‘‘(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—
‘‘(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 
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 
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. This does not preclude a grant-
making office from providing specialized training 
and technical assistance in its area of expertise. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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—
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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, 2008—
(1) all procurement activities for all elements of 
the Office are carried out through a single manage-
ment office; and 
(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-
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 
made under subsection (a) may be made
are—’’; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (17), 
respectively;
(C) by inserting before paragraph (6) (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; 
‘‘(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;
‘‘(5) award grants to pay for offices hired to 
perform intelligence, anti-terror, or homeland secu-
rity duties;’’; and 
(D) by amending paragraph (9) (as so re-
designated) to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) 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)—
‘‘(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) $1,047,119,000 for each of fiscal years 
2006 through 2009.’’; 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 
(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: 
‘‘(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’’. 
SEC. 256. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNT-
ABILITY BLOCK GRANTS. 
Section 1810(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796gg–10(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2002 through 2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2006 through 2009’’.