amendments

section 301 amendments Sec. 109. (a) Section 301 of title I of such Act is amended by— (1) inserting immediately after “part” in subsection (a) the following: “, through the provision of Federal technical and financial aid and assistance,”; (2) striking out “Public education relating to crime prevention” from paragraph (3) of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “Public education programs concerned with law enforcement and criminal justice”; and (3) striking out “and coordination” from paragraph (8) of subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof “, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation”. (b) Section 301(b) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (6) ; (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6); (3) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (10) as paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(10) The definition, development, and implementation of programs and projects designed to improve the functioning of courts, prosecutors, defenders, and supporting agencies, reduce and eliminate criminal case backlog, accelerate the processing and disposition of criminal cases, and improve the administration of criminal justice in the courts; the collection and compilation of judicial data and other information on the work of the courts and other agencies that relate to and affect the work of the courts; programs and projects for expediting criminal prosecution and reducing court congestion; revision of court criminal rules and procedural codes within the rulemaking authority of courts or other judicial entities having criminal jurisdiction within the State; the development of uniform sentencing standards for criminal cases; training of judges, court administrated, and support personnel of courts having criminal jurisdiction; support of court technical assistance and support organizations; support of public education programs concerning the administration of criminal justice : and equipping of court, facilities. “(11) The development and operation of programs designed to reduce and prevent crime against elderly persons, “(12) The development of programs to identify the special needs of drug-dependent offenders (including alcoholics, alcohol abusers, drug addicts, and drug abusers). 90 STAT. 2412 “(13) The establishment of early case assessment panels under the authority of the appropriate prosecuting official for any unit of general local government within the State having a population of two hundred and fifty thousand or more to screen and analyze cases as early as possible after the time of the bringing of charges, to determine the feasibility of successful prosecution, and to expedite the prosecution of cases involving repeat offenders and perpetrators of violent crimes. “(14) The development and operation of crime prevention programs in which members of the community participate, including but not limited to ‘block watch’ and similar programs.”.