training, education, research, demonstration, and special grants

training, education, research, demonstration, and special grants Sec. 5. Part I) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended as follows: (1) Section 406 is amended— (A) by striking “in areas directly related to law enforcement or preparing for employment in law enforcement” in the first sentence of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “in areas related to law enforcement or suitable for persons employed in law enforcement”; (B) by striking out “tuition and fees” in the first sentence of subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof “tuition, books, and fees”; and (C) by inserting at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(d) Full-time teachers or persons preparing for careers as full-time teachers of courses related to law enforcement or suitable for persons employed in law enforcement, in institutions of higher education which are eligible to receive funds under this section, shall be eligible to receive assistance under subsections (b) and (c) of this section as determined under regulations of the Administration. “(e) The Administration is authorized to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education, or combinations of such institutions, to assist them in planning, developing, strengthening, improving, or carrying out programs or projects for the development or demonstration of improved methods of law enforcement education, including— “(1) planning for the development or expansion of undergraduate or graduate programs in law enforcement; “(2) education and training of faculty members; “(3) strengthening the law enforcement aspects of courses leading to an undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree; and “(4) research into, and development of, methods of educating students or faculty, including the preparation of teaching materials and the planning of curriculums. 84 Stat. 1885 The amount of a grant or contract may be up to 75 per centum of the total cost of programs and projects for which a grant or contract is made. “(f) The Administration is authorized to enter into contracts to make, and make, payments to institutions of higher education for grants not exceeding $50 per week to persons enrolled on a full-time basis in undergraduate or graduate degree programs who are accepted for and serve in full-time internships in law enforcement agencies for not less than eight weeks during any summer recess or for any entire quarter or semester on leave from the degree program.” (2) Part. 1) is further amended by inserting after section 406 the following new sections: “Sec. 407. The Administration is authorized to develop and support regional and national training programs, workshops, and seminars to instruct State and local law enforcement personnel in improved methods of crime prevention and reduction and enforcement of the criminal law. Such training activities shall be designed to supplement and improve, rather than supplant, the training activities of the State and units of genera] local government, and shall not duplicate the activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 40–4 of this title.” “Sec. 408. (a) The Administration is authorized to establish and support a training program for prosecuting attorneys from State and local offices engaged in the prosecution of organized crime. The program shall be designed to develop new or improved approaches, techniques, systems, manuals, and devices to strengthen prosecutive capabilities against organized crime. “(b) While participating in the training program or traveling in connection with participation in the training program, State and local personnel shall be allowed travel expenses and a per diem allowance in the same manner as prescribed under section 5703(b) of title 5, United States Code, for persons employed intermittently in the Government service. “(c) The cost of training State and local personnel under this section shall be provided out of funds appropriated to the Administration for the purpose of such training.”