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which shall be derived from the Violent Crime Reduction
Trust Fund; of which $523,000,000 shall be for Local
Law Enforcement Block Grants, pursuant to H.R. 728
as passed by the House of Representatives on February
14, 1995, except that for purposes of this Act, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico shall be considered a ‘‘unit of
local government’’ as well as a ‘‘State’’, for the purposes
set forth in paragraphs (A), (B), (D), (F), and (I) of sec-
tion 101(a)(2) of H.R. 728 and for establishing crime
prevention programs involving cooperation between com-
munity residents and law enforcement personnel in order
to control, detect, or investigate crime or the prosecution
of criminals: Provided, That no funds provided under this
heading may be used as matching funds for any other
Federal 
grant 
program: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$20,000,000 of this amount shall be for Boys and Girls
Clubs in public housing facilities and other areas in co-
operation with State and local law enforcement: Provided
further, That funds may also be used to defray the costs
of indemnification insurance for law enforcement officers;
of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants to upgrade
criminal records, as authorized by section 106(b) of the
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993, as
amended, and section 4(b) of the National Child Protec-
tion Act of 1993; of which $199,000,000 shall be avail-
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able as authorized by section 1001 of title I of the 1968
Act, to carry out the provisions of subpart 1, part E of
title I of the 1968 Act, notwithstanding section 511 of
said Act, for the Edward Byrne Memorial State and
Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs; of which
$330,000,000 shall be for the State Criminal Alien As-
sistance Program, as authorized by section 242(j) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended; of which
$670,000,000 shall be for Violent Offender Incarceration
and Truth in Sentencing Incentive Grants pursuant to
subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act, of which
$170,000,000 shall be available for payments to States
for incarceration of criminal aliens, and of which
$12,500,000 shall be available for the Cooperative Agree-
ment Program: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able for Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in
Sentencing Incentive Grants to the State of California
may, at the discretion of the recipient, be used for pay-
ments for the incarceration of criminal aliens: Provided
further, That beginning in fiscal year 1999, and there-
after, no funds shall be available to make grants to a
State pursuant to section 20103 or section 20104 of the
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
unless no later than September 1, 1998, such State has
implemented a program of controlled substance testing
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and intervention for appropriate categories of convicted
offenders during periods of incarceration and criminal
justice supervision, with sanctions including denial or rev-
ocation of release for positive controlled substance tests,
consistent with guidelines issued by the Attorney General;
of which $6,000,000 shall be for the Court Appointed
Special Advocate Program, as authorized by section 218
of the 1990 Act; of which $1,000,000 shall be for Child
Abuse Training Programs for Judicial Personnel and
Practitioners, as authorized by section 224 of the 1990
Act; of which $145,000,000 shall be for Grants to Com-
bat Violence Against Women, to States, units of local
government, and Indian tribal governments, as author-
ized by section 1001(a)(18) of the 1968 Act; of which
$33,000,000 shall be for Grants to Encourage Arrest
Policies to States, units of local government, and Indian
tribal governments, as authorized by section 1001(a)(19)
of the 1968 Act; of which $8,000,000 shall be for Rural
Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement Assist-
ance Grants, as authorized by section 40295 of the 1994
Act; of which $1,000,000 shall be for training programs
to assist probation and parole officers who work with re-
leased sex offenders, as authorized by section 40152(c) of
the 1994 Act; of which $550,000 shall be for grants for
televised testimony, as authorized by section 1001(a)(7)
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of the 1968 Act; of which $1,750,000 shall be for na-
tional stalker and domestic violence reduction, as author-
ized by section 40603 of the 1994 Act; of which
$30,000,000 shall be for grants for residential substance
abuse treatment for State prisoners as authorized by sec-
tion 1001(a)(17) of the 1968 Act; of which $3,000,000
shall be for grants to States and units of local govern-
ment for projects to improve DNA analysis, as authorized
by section 1001(a)(22) of the 1968 Act; of which
$900,000 shall be for the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease
Patient Alert Program, as authorized by section
240001(c) of the 1994 Act; of which $750,000 shall be
for Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention Programs, as author-
ized by section 220002(h) of the 1994 Act; of which
$200,000 shall be for a National Baseline Study on Cam-
pus Sexual Assault, as authorized by section 40506(e) of
the 1994 Act; of which $30,000,000 shall be for Drug
Courts, as authorized by title V of the 1994 Act; of which
$1,000,000 shall be for Law Enforcement Family Sup-
port Programs, as authorized by section 1001(a)(21) of
the 1968 Act; and of which $2,000,000 shall be for pub-
lic awareness programs addressing marketing scams
aimed at senior citizens, as authorized by section
250005(3) of the 1994 Act: Provided further, That funds
made available in fiscal year 1997 under subpart 1 of
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part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, as amended, may be obligated for
programs to assist States in the litigation processing of
death penalty Federal habeas corpus petitions and for
drug testing initiatives: Provided further, That any 1996
balances for these programs shall be transferred to and
merged with this appropriation: Provided further, That if
a unit of local government uses any of the funds made
available under this title to increase the number of law
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will
achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement offi-
cers who perform nonadministrative public safety service.
WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND
For necessary expenses, including salaries and re-
lated expenses of the Executive Office for Weed and
Seed, to implement ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ program activities,
$28,500,000, which shall be derived from discretionary
grants provided under the Edward Byrne Memorial State
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Programs, to re-
main available until expended for intergovernmental
agreements, including grants, cooperative agreements,
and contracts, with State and local law enforcement
agencies engaged in the investigation and prosecution of
violent crimes and drug offenses in ‘‘Weed and Seed’’
designated communities, and for either reimbursements
or transfers to appropriation accounts of the Department
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of Justice and other Federal agencies which shall be
specified by the Attorney General to execute the ‘‘Weed
and Seed’’ program strategy: Provided, That funds des-
ignated by Congress through language for other Depart-
ment of Justice appropriation accounts for ‘‘Weed and
Seed’’ program activities shall be managed and executed
by the Attorney General through the Executive Office for
Weed and Seed: Provided further, That the Attorney Gen-
eral may direct the use of other Department of Justice
funds and personnel in support of ‘‘Weed and Seed’’ pro-
gram activities only after the Attorney General notifies
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate in accordance with section
605 of this Act.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES
VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS
For activities authorized by the Violent Crime
Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law
103–322 (‘‘the 1994 Act’’) (including administrative
costs), $1,400,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, which shall be derived from the Violent Crime
Reduction Trust Fund, for Public Safety and Community
Policing Grants pursuant to title I of the 1994 Act: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 186 permanent positions and
174 full-time equivalent workyears and $19,800,000 shall