elements of 
the Office are carried out through a single manage-
ment office; and
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(2) all contracts and purchase orders used in 
carrying out those activities are processed through a 
single procurement system. 
(c) CONSOLIDATION
OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
SYSTEMS.—The Assistant Attorney General shall ensure 
that, on and after September 30, 2010, all financial man-
agement activities (including human resources, payroll, 
and accounting activities, as well as procurement activi-
ties) of all elements of the Office are carried out through 
a single financial management system. 
(d) ACHIEVING COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) SCHEDULE.—The Assistant Attorney Gen-
eral shall undertake a scheduled consolidation of op-
erations to achieve compliance with the requirements 
of this section. 
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—With respect to 
achieving compliance with the requirements of— 
(A) subsection (a), the consolidation of op-
erations 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, 2005, and shall be carried 
out by the Office of Administration, in con-
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sultation with the Chief Information Officer 
and the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Man-
agement. 
SEC. 253. AUTHORIZATION AND CHANGE OF COPS PRO-
GRAM TO SINGLE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1701 of title I of the Om-
nibus 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 Gen-
eral shall carry out a single grant program under which 
the Attorney General makes grants to States, units of 
local government, Indian tribal governments, other public 
and private 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 sub-
section (b), and in that subsection— 
(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
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made under subsection (a) may be made are— 
’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (12) as paragraphs (5) through (16), 
respectively; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (5) (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 
reductions for deployment in community-oriented po-
licing; 
‘‘(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) improve security at schools and on school 
grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through— 
‘‘(A) placement and use of metal detectors, 
locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures; 
‘‘(B) security assessments; 
‘‘(C) security training of personnel and 
students;
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‘‘(D) coordination with local law enforce-
ment; and 
‘‘(E) any other measure that, in the deter-
mination of the Attorney General, may provide 
a significant improvement in security;’’; and 
(D) by amending paragraph (8) (as so re-
designated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(8) 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 re-
acting to crime to preventing crime and to train law 
enforcement officers to use such technologies;’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (e) through (k) 
as subsections (c) through (i), respectively; 
(5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated) by 
striking ‘‘subsection (i)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(g)’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) MATCHING FUNDS
FOR SCHOOL SECURITY 
GRANTS.—Notwithstanding subsection (i), in the case of 
a grant under subsection (a) for the purposes described 
in subsection (b)(4)—
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‘‘(1) the portion of the costs of a program pro-
vided by that grant may not exceed 50 percent; 
‘‘(2) any funds appropriated by Congress for 
the activities of any agency of an Indian tribal gov-
ernment or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing 
law enforcement functions on any Indian lands may 
be used to provide the non-Federal share of a 
matching requirement funded under this subsection; 
and 
‘‘(3) the Attorney General may provide, in the 
guidelines implementing this section, for the require-
ment of paragraph (1) to be waived or altered in the 
case of a recipient with a financial need for such a 
waiver or alteration.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1702 of 
title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796dd–1) is amended in 
subsection (d)(2) by striking ‘‘section 1701(d)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘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 clause (i) 
and all that follows through the period at the end 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) $1,007,624,000 for fiscal year 2004;
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‘‘(ii) $1,027,176,000 for fiscal year 2005; and 
‘‘(iii) $1,047,119,000 for fiscal year 2006.’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 1701(f)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1701(d)’’; and 
(B) by striking the third sentence. 
SEC. 254. CLARIFICATION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR BEN-
EFITS UNDER PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ 
DEATH BENEFITS PROGRAMS. 
(a) PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR DEATH BENEFITS.— 
Section 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 Chaplains 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
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(3) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘and’’ and all 
that follows through the end and inserting a semi-
colon. 
(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.— 
Section 1201 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) In any case in which the Bureau paid, before 
the date of the enactment of Public Law 107–196, any 
benefit under this part to an individual who— 
‘‘(1) before the enactment of that law was enti-
tled to receive that benefit; and 
‘‘(2) by reason of the retroactive effective date 
of that law is no longer entitled to receive that ben-
efit, 
‘‘the Bureau may suspend or end activities to collect that 
benefit if the Bureau determines that collecting that ben-
efit is impractical or would cause undue hardship to that 
individual.’’. 
(d) 
DESIGNATION
OF
BENEFICIARY.—Section 
1201(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3796(a)(4)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
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‘‘(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 enactment of this subparagraph, to the indi-
vidual designated by such officer as beneficiary 
under this section in such officer’s most re-
cently executed designation of beneficiary on 
file at the time of death with such officer’s pub-
lic safety agency, organization, or unit, provided 
that such individual survived such officer; or 
‘‘(B) if there is no individual qualifying 
under subparagraph (A), to the individual des-
ignated by such officer as beneficiary under 
such officer’s most recently executed life insur-
ance policy, provided that such individual sur-
vived such officer; or’’. 
SEC. 255. RESEARCH-BASED BULLYING PREVENTION PRO-
GRAMS. 
Paragraph (13) of section 1801(b) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3796ee(b)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon 
at the end the following: ‘‘, which may include research- 
based bullying prevention programs’’.