REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS GRANTS.

SEC. 6101. REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS GRANTS. (a) Grant Authorized.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by striking part M and inserting the following: “PART M—REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS GRANTS “SEC. 1301. REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS GRANTS. “(a) The Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance is authorized to make grants and enter into contracts with State and local criminal justice agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of identifying, targeting, and removing criminal conspiracies and activities spanning jurisdictional boundaries. “(b) Grants and contracts awarded under this part shall be made for— “(1) maintaining and operating information sharing systems that are responsive to the needs of participating enforcement agencies in addressing multijurisdictional offenses and conspiracies, and that are capable of providing controlling input, dissemination, rapid retrieval, and systematized updating of information to authorized agencies; “(2) establishing and operating an analytical component to assist participating agencies and projects in the compilation, interpretation, and presentation of information provided to a project; “(3) establishing and maintaining a telecommunication of the information sharing and analytical programs in clauses (1) and (2); and 102 STAT. 4341 “(4) other programs designated by the Director that are designed to further the purposes of this part. “(c) The Director is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including rules and regulations for submitting and reviewing applications.” (b) Technical Amendments.—The table of contents of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by striking out the items relating to part N and section 1401, and inserting in lieu thereof the following new items: “Part M—Regional Information Sharing Systems Grants “Sec. 1301. Regional information sharing systems grants. “Part N—Transition; Effective Date; Repealer “Sec. 1401. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.”