ELIGIBILITY OF STATE COURTS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL GRANTS.

SEC. 302. ELIGIBILITY OF STATE COURTS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL GRANTS.(a) Correctional Options Grants.—Section 515 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3762a) is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) in paragraph (2), by striking “and” at the end;(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and(C) by adding at the end the following:“(4) grants to State courts to improve security for State and local court systems.”; and(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:“Priority shall be given to State court applicants under subsection (a)(4) that have the greatest demonstrated need to provide security in order to administer justice.”.(b) Allocations.—Section 516(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3762b) is amended—(1) by striking “80” and inserting “70”;(2) by striking “and 10” and inserting “10”; and(3) by inserting before the period the following: “, and 10 percent for section 515(a)(4)”.(c) State and Local Governments To Consider Courts.—The Attorney General may require, as appropriate, that whenever a State or unit of local government or Indian tribe applies for a grant from the Department of Justice, the State, unit, or tribe demonstrate that, in developing the application and distributing funds, the State, unit, or tribe—(1) considered the needs of the judicial branch of the State, unit, or tribe, as the case may be;(2) consulted with the chief judicial officer of the highest court of the State, unit, or tribe, as the case may be; and(3) consulted with the chief law enforcement officer of the law enforcement agency responsible for the security needs of the judicial branch of the State, unit, or tribe, as the case may be.(d) Armor Vests.—Section 2501 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796ll) is amended—(1) in subsection (a), by inserting “and State and local court officers” after “tribal law enforcement officers”; and(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting “State or local court,” after “government,”.121 STAT. 2540