Office of Justice Programs

Office of Justice Programs justice assistance For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968; the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), which may include research and development; and other programs (including the Statewide Automated Victim Notification Program); $220,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which:(1) $45,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, pursuant to part C of the 1968 Act, of which $26,000,000 is for the National Crime Victimization Survey; and(2) $48,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation programs:Provided, That section 1404(c)(3)(E)(i) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, as amended (42 U.S.C. 10603) is amended after “internships” by inserting “and for grants under subparagraphs (1)(A) and (B), pursuant to rules or guidelines that generally establish a publicly-announced, competitive process”. state and local law enforcement assistance For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (“the 1994 Act”); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (“the 1990 Act”); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); and other programs; $1,328,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows:(1) $546,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act, (except that section 1001(c), and 123 STAT. 580 the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which $5,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice in assisting units of local government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement, $2,000,000 is for a program to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout the intelligence process, $7,000,000 is to reimburse State and local law enforcement for security and related costs, including overtime, associated with the extraordinary security required to protect the President-elect during the Presidential transition period; and $20,000,000 is to reimburse State and local governments for extraordinary costs associated with the 2009 Presidential Inauguration;(2) $400,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 241(i)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(i)(5));(3) $31,000,000 for the Southwest Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal, or municipal governments for costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local offices of the United States Attorneys;(4) $3,000,000 for the Northern Border Prosecutor Initiative to reimburse State, county, parish, tribal or municipal governments for the costs associated with the prosecution of criminal cases declined by local offices of United States Attorneys;(5) $178,500,000 for discretionary grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation): Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, $178,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);(6) $30,000,000 for competitive grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation);(7) $2,000,000 for the purposes described in the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (section 240001 of the 1994 Act);(8) $10,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of Public Law 106–386 and for programs authorized under Public Law 109–164;(9) $40,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;(10) $7,000,000 for a prescription drug monitoring program;(11) $12,500,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution and other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–79);(12) $10,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;123 STAT. 581(13) $5,500,000 for the Capital Litigation Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 of Public Law 108–405, and for grants for wrongful prosecution review;(14) $10,000,000 for mental health courts and adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–416);(15) $25,000,000 for assistance to Indian tribes, of which—(A) $10,000,000 shall be available for grants under section 20109 of subtitle A of title II of the 1994 Act;(B) $9,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts Initiative; and(C) $6,000,000 shall be available for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction assistance grants; and(16) $18,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet crime prevention grants:Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds made available under this heading to increase the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform nonadministrative public safety service. weed and seed program fund For necessary expenses, including salaries and related expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by section 103 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. juvenile justice programs For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (“the 1974 Act”), the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”), the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162), the Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771 et seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–401), and other juvenile justice programs, $374,000,000, to remain available until expended as follows:(1) $75,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to assist small, non-profit organizations with the Federal grants process;(2) $82,000,000 for grants and projects, as authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act: Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, $82,000,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);(3) $80,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;123 STAT. 582(4) $62,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by section 505 of the 1974 Act, of which, pursuant to sections 261 and 262 thereof—(A) $25,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth Program;(B) $10,000,000 shall be for a gang resistance education and training program; and(C) $25,000,000 shall be for grants of $360,000 to each State and $4,840,000 shall be available for discretionary grants, for programs and activities to enforce State laws prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages to minors or the purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, for prevention and reduction of consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors, and for technical assistance and training;(5) $20,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990; and(6) $55,000,000 for the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program as authorized by part R of title I of the 1968 Act and Guam shall be considered a State:Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit the programs or activities authorized: Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of each amount may be used for training and technical assistance: Provided further, That the previous two provisos shall not apply to grants and projects authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act. public safety officer benefits For payments and expenses authorized by part L of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796), such sums as are necessary, as authorized by section 6093 of Public Law 100–690 (102 Stat. 4339–4340) (including amounts for administrative costs, which amounts shall be paid to the “Salaries and Expenses” account), to remain available until expended; and $5,000,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act; and $4,100,000 for educational assistance, as authorized by section 1212 of such Act. community oriented policing services For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (“the 1968 Act”); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); subtitle D of title II of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), which may include research and development; and the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–177); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248) (the “Adam Walsh Act”); and the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405), $550,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That any balances made available through prior year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with section 505 of this Act. Of the amount provided 123 STAT. 583 (which shall be by transfer, for programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs)—(1) $25,000,000 is for the matching grant program for armor vests for law enforcement officers, as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Office of Law Enforcement Standards from the Community Oriented Policing Services Office for research, testing, and evaluation programs: Provided further, That section 2501(f) of part Y of title I of the 1968 Act (42 U.S.C. 3796ll(f)), is amended by inserting at the end the following:“(3) Waiver.—The Director may waive in whole or in part, the match requirement of paragraph (1) in the case of fiscal hardship, as determined by the Director.”;(2) $39,500,000 is for grants to entities described in section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act, to address public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots as authorized by section 754 of Public Law 109–177, and for other anti-methamphetamine-related activities: Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, $34,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);(3) $187,000,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and interoperable communications program, and related law enforcement and public safety equipment: Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, $185,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act);(4) $25,000,000 is for offender re-entry programs, as authorized under section 101 and 211 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), of which $15,000,000 is for grants for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects, and $10,000,000 is for grants for mentoring and transitional services;(5) $10,000,000 is for grants to assist States and tribal governments as authorized by the NICS Improvements Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180);(6) $10,000,000 is for grants to upgrade criminal records, as authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601);(7) $156,000,000 is for DNA related and forensic programs and activities as follows:(A) $151,000,000 for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other local, state, and Federal forensic activities including the purposes of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program); and(B) $5,000,000 for the purposes described in the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 412);(8) $20,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including equipment and training;(9) $15,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence;(10) $4,000,000 is for training and technical assistance;123 STAT. 584(11) $18,000,000 is for a national grant program the purpose of which is to assist State and local law enforcement to locate, arrest and prosecute child sexual predators and exploiters, and to enforce sex offender registration laws described in section 1701(b) of the 1968 Act, of which:(A) $5,000,000 is for sex offender management assistance as authorized by the Adam Walsh Act and the Violent Crime Control Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322); and(B) $1,000,000 is for the National Sex Offender Public Registry; (12) $16,000,000 is for expenses authorized by part AA of the 1968 Act (Secure our Schools); and(13) $25,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act. salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, not elsewhere specified in this title, for management and administration of programs within the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs and the Community Oriented Policing Services Office, $174,000,000, of which not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be available for the Office on Violence Against Women; not to exceed $130,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Justice Programs; not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be available for the Community Oriented Policing Services Office: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 109 of title I of Public Law 90–351, an additional amount, not to exceed $21,000,000 shall be available for authorized activities of the Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management: Provided further, That the total amount available for management and administration of such programs shall not exceed $195,000,000.