tribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum under 
this subtitle; and 
(2) that are located in a high-intensity inter-
state gang activity area designated under section 
211. 
SEC. 204. USE OF COMPONENTS. 
The Attorney General may use any component of the 
Department of Justice in carrying out this subtitle. 
SEC. 205. MINIMUM AMOUNT. 
Unless all applications submitted by any qualifying 
State and grantee within that State under this subtitle 
have been funded, each qualifying State, together with 
grantees within that State, shall receive in each fiscal year 
under this subtitle an amount equal to not less than 0.5 
percent of the total amount appropriated in that fiscal 
year for grants under this subtitle. In this section, ‘‘quali-
fying State’’ means any State that has submitted an appli-
cation for a grant, or in which a unit of local government, 
Indian tribe, other public or private entity, or multijuris-
dictional or regional consortia thereof has submitted an 
application for a grant, that meets the requirements estab-
lished by the Attorney General under this subtitle. 
SEC. 206. MATCHING FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the costs of 
a program, project, or activity carried out with a grant 
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under this subtitle shall be not more than 75 percent, un-
less the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the 
requirement under this section of a non-Federal contribu-
tion to the costs of a program, project, or activity. 
(b) HIRING.—For a grant for a period exceeding 1 
year for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement officers, 
the Federal share shall decrease each year for up to 5 
years, by an amount determined by the Attorney General, 
with a goal of the continuation of the increased hiring level 
using State or local sources of funding following the con-
clusion of Federal support. 
SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle $700,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2008 through 2012. Any amount appropriated under this 
section shall remain available until expended. 
Subtitle B—High-Intensity 
Interstate Gang Activity Areas 
SEC. 211. DESIGNATION OF AND ASSISTANCE FOR ‘‘HIGH-IN-
TENSITY’’ 
INTERSTATE 
GANG 
ACTIVITY 
AREAS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the following defi-
nitions shall apply: 
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(1) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
a Governor or other chief executive officer of a 
State, or the Mayor of the District of Columbia. 
(2) HIGH-INTENSITY INTERSTATE GANG ACTIV-
ITY
AREA.—The term ‘‘high-intensity interstate 
gang activity area’’ means an area within a State 
that is designated as a high-intensity interstate gang 
activity area under subsection (b)(1). 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’— 
(A) means a State of the United States, 
the District of Columbia, and any common-
wealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States; and 
(B) includes an ‘‘Indian tribe’’, as that 
term is defined in section 102 of the Federally 
Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 
U.S.C. 479a). 
(b) HIGH-INTENSITY INTERSTATE GANG ACTIVITY 
AREAS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.—The Attorney General, 
after consultation with the Governor of any appro-
priate State, may designate as high-intensity inter-
state gang activity areas, a specific area that is lo-
cated within 1 or more States, based on the criteria 
under paragraph (4). To the extent that the goals 
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of a high-intensity interstate gang activity area over-
lap with the goals of a high-intensity drug traf-
ficking area designed under section 707 of the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act 
of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1706), the Attorney General 
may merge the 2 areas to serve both functions. The 
Attorney General may not make the final designa-
tion of a high-intensity interstate gang activity area 
without consulting with and receiving comment from 
local elected officials representing communities with-
in the affected States. 
(2) ASSISTANCE.—In order to provide Federal 
assistance to high-intensity interstate gang activity 
areas, the Attorney General shall— 
(A) establish criminal street gang enforce-
ment teams, consisting of Federal, State, and 
local law enforcement authorities, for the co-
ordinated investigation, disruption, apprehen-
sion, and prosecution of criminal street gangs 
and offenders in each high-intensity interstate 
gang activity area; 
(B) direct the reassignment or detailing 
from any Federal department or agency (sub-
ject to the approval of the head of that depart-
ment or agency, in the case of a department or 
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agency other than the Department of Justice) 
of personnel to each criminal street gang en-
forcement team established under subparagraph 
(A); and 
(C) provide all necessary funding for the 
operation of such criminal street gang enforce-
ment teams in each high-intensity interstate 
gang activity area. 
(3) COMPOSITION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANG 
ENFORCEMENT
TEAM.—Each 
team 
established 
under paragraph (2)(A) shall consist of agents and 
officers, where feasible, from— 
(A) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-
arms, and Explosives; 
(B) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(C) the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; 
(D) the Drug Enforcement Administration; 
(E) the Internal Revenue Service; 
(F) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; 
(G) the United States Marshals Service; 
(H) the United States Postal Service; 
(I) State and local law enforcement; and 
(J) Federal, State, and local prosecutors. 
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(4) CRITERIA
FOR
DESIGNATION.—In consid-
ering an area for designation as a high-intensity 
interstate gang activity area under this section, the 
Attorney General shall consider— 
(A) the current and predicted levels of 
gang crime activity in that area; 
(B) the extent to which violent crime in 
that area appears to be related to criminal 
street gang activity, such as drug trafficking, 
murder, robbery, assaults, carjacking, arson, 
kidnapping, extortion, and other criminal activ-
ity; 
(C) the extent to which State and local law 
enforcement agencies have committed resources 
to— 
(i) respond to the gang crime problem 
in that area; and 
(ii) participate in a gang enforcement 
team; 
(D) the extent to which a significant in-
crease in the allocation of Federal resources 
would enhance local response to the gang crime 
activities in that area; and 
(E) any other criteria that the Attorney 
General considers to be appropriate. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 to 2012 to carry out this section. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Of amounts made avail-
able under paragraph (1) in each fiscal year— 
(A) 50 percent shall be used to carry out 
subsection (b)(2); and 
(B) 50 percent shall be used to make 
grants available for community-based programs 
to provide crime prevention, research, and 
intervention services that are designed for gang 
members and at-risk youth in a high-intensity 
interstate gang activity area. 
(3) REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than February 1 of each year, the Attorney General 
shall provide a report to Congress which describes, 
for each high-intensity interstate gang activity 
area— 
(A) the specific long-term and short-term 
goals and objectives; 
(B) the measurements used to evaluate the 
performance of the high-intensity interstate 
gang activity area in achieving the long-term 
and short-term goals; 
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(C) the age, composition, and membership 
of gangs in that high-intensity interstate gang 
activity area; 
(D) the number and nature of crimes com-
mitted by gangs in that high-intensity interstate 
gang activity area; and 
(E) the definition of the term ‘‘gang’’ used 
to compile that report. 
Subtitle C—Additional Funding 
SEC. 221. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED BY THE FED-
ERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO INVES-
TIGATE AND PROSECUTE VIOLENT CRIMINAL 
STREET GANGS. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
FBI.—The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion shall use any funds made available under this section 
to carry out the Safe Streets Program and to support the 
criminal street gang enforcement teams, established under 
section 211(b)(2), in high-intensity interstate gang activ-
ity areas designated under section 211(b)(1). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise authorized, there are authorized 
to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2008 through 2012 to carry out this section, to remain 
available until expended. 
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SEC. 222. GRANTS TO PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT TO COMBAT VIOLENT CRIME AND TO 
PROTECT 
WITNESSES 
AND 
VICTIMS 
OF 
CRIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 31702 of the Violent 
Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 
U.S.C. 13862) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) to hire additional prosecutors to— 
‘‘(A) allow more cases to be prosecuted; 
and 
‘‘(B) reduce backlogs; 
‘‘(6) to fund technology, equipment, and train-
ing for prosecutors and law enforcement in order to 
increase accurate identification of gang members 
and violent offenders, and to maintain databases 
with such information to facilitate coordination 
among law enforcement and prosecutors; and 
‘‘(7) to create and expand witness and victim 
protection programs to prevent threats, intimidation, 
and retaliation against victims of, and witnesses to, 
violent crimes.’’. 
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
31707 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 13867) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 31707. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated $32,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2012 to carry out this subtitle. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) in each fiscal year, $12,000,000 
shall be used to carry out section 31702(7).’’. 
SEC. 223. ENHANCEMENT OF PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBOR-
HOODS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE ENFORCE-
MENT OF CRIMINAL LAWS AGAINST VIOLENT 
GANGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is author-
ized to expand the Project Safe Neighborhoods program 
to require each United States attorney to— 
(1) identify, investigate, and prosecute signifi-
cant criminal street gangs operating within the dis-
trict of that United States attorney; 
(2) coordinate the identification, investigation, 
and prosecution of criminal street gangs among Fed-
eral, State, and local law enforcement agencies; and 
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(3) coordinate and establish criminal street 
gang enforcement teams, established under section 
211(b)(2), in high-intensity interstate gang activity 
areas designated under section 211(b)(1) within the 
district of that United States attorney. 
(b) ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR PROJECT SAFE NEIGH-
BORHOODS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General may 
hire assistant United States attorneys, non-attorney 
coordinators, or paralegals to carry out this section. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 224. PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FORENSIC EXAMINERS. 
Section 816 of the USA PATRIOT Act (28 U.S.C. 
509 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as (6); 
and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
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