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 1968 Act”; the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 “the 1974 Act”; 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 Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); 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); $235,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which—123 STAT. 3133(1) $60,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs, and other activities, as authorized by part C of title I of the 1968 Act, of which $41,000,000 is for the National Crime Victimization Survey;(2) $48,000,000 is for research, development, and evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part B of title I of the 1968 Act;(3) $12,000,000 is for the Statewide Victim Notification System of the Bureau of Justice Assistance;(4) $45,000,000 is for the Regional Information Sharing System, as authorized by part M of title I of the 1968 Act; and(5) $70,000,000 is for missing and exploited children programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act. 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); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); and other programs; $1,534,768,000, to remain available until expended as follows—(1) $519,000,000 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 the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, as amended, 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, and $3,000,000 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;(2) $330,000,000 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) $185,268,000 for discretionary grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat 123 STAT. 3134 juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation), which shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act;(5) $40,000,000 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);(6) $2,000,000 for the purposes described in the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (section 240001 of the 1994 Act);(7) $12,500,000 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;(8) $45,000,000 for Drug Courts, as authorized by section 1001(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;(9) $7,000,000 for a program to monitor prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical products;(10) $15,000,000 for prison rape prevention and prosecution and other programs, as authorized by the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–79);(11) $30,000,000 for grants for Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;(12) $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 conviction review;(13) $12,000,000 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);(14) $50,000,000 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) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Courts Initiative;(C) $12,000,000 shall be available for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction assistance grants; and(D) $3,000,000 shall be available for training and technical assistance and civil and criminal legal assistance as authorized by title I of Public Law 106–559;(15) $20,000,000 for economic, high technology and Internet crime prevention grants, including as authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110–403;(16) $15,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;(17) $2,500,000 for child abuse training programs for judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act;(18) $3,000,000 for grants to improve the stalking and domestic violence database, as authorized by section 40602 of the 1994 Act;(19) $1,000,000 for analysis and research on violence against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 of the 2005 Act;123 STAT. 3135(20) $3,500,000 for training programs as authorized by section 40152 of the 1994 Act, and for related local demonstration projects;(21) $1,000,000 for grants for televised testimony, as authorized by part N of title I of the 1968 Act;(22) $15,000,000 for programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence;(23) $20,000,000 for grants to assist State and tribal governments as authorized by the NICS Improvements Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180);(24) $11,500,000 for the National Criminal History Improvement program for grants to upgrade criminal records;(25) $100,000,000 for offender reentry programs, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), of which $37,000,000 is for grants for adult and juvenile offender State and local reentry demonstration projects, $15,000,000 is for grants for mentoring and transitional services, $10,000,000 is for reentry courts, $7,500,000 is for family-based substance abuse treatment, $2,500,000 is for evaluation and improvement of education at prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities, $5,000,000 is for technology careers training demonstration grants, $13,000,000 is for offender reentry substance abuse and criminal justice collaboration, and $10,000,000 is for prisoner reentry research;(26) $10,000,000 for activities related to comprehensive criminal justice reform and recidivism reduction efforts by States;(27) $10,000,000 for implementation of a student loan repayment assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110–315;(28) $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 the United States Attorneys; and(29) $35,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act: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 non-administrative public sector safety service. weed and seed program fund For necessary expenses, including salaries and related expenses of the Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, $20,000,000, 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 123 STAT. 3136 (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, $423,595,000, 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) $91,095,000 for grants and projects, as authorized by sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act, which shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explanatory statement accompanying this Act;(3) $100,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;(4) $65,000,000 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 education initiative; 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) $22,500,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990;(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;(7) $10,000,000 for community-based violence prevention initiatives; and(8) $5,000,000 for the Safe Start Program, as authorized by the 1974 Act: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 under section 1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs, which amounts shall be paid to the “Salaries and Expenses” account), to remain available until expended; and $9,100,000 for payments authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such 123 STAT. 3137 Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding for such disability and education payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to “Public Safety Officer Benefits” from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.