enforcement officials, prosecutors, community lead-
ers, and other stakeholders to identify the most 
pressing crime problems in a community and work 
collaboratively to address those problems. 
(2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 
(A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis-
tricts throughout the 50 States and territories 
of the United States; and 
(B) implements 4 key components to suc-
cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 
including community engagement, prevention 
and intervention, focused and strategic enforce-
ment, and accountability. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Project Safe 
Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 
(34 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi-
vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 
purpose of separating information into key compo-
nents and contributing to plans of action to under-
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stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 
and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘law enforcement assistant’ 
means an individual employed by a law enforcement 
agency or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of 
aiding law enforcement officers in investigative or 
administrative duties;’’. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 4(b) of the Project 
Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 
2018 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ 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) hiring crime analysts to assist with violent 
crime reduction efforts; 
‘‘(6) the cost of overtime for law enforcement 
officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants 
that assist with the Program; and 
‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech-
nology to assist with violent crime reduction ef-
forts.’’. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Au-
thorization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended 
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2023 through 2026’’. 
SEC. 4. TASK FORCE SUPPORT. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Officer Ella Grace French and Sergeant Jim Smith Task 
Force Support Act of 2022’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT.—Section 4(b) of the Project Safe 
Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 
(34 U.S.C. 60703(b)), as amended by section 3(b), is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) 
support 
for 
multi-jurisdictional 
task 
forces.’’. 
Æ 
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