§10307. Definitions — Inbound Citations

Citations to §10307(1)

• 34 U.S.C. § 10101

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  There is hereby established an Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General. The Office of Justice Programs (hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Office”) shall be headed by an Assistant Attorney General (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Assistant Attorney General”) appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10102(a)

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  (a) The Assistant Attorney General shall—

  (1) publish and disseminate information on the conditions and progress of the criminal justice systems;

  (2) maintain liaison with the executive and judicial branches of the Federal and State governments in matters relating to criminal justice;

  (3) provide information to the President, the Congress, the judiciary, State and local governments, and the general public relating to criminal justice;

  (4) maintain liaison with public and private educational and research institutions, State and local governments, and governments of other nations relating to criminal justice;

  (5) coordinate and provide staff support to coordinate the activities of the Office and the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; and

  (6) exercise such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Assistant Attorney General pursuant to this chapter or by delegation of the Attorney General, including placing special conditions on all grants, and determining priority purposes for formula grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10102(a)(6)

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  (6) exercise such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Assistant Attorney General pursuant to this chapter or by delegation of the Attorney General, including placing special conditions on all grants, and determining priority purposes for formula grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10102(b)

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  (b) The Assistant Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10103(a)

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  (a) There is established within the Office an Office of Weed and Seed Strategies, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10104(e)(2)

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  (2) For each grant under this subsection, the community receiving that grant may not use any of the grant amounts for construction, except that the Assistant Attorney General may authorize use of grant amounts for incidental or minor construction, renovation, or remodeling.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10104(e)(3)(B)

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  (B) for more than 5 separate fiscal years, except that the Assistant Attorney General may, in single increments and only upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances, authorize grants for not more than 3 additional separate fiscal years; or
• 34 U.S.C. § 10104(e)(3)(C)

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  (C) in an aggregate amount of more than $1,000,000, except that the Assistant Attorney General may, upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances, authorize grants for not more than an additional $500,000.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10104(e)(5)(B)(ii)

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  (ii) may be waived by the Assistant Attorney General upon a determination that the financial circumstances affecting the applicant warrant a finding that such a waiver is equitable.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10106(a)(1)

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  (1) There is established within the Office a Community Capacity Development Office, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney General. In carrying out the functions of the Office, the Director shall be subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Attorney General. Such authority, direction, and control may be delegated only to the Assistant Attorney General, without redelegation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10107(a)

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  (a) There is established within the Office of Science and Technology, the Division of Applied Law Enforcement Technology, headed by an individual appointed by the Attorney General. The purpose of the Division shall be to provide leadership and focus to those grants of the Department of Justice that are made for the purpose of using or improving law enforcement computer systems.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10109(a)(1)

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  (1) There is established within the Office an Office of Audit, Assessment, and Management, headed by a Director appointed by the Attorney General. In carrying out the functions of the Office, the Director shall be subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Attorney General. Such authority, direction, and control may be delegated only to the Assistant Attorney General, without redelegation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10109(b)(3)

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  (3) Any other grant program carried out by the Department of Justice that the Attorney General considers appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10109(d)

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  (d) The Director shall take such actions to ensure compliance with the terms of a grant as the Director considers appropriate with respect to each grant that the Director determines (in consultation with the head of the element of the Department of Justice concerned), through a program assessment under subsection (a) or other means, is not in compliance with such terms. In the case of a misuse of more than 1 percent of the grant amount concerned, the Director shall, in addition to any other action to ensure compliance that the Director considers appropriate, ensure that the entity responsible for such misuse ceases to receive any funds under any program covered by subsection (b) until such entity repays to the Attorney General an amount equal to the amounts misused. The Director may, in unusual circumstances, grant relief from this requirement to ensure that an innocent party is not punished.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10110

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  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during any fiscal year the Attorney General—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10111(a)

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  (a) The Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs, in coordination with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Justice, shall ensure that—

  (1) all accounting activities for all elements of the Office of Justice Programs are carried out under the direct management of the Office of the Comptroller; and

  (2) all procurement activities for all elements of the Office are carried out under the direct management of the Office of Administration.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10111(b)

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  (b) The Assistant Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Justice, shall ensure that, on and after September 30, 2008—

  (1) all procurement activities for all elements of the Office are carried out through a single management office; and

  (2) all contracts and purchase orders used in carrying out those activities are processed through a single procurement system.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10111(c)

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  (c) The Assistant Attorney General, in coordination with the Chief Information Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Justice, shall ensure that, on and after September 30, 2010, all financial management activities (including human resources, payroll, and accounting activities, as well as procurement activities) of all elements of the Office are carried out through a single financial management system.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10111(d)(1)

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  (1) The Assistant Attorney General shall undertake a scheduled consolidation of operations to achieve compliance with the requirements of this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10112(a)

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  (a) There shall be a Senior Policy Advisor on Culturally Specific Communities within the Office of Justice Programs who shall, under the guidance and authority of the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs—

  (1) advise on the administration of grants related to culturally specific (as defined in section 12291(a) of this title) services and contracts with culturally specific organizations;

  (2) coordinate development of Federal policy, protocols, and guidelines on matters relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (as those terms are defined in section 12291(a) of this title), in culturally specific communities;

  (3) advise the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs concerning policies, legislation, implementation of laws, and other issues relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally specific communities;

  (4) provide technical assistance, coordination, and support to other offices and bureaus in the Department of Justice to develop policy and to enforce Federal laws relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally specific communities;

  (5) ensure that appropriate technical assistance, developed and provided by entities having expertise in culturally specific communities, is made available to grantees and potential grantees proposing to serve culturally specific communities; and

  (6) ensure access to grants and technical assistance for culturally specific organizations and analyze the distribution of funding in order to identify barriers for culturally specific organizations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10112(a)(3)

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  (3) advise the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs concerning policies, legislation, implementation of laws, and other issues relating to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in culturally specific communities;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10112(c)

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  (c) Not later than 120 days after March 15, 2022, the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs shall appoint an individual as Senior Policy Advisor on Culturally Specific Communities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10122(a)

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  (a) There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a National Institute of Justice (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as the “Institute”).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10122(b)

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  (b) The Institute shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President. The Director shall have had experience in justice research. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall have final authority over all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Institute. The Director shall not engage in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Institute makes any contract or other arrangement under this chapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10132(a)

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  (a) There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Statistics (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as “Bureau”).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10132(b)

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  (b) The Bureau shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President. The Director shall have had experience in statistical programs. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall be responsible for the integrity of data and statistics and shall protect against improper or illegal use or disclosure. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall not engage in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10141(a)

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  (a) There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Assistance (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Bureau”).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10141(b)

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  (b) The Bureau shall be headed by a Director (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Director”) who shall be appointed by the President. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall not engage in any employment other than that of serving as the Director, nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this chapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10142(8)

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  (8) Exercising such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Director pursuant to this chapter or by delegation of the Attorney General or Assistant Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10152(a)(1)

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  (1) From amounts made available to carry out this part, the Attorney General may, in accordance with the formula established under section 10156 of this title, make grants to States and units of local government, for use by the State or unit of local government to provide additional personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice or civil proceedings, including for any one or more of the following programs:

  (A) Law enforcement programs.

  (B) Prosecution and court programs.

  (C) Prevention and education programs.

  (D) Corrections and community corrections programs.

  (E) Drug treatment and enforcement programs.

  (F) Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs.

  (G) Crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation).

  (H) Mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams.

  (I) Implementation of State crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including but not limited to—

  (i) mental health courts;

  (ii) drug courts;

  (iii) veterans courts; and

  (iv) extreme risk protection order programs, which must include, at a minimum—

  (I) pre-deprivation and post-deprivation due process rights that prevent any violation or infringement of the Constitution of the United States, including but not limited to the Bill of Rights, and the substantive or procedural due process rights guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, as applied to the States, and as interpreted by State courts and United States courts (including the Supreme Court of the United States). Such programs must include, at the appropriate phase to prevent any violation of constitutional rights, at minimum, notice, the right to an in-person hearing, an unbiased adjudicator, the right to know opposing evidence, the right to present evidence, and the right to confront adverse witnesses;

  (II) the right to be represented by counsel at no expense to the government;

  (III) pre-deprivation and post-deprivation heightened evidentiary standards and proof which mean not less than the protections afforded to a similarly situated litigant in Federal court or promulgated by the State’s evidentiary body, and sufficient to ensure the full protections of the Constitution of the United States, including but not limited to the Bill of Rights, and the substantive and procedural due process rights guaranteed under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, as applied to the States, and as interpreted by State courts and United States courts (including the Supreme Court of the United States). The heightened evidentiary standards and proof under such programs must, at all appropriate phases to prevent any violation of any constitutional right, at minimum, prevent reliance upon evidence that is unsworn or unaffirmed, irrelevant, based on inadmissible hearsay, unreliable, vague, speculative, and lacking a foundation; and

  (IV) penalties for abuse of the program.

  (J) Programs to purchase and operate unmanned aircraft systems (as defined in section 44801 of title 49) to benefit public safety.

  (K) Programs to purchase and operate counter-UAS systems (as defined in section 44801 of title 49) included on the list of technologies established by subsection (d)(2)(A)(iii) section 124n(d)(2)(A)(iii) of title 6 to exercise the authority granted under subsection (a)(2) of such section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10152(c)(1)

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  (1) Each program funded under this part shall contain a program assessment component, developed pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General, in coordination with the National Institute of Justice.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10152(c)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a program if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the program is not of sufficient size to justify a full program assessment.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10152(d)(2)

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  (2) Unless the Attorney General certifies that extraordinary and exigent circumstances exist that make the use of such funds to provide such matters essential to the maintenance of public safety and good order—

  (A) vehicles (excluding police cruisers), vessels (excluding police boats), or aircraft (excluding police helicopters);

  (B) luxury items;

  (C) real estate;

  (D) construction projects (other than penal or correctional institutions); or

  (E) any similar matters.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10152(f)

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  (f) The period of a grant made under this part shall be four years, except that renewals and extensions beyond that period may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10152(h)

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  (h) The Attorney General shall publish an annual report with respect to grants awarded for crisis intervention programs or initiatives under subsection (a)(1)(I) that contains—

  (1) a description of the grants awarded and the crisis intervention programs or initiatives funded by the grants, broken down by grant recipient;

  (2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of the crisis intervention programs or initiatives in preventing violence and suicide;

  (3) measures that have been taken by each grant recipient to safeguard the constitutional rights of an individual subject to a crisis intervention program or initiative; and

  (4) efforts that the Attorney General is making, in coordination with the grant recipients, to protect the constitutional rights of individuals subject to the crisis intervention programs or initiatives.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10152(h)(4)

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  (4) efforts that the Attorney General is making, in coordination with the grant recipients, to protect the constitutional rights of individuals subject to the crisis intervention programs or initiatives.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10153(a)

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  (a) To request a grant under this part, the chief executive officer of a State or unit of local government shall submit an application to the Attorney General within 120 days after the date on which funds to carry out this part are appropriated for a fiscal year, in such form as the Attorney General may require. Such application shall include the following:

  (1) A certification that Federal funds made available under this part will not be used to supplant State or local funds, but will be used to increase the amounts of such funds that would, in the absence of Federal funds, be made available for law enforcement activities.

  (2) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 days before the application (or any amendment to the application) was submitted to the Attorney General, the application (or amendment) was submitted for review to the governing body of the State or unit of local government (or to an organization designated by that governing body).

  (3) An assurance that, before the application (or any amendment to the application) was submitted to the Attorney General—

  (A) the application (or amendment) was made public; and

  (B) an opportunity to comment on the application (or amendment) was provided to citizens and to neighborhood or community-based organizations, to the extent applicable law or established procedure makes such an opportunity available.

  (4) An assurance that, for each fiscal year covered by an application, the applicant shall maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the Attorney General may reasonably require.

  (5) A certification, made in a form acceptable to the Attorney General and executed by the chief executive officer of the applicant (or by another officer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations promulgated by the Attorney General), that—

  (A) the programs to be funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this part;

  (B) all the information contained in the application is correct;

  (C) there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies; and

  (D) the applicant will comply with all provisions of this part and all other applicable Federal laws.

  (6) A comprehensive Statewide plan detailing how grants received under this section will be used to improve the administration of the criminal justice system, which shall—

  (A) be designed in consultation with local governments, and representatives of all segments of the criminal justice system, including judges, prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and providers of indigent defense services, victim services, juvenile justice delinquency prevention programs, community corrections, and reentry services;

  (B) include a description of how the State will allocate funding within and among each of the uses described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 10152(a)(1) of this title;

  (C) describe the process used by the State for gathering evidence-based data and developing and using evidence-based and evidence-gathering approaches in support of funding decisions;

  (D) describe the barriers at the State and local level for accessing data and implementing evidence-based approaches to preventing and reducing crime and recidivism; and

  (E) be updated every 5 years, with annual progress reports that—

  (i) address changing circumstances in the State, if any;

  (ii) describe how the State plans to adjust funding within and among each of the uses described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of section 10152(a)(1) of this title;

  (iii) provide an ongoing assessment of need;

  (iv) discuss the accomplishment of goals identified in any plan previously prepared under this paragraph; and

  (v) reflect how the plan influenced funding decisions in the previous year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10153(a)(2)

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  (2) An assurance that, not fewer than 30 days before the application (or any amendment to the application) was submitted to the Attorney General, the application (or amendment) was submitted for review to the governing body of the State or unit of local government (or to an organization designated by that governing body).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10153(a)(3)

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  (3) An assurance that, before the application (or any amendment to the application) was submitted to the Attorney General—

  (A) the application (or amendment) was made public; and

  (B) an opportunity to comment on the application (or amendment) was provided to citizens and to neighborhood or community-based organizations, to the extent applicable law or established procedure makes such an opportunity available.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10153(a)(4)

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  (4) An assurance that, for each fiscal year covered by an application, the applicant shall maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10153(a)(5)

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  (5) A certification, made in a form acceptable to the Attorney General and executed by the chief executive officer of the applicant (or by another officer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations promulgated by the Attorney General), that—

  (A) the programs to be funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this part;

  (B) all the information contained in the application is correct;

  (C) there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies; and

  (D) the applicant will comply with all provisions of this part and all other applicable Federal laws.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10153(b)(1)

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  (1) Not later than 90 days after December 16, 2016, the Attorney General shall begin to provide technical assistance to States and local governments requesting support to develop and implement the strategic plan required under subsection (a)(6). The Attorney General may enter into agreements with 1 or more non-governmental organizations to provide technical assistance and training under this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10153(b)(2)

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  (2) Not later than 90 days after December 16, 2016, the Attorney General shall begin to provide technical assistance to States and local governments, including any agent thereof with responsibility for administration of justice, requesting support to meet the obligations established by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall include—

  (A) public dissemination of practices, structures, or models for the administration of justice consistent with the requirements of the Sixth Amendment; and

  (B) assistance with adopting and implementing a system for the administration of justice consistent with the requirements of the Sixth Amendment.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10154

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  The Attorney General shall not finally disapprove any application (or any amendment to that application) submitted under this part without first affording the applicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the application and opportunity for correction and reconsideration.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10155

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  The Attorney General shall issue rules to carry out this part. The first such rules shall be issued not later than one year after the date on which amounts are first made available to carry out this part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(a)(1)

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  (1) Of the total amount appropriated for this part, the Attorney General shall, except as provided in paragraph (2), allocate—

  (A) 50 percent of such remaining amount to each State in amounts that bear the same ratio of—

  (i) the total population of a State to—

  (ii) the total population of the United States; and

  (B) 50 percent of such remaining amount to each State in amounts that bear the same ratio of—

  (i) the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes of the Uniform Crime Reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported by such State for the three most recent years reported by such State to—

  (ii) the average annual number of such crimes reported by all States for such years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(a)(2)

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  (2) If carrying out paragraph (1) would result in any State receiving an allocation less than 0.25 percent of the total amount (in this paragraph referred to as a “minimum allocation State”), then paragraph (1), as so carried out, shall not apply, and the Attorney General shall instead—

  (A) allocate 0.25 percent of the total amount to each State; and

  (B) using the amount remaining after carrying out subparagraph (A), carry out paragraph (1) in a manner that excludes each minimum allocation State, including the population of and the crimes reported by such State.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(d)(2)(A)

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  (A) From the amounts referred to in paragraph (1) with respect to a State (in this subsection referred to as the “local amount”), the Attorney General shall allocate to each unit of local government an amount which bears the same ratio to such share as the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by such unit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most recent calendar years for which such data is available bears to the number of part 1 violent crimes reported by all units of local government in the State in which the unit is located to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for such years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(d)(2)(B)

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  (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), for fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, the Attorney General shall allocate the local amount to units of local government in the same manner that, under the Local Government Law Enforcement Block Grants program in effect immediately before January 5, 2006, the reserved amount was allocated among reporting and nonreporting units of local government.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(d)(3)

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  (3) If a unit of local government in the State has been annexed since the date of the collection of the data used by the Attorney General in making allocations pursuant to this section, the Attorney General shall pay the amount that would have been allocated to such unit of local government to the unit of local government that annexed it.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(d)(4)(A)

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  (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if—

  (i) the Attorney General certifies that a unit of local government bears more than 50 percent of the costs of prosecution or incarceration that arise with respect to part 1 violent crimes reported by a specified geographically constituent unit of local government; and

  (ii) but for this paragraph, the amount of funds allocated under this section to—

  (I) any one such specified geographically constituent unit of local government exceeds 150 percent of the amount allocated to the unit of local government certified pursuant to clause (i); or

  (II) more than one such specified geographically constituent unit of local government exceeds 400 percent of the amount allocated to the unit of local government certified pursuant to clause (i),

  then in order to qualify for payment under this subsection, the unit of local government certified pursuant to clause (i), together with any such specified geographically constituent units of local government described in clause (ii), shall submit to the Attorney General a joint application for the aggregate of funds allocated to such units of local government. Such application shall specify the amount of such funds that are to be distributed to each of the units of local government and the purposes for which such funds are to be used. The units of local government involved may establish a joint local advisory board for the purposes of carrying out this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(d)(4)(A)(i)

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  (i) the Attorney General certifies that a unit of local government bears more than 50 percent of the costs of prosecution or incarceration that arise with respect to part 1 violent crimes reported by a specified geographically constituent unit of local government; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10156(f)

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  (f) If the Attorney General determines, on the basis of information available during any grant period, that any allocation (or portion thereof) under this section to a State for such grant period will not be required, or that a State will be unable to qualify or receive funds under this part, or that a State chooses not to participate in the program established under this part, then such State’s allocation (or portion thereof) shall be awarded by the Attorney General to units of local government, or combinations thereof, within such State, giving priority to those jurisdictions with the highest annual number of part 1 violent crimes of the Uniform Crime Reports reported by the unit of local government to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the three most recent calendar years for which such data are available.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10157(a)

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  (a) Of the total amount made available to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall reserve not more than—

  (1) $20,000,000, 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, of which $1,000,000 shall be for use by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect data necessary for carrying out this part; and

  (2) $20,000,000, to be granted by the Attorney General to States and units of local government to develop and implement antiterrorism training programs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10157(a)(2)

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  (2) $20,000,000, to be granted by the Attorney General to States and units of local government to develop and implement antiterrorism training programs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10157(b)

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  (b) Of the total amount made available to carry out this part for a fiscal year, the Attorney General may reserve not more than 5 percent, to be granted to 1 or more States or units of local government, for 1 or more of the purposes specified in section 10152 of this title, pursuant to his determination that the same is necessary—

  (1) to combat, address, or otherwise respond to precipitous or extraordinary increases in crime, or in a type or types of crime; or

  (2) to prevent, compensate for, or mitigate significant programmatic harm resulting from operation of the formula established under section 10156 of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10158(b)(2)

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  (2) A State or unit of local government that fails to expend an entire amount (including interest on such amount) as required by paragraph (1) shall repay the unexpended portion to the Attorney General not later than 3 months after the date on which the grant period expires.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10158(b)(3)

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  (3) If a State or unit of local government fails to comply with paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General shall reduce amounts to be provided to that State or unit of local government accordingly.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10158(c)

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  (c) Amounts received as repayments under this section shall be subject to section 10108 of this title as if such amounts had not been granted and repaid. Such amounts shall be deposited in the Treasury in a dedicated fund for use by the Attorney General to carry out this part. Such funds are hereby made available to carry out this part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(a)(1)

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  (1) that is provided by the Attorney General under section 10381(n)(3)¹ of this title; or
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(a)(2)(B)

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  (B) certified by the Attorney General under section 10381(n)(2)¹ of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(b)(1)

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  (1) Not later than 90 days after the Attorney General completes the activities required by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 10381(n)¹ of this title, the Attorney General shall, from amounts made available to fund training programs pursuant to subsection (h), make grants to States for use by the State or a unit of government located in the State to—

  (A) pay for—

  (i) costs associated with conducting a certified training program or course or, subject to paragraph (2), a certified training program or course that provides continuing education; and

  (ii) attendance by law enforcement officers or covered mental health professionals at a certified training program or course, including a course provided by a law enforcement training academy of a State or unit of local government;

  (B) procure a certified training program or course or, subject to paragraph (2), a certified training program or course that provides continuing education on 1 or more of the topics described in section 10381(n)(1)(A)¹ of this title;

  (C) in the case of a law enforcement agency of a unit of local government that employs fewer than 50 employees (determined on a full-time equivalent basis), pay for the costs of overtime accrued as a result of the attendance of a law enforcement officer or covered mental health professional at a certified training program or course for which the costs associated with conducting the certified training program or course are paid using amounts provided under this section;

  (D) pay for the costs of developing mechanisms to comply with the reporting requirements established under subsection (d), in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total amount of the grant award; and

  (E) pay for the costs associated with participation in the voluntary National Use-of-Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the total amount of the grant award, if a law enforcement agency of the State or unit of local government is not already reporting to the National Use-of-Force Data Collection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(c)(1)

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  (1) Of the total amount appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Attorney General shall allocate funds to each State in proportion to the total number of law enforcement officers in the State that are employed by the State or a unit of local government within the State, as compared to the total number of law enforcement officers in the United States.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(c)(3)(C)

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  (C) The Attorney General, in consultation with relevant law enforcement agencies of States and units of local government, associations that represent individuals with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, professional law enforcement organizations, local law enforcement labor and representative organizations, law enforcement trade associations, mental health and suicide prevention organizations, family advocacy organizations, and civil rights and civil liberties groups, shall develop criteria governing the allocation of funds to units of local government under this paragraph, which shall ensure that the funds are distributed as widely as practicable in terms of geographical location and to both large and small law enforcement agencies of units of local government.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(c)(3)(D)

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  (D) Not later than 30 days after the date on which a State receives an award under paragraph (1), the State shall announce the allocations of funds to units of local government under subparagraph (A). A State shall submit to the Attorney General a report explaining any delays in the announcement of allocations under this subparagraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(1)

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  (1) Any unit of local government that receives funds from a State under subsection (c)(3) for a certified training program or course shall submit to the State or the Attorney General an annual report with respect to the first fiscal year during which the unit of local government receives such funds and each of the 2 fiscal years thereafter that—

  (A) shall include the number of law enforcement officers employed by the unit of local government that have completed a certified training program or course, including a certified training program or course provided on or before the date on which the Attorney General begins certifying training programs and courses under section 10381(n)(2)¹ of this title, the topics covered in those courses, and the number of officers who received training in each topic;

  (B) may, at the election of the unit of local government, include the number of law enforcement officers employed by the unit of local government that have completed a certified training program or course using funds provided from a source other than the grants described under subsection (b), the topics covered in those courses, and the number of officers who received training in each topic;

  (C) shall include the total number of law enforcement officers employed by the unit of local government;

  (D) shall include a description of any barriers to providing training on the topics described in section 10381(n)(1)(A)¹ of this title;

  (E) shall include information gathered through—

  (i) pre-training and post-training tests that assess relevant knowledge and skills covered in the training curricula, as specified in section 10381(n)(1)¹ of this title; and

  (ii) follow-up evaluative assessments to determine the degree to which participants in the training apply, in their jobs, the knowledge and skills gained in the training; and

  (F) shall include the amount of funds received by the unit of local government under subsection (c)(3) and a tentative plan for training all law enforcement officers employed by the unit of local government using available and anticipated funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(1)(A)

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  (A) shall include the number of law enforcement officers employed by the unit of local government that have completed a certified training program or course, including a certified training program or course provided on or before the date on which the Attorney General begins certifying training programs and courses under section 10381(n)(2)¹ of this title, the topics covered in those courses, and the number of officers who received training in each topic;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(2)

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  (2) A State receiving funds under this section shall submit to the Attorney General—

  (A) any report the State receives from a unit of local government under paragraph (1); and

  (B) if the State retains funds under subsection (c)(2) for a fiscal year, a report by the State for that fiscal year, and each of the 2 fiscal years thereafter—

  (i) indicating the number of law enforcement officers employed by the State that have completed a certified training program or course, including a certified training program or course provided on or before the date on which the Attorney General begins certifying training programs or courses under section 10381(n)(2)¹ of this title, the topics covered in those courses, and the number of officers who received training in each topic, including, at the election of the State, a certified training program or course using funds provided from a source other than the grants described under subsection (b);

  (ii) indicating the total number of law enforcement officers employed by the State;

  (iii) providing information gathered through—

  (I) pre-training and post-training tests that assess relevant knowledge and skills covered in the training curricula, as specified in section 10381(n)(1)¹ of this title; and

  (II) follow-up evaluative assessments to determine the degree to which participants in the training apply, in their jobs, the knowledge and skills gained in the training;

  (iv) discussing any barriers to providing training on the topics described in section 10381(n)(1)(A)¹ of this title; and

  (v) indicating the amount of funding retained by the State under subsection (c)(2) and providing a tentative plan for training all law enforcement officers employed by the State using available and anticipated funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(2)(B)(i)

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  (i) indicating the number of law enforcement officers employed by the State that have completed a certified training program or course, including a certified training program or course provided on or before the date on which the Attorney General begins certifying training programs or courses under section 10381(n)(2)¹ of this title, the topics covered in those courses, and the number of officers who received training in each topic, including, at the election of the State, a certified training program or course using funds provided from a source other than the grants described under subsection (b);
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(3)

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  (3) Not later than 180 days after December 27, 2022, the Attorney General shall develop a portal through which the data required under paragraphs (1) and (2) may be collected and submitted.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(4)(A)

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  (A) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, relevant law enforcement agencies of States and units of local government, associations that represent individuals with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, professional law enforcement organizations, local law enforcement labor and representative organizations, law enforcement trade associations, mental health and suicide prevention organizations, family advocacy organizations, and civil rights and civil liberties groups, shall establish—

  (i) reporting requirements on interactions in which de-escalation tactics and other techniques in curricula developed or identified under section 10381(n)(1)¹ of this title are used by each law enforcement agency that receives funding under this section; and

  (ii) mechanisms for each law enforcement agency to submit such reports to the Department of Justice.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(4)(C)

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  (C) Not later than 2 years after December 27, 2022, and every 2 years thereafter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the entities specified under subparagraph (A), shall review and consider updates to the reporting requirements.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(d)(5)(A)

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  (A) An entity receiving funds under this section that fails to file a report as required under paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable and as determined by the Attorney General, shall not be eligible to receive funds under this section for a period of 2 fiscal years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(e)(1)

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  (1) Not later than 2 years after December 27, 2022, and each year thereafter in which grants are made under this section, the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress on the implementation of activities carried out under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(e)(2)(A)

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  (A) the number, amounts, and recipients of awards the Attorney General has made or intends to make using funds authorized under this section;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(e)(2)(B)

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  (B) the selection criteria the Attorney General has used or intends to use to select recipients of awards using funds authorized under this section;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(e)(2)(D)

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  (D) the nature, frequency, and amount of information that the Attorney General has collected or intends to collect under subsection (d).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10159(g)(1)(A)

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  (A) the process for developing and identifying curricula under section 10381(n)(1)¹ of this title, including the effectiveness of the consultation by the Attorney General with the agencies, associations, and organizations identified under section 10381(n)(1)(C)¹ of this title;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10191(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may provide a grant to a national private, nonprofit organization that has expertise in promoting crime prevention through public outreach and media campaigns in coordination with law enforcement agencies and other local government officials, and representatives of community public interest organizations, including schools and youth-serving organizations, faith-based, and victims’ organizations and employers.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10191(b)

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  (b) To request a grant under this section, an organization described in subsection (a) shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10201(c)

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  (c) The Director of the National Institute of Justice shall annually report to the President, the Attorney General, and the Congress on the nature and findings of the evaluation and research and development activities funded under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10211(b)

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  (b) In the exercise of the functions, powers, and duties established under this section the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be under the general authority of the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10224

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  The Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance may delegate to any of their respective officers or employees such functions under this chapter as they deem appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10225

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  The Assistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics may appoint (to be assigned or employed on an interim or as-needed basis) such hearing examiners (who shall, if so designated, be understood to be comprised within the meaning of “special government employee” under section 202 of title 18 (without regard to the days limitation prescribed therein), but shall, in no event, be understood to be (or to have the authority of) officers of the United States) or administrative law judges or request the use of such administrative law judges selected by the Office of Personnel Management pursuant to section 3344 of title 5, as shall be necessary or convenient to assist them in carrying out their respective powers and duties under any law administered by or under the Office. The Assistant Attorney General, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics or upon authorization, any member thereof, or (subject to such limitations as the appointing authority may, in its sole discretion, impose from time to time) any hearing examiner or administrative law judge assigned to or employed thereby, shall have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, conduct examinations, and receive evidence at any place in the United States they respectively may designate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10226(a)

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  (a) The Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Director of the Institute, and the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics are authorized to select, appoint, employ, and fix compensation of such officers and employees as shall be necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Office, the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, respectively, under this chapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)(2)(A)(i)

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  (i) receipt of notice of a finding, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, by a Federal court (other than in an action brought by the Attorney General) or State court, or by a Federal or State administrative agency, to the effect that there has been a pattern or practice of discrimination in violation of paragraph (1); or
• 34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)(2)(C)(ii)

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  (ii) an administrative law judge has not made a determination under subparagraph (F) that it is likely the State government or unit of local government will prevail on the merits; the Office of Justice Programs shall notify the Attorney General that compliance has not been secured and caused to have suspended further payment of any funds under this chapter to that program or activity. Such suspension shall be limited to the specific program or activity cited by the Office of Justice Programs in the notice under subparagraph (A). Such suspension shall be effective for a period of not more than one hundred and twenty days, or, if there is a hearing under subparagraph (G), not more than thirty days after the conclusion of such hearing, unless there has been an express finding by the Office of Justice Programs, after notice and opportunity for such a hearing, that the recipient is not in compliance with paragraph (1).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)(2)(D)(i)

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  (i) such State government or unit of local government enters into a compliance agreement approved by the Office of Justice Programs and the Attorney General in accordance with subparagraph (B);
• 34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)(2)(E)

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  (E) Whenever the Attorney General files a civil action alleging a pattern or practice of discriminatory conduct on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex in any program or activity of a State government or unit of local government which State government or unit of local government receives funds made available under this chapter, and the conduct allegedly violates the provisions of this section and neither party within forty-five days after such filing has been granted such preliminary relief with regard to the suspension or payment of funds as may be otherwise available by law, the Office of Justice Programs shall cause to have suspended further payment of any funds under this chapter to that specific program or activity alleged by the Attorney General to be in violation of the provisions of this subsection until such time as the court orders resumption of payment.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)(2)(G)(ii)

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  (ii) Within thirty days after the conclusion of the hearing, or, in the absence of a hearing, at the conclusion of the one-hundred-and-twenty-day period referred to in subparagraph (C), the Office of Justice Programs shall make a finding of compliance or noncompliance. If the Office of Justice Programs makes a finding of noncompliance, the Office of Justice Programs shall notify the Attorney General in order that the Attorney General may institute a civil action under paragraph (3), cause to have terminated the payment of funds under this chapter, and, if appropriate, seek repayment of such funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)(3)

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  (3) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that a State government or unit of local government has engaged in or is engaging in a pattern or practice in violation of the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in an appropriate United States district court. Such court may grant as relief any temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, or other order, as necessary or appropriate to insure the full enjoyment of the rights described in this section, including the suspension, termination, or repayment of such funds made available under this chapter as the court may deem appropriate, or placing any further such funds in escrow pending the outcome of the litigation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10228(c)(4)(C)

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  (C) In any action instituted under this section to enforce compliance with paragraph (1), the Attorney General, or a specially designated assistant for or in the name of the United States, may intervene upon timely application if he certifies that the action is of general public importance. In such action the United States shall be entitled to the same relief as if it had instituted the action.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10229

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  Not later than April 1 of each year, the Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and the Director of the National Institute of Justice shall each submit a report to the President and to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, on their activities under this chapter during the fiscal year next preceding such date.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10235

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  Where a State does not have an adequate forum to enforce grant provisions imposing liability on Indian tribes, the Assistant Attorney General is authorized to waive State liability and may pursue such legal remedies as are necessary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10238(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General or Secretary of Health and Human Services, as applicable, shall require grantees under any program authorized or reauthorized by this division or an amendment made by this division to report on the effectiveness of the activities carried out with amounts made available to carry out that program, including number of persons served, if applicable, numbers of persons seeking services who could not be served and such other information as the Attorney General or Secretary may prescribe.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10238(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General or Secretary of Health and Human Services, as applicable, shall report biennially to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the grant programs described in subsection (a), including the information contained in any report under that subsection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10251(a)(15)

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  (15) “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States or his designee;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10261(a)(11)(B)

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  (B) Of funds available under subchapter XVI in any fiscal year, up to 3 percent may be used for technical assistance under section 10381(d) of this title or for evaluations or studies carried out or commissioned by the Attorney General in furtherance of the purposes of subchapter XVI. Of the remaining funds, 50 percent shall be allocated for grants pursuant to applications submitted by units of local government or law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over areas with populations exceeding 150,000 or by public and private entities that serve areas with populations exceeding 150,000, and 50 percent shall be allocated for grants pursuant to applications submitted by units of local government or law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over areas with populations 150,000 or less or by public and private entities that serve areas with populations 150,000 or less. In view of the extraordinary need for law enforcement assistance in Indian country, an appropriate amount of funds available under subchapter XVI shall be made available for grants to Indian tribal governments or tribal law enforcement agencies.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10261(a)(25)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General shall reserve not less than 1 percent and not more than 4.5 percent of the sums appropriated for this program in each fiscal year for research and evaluation of this program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10261(a)(25)(C)

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  (C) No funds made available to carry out subchapter XXX shall be expended if the Attorney General fails to submit the report required to be submitted under section 2401(c) of title II of Division B of the 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act.¹
• 34 U.S.C. § 10262

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  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—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(3)

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  (3) In awarding grants under this Act, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible entities that, during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this Act, did not have an unresolved audit finding showing a violation in the terms or conditions of a Department of Justice grant program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(4)

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  (4) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall—

  (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(6)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General shall not award a grant under any grant program described in this Act to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(6)(C)

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  (C) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under a grant program described in this Act and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subsection available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(7)

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  (7) Unless otherwise explicitly provided in authorizing legislation, not more than 7.5 percent of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under this Act may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative expenses of the Department of Justice.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(8)(A)

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  (A) No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this Act may be used by the Attorney General or by any individual or organization awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this Act, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, unless the Deputy Attorney General or the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Director, or principal deputy as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host a conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(8)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved by operation of this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(9)(B)

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  (B) If the Attorney General determines that any recipient of a grant under this Act has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant in full; and

  (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving another grant under this Act for not less than 5 years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(10)(A)

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  (A) Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this Act, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded under this Act to determine whether duplicate grants are awarded for the same purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(10)(B)

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  (B) If the Attorney General awards duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes—

  (i) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and

  (ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10263(10)(B)(ii)

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  (ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10302(a)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall provide financial assistance to a person who attends a program of education and is—

  (A) the child of any eligible public safety officer under part A; or

  (B) the spouse of an officer described in subparagraph (A) at the time of the officer’s death or on the date of a totally and permanently disabling injury.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10302(c)(1)

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  (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no child shall be eligible for assistance under this part after the child’s 27th birthday absent a finding by the Attorney General of extraordinary circumstances precluding the child from pursuing a program of education.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10302(c)(2)(A)

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  (A) If a claim for assistance under this part is approved more than 1 year after the date on which the application for such assistance is filed with the Attorney General, the age limitation under this subsection shall be extended by the length of the period—

  (i) beginning on the day after the date that is 1 year after the date on which the application is filed; and

  (ii) ending on the date on which the application is approved.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10302(c)(2)(B)

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  (B) In addition to an extension under subparagraph (A), if any, for an application for assistance under this part that relates to a claim for benefits under part A that was approved more than 1 year after the date on which the claim was filed with the Attorney General, the age limitation under this subsection shall be extended by the length of the period—

  (i) beginning on the day after the date that is 1 year after the date on which the claim for benefits is submitted; and

  (ii) ending on the date on which the claim for benefits is approved.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10303(a)

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  (a) A person seeking assistance under this part shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General reasonably may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10303(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall approve an application for assistance under this part unless the Attorney General finds that—

  (1) the person is not eligible for, is no longer eligible for, or is not entitled to the assistance for which application is made;

  (2) the person’s selected educational institution fails to meet a requirement under this part for eligibility;

  (3) the person’s enrollment in or pursuit of the educational program selected would fail to meet the criteria established in this part for programs; or

  (4) the person already is qualified by previous education or training for the educational, professional, or vocational objective for which the educational program is offered.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10303(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall notify a person applying for assistance under this part of approval or disapproval of the application in writing.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10304(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may promulgate reasonable and necessary regulations to implement this part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10304(b)

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  (b) Notwithstanding section 10303(b) of this title, the Attorney General shall issue regulations regarding the use of a sliding scale based on financial need to ensure that an eligible person who is in financial need receives priority in receiving funds under this part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10305

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  The Attorney General may discontinue assistance under this part when the Attorney General finds that, according to the regularly prescribed standards and practices of the educational institution, the recipient fails to maintain satisfactory progress as described in section 1091(c) of title 20.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10306(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall (unless prospective assistance has been provided) provide retroactive assistance to a person eligible under this section for each month in which the person pursued a program of education at an eligible educational institution. The Attorney General shall apply the limitations contained in this part to retroactive assistance.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10306(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General may provide prospective assistance to a person eligible under this section on the same basis as assistance to a person otherwise eligible. In applying the limitations on assistance under this part, the Attorney General shall include assistance provided retroactively. A person eligible under this section may waive retroactive assistance and apply only for prospective assistance on the same basis as a person otherwise eligible.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall carry out a single grant program under which the Attorney General makes grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, other public and private entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia for the purposes described in subsection (b).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(c)

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  (c) In awarding grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General may give preferential consideration, where feasible, to an application—

  (1) for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers that involves a non-Federal contribution exceeding the 25 percent minimum under subsection (g);

  (2) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a law that—

  (A) treats a minor who has engaged in, or has attempted to engage in, a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons;

  (B) discourages or prohibits the charging or prosecution of an individual described in subparagraph (A) for a prostitution or sex trafficking offense, based on the conduct described in subparagraph (A); and

  (C) encourages the diversion of an individual described in subparagraph (A) to appropriate service providers, including child welfare services, victim treatment programs, child advocacy centers, rape crisis centers, or other social services; or

  (3) from an applicant in a State that has in effect a law—

  (A) that—

  (i) provides a process by which an individual who is a human trafficking survivor can move to vacate any arrest or conviction records for a non-violent offense committed as a direct result of human trafficking, including prostitution or lewdness;

  (ii) establishes a rebuttable presumption that any arrest or conviction of an individual for an offense associated with human trafficking is a result of being trafficked, if the individual—

  (I) is a person granted nonimmigrant status pursuant to section 1101(a)(15)(T)(i) of title 8;

  (II) is the subject of a certification by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 7105(b)(1)(E) of title 22; or

  (III) has other similar documentation of trafficking, which has been issued by a Federal, State, or local agency; and

  (iii) protects the identity of individuals who are human trafficking survivors in public and court records; and

  (B) that does not require an individual who is a human trafficking survivor to provide official documentation as described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(ii) in order to receive protection under the law.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(d)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may provide technical assistance to States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, and to other public and private entities, in furtherance of the purposes of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(d)(2)

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  (2) The technical assistance provided by the Attorney General may include the development of a flexible model that will define for State and local governments, and other public and private entities, definitions and strategies associated with community or problem-oriented policing and methodologies for its implementation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(d)(3)

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  (3) The technical assistance provided by the Attorney General may include the establishment and operation of training centers or facilities, either directly or by contracting or cooperative arrangements. The functions of the centers or facilities established under this paragraph may include instruction and seminars for police executives, managers, trainers, supervisors, and such others as the Attorney General considers to be appropriate concerning community or problem-oriented policing and improvements in police-community interaction and cooperation that further the purposes of the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Act of 1994.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(e)

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  (e) The Attorney General may utilize any component or components of the Department of Justice in carrying out this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(f)

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  (f) Unless all applications submitted by any State and grantee within the State pursuant to subsection (a) have been funded, each qualifying State, together with grantees within the State, shall receive in each fiscal year pursuant to subsection (a) not less than 0.5 percent of the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to that subsection. In this subsection, “qualifying State” means any State which has submitted an application for a grant, or in which an eligible entity has submitted an application for a grant, which meets the requirements prescribed by the Attorney General and the conditions set out in this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(g)

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  (g) The portion of the costs of a program, project, or activity provided by a grant under subsection (a) may not exceed 75 percent, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirement under this subsection of a non-Federal contribution to the costs of a program, project, or activity. In relation to a grant for a period exceeding 1 year for hiring or rehiring career law enforcement officers, the Federal share shall decrease from year to year for up to 5 years, looking toward the continuation of the increased hiring level using State or local sources of funding following the conclusion of Federal support, as provided in an approved plan pursuant to section 10382(c)(8) of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(j)

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  (j) Except as provided in subsection (j),¹ the authority under subsection (a) of this section to make grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers shall lapse at the conclusion of 6 years from September 13, 1994. Prior to the expiration of this grant authority, the Attorney General shall submit a report to Congress concerning the experience with and effects of such grants. The report may include any recommendations the Attorney General may have for amendments to this subchapter and related provisions of law in light of the termination of the authority to make grants for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement officers.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(k)(1)

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  (1) Notwithstanding subsection (i)¹ and section 10383 of this title, and in acknowledgment of the Federal nexus and distinct Federal responsibility to address and prevent crime in Indian country, the Attorney General shall provide grants under this section to Indian tribal governments, for fiscal year 2011 and any fiscal year thereafter, for such period as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate to assist the Indian tribal governments in carrying out the purposes described in subsection (b).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(k)(2)

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  (2) In providing grants to Indian tribal governments under this subsection, the Attorney General shall take into consideration reservation crime rates and tribal law enforcement staffing needs of each Indian tribal government.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(l)

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  (l) The Attorney General shall use amounts otherwise appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2019) to make competitive grants, in amounts of not less than $1,000,000 for such fiscal year, to State law enforcement agencies with high seizures of precursor chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and laboratory dump seizures for the purpose of locating or investigating illicit activities, such as precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine traffickers.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(m)

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  (m) The Attorney General shall use amounts otherwise appropriated to carry out this section, or other amounts as appropriated, for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2019) to make competitive grants to State law enforcement agencies in States with high per capita rates of primary treatment admissions, for the purpose of locating or investigating illicit activities, through Statewide collaboration, relating to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, or carfentanil or relating to the unlawful distribution of prescription opioids.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(n)

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  (n) Not later than 180 days after July 29, 2010, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report describing the extent and effectiveness of the Community Oriented Policing (COPS) initiative as applied in Indian country, including particular references to—

  (1) the problem of intermittent funding;

  (2) the integration of COPS personnel with existing law enforcement authorities; and

  (3) an explanation of how the practice of community policing and the broken windows theory can most effectively be applied in remote tribal locations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(1)(A)

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  (A) Not later than 180 days after December 27, 2022, the Attorney General shall develop training curricula or identify effective existing training curricula for law enforcement officers and for covered mental health professionals regarding—

  (i) de-escalation tactics and alternatives to use of force;

  (ii) safely responding to an individual experiencing a mental or behavioral health or suicidal crisis or an individual with a disability, including techniques and strategies that are designed to protect the safety of that individual, law enforcement officers, mental health professionals, and the public;

  (iii) successfully participating on a crisis intervention team; and

  (iv) making referrals to community-based mental and behavioral health services and support, housing assistance programs, public benefits programs, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and other services.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(1)(C)

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  (C) The Attorney General shall develop and identify training curricula under this paragraph in consultation with relevant law enforcement agencies of States and units of local government, associations that represent individuals with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or individuals with disabilities, labor organizations, professional law enforcement organizations, local law enforcement labor and representative organizations, law enforcement trade associations, mental health and suicide prevention organizations, family advocacy organizations, and civil rights and civil liberties groups.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(2)(A)

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  (A) Not later than 180 days after the date on which training curricula are developed or identified under paragraph (1)(A), the Attorney General shall establish a process to—

  (i) certify training programs and courses offered by public and private entities to law enforcement officers or covered mental health professionals using 1 or more of the training curricula developed or identified under paragraph (1), or equivalents to such training curricula, which may include certifying a training program or course that an entity began offering on or before the date on which the Attorney General establishes the process; and

  (ii) terminate the certification of a training program or course if the program or course fails to continue to meet the standards under the training curricula developed or identified under paragraph (1).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(2)(A)(i)

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  (i) certify training programs and courses offered by public and private entities to law enforcement officers or covered mental health professionals using 1 or more of the training curricula developed or identified under paragraph (1), or equivalents to such training curricula, which may include certifying a training program or course that an entity began offering on or before the date on which the Attorney General establishes the process; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(2)(B)

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  (B) Not later than 180 days after the date on which training curricula are developed or identified under paragraph (1)(A), the Attorney General shall develop criteria to ensure that public and private entities that offer training programs or courses that are certified under subparagraph (A) collaborate with local mental health organizations to—

  (i) enhance the training experience of law enforcement officers through consultation with and the participation of individuals with mental or behavioral health diagnoses or disabilities, particularly such individuals who have interacted with law enforcement officers; and

  (ii) strengthen relationships between health care services and law enforcement agencies.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(3)(A)

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  (A) During the period beginning on the date on which the Attorney General establishes the process required under paragraph (2)(A) and ending on the date that is 18 months after that date, the Attorney General shall, and thereafter the Attorney General may, provide, in collaboration with law enforcement training academies of States and units of local government as appropriate, regional training to equip personnel from law enforcement agencies of States and units of local government in a State to offer training programs or courses certified under paragraph (2)(A).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(3)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General shall develop and implement continuing education requirements for personnel from law enforcement agencies of States and units of local government who receive training to offer training programs or courses under subparagraph (A).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(o)(4)

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  (4) Not later than 1 year after the Attorney General completes the activities described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the Attorney General shall publish a list of law enforcement agencies of States and units of local government employing law enforcement officers or using covered mental health professionals who have successfully completed a course using 1 or more of the training curricula developed or identified under paragraph (1), or equivalents to such training curricula, which shall include—

  (A) the total number of law enforcement officers that are employed by the agency;

  (B) the number of such law enforcement officers who have completed such a course;

  (C) whether personnel from the law enforcement agency have been trained to offer training programs or courses under paragraph (3);

  (D) the total number of covered mental health professionals who work with the agency; and

  (E) the number of such covered mental health professionals who have completed such a course.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(p)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall award competitive grants to eligible entities for recruiting activities that—

  (A) support substantial student engagement for the exploration of potential future career opportunities in law enforcement;

  (B) strengthen recruitment by law enforcement agencies experiencing a decline in recruits, or high rates of resignations or retirements;

  (C) enhance community interactions between local youth and law enforcement agencies that are designed to increase recruiting; and

  (D) otherwise improve the outcomes of local law enforcement recruitment through activities such as dedicated programming for students, work-based learning opportunities, project-based learning, mentoring, community liaisons, career or job fairs, work site visits, job shadowing, apprenticeships, or skills-based internships.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10381(p)(3)

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  (3) Of the amounts made available to carry out this subchapter for a fiscal year, the Attorney General may use not more than $3,000,000 to carry out this subsection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10382(a)

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  (a) No grant may be made under this subchapter unless an application has been submitted to, and approved by, the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10382(b)

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  (b) An application for a grant under this subchapter shall be submitted in such form, and contain such information, as the Attorney General may prescribe by regulation or guidelines.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10382(c)

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  (c) In accordance with the regulations or guidelines established by the Attorney General, each application for a grant under this subchapter shall—

  (1) include a long-term strategy and detailed implementation plan that reflects consultation with community groups and appropriate private and public agencies;

  (2) demonstrate a specific public safety need;

  (3) explain the applicant’s inability to address the need without Federal assistance;

  (4) identify related governmental and community initiatives which complement or will be coordinated with the proposal;

  (5) certify that there has been appropriate coordination with all affected agencies;

  (6) outline the initial and ongoing level of community support for implementing the proposal including financial and in-kind contributions or other tangible commitments;

  (7) specify plans for obtaining necessary support and continuing the proposed program, project, or activity following the conclusion of Federal support;

  (8) if the application is for a grant for hiring or rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, specify plans for the assumption by the applicant of a progressively larger share of the cost in the course of time, looking toward the continuation of the increased hiring level using State or local sources of funding following the conclusion of Federal support;

  (9) assess the impact, if any, of the increase in police resources on other components of the criminal justice system;

  (10) explain how the grant will be utilized to reorient the affected law enforcement agency’s mission toward community-oriented policing or enhance its involvement in or commitment to community-oriented policing; and

  (11) provide assurances that the applicant will, to the extent practicable, seek, recruit, and hire members of racial and ethnic minority groups and women in order to increase their ranks within the sworn positions in the law enforcement agency.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10382(d)(1)

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  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, in relation to applications under this subchapter of units of local government or law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction over areas with populations of less than 50,000, the Attorney General may waive 1 or more of the requirements of subsection (c) and may otherwise make special provisions to facilitate the expedited submission, processing, and approval of such applications.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10382(d)(2)

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  (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, in relation to applications under section 10381(b) of this title for grants of less than $1,000,000, the Attorney General may waive 1 or more of the requirements of subsection (c) and may otherwise make special provisions to facilitate the expedited submission, processing, and approval of such applications.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10383(a)

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  (a) Except for grants made for hiring or rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, a grant under this subchapter may be renewed for up to 2 additional years after the first fiscal year during which a recipient receives its initial grant, if the Attorney General determines that the funds made available to the recipient were used in a manner required under an approved application and if the recipient can demonstrate significant progress in achieving the objectives of the initial application.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10384(c)

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  (c) Funding provided under this subchapter for hiring or rehiring a career law enforcement officer may not exceed $75,000, unless the Attorney General grants a waiver from this limitation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10384(d)(2)

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  (2) Not later than 180 days after May 24, 2024, the Attorney General shall establish consistent procedures for covered applicants, including guidance that—

  (A) clarifies that covered applicants remain eligible for funding under this subchapter; and

  (B) enables covered applicants to attest that the funding from a grant awarded under this subchapter is not being used by the law enforcement agency to supplant State or local funds, as described in subsection (a).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10384(d)(3)

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  (3) In developing the procedures and guidance under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall take measures to reduce paperwork requirements for grants to covered applicants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10385(a)

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  (a) Each program, project, or activity funded under this subchapter shall contain a monitoring component, developed pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General. The monitoring required by this subsection shall include systematic identification and collection of data about activities, accomplishments, and programs throughout the life of the program, project, or activity and presentation of such data in a usable form.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10385(b)

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  (b) Selected grant recipients shall be evaluated on the local level or as part of a national evaluation, pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General. Such evaluations may include assessments of individual program implementations. In selected jurisdictions that are able to support outcome evaluations, the effectiveness of funded programs, projects, and activities may be required. Outcome measures may include crime and victimization indicators, quality of life measures, community perceptions, and police perceptions of their own work.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10385(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General may require a grant recipient to submit to the Attorney General the results of the monitoring and evaluations required under subsections (a) and (b) and such other data and information as the Attorney General deems reasonably necessary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10386

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  If the Attorney General determines, as a result of the reviews required by section 10385 of this title, or otherwise, that a grant recipient under this subchapter is not in substantial compliance with the terms and requirements of an approved grant application submitted under section 10382 of this title, the Attorney General may revoke or suspend funding of that grant, in whole or in part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10387(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any pertinent books, documents, papers, or records of a grant recipient under this subchapter and to the pertinent books, documents, papers, or records of State and local governments, persons, businesses, and other entities that are involved in programs, projects, or activities for which assistance is provided under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10388

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  The Attorney General may promulgate regulations and guidelines to carry out this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10401(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States, for use by States and units of local government, and in certain cases directly to specially qualified units.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10402(a)

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  (a) From the amount reserved under section 1810(b),¹ the Attorney General shall make grants to Indian tribes for programs to strengthen tribal juvenile justice systems and to hold tribal youth accountable.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10402(b)

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  (b) Indian tribes, as defined by section 5130 of title 25, or a consortia of such tribes, shall submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may require. Only tribes that carry out tribal juvenile justice functions shall be eligible to receive a grant under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10402(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall award grants under this section on a competitive basis.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10402(d)

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  (d) The Attorney General shall issue guidelines establishing application, use, and award criteria and processes consistent with the purposes and requirements of this Act.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10403(a)

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  (a) To be eligible to receive a grant under this subchapter, a State shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such form, and containing such assurances and information as the Attorney General may require by guidelines, including—

  (1) information about—

  (A) the activities proposed to be carried out with such grant; and

  (B) the criteria by which the State proposes to assess the effectiveness of such activities on achieving the purposes of this subchapter, including the extent to which evidence-based approaches are utilized; and

  (2) assurances that the State and any unit of local government to which the State provides funding under section 10404(b) of this title, has in effect (or shall have in effect, not later than 1 year after the date that the State submits such application) laws, or has implemented (or shall implement, not later than 1 year after the date that the State submits such application) policies and programs, that provide for a system of graduated sanctions described in subsection (d).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10403(b)(2)

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  (2) The requirements of paragraph (1) shall apply to a specially qualified unit that receives funds from the Attorney General under section 10404(e) of this title, except that information that is otherwise required to be submitted to the State shall be submitted to the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10403(e)(2)(C)

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  (C) Each State and specially qualified unit that has 1 or more juvenile courts that use a discretionary system of graduated sanctions shall collect the information reported under subparagraph (A) for submission to the Attorney General each year. A State shall also collect and submit to the Attorney General the information collected under subparagraph (B).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10404(a)(1)

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  (1) In accordance with regulations promulgated pursuant to this subchapter and except as provided in paragraph (3), the Attorney General shall allocate—

  (A) 0.50 percent for each State; and

  (B) of the total funds remaining after the allocation under subparagraph (A), to each State, an amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of remaining funds described in this subparagraph as the population of people under the age of 18 living in such State for the most recent calendar year in which such data is available bears to the population of people under the age of 18 of all the States for such fiscal year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10404(a)(2)

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  (2) No funds allocated to a State under this subsection or received by a State for distribution under subsection (b) may be distributed by the Attorney General or by the State involved for any program other than a program contained in an approved application.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10404(b)(2)

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  (2) If a State submits to the Attorney General an application for waiver that demonstrates and certifies to the Attorney General that—

  (A) the State’s juvenile justice expenditures in the fiscal year preceding the date in which an application is submitted under this subchapter (the “State percentage”) is more than 25 percent of the aggregate amount of juvenile justice expenditures by the State and its eligible units of local government; and

  (B) the State has consulted with as many units of local government in such State, or organizations representing such units, as practicable regarding the State’s calculation of expenditures under subparagraph (A), the State’s application for waiver under this paragraph, and the State’s proposed uses of funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10404(e)(1)

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  (1) If a State does not qualify or apply for funds reserved for allocation under subsection (a) by the application deadline established by the Attorney General, the Attorney General shall reserve not more than 75 percent of the allocation that the State would have received under subsection (a) for such fiscal year to provide grants to specially qualified units which meet the requirements for funding under section 10403 of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10404(e)(2)

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  (2) In addition to the qualification requirements for direct grants for specially qualified units the Attorney General may use the average amount allocated by the States to units of local government as a basis for awarding grants under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10405(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall issue guidelines establishing procedures under which a State or specifically¹ qualified unit of local government that receives funds under section 10404 of this title is required to provide notice to the Attorney General regarding the proposed use of funds made available under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10406(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall pay to each State or specifically¹ qualified unit of local government that receives funds under section 10404 of this title that has submitted an application under this subchapter the amount awarded to such State or unit of local government not later than the later of—

  (1) the date that is 180 days after the date that the amount is available; or

  (2) the first day of the payment period if the State has provided the Attorney General with the assurances required by subsection (c).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10406(a)(2)

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  (2) the first day of the payment period if the State has provided the Attorney General with the assurances required by subsection (c).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10406(b)(1)

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  (1) From amounts awarded under this subchapter, a State or specially qualified unit shall repay to the Attorney General, before the expiration of the 36-month period beginning on the date of the award, any amount that is not expended by such State or unit.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10406(b)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may adopt policies and procedures providing for a one-time extension, by not more than 12 months, of the period referred to in paragraph (1).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10406(b)(3)

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  (3) If the amount required to be repaid is not repaid, the Attorney General shall reduce payment in future payment periods accordingly.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10406(b)(4)

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  (4) Amounts received by the Attorney General as repayments under this subsection shall be deposited in a designated fund for future payments to States and specially qualified units.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10408(a)(3)

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  (3) designate an official of the State or specially qualified unit to submit reports as the Attorney General reasonably requires, in addition to the annual reports required under this subchapter; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10409(a)(1)

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  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (4), for each fiscal year for which a grant or subgrant is awarded under this subchapter, each State or specially qualified unit of local government that receives such a grant shall submit to the Attorney General a grant report, and each unit of local government that receives such a subgrant shall submit to the State a subgrant report, at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10409(a)(4)

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  (4) The Attorney General may waive the requirement of an assessment in paragraph (2)(C) for a State or specially qualified unit of local government, or in paragraph (3)(B) for a unit of local government, if the Attorney General determines that—

  (A) the nature of the activities are such that assessing their effectiveness would not be practical or insightful;

  (B) the amount of the grant or subgrant is such that carrying out the assessment would not be an effective use of those amounts; or

  (C) the resources available to the State or unit are such that carrying out the assessment would pose a financial hardship on the State or unit.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10409(b)

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  (b) Not later than 120 days after the last day of each fiscal year for which 1 or more grants are awarded under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report, which shall include—

  (1) a summary of the information provided under subsection (a);

  (2) an assessment by the Attorney General of the grant program carried out under this subchapter; and

  (3) such other information as the Attorney General considers appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10409(b)(2)

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  (2) an assessment by the Attorney General of the grant program carried out under this subchapter; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10409(b)(3)

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  (3) such other information as the Attorney General considers appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10421(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants under this subchapter to States, for use by States and units of local government for the purpose of—

  (1) developing and implementing residential substance abuse treatment programs within State correctional facilities, as well as within local correctional and detention facilities in which inmates are incarcerated for a period of time sufficient to permit substance abuse treatment;

  (2) encouraging the establishment and maintenance of drug-free prisons and jails; and

  (3) developing and implementing specialized residential substance abuse treatment programs that identify and provide appropriate treatment to inmates with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders or challenges.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10421(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that projects of substance abuse treatment and related services for State prisoners incorporate applicable components of existing comprehensive approaches including relapse prevention and aftercare services.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10422(a)(1)

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  (1) To request a grant under this subchapter the chief executive of a State shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10422(f)

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  (f) A State may use amounts received under this subchapter to provide nonresidential substance abuse treatment aftercare services for inmates or former inmates that meet the requirements of subsection (c), if the chief executive officer of the State certifies to the Attorney General that the State is providing, and will continue to provide, an adequate level of residential treatment services.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10423(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall make a grant under section 10421 of this title to carry out the projects described in the application submitted under section 10422 of this title upon determining that—

  (1) the application is consistent with the requirements of this subchapter; and

  (2) before the approval of the application the Attorney General has made an affirmative finding in writing that the proposed project has been reviewed in accordance with this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10423(a)(2)

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  (2) before the approval of the application the Attorney General has made an affirmative finding in writing that the proposed project has been reviewed in accordance with this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10423(b)

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  (b) Each application submitted under section 10422 of this title shall be considered approved, in whole or in part, by the Attorney General not later than 90 days after first received unless the Attorney General informs the applicant of specific reasons for disapproval.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10423(d)

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  (d) The Attorney General shall not disapprove any application without first affording the applicant reasonable notice and an opportunity for reconsideration.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10423(e)

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  (e) In considering an application submitted by a State under section 10422 of this title, the Attorney General shall give priority to an application that involves a partnership between the State and a community-based drug treatment program within the State.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10425

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  Each State that receives a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the Attorney General an evaluation not later than March 1 of each year in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10441(c)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall award grants to each State domestic violence coalition and sexual assault coalition for the purposes of coordinating State victim services activities, and collaborating and coordinating with Federal, State, and local entities engaged in violence against women activities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10441(c)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall award grants to—

  (A) each State domestic violence coalition, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 10411 of title 42; and

  (B) each State sexual assault coalition, as determined by the Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280b et seq.).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10441(d)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall award a grant to tribal coalitions for purposes of—

  (A) increasing awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault against Indian or Native Hawaiian women;

  (B) enhancing the response to violence against Indian or Native Hawaiian women at the Federal, State, and tribal levels;

  (C) identifying and providing technical assistance to coalition membership and tribal communities or Native Hawaiian communities to enhance access to essential services to Indian or Native Hawaiian women victimized by domestic and sexual violence, including sex trafficking; and

  (D) assisting Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian communities in developing and promoting State, local, and tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian or Native Hawaiian women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10441(d)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall award grants on an annual basis under paragraph (1) to—

  (A) each tribal coalition that—

  (i) meets the criteria of a tribal coalition under section 12291(a) of this title;

  (ii) is recognized by the Office on Violence Against Women; and

  (iii) provides services to Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian communities; and

  (B) organizations that propose to incorporate and operate a tribal coalition in areas where Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian communities are located but no tribal coalition exists.
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  (A) not more than 10 percent shall be made available to organizations described in paragraph (2)(B), provided that 1 or more organizations determined by the Attorney General to be qualified apply;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10442(a)

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  (a) There is hereby established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, an Office on Violence Against Women (in this subchapter referred to as the “Office”).
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  (b) The Office shall be a separate and distinct office within the Department of Justice, not subsumed by any other office, headed by a Director, who shall report to the Attorney General and serve as Counsel to the Attorney General on the subject of violence against women, and who shall have final authority over all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Office.
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  (c) Under the general authority of the Attorney General, the Office—

  (1) shall have sole jurisdiction over all duties and functions described in section 10444 of this title; and

  (2) shall be solely responsible for coordination with other departments, agencies, or offices of all activities authorized or undertaken under—

  (A) the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (title IV of Public Law 103–322);

  (B) the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–386);

  (C) the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162; 119 Stat. 2960);

  (D) the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4; 127 Stat. 54); and

  (E) the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.
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  (a) The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint a Director for the Office on Violence Against Women (in this subchapter referred to as the “Director”) to be responsible, under the general authority of the Attorney General, for the administration, coordination, and implementation of the programs and activities of the Office.
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  (3) Serving, at the request of the Attorney General, as the representative of the Department of Justice on domestic task forces, committees, or commissions addressing policy or issues relating to violence against women.
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  (4) Serving, at the request of the President, acting through the Attorney General, as the representative of the United States Government on human rights and economic justice matters related to violence against women in international fora, including, but not limited to, the United Nations.
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  (7) Exercising such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Director pursuant to this subchapter or by delegation of the Attorney General.
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  The Attorney General shall ensure that the Director has adequate staff to support the Director in carrying out the Director’s responsibilities under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10446(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants to States, for use by States, State and local courts (including juvenile courts), units of local government, victim service providers, and Indian tribal governments for the purposes described in section 10441(b) of this title.
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  (J) other entities that the State or the Attorney General identifies as needed for the planning process;
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  (8) any other documentation that the Attorney General may require.
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  (1) Not later than 60 days after the receipt of an application under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall—

  (A) disburse the appropriate sums provided for under this subchapter; or

  (B) inform the applicant why the application does not conform to the terms of section 10181⁵ of this title or to the requirements of this section.
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  (2) In disbursing monies under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall issue regulations to ensure that States will—

  (A) give priority to areas of varying geographic size with the greatest showing of need based on the availability of existing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking programs in the population and geographic area to be served in relation to the availability of such programs in other such populations and geographic areas;

  (B) determine the amount of subgrants based on the population and geographic area to be served;

  (C) equitably distribute monies on a geographic basis including nonurban and rural areas of various geographic sizes; and

  (D) recognize and meaningfully respond to the needs of underserved populations and ensure that monies set aside to fund culturally specific services and activities for underserved populations are distributed equitably among those populations.
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  (3) In disbursing grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General may impose reasonable conditions on grant awards to ensure that the States meet statutory, regulatory, and other program requirements.
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  (1) Upon completion of the grant period under this subchapter, a State or Indian tribal grantee shall file a performance report with the Attorney General explaining the activities carried out, which report shall include an assessment of the effectiveness of those activities in achieving the purposes of this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10446(h)(3)

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  (3) The Attorney General shall suspend funding for an approved application if—

  (A) an applicant fails to submit an annual performance report;

  (B) funds are expended for purposes other than those described in this subchapter; or

  (C) a report under paragraph (1) or accompanying assessments demonstrate to the Attorney General that the program is ineffective or financially unsound.
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  (C) a report under paragraph (1) or accompanying assessments demonstrate to the Attorney General that the program is ineffective or financially unsound.
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  (2) submit to the Attorney General—

  (A) the implementation plan developed under paragraph (1);

  (B) documentation from each member of the planning committee as to their participation in the planning process;

  (C) documentation from the prosecution, law enforcement, court, and victim services programs to be assisted, describing—

  (i) the need for the grant funds;

  (ii) the intended use of the grant funds;

  (iii) the expected result of the grant funds; and

  (iv) the demographic characteristics of the populations to be served, including age, disability, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and language background;

  (D) a description of how the State will ensure that any subgrantees will consult with victim service providers during the course of developing their grant applications in order to ensure that the proposed activities are designed to promote the safety, confidentiality, and economic independence of victims;

  (E) demographic data on the distribution of underserved populations within the State and a description of how the State will meet the needs of underserved populations, including the minimum allocation for population specific services required under subsection (c)(4)(C);

  (F) a description of how the State plans to meet the regulations issued pursuant to subsection (e)(2);

  (G) goals and objectives for reducing domestic violence-related homicides within the State; and

  (H) any other information requested by the Attorney General.
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  (H) any other information requested by the Attorney General.
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  (A) The Attorney General shall increase the amount of a grant awarded under subsection (a) to an eligible State that submits an application under paragraph (6) by an amount that is not more than 10 percent of the average of the total amount of funding provided to the State under subsection (a) under the 3 most recent awards to the State.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10446(k)(2)(C)

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  (C) An eligible State that receives an increase under subparagraph (A) may submit an application for renewal of the increase at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
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  (A) An eligible State desiring a grant increase under this subsection shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
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  (a) In addition to the assistance provided under this subchapter, the Attorney General may request any Federal agency to use its authorities and the resources granted to it under Federal law (including personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, and managerial, technical, and advisory services) in support of State, tribal, and local assistance efforts.
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  (b) Not later than 1 month after the end of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that includes, for each State and for each grantee Indian tribe—

  (1) the number of grants made and funds distributed under this subchapter;

  (2) a summary of the purposes for which those grants were provided and an evaluation of their progress;

  (3) a statistical summary of persons served, detailing the nature of victimization, and providing data on age, sex, relationship of victim to offender, geographic distribution, race, ethnicity, language, and disability, and the membership of persons served in any underserved population; and

  (4) an evaluation of the effectiveness of programs funded under this subchapter.
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  (c) Not later than 120 days after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General shall publish proposed regulations or guidelines implementing this subchapter. Not later than 180 days after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General shall publish final regulations or guidelines implementing this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10449(e)(1)(B)

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  (B) gives the Attorney General assurances that its judicial administrative policies and practices will be in compliance with the requirements of subparagraph (A) within the later of—

  (i) the period ending on the date on which the next session of the State legislature ends; or

  (ii) 2 years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10450(a)(2)

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  (2) gives the Attorney General assurances that its laws, policies and practices will be in compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1) within the later of—

  (A) the period ending on the date on which the next session of the State legislature ends; or

  (B) 2 years after October 28, 2000.
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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants to Indian tribal governments or authorized designees of Indian tribal governments to—

  (1) develop and enhance effective governmental strategies to curtail violent crimes against and increase the safety of Indian women consistent with tribal law and custom;

  (2) increase tribal capacity to respond to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking crimes against Indian women;

  (3) strengthen tribal justice interventions including tribal law enforcement, prosecution, courts, probation,¹ correctional facilities;

  (4) enhance services to Indian women victimized by domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking;

  (5) work in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking;

  (6) provide programs for supervised visitation and safe visitation exchange of children in situations involving domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking committed by one parent against the other with appropriate security measures, policies, and procedures to protect the safety of victims and their children;

  (7) provide transitional housing for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking, including rental or utilities payments assistance and assistance with related expenses such as security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing, and support services to enable a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking to locate and secure permanent housing and integrate into a community;

  (8) provide legal assistance necessary to provide effective aid to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, sex trafficking, or sexual assault who are seeking relief in legal matters arising as a consequence of that abuse or violence, at minimal or no cost to the victims;

  (9) provide services to address the needs of youth who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, or stalking and the needs of youth and children exposed to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including support for the nonabusing parent or the caretaker of the youth or child;

  (10) develop and promote legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to violent crimes against Indian women, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, sex trafficking, and stalking;

  (11) develop, strengthen, and implement policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement regarding cases of missing or murdered Indians, as described in section 5704 of title 25; and

  (12) compile and annually report data to the Attorney General related to missing or murdered Indians, as described in section 5705 of title 25.
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  (12) compile and annually report data to the Attorney General related to missing or murdered Indians, as described in section 5705 of title 25.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10461(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General may make grants to eligible grantees for the following purposes:

  (1) To implement offender accountability and homicide reduction programs and policies in police departments, including policies for protection order violations and enforcement of protection orders across State and tribal lines.

  (2) To develop policies, educational programs, protection order registries, data collection systems, and training in police departments to improve tracking of cases and classification of complaints involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Policies, educational programs, protection order registries, and training described in this paragraph shall incorporate confidentiality, and privacy protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

  (3) To centralize and coordinate police enforcement, prosecution, or judicial responsibility for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking cases in teams or units of police officers, prosecutors, parole and probation officers, or judges.

  (4) To coordinate computer tracking systems and provide the appropriate training and education about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking to ensure communication between police, prosecutors, parole and probation officers, and both criminal and family courts.

  (5) To strengthen legal advocacy and legal assistance programs and other victim services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including strengthening assistance to such victims in immigration matters.

  (6) To educate Federal, State, tribal, territorial, and local judges, courts, and court-based and court-related personnel in criminal and civil courts (including juvenile courts) about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking and to improve judicial handling of such cases.

  (7) To provide technical assistance and computer and other equipment to police departments, prosecutors, courts, and tribal jurisdictions to facilitate the widespread enforcement of protection orders, including interstate enforcement, enforcement between States and tribal jurisdictions, and enforcement between tribal jurisdictions.

  (8) To develop or strengthen policies and training for police, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of domestic violence¹ dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking against individuals 50 years of age or over, Deaf individuals, and individuals with disabilities (as defined in section 12102(2) of title 42).

  (9) To develop State, tribal, territorial, or local policies, procedures, and protocols for preventing dual arrests and prosecutions in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to develop effective methods for identifying the pattern and history of abuse that indicates which party is the actual perpetrator of abuse.

  (10) To plan, develop and establish comprehensive victim service and support centers, such as family justice centers, designed to bring together victim advocates from victim service providers, staff from population specific organizations, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, probation officers, governmental victim assistants, forensic medical professionals, civil legal attorneys, chaplains, legal advocates, representatives from community-based organizations and other relevant public or private agencies or organizations into one centralized location, in order to improve safety, access to services, and confidentiality for victims and families. Although funds may be used to support the colocation of project partners under this paragraph, funds may not support construction or major renovation expenses or activities that fall outside of the scope of the other statutory purpose areas.

  (11) To develop and implement policies and training for police, prosecutors, probation and parole officers, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of sexual assault, with an emphasis on recognizing the threat to the community for repeat crime perpetration by such individuals.

  (12) To develop, enhance, and maintain protection order registries.

  (13) To develop human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing programs for sexual assault perpetrators and notification and counseling protocols.

  (14) To develop and implement training programs for prosecutors and other prosecution-related personnel regarding best practices to ensure offender accountability, victim safety, and victim consultation in cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

  (15) To develop or strengthen policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and the judiciary in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking against immigrant victims, including the appropriate use of applications for nonimmigrant status under subparagraphs (T) and (U) of section 1101(a)(15) of title 8.

  (16) To develop and promote State, local, or tribal legislation and policies that enhance best practices for responding to the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including the appropriate treatment of victims.

  (17) To develop, implement, or enhance sexual assault nurse examiner programs or sexual assault forensic examiner programs, including the hiring and training of such examiners.

  (18) To develop, implement, or enhance Sexual Assault Response Teams or similar coordinated community responses to sexual assault.

  (19) To develop and strengthen policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement officers and prosecutors regarding the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases and the appropriate treatment of victims, including victims among underserved populations (as defined in section 12291(a) of this title).

  (20) To provide human immunodeficiency virus testing programs, counseling, and prophylaxis for victims of sexual assault.

  (21) To identify and inventory backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits and to develop protocols for responding to and addressing such backlogs, including policies and protocols for notifying and involving victims.

  (22) To develop multidisciplinary high-risk teams focusing on reducing domestic violence and dating violence homicides by—

  (A) using evidence-based indicators to assess the risk of homicide and link high-risk victims to immediate crisis intervention services;

  (B) identifying and managing high-risk offenders; and

  (C) providing ongoing victim advocacy and referrals to comprehensive services including legal, housing, health care, and economic assistance.

  (23) To develop, strengthen, and implement policies, protocols, and training for law enforcement regarding cases of missing or murdered Indians, as described in section 5704 of title 25.

  (24) To compile and annually report data to the Attorney General related to missing or murdered Indians, as described in section 5705 of title 25.

  (25) To develop Statewide databases with information on where sexual assault nurse examiners are located.

  (26) To develop and implement alternative methods of reducing crime in communities, to supplant punitive programs or policies. For purposes of this paragraph, a punitive program or policy is a program or policy that—

  (A) imposes a penalty on a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, on the basis of a request by the victim for law enforcement or emergency assistance; or

  (B) imposes a penalty on such a victim because of criminal activity at the property in which the victim resides.
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  (24) To compile and annually report data to the Attorney General related to missing or murdered Indians, as described in section 5705 of title 25.
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  (2) gives the Attorney General assurances that its laws and regulations will be in compliance with requirements of paragraph (1) within the later of—

  (A) the period ending on the date on which the next session of the State legislature ends; or

  (B) 2 years.
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  (a) An eligible grantee shall submit an application to the Attorney General that—

  (1) contains a certification by the chief executive officer of the State, Indian tribal government, court, or local government entity that the conditions of section 10461(c) of this title are met or will be met within the later of—

  (A) the period ending on the date on which the next session of the State or Indian tribal legislature ends; or

  (B) 2 years of September 13, 1994 or, in the case of the condition set forth in subsection¹ 10461(c)(4)² of this title, the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on October 28, 2000;

  (2) describes plans to further the purposes stated in section 10461(a) of this title;

  (3) identifies the agency or office or groups of agencies or offices responsible for carrying out the program; and

  (4) includes documentation from victim service providers and, as appropriate, population specific organizations demonstrating their participation in developing the application, and identifying such programs in which such groups will be consulted for development and implementation.
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  (b) In awarding grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that—

  (1) do not currently provide for centralized handling of cases involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking by police, prosecutors, and courts;

  (2) demonstrate a commitment to strong enforcement of laws, and prosecution of cases, involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including the enforcement of protection orders from other States and jurisdictions (including tribal jurisdictions);

  (3) have established cooperative agreements or can demonstrate effective ongoing collaborative arrangements with neighboring jurisdictions to facilitate the enforcement of protection orders from other States and jurisdictions (including tribal jurisdictions); and

  (4) in applications describing plans to further the purposes stated in paragraph (4) or (7) of section 10461(b) of this title, will give priority to using the grant to develop and install data collection and communication systems, including computerized systems, and training on how to use these systems effectively to link police, prosecutors, courts, and tribal jurisdictions for the purpose of identifying and tracking protection orders and violations of protection orders, in those jurisdictions where such systems do not exist or are not fully effective.
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  (c) The Attorney General shall annually compile and broadly disseminate (including through electronic publication) information about successful data collection and communication systems that meet the purposes described in this section. Such dissemination shall target States, State and local courts, Indian tribal governments, and units of local government.
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  (1) The Attorney General shall make grants to eligible entities to carry out the activities described in subsection (c) of this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10462a(b)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may award not more than 10 grants under paragraph (1).
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  (d) The Attorney General shall award grants under this section to eligible entities in a variety of areas and situations, including, to the extent practicable—

  (1) a State court that serves a population of not fewer than 1,000,000 individuals;

  (2) a State court that—

  (A) serves a State that is among the 7 States with the lowest population density in the United States; and

  (B) has a relatively low rate of successful service with respect to protection orders, as determined by the Attorney General;

  (3) a State court that—

  (A) serves a State that is among the 7 States with the highest population density in the United States; and

  (B) has a relatively low rate of successful service with respect to protection orders, as determined by the Attorney General;

  (4) a court that uses an integrated, statewide case management system;

  (5) a court that uses a standalone case management system;

  (6) a Tribal court; and

  (7) a court that primarily serves a culturally specific and underserved population.
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  (B) has a relatively low rate of successful service with respect to protection orders, as determined by the Attorney General;
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  (B) has a relatively low rate of successful service with respect to protection orders, as determined by the Attorney General;
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  (1) An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit to the Attorney General an application that includes—

  (A) a description of the process that the eligible entity uses for service of protection orders at the time of submission of the application;

  (B) to the extent practicable, statistics relating to protection orders during the 3 calendar years preceding the date of submission of the application, including rates of—

  (i) successful service; and

  (ii) enforcement;

  (C) an initial list of the entities serving as the partners of the eligible entity described in subsection (a); and

  (D) any other information the Attorney General may reasonably require.
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  (D) any other information the Attorney General may reasonably require.
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  (1) Not later than 2 years after the date on which an eligible entity receives a grant under this section, the eligible entity shall submit to the Attorney General a report that details the plan of the eligible entity for implementation of the program under subsection (c).
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  (A) Not later than 1 year after the date on which an eligible entity implements a program under subsection (c), and not later than 2 years thereafter, the eligible entity shall submit to the Attorney General a report that describes the program, including, with respect to the program—

  (i) the viability;

  (ii) the cost;

  (iii) service statistics;

  (iv) the challenges;

  (v) an analysis of the technology used to fulfill the goals of the program;

  (vi) an analysis of any legal or due process issues resulting from the electronic service method described in subsection (c)(1)(A); and

  (vii) best practices for implementing such a program in other similarly situated locations.
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  (g) Notwithstanding section 10464 of this title, the Attorney General shall not be required to publish regulations or guidelines implementing this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10463

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  Each grantee receiving funds under this subchapter shall submit a report to the Attorney General evaluating the effectiveness of projects developed with funds provided under this subchapter and containing such additional information as the Attorney General may prescribe.
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  Not later than 120 days after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General shall publish proposed regulations or guidelines implementing this subchapter. Not later than 180 days after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General shall publish final regulations or guidelines implementing this subchapter.
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  The Attorney General shall make grants to States, State courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through agreements with other public or nonprofit entities, for not more than 100 programs that involve—
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  (a) The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other appropriate officials in carrying out this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10473(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General may utilize any component or components of the Department of Justice in carrying out this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10473(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall issue regulations and guidelines necessary to carry out this subchapter which include, but are not limited to, the methodologies and outcome measures proposed for evaluating each applicant program.
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  (d) In addition to any other requirements that may be specified by the Attorney General, an application for a grant under this subchapter shall—

  (1) include a long-term strategy and detailed implementation plan;

  (2) explain the applicant’s inability to fund the program adequately without Federal assistance;

  (3) certify that the Federal support provided will be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, Indian tribal, and local sources of funding that would otherwise be available;

  (4) identify related governmental or community initiatives which complement or will be coordinated with the proposal;

  (5) certify that there has been appropriate consultation with all affected agencies and that there will be appropriate coordination with all affected agencies in the implementation of the program, including the State mental health authority;

  (6) certify that participating offenders will be supervised by one or more designated judges with responsibility for the mental health court program;

  (7) specify plans for obtaining necessary support and continuing the proposed program following the conclusion of Federal support;

  (8) describe the methodology and outcome measures that will be used in evaluating the program; and

  (9) certify that participating first time offenders without a history of a mental illness will receive a mental health evaluation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10474

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  To request funds under this subchapter, the chief executive or the chief justice of a State or the chief executive or chief judge of a unit of local government or Indian tribal government shall submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
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  The Federal share of a grant made under this subchapter may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the program described in the application submitted under section 10474 of this title for the fiscal year for which the program receives assistance under this subchapter, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirement of a matching contribution under this section. The use of the Federal share of a grant made under this subchapter shall be limited to new expenses necessitated by the proposed program, including the development of treatment services and the hiring and training of personnel. In-kind contributions may constitute a portion of the non-Federal share of a grant.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10476

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  The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards is made that considers the special needs of rural communities, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10477

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  A State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government that receives funds under this subchapter during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General a report in March of the following year regarding the effectiveness of this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10478(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10478(b)

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  (b) In addition to any evaluation requirements that may be prescribed for grantees, the Attorney General may carry out or make arrangements for evaluations of programs that receive support under this subchapter.
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  (c) The technical assistance, training, and evaluations authorized by this section may be carried out directly by the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or through grants, contracts, or other cooperative arrangements with other entities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(a)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may award grants to States, units of local government, territories, Indian Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any combination thereof, to develop, implement, or expand pretrial services programs to improve the identification and outcomes of individuals with mental illness.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(b)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may award grants to States, units of local government, territories, Indian Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any combination thereof, to develop, implement, or expand a behavioral health screening and assessment program framework for State or local criminal justice systems.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(e)

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  (e) To request a grant under this section, a State, unit of local government, territory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(f)

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  (f) The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, the distribution of grants under this section is equitable and includes—

  (1) each State; and

  (2) a unit of local government, territory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency—

  (A) in each State; and

  (B) in rural, suburban, Tribal, and urban jurisdictions.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(g)

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  (g) For each fiscal year, each grantee under this section during that fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General a report on the effectiveness of activities carried out using such grant. Each report shall include an evaluation in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. The Attorney General shall specify the dates on which such reports shall be submitted.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(1)(C)

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  (C) The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Attorney General a final report on each audit conducted under subparagraph (B).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(1)(E)

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  (E) In making grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(1)(F)

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  (F) If an entity receives a grant under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is prohibited from receiving grants under subparagraph (D), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant that was improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment under clause (i) from the grantee that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(2)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General may not award a grant under this section to a nonprofit agency that holds money in an offshore account for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(2)(C)

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  (C) Each nonprofit agency that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(3)(A)

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  (A) Not more than $20,000 of the amounts made available to the Department of Justice to carry out this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded a grant under this section to host, or make any expenditures relating to, a conference unless the Deputy Attorney General provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference or make such expenditure.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(3)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(4)

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  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after December 13, 2016, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all final audit reports issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(D) have been issued; and

  (iii) any reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(F) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grantees excluded under paragraph (1)(D) from the previous year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(h)(4)(A)(i)

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  (i) all final audit reports issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(i)(1)

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  (1) Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney General shall compare the possible grant with any other grants awarded to the applicant under this Act to determine whether the grants are for the same purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(i)(2)

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  (2) If the Attorney General awards multiple grants to the same applicant for the same purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes—

  (A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any such grants awarded; and

  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10479(i)(2)(B)

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  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10491

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  The Attorney General shall—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10492

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  The Attorney General may make grants to States and local law enforcement agencies and to organizations representing State or local law enforcement personnel to provide family support services and mental health services to law enforcement personnel.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10494

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  A law enforcement agency or organization desiring to receive a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. Such application shall—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10494(3)

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  (3) assure that the Attorney General or the Comptroller General of the United States shall have access to all records related to the receipt and use of grant funds received under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10495(a)

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  (a) In approving grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall assure an equitable distribution of assistance among the States, among urban and rural areas of the United States, and among urban and rural areas of a State.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10495(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General may award a grant each fiscal year, not to exceed $100,000 to a State or local law enforcement agency or $250,000 to a law enforcement organization for a period not to exceed 5 years. In any application from a State or local law enforcement agency or organization for a grant to continue a program for the second, third, fourth, or fifth fiscal year following the first fiscal year in which a grant was awarded to such agency, the Attorney General shall review the progress made toward meeting the objectives of the program. The Attorney General may refuse to award a grant if the Attorney General finds sufficient progress has not been made toward meeting such objectives, but only after affording the applicant notice and an opportunity for reconsideration.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10496

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  The Attorney General may reserve 10 percent of funds to award research grants to a State or local law enforcement agency or organization to study issues of importance in the law enforcement field as determined by the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10497

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  A State or local law enforcement agency or organization that receives a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the Attorney General an annual report that includes—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10511

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  The Attorney General may make funds available under this subchapter to States and units of local government, or combinations thereof, to carry out all or a substantial part of a program or project intended to develop or improve the capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (referred to in this subchapter as “DNA”) in a forensic laboratory.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10512

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  To request a grant under this subchapter, the chief executive officer of a State or unit of local government shall submit an application in such form as the Attorney General may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10513

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  No grant may be made under this subchapter unless an application has been submitted to the Attorney General in which the applicant certifies that—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10514(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may promulgate guidelines, regulations, and procedures, as necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including limitations on the number of awards made during each fiscal year, the submission and review of applications, selection criteria, and the extension or continuation of awards.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10514(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall have final authority over all funds awarded under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10514(c)

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  (c) To assist and measure the effectiveness and performance of programs and activities funded under this subchapter, the Attorney General may provide technical assistance as required.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10516

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  Each State or unit of local government which receives a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the Attorney General, for each year in which funds from a grant received under this subchapter is expended, a report at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require which contains—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10516(2)

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  (2) such other information as the Attorney General may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10517(a)

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  (a) Each State or unit of local government which receives a grant under this subchapter shall keep records as the Attorney General may require to facilitate an effective audit.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10517(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General, the Comptroller General, or their designated agents shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any books, documents, and records of States and units of local government which receive grants made under this subchapter if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the Comptroller General, or their designated agents, such books, documents, and records are related to the receipt or use of any such grant.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10534(f)(4)(A)

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  (A) In the administration of this subsection with respect to the Department of Justice, in addition to any other officer of the Department of Justice designated by the Attorney General, the following officers may act as the head of a Federal agency:

  (i) The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

  (ii) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  (iii) The Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

  (iv) The Director of the United States Marshals Service.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10541(a)(1)

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  (1) All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, and instructions of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration which are in effect on December 27, 1979, shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President or the Attorney General, the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics or the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, or the Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration with respect to their functions under this chapter or by operation of law.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10541(a)(2)

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  (2) All orders, determinations, rules, regulations, and instructions issued under this chapter which are in effect on October 12, 1984, shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked by the President, the Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, or the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance with respect to their functions under this chapter or by operation of law.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10541(g)

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  (g) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the personnel employed on December 27, 1979, by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration are transferred as appropriate to the Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics, the National Institute of Justice or the Bureau of Justice Statistics, considering the function to be performed by these organizational units and the functions previously performed by the employee. Determinations as to specific positions to be filled in an acting capacity for a period of not more than ninety days by the Administrator and Deputy Administrators employed on December 27, 1979, may be made by the Attorney General notwithstanding any other provision of law.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10553(b)

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  (b) Section 10706 of this title (relating to grant accountability) shall apply to grants awarded by the COPS Director and the BJA Director under this subchapter. For purposes of the preceding sentence, any references in section 10706 of this title to the Attorney General shall be considered references to the COPS Director or the BJA Director, as appropriate, and any references in that section to subchapter XXXVIII shall be considered references to this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10561

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  The Attorney General shall award grants to States and units of local government in accordance with this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10562

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  To request a grant under this subchapter, a State or unit of local government shall submit to the Attorney General—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10563(a)(2)

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  (2) Fifteen percent of the amount made available to carry out this subchapter in each fiscal year shall be allocated pursuant to the Attorney General’s discretion for competitive awards to States and units of local government. In making awards under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall consider the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes reported by each State to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the 3 most recent calendar years for which data is available and consider the existing resources and current needs of the potential grant recipient.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10563(a)(4)

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  (4) If the amounts available to carry out this subchapter in each fiscal year are insufficient to pay in full the total payment that any State is otherwise eligible to receive under paragraph (3), then the Attorney General shall reduce payments under paragraph (1) for such payment period to the extent of such insufficiency. Reductions under the preceding sentence shall be allocated among the States (other than States whose payment is determined under paragraph (3)) in the same proportions as amounts would be allocated under paragraph (1) without regard to paragraph (3).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10565(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may promulgate such guidelines, regulations, and procedures as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter, including guidelines, regulations, and procedures relating to the submission and review of applications for grants under section 10562 of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10565(b)(1)

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  (1) Each State, or unit of local government within the State, that receives a grant under this subchapter shall maintain such records as the Attorney General may require to facilitate an effective audit relating to the receipt of the grant, or the use of the grant amount.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10565(b)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General and the Comptroller General of the United States, or a designee thereof, shall have access, for the purpose of audit and examination, to any book, document, or record of a State, or unit of local government within the State, that receives a grant under this subchapter, if, in the determination of the Attorney General, Comptroller General, or designee thereof, the book, document, or record is related to the receipt of the grant, or the use of the grant amount.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10566(a)

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  (a) For each fiscal year for which a grant is awarded under this subchapter, each State or unit of local government that receives such a grant shall submit to the Attorney General a report, at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require, which report shall include—

  (1) a summary and assessment of the program carried out with the grant, which shall include a comparison of pre-grant and post-grant forensic science capabilities;

  (2) the average number of days between submission of a sample to a forensic science laboratory or forensic science laboratory system in that State operated by the State or by a unit of local government and the delivery of test results to the requesting office or agency;

  (3) an identification of the number and type of cases currently accepted by the laboratory;

  (4) the progress of any unaccredited forensic science service provider receiving grant funds toward obtaining accreditation; and

  (5) such other information as the Attorney General may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10566(a)(5)

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  (5) such other information as the Attorney General may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10566(b)

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  (b) Not later than 90 days after the last day of each fiscal year for which 1 or more grants are awarded under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, a report, which shall include—

  (1) the aggregate amount of grants awarded under this subchapter for that fiscal year; and

  (2) a summary of the information provided under subsection (a).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10591

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  The Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, territories, nonprofit organizations, and Indian Tribes to—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10593(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall give priority consideration to grant applications for grants under section 10591 of this title that are submitted by a nonprofit organization that demonstrates a relationship with State and local criminal justice agencies, including—

  (1) within the judiciary and prosecutorial agencies; or

  (2) with the local corrections agencies, which shall be documented by a written agreement that details the terms of access to facilities and participants and provides information on the history of the organization of working with correctional populations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10594(a)

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  (a) An entity described in section 10591 of this title desiring a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and manner and at such time as the Attorney General requires.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10595

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  An entity that receives a grant under this subchapter during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General, not later than a date specified by the Attorney General, a report that describes and evaluates the effectiveness of that program during such fiscal year that—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10611(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants to States, State courts, local courts, units of local government, and Indian tribal governments, acting directly or through agreements with other public or private entities, for adult drug courts, juvenile drug courts, family drug courts, and tribal drug courts that involve—

  (1) continuing judicial supervision over offenders, and other individuals under the jurisdiction of the court, with substance abuse problems, including co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems, who are not violent offenders;

  (2) coordination with the appropriate State or local prosecutor; and

  (3) the integrated administration of other sanctions and services, which shall include—

  (A) mandatory periodic testing for the use of controlled substances or other addictive substances during any period of supervised release or probation for each participant;

  (B) substance abuse treatment for each participant;

  (C) diversion, probation, or other supervised release involving the possibility of prosecution, confinement, or incarceration based on noncompliance with program requirements or failure to show satisfactory progress;

  (D) offender management, and aftercare services such as relapse prevention, health care, education, vocational training, job placement, housing placement, and child care or other family support services for each participant who requires such services;

  (E) payment, in whole or part, by the offender of treatment costs, to the extent practicable, such as costs for urinalysis or counseling; and

  (F) payment, in whole or part, by the offender of restitution, to the extent practicable, to either a victim of the offender’s offense or to a restitution or similar victim support fund.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10611(c)(1)

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  (1) Grant amounts under this subchapter may be used for a drug court only if the drug court has mandatory periodic testing as described in subsection (a)(3)(A). The Attorney General shall, by prescribing guidelines or regulations, specify standards for the timing and manner of complying with such requirements. The standards—

  (A) shall ensure that—

  (i) each participant is tested for every controlled substance that the participant has been known to abuse, and for any other controlled substance the Attorney General or the court may require; and

  (ii) the testing is accurate and practicable; and

  (B) may require approval of the drug testing regime to ensure that adequate testing occurs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10611(c)(1)(A)(i)

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  (i) each participant is tested for every controlled substance that the participant has been known to abuse, and for any other controlled substance the Attorney General or the court may require; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10611(c)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall, by prescribing guidelines or regulations, specify that grant amounts under this subchapter may be used for a drug court only if the drug court imposes graduated sanctions that increase punitive measures, therapeutic measures, or both whenever a participant fails a drug test. Such sanctions and measures may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:

  (A) Incarceration.

  (B) Detoxification treatment.

  (C) Residential treatment.

  (D) Increased time in program.

  (E) Termination from the program.

  (F) Increased drug screening requirements.

  (G) Increased court appearances.

  (H) Increased counseling.

  (I) Increased supervision.

  (J) Electronic monitoring.

  (K) In-home restriction.

  (L) Community service.

  (M) Family counseling.

  (N) Anger management classes.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10612

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  The Attorney General shall—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10612(2)

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  (2) immediately suspend funding for any grant under this subchapter, pending compliance, if the Attorney General finds that violent offenders are participating in any program funded under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10614(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and any other appropriate officials in carrying out this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10614(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General may utilize any component or components of the Department of Justice in carrying out this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10614(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General may issue regulations and guidelines necessary to carry out this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10614(d)

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  (d) In addition to any other requirements that may be specified by the Attorney General, an application for a grant under this subchapter shall—

  (1) include a long-term strategy and detailed implementation plan that shall provide for the consultation and coordination with appropriate State and local prosecutors, particularly when program participants fail to comply with program requirements;

  (2) explain the applicant’s inability to fund the program adequately without Federal assistance;

  (3) certify that the Federal support provided will be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, Indian tribal, and local sources of funding that would otherwise be available;

  (4) identify related governmental or community initiatives which complement or will be coordinated with the proposal;

  (5) certify that there has been appropriate consultation with all affected agencies and that there will be appropriate coordination with all affected agencies in the implementation of the program;

  (6) certify that participating offenders will be supervised by 1 or more designated judges with responsibility for the drug court program;

  (7) specify plans for obtaining necessary support and continuing the proposed program following the conclusion of Federal support; and

  (8) describe the methodology that will be used in evaluating the program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10615

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  To request funds under this subchapter, the chief executive or the chief justice of a State or the chief executive or judge of a unit of local government or Indian tribal government, or the chief judge of a State court or the judge of a local court or Indian tribal court shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10616(a)

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  (a) The Federal share of a grant made under this subchapter may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the program described in the application submitted under section 10615 of this title for the fiscal year for which the program receives assistance under this subchapter, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirement of a matching contribution under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10617(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards is made.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10618

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  A State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government that receives funds under this subchapter during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General a description and an evaluation report on a date specified by the Attorney General regarding the effectiveness of this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10619(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the purposes of this subchapter, including training for drug court personnel and officials on identifying and addressing co-occurring substance abuse and mental health problems.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10619(b)

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  (b) In addition to any evaluation requirements that may be prescribed for grantees (including uniform data collection standards and reporting requirements), the Attorney General shall carry out or make arrangements for evaluations of programs that receive support under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10619(c)

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  (c) The technical assistance, training, and evaluations authorized by this section may be carried out directly by the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or through grants, contracts, or other cooperative arrangements with other entities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall make grants to States, local governments, territories, or Indian tribes, or any combination thereof (in this section referred to as an “eligible entity”), in partnership with interested persons (including Federal corrections and supervision agencies), service providers, and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of strategic planning and implementation of adult and juvenile offender reentry projects.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(d)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall develop a procedure to allow applicants to submit a single application for a planning grant under subsection (e) and an implementation grant under subsection (f).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(d)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall give priority consideration to grant applications under subsections (e) and (f) that include a commitment by the applicant to partner with a local evaluator to identify and analyze data that will—

  (A) enable the grantee to target the intended offender population; and

  (B) serve as a baseline for purposes of the evaluation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(e)(1)

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  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Attorney General may make a grant to an eligible entity of not more than $75,000 to develop a strategic, collaborative plan for an adult or juvenile offender reentry demonstration project as described in subsection (h) that includes—

  (A) a budget and a budget justification;

  (B) a description of the outcome measures that will be used to measure the effectiveness of the program in promoting public safety and public health;

  (C) the activities proposed;

  (D) a schedule for completion of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and

  (E) a description of the personnel necessary to complete the activities described in subparagraph (C).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(e)(2)(A)

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  (A) The Attorney General may not make initial planning grants and implementation grants to 1 eligible entity in a total amount that is more than a $1,000,000.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(e)(2)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General shall make every effort to ensure equitable geographic distribution of grants under this section and take into consideration the needs of underserved populations, including rural and tribal communities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(f)(1)

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  (1) An eligible entity desiring an implementation grant under this subsection shall submit to the Attorney General an application that—

  (A) contains a reentry strategic plan as described in subsection (h), which describes the long-term strategy and incorporates a detailed implementation schedule, including the plans of the applicant to fund the program after Federal funding is discontinued;

  (B) identifies the local government role and the role of governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that will be coordinated by, and that will collaborate on, the offender reentry strategy of the applicant, and certifies the involvement of such agencies and organizations;

  (C) describes the evidence-based methodology and outcome measures that will be used to evaluate the program funded with a grant under this subsection, and specifically explains how such measurements will provide valid measures of the impact of that program; and

  (D) describes how the project could be broadly replicated if demonstrated to be effective.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(f)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may make a grant to an applicant under this subsection only if the application—

  (A) reflects explicit support of the chief executive officer, or their designee, of the State, unit of local government, territory, or Indian tribe applying for a grant under this subsection;

  (B) provides discussion of the role of Federal corrections, State corrections departments, community corrections agencies, juvenile justice systems, and tribal or local jail systems in ensuring successful reentry of offenders into their communities;

  (C) provides evidence of collaboration with State, local, or tribal government agencies overseeing health, housing, child welfare, education, substance abuse, victims services, and employment services, and with local law enforcement agencies;

  (D) provides a plan for analysis of the statutory, regulatory, rules-based, and practice-based hurdles to reintegration of offenders into the community;

  (E) includes the use of a State, local, territorial, or tribal task force, described in subsection (i), to carry out the activities funded under the grant;

  (F) provides a plan for continued collaboration with a local evaluator as necessary to meeting the requirements under subsection (h); and

  (G) demonstrates that the applicant participated in the planning grant process or engaged in comparable planning for the reentry project.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(f)(3)

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  (3) The Attorney General shall give priority to grant applications under this subsection that best—

  (A) focus initiative on geographic areas with a disproportionate population of offenders released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;

  (B) include—

  (i) input from nonprofit organizations, in any case where relevant input is available and appropriate to the grant application;

  (ii) consultation with crime victims and offenders who are released from prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;

  (iii) coordination with families of offenders;

  (iv) input, where appropriate, from the juvenile justice coordinating council of the region;

  (v) input, where appropriate, from the reentry coordinating council of the region; or

  (vi) input, where appropriate, from other interested persons;

  (C) demonstrate effective case assessment and management abilities in order to provide comprehensive and continuous reentry, including—

  (i) planning for prerelease transitional housing and community release that begins upon admission for juveniles and jail inmates, and, as appropriate, for prison inmates, depending on the length of the sentence;

  (ii) establishing prerelease planning procedures to ensure that the eligibility of an offender for Federal, tribal, or State benefits upon release is established prior to release, subject to any limitations in law, and to ensure that offenders obtain all necessary referrals for reentry services, including assistance identifying and securing suitable housing; or

  (iii) delivery of continuous and appropriate mental health services, drug treatment, medical care, job training and placement, educational services, vocational services, and any other service or support needed for reentry;

  (D) review the process by which the applicant adjudicates violations of parole, probation, or supervision following release from prison, jail, or a juvenile facility, taking into account public safety and the use of graduated, community-based sanctions for minor and technical violations of parole, probation, or supervision (specifically those violations that are not otherwise, and independently, a violation of law);

  (E) provide for an independent evaluation of reentry programs that include, to the maximum extent possible, random assignment and controlled studies to determine the effectiveness of such programs;

  (F) target moderate and high-risk offenders for reentry programs through validated assessment tools; or

  (G) target offenders with histories of homelessness, substance abuse, or mental illness, including a prerelease assessment of the housing status of the offender and behavioral health needs of the offender with clear coordination with mental health, substance abuse, and homelessness services systems to achieve stable and permanent housing outcomes with appropriate support service.
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  (4) A grantee under subsection (f) shall coordinate with communities and stakeholders about the selection of performance outcomes identified by the applicant, and shall consult with the Attorney General for assistance with data collection and measurement activities as provided for in the grant application materials.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(j)(5)

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  (5) Each grantee under subsection (f) shall submit to the Attorney General an annual report that—

  (A) identifies the progress of the grantee toward achieving its strategic performance outcomes; and

  (B) describes other activities conducted by the grantee to increase the success rates of the reentry population, such as programs that foster effective risk management and treatment programming, offender accountability, and community and victim participation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(k)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General, in consultation with grantees under subsection (f), shall—

  (A) identify primary and secondary sources of information to support the measurement of the performance indicators identified under subsection (f);

  (B) identify sources and methods of data collection in support of performance measurement required under subsection (f);

  (C) provide to all grantees technical assistance and training on performance measures and data collection for purposes of subsection (f); and

  (D) consult with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse on strategic performance outcome measures and data collection for purposes of subsection (f) relating to substance abuse and mental health.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(k)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall coordinate with other Federal agencies to identify national and other sources of information to support performance measurement of grantees.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(l)

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  (l) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section in any fiscal year after the fiscal year in which a grantee receives a grant under this section, a grantee shall submit to the Attorney General such information as is necessary to demonstrate that—

  (1) the grantee has adopted a reentry plan that reflects input from nonprofit organizations, in any case where relevant input is available and appropriate to the grant application;

  (2) the reentry plan of the grantee includes performance measures to assess progress of the grantee toward a 10 percent reduction in the rate of recidivism over a 2-year period beginning on the date on which the most recent implementation grant is made to the grantee under subsection (f);

  (3) the grantee will coordinate with the Attorney General, nonprofit organizations (if relevant input from nonprofit organizations is available and appropriate), and other experts regarding the selection and implementation of the performance measures described in subsection (k); and

  (4) the grantee has made adequate progress, as determined by the Attorney General, toward reducing the rate of recidivism by 10 percent during the 2-year period described in paragraph (2).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(l)(3)

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  (3) the grantee will coordinate with the Attorney General, nonprofit organizations (if relevant input from nonprofit organizations is available and appropriate), and other experts regarding the selection and implementation of the performance measures described in subsection (k); and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(l)(4)

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  (4) the grantee has made adequate progress, as determined by the Attorney General, toward reducing the rate of recidivism by 10 percent during the 2-year period described in paragraph (2).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(m)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may, using amounts made available to carry out this subsection, make a grant to an eligible organization to provide for the establishment of a National Adult and Juvenile Offender Reentry Resource Center.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10631(o)(2)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General shall ensure that grants awarded under this section are equitably distributed among the geographical regions and between urban and rural populations, including Indian Tribes, consistent with the objective of reducing recidivism among criminal offenders.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10632(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall evaluate the demonstration projects authorized by section 10631 of this title to determine their effectiveness.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10632(b)

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  (b) Not later than April 30, 2005, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Senate containing—

  (1) the findings of the evaluation required by subsection (a); and

  (2) any recommendations the Attorney General has with regard to expanding, changing, or eliminating the demonstration projects.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10632(b)(2)

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  (2) any recommendations the Attorney General has with regard to expanding, changing, or eliminating the demonstration projects.
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  The Attorney General shall award grants to rural State criminal justice agencies, Byrne agencies, or other agencies as designated by the Governor of that State and approved by the Attorney General, to develop rural States’ capacity to assist local communities in the prevention and reduction of crime, violence, and substance abuse.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10644(b)

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  (b) The rural State shall provide a report on its statewide strategic plan to the Attorney General, including information about—

  (1) involvement of relevant State-level agencies to assist communities in the development and implementation of their Crime Prevention Plans;

  (2) support for local applications for Community Grants; and

  (3) community progress toward reducing crime, violence, and substance abuse.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, may award nonrenewable grants to eligible applicants to prepare a comprehensive plan for and implement an adult or juvenile collaboration program, which targets preliminarily qualified offenders in order to promote public safety and public health.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(3)(A)

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  (A) To receive a planning grant or an implementation grant, the joint applicants shall prepare and submit a single application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General and the Secretary shall reasonably require. An application under subchapter XXI of this chapter may be made in conjunction with an application under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(3)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General and the Secretary shall develop a procedure under which applicants may apply at the same time and in a single application for a planning grant and an implementation grant, with receipt of the implementation grant conditioned on successful completion of the activities funded by the planning grant.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(4)(A)

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  (A) The joint applicants may apply to the Attorney General for a nonrenewable planning grant to develop a collaboration program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(4)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General and the Secretary may not approve a planning grant unless the application for the grant includes or provides, at a minimum, for a budget and a budget justification, a description of the outcome measures that will be used to measure the effectiveness of the program in promoting public safety and public health, the activities proposed (including the provision of substance abuse treatment services, where appropriate) and a schedule for completion of such activities, and the personnel necessary to complete such activities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(5)(A)

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  (A) Joint applicants that have prepared a planning grant application may apply to the Attorney General for approval of a nonrenewable implementation grant to develop a collaboration program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(5)(G)(i)

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  (i) identify methodology and outcome measures, as required by the Attorney General and the Secretary, to be used in evaluating the effectiveness of the collaboration program;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(5)(G)(iii)

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  (iii) submit specific agreements from affected agencies to provide the data needed by the Attorney General and the Secretary to accomplish the evaluation under clause (i).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(5)(I)(i)

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  (i) Funds may be used to create or expand existing mental health courts that meet program requirements established by the Attorney General under subchapter XXI of this chapter, other court-based programs, or diversion and alternative prosecution and sentencing programs (including crisis intervention teams, treatment accountability services for communities, and training for State and local prosecutors relating to diversion programming and implementation) that meet requirements established by the Attorney General and the Secretary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(b)(5)(J)

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  (J) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, shall ensure that planning and implementation grants are equitably distributed among the geographical regions of the United States and between urban and rural populations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General, in awarding funds under this section, shall give priority to applications that—

  (1) promote effective strategies by law enforcement to identify and to reduce risk of harm to mentally ill offenders and public safety;

  (2) promote effective strategies for identification and treatment of female mentally ill offenders;

  (3) promote effective strategies to expand the use of mental health courts, including the use of pretrial services and related treatment programs for offenders;

  (4) propose interventions that have been shown by empirical evidence to reduce recidivism;

  (5) when appropriate, use validated assessment tools to target preliminarily qualified offenders with a moderate or high risk of recidivism and a need for treatment and services; or

  (A) demonstrate the strongest commitment to ensuring that such funds are used to promote both public health and public safety;

  (B) demonstrate the active participation of each co-applicant in the administration of the collaboration program;

  (C) document, in the case of an application for a grant to be used in whole or in part to fund treatment services for adults or juveniles during periods of incarceration or detention, that treatment programs will be available to provide transition and reentry services for such individuals; and

  (D) have the support of both the Attorney General and the Secretary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(c)(6)(D)

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  (D) have the support of both the Attorney General and the Secretary.
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  (e) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary, in administering grants under this section, shall use not less than 6 percent of funds appropriated to—

  (1) research the use of alternatives to prosecution through pretrial diversion in appropriate cases involving individuals with mental illness;

  (2) offer specialized training to personnel of criminal and juvenile justice agencies in appropriate diversion techniques;

  (3) provide technical assistance to local governments, mental health courts, and diversion programs, including technical assistance relating to program evaluation;

  (4) help localities build public understanding and support for community reintegration of individuals with mental illness;

  (5) develop a uniform program evaluation process; and

  (6) conduct a national evaluation of the collaboration program that will include an assessment of its cost-effectiveness.
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  (1) The Attorney General and the Secretary shall establish an interagency task force with the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, Labor, Education, and Veterans Affairs and the Commissioner of Social Security, or their designees.
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  (g) The Attorney General shall use not less than 8 percent of funds appropriated to provide technical assistance to State and local governments receiving grants under this subchapter to foster collaboration between such governments in furtherance of the purposes set forth in section 3 of the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004 (34 U.S.C. 10651 note).
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  (1) The Attorney General is authorized to make grants under this section to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for the following purposes:

  (A) To provide for programs that offer law enforcement personnel specialized and comprehensive training in procedures to identify and respond appropriately to incidents in which the unique needs of individuals with mental illnesses are involved, including the training developed under section 10653 of this title.

  (B) To provide for the development of specialized receiving centers to assess individuals in the custody of law enforcement personnel for suicide risk and mental health and substance abuse treatment needs.

  (C) To provide for computerized information systems (or to improve existing systems) to provide timely information to law enforcement personnel and criminal justice system personnel to improve the response of such respective personnel to mentally ill offenders.

  (D) To provide for the establishment and expansion of cooperative efforts by criminal and juvenile justice agencies and mental health agencies to promote public safety through the use of effective intervention with respect to mentally ill offenders.

  (E) To provide for programs that offer campus security personnel training in procedures to identify and respond appropriately to incidents in which the unique needs of individuals with mental illnesses are involved.

  (F) To provide support for academy curricula, law enforcement officer orientation programs, continuing education training, and other programs that teach law enforcement personnel how to identify and respond to incidents involving persons with mental health disorders or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
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  (4) The Attorney General, in awarding grants under this subsection, shall give priority to programs that law enforcement personnel and members of the mental health and substance abuse professions develop and administer cooperatively.
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  (A) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, may award grants under this subsection to applicants to establish or expand—

  (i) veterans treatment court programs;

  (ii) peer-to-peer services or programs for qualified veterans;

  (iii) practices that identify and provide treatment, rehabilitation, legal, transitional, and other appropriate services to qualified veterans who have been incarcerated; or

  (iv) training programs to teach criminal justice, law enforcement, corrections, mental health, and substance abuse personnel how to identify and appropriately respond to incidents involving qualified veterans.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(i)(2)(B)

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  (B) In awarding grants under this subsection, the Attorney General shall give priority to applications that—

  (i) demonstrate collaboration between and joint investments by criminal justice, mental health, substance abuse, and veterans service agencies;

  (ii) promote effective strategies to identify and reduce the risk of harm to qualified veterans and public safety; and

  (iii) propose interventions with empirical support to improve outcomes for qualified veterans.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(j)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, territories, Indian Tribes, nonprofit agencies, or any combination thereof, to develop, implement, or expand Assertive Community Treatment initiatives to develop forensic assertive community treatment (referred to in this subsection as “FACT”) programs that provide high intensity services in the community for individuals with mental illness with involvement in the criminal justice system to prevent future incarcerations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(j)(4)

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  (4) To request a grant under this subsection, a State, unit of local government, territory, Indian Tribe, or nonprofit agency shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(k)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may make grants under this subsection to an eligible entity for sequential intercept mapping and implementation in accordance with paragraph (3).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(l)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may award grants to applicants to enhance the capabilities of a correctional facility—

  (A) to identify and screen for eligible inmates;

  (B) to plan and provide—

  (i) initial and periodic assessments of the clinical, medical, and social needs of inmates; and

  (ii) appropriate treatment and services that address the mental health and substance abuse needs of inmates;

  (C) to develop, implement, and enhance—

  (i) post-release transition plans for eligible inmates that, in a comprehensive manner, coordinate health, housing, medical, employment, and other appropriate services and public benefits;

  (ii) the availability of mental health care services and substance abuse treatment services; and

  (iii) alternatives to solitary confinement and segregated housing and mental health screening and treatment for inmates placed in solitary confinement or segregated housing; and

  (D) to train each employee of the correctional facility to identify and appropriately respond to incidents involving inmates with mental health or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
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  (m) All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this section shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:

  (A) In this paragraph, the term “unresolved audit finding” means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is issued.

  (B) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after December 13, 2016, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.

  (C) A recipient of grant funds under this section that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A).

  (D) In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section.

  (E) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.

  (A) For purposes of this paragraph and the grant programs under this subchapter, the term “nonprofit organization” means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.

  (B) The Attorney General may not award a grant under this subchapter to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.

  (C) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.

  (A) No amounts made available to the Department of Justice under this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this section, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of the relevant agency or department, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference.

  (B) Written approval under subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment.

  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.

  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after December 13, 2016, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and

  (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
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  (D) In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section.
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  (E) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(m)(2)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General may not award a grant under this subchapter to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(m)(2)(C)

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  (C) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(m)(3)(A)

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  (A) No amounts made available to the Department of Justice under this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this section, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of the relevant agency or department, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(m)(3)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(m)(4)

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  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after December 13, 2016, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and

  (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
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  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(n)(1)

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  (1) Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded under this Act to determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(n)(2)

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  (2) If the Attorney General awards duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes—

  (A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and

  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(n)(2)(B)

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  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651(o)(2)

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  (2) For fiscal year 2009 and each subsequent fiscal year, of the amounts authorized under paragraph (1) for such fiscal year, the Attorney General may obligate not more than 3 percent for the administrative expenses of the Attorney General in carrying out this section for such fiscal year.
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  (a) Subject to the availability of appropriations, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Attorney General shall establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program to provide grants and technical assistance to court systems that—

  (1) have adopted a Veterans Treatment Court Program; or

  (2) have filed a notice of intent to establish a Veterans Treatment Court Program with the Secretary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651a(c)

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  (c) The Veterans Treatment Court Program established under subsection (a) shall include the grant programs relating to veterans treatment courts carried out by the Attorney General pursuant to sections 10651 and 10701 of this title or any other provision of law.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10651a(d)

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  (d) The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants to eligible organizations to provide for the establishment of a National Criminal Justice and Mental Health Training and Technical Assistance Center.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(1)(C)

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  (C) The Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall submit to the Attorney General a final report on each audit conducted under subparagraph (B).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(1)(E)

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  (E) In making grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(1)(F)

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  (F) If an entity receives a grant under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is prohibited from receiving grants under subparagraph (D), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant that was improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment under clause (i) from the grantee that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(2)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General may not award a grant under this section to a nonprofit agency that holds money in an offshore account for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(2)(C)

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  (C) Each nonprofit agency that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(3)(A)

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  (A) No amounts made available to the Department of Justice under this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this section, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of the relevant agency or department, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(3)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(4)

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  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after December 13, 2016, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all final audit reports issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(D) have been issued; and

  (iii) any reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(F) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grantees excluded under paragraph (1)(D) from the previous year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(4)(A)(i)

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  (i) all final audit reports issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(5)(A)

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  (A) Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded under this Act to determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(5)(B)

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  (B) If the Attorney General awards duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes—

  (i) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and

  (ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10652(d)(5)(B)(ii)

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  (ii) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10653(a)

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  (a) Not later than one year after August 16, 2022, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, in consultation with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, shall solicit best practices regarding techniques to interact with persons who have a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder from first responder, brain injury, veteran, and mental health organizations, health care and mental health providers, hospital emergency departments, and other relevant stakeholders, and shall develop crisis intervention training tools for use by first responders (as such term is defined in section 10705 of this title) that provide—

  (1) information on the conditions and symptoms of a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, and post-traumatic stress disorder;

  (2) techniques to interact with persons who have a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder; and

  (3) information on how to recognize persons who have a traumatic brain injury, an acquired brain injury, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10653(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall ensure that not less than one Law Enforcement Mental Health Learning Site designated by the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance uses the training tools developed under subsection (a).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10653(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall make the training tools developed under subsection (a) available as part of the Police-Mental Health Collaboration Toolkit provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10661(a)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance in the Office of Justice Programs may make grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes to address the manufacture, sale, and use of methamphetamine to enhance public safety.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10661(a)(3)(D)

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  (D) procure equipment, technology, or support systems, or pay for resources, if the applicant for such a grant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that expenditures for such purposes would result in the reduction in the use, sale, and manufacture of methamphetamine.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10663(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall make grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes (as defined in section 10554 of this title) for the purpose of carrying out programs to provide comprehensive services to aid children who are living in a home in which methamphetamine or other controlled substances are unlawfully manufactured, distributed, dispensed, or used.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10663(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall ensure that the services carried out with grants under subsection (a) include the following:

  (1) Coordination among law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, child protective services, social services, health care services, and any other services determined to be appropriate by the Attorney General to provide assistance regarding the problems of children described in subsection (a).

  (2) Transition of children from toxic or drug-endangering environments to appropriate residential environments.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10663(b)(1)

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  (1) Coordination among law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, child protective services, social services, health care services, and any other services determined to be appropriate by the Attorney General to provide assistance regarding the problems of children described in subsection (a).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(a)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may award competitive grants to address the use of methamphetamine among pregnant and parenting women offenders to promote public safety, public health, family permanence and well being.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(c)(1)

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  (1) No grant may be awarded under this section unless an application has been submitted to, and approved by, the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(c)(2)

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  (2) An application for a grant under this section shall be submitted in such form, and contain such information, as the Attorney General,³ may prescribe by regulation or guidelines.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(c)(3)

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  (3) The Attorney General shall make grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes. Applicants must demonstrate extensive collaboration with the State criminal justice agency and child welfare agency in the planning and implementation of the program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(c)(4)

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  (4) In accordance with the regulations or guidelines established by the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, each application for a grant under this section shall contain a plan to expand the services for pregnant and parenting women offenders who are pregnant women or women with dependent children for the use of methamphetamine or methamphetamine and other drugs and include the following in the plan:

  (A) A description of how the applicant will work jointly with the criminal justice and child welfare agencies needs⁴ associated with the use of methamphetamine or methamphetamine and other drugs by pregnant and parenting women offenders to promote family stability and permanence.

  (B) A description of the nature and the extent of the problem of methamphetamine use by pregnant and parenting women offenders.

  (C) A certification that the State has involved counties, Indian tribes, and other units of local government, when appropriate, in the development, expansion, modification, operation or improvement of proposed programs to address the use, manufacture, or sale of methamphetamine.

  (D) A certification that funds received under this section will be used to supplement, not supplant, other Federal, State, Tribal, and local funds.

  (E) A description of clinically appropriate practices and procedures to—

  (i) screen and assess pregnant and parenting women offenders for addiction to methamphetamine and other drugs;

  (ii) when clinically appropriate for both the women and children, provide family treatment for pregnant and parenting women offenders, with clinically appropriate services in the same location to promote family permanence and self sufficiency; and

  (iii) provide for a process to enhance or ensure the abilities of the child welfare agency, criminal justice agency and State substance agency to work together to re-unite families when appropriate in the case where family treatment is not provided.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(d)

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  (d) The grant shall be a three-year grant. Successful applicants may reapply for only one additional three-year funding cycle and the Attorney General may approve such applications.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(e)(1)

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  (1) Successful applicants shall submit to the Attorney General a report on the activities carried out under the grant at the end of each fiscal year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10664(e)(2)

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  (2) Not later than 12 months at⁵ the end of the 3 year funding cycle under this section, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction that summarizes the results of the evaluations conducted by recipients and recommendations for further legislative action.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall establish a program by which the Department of Justice shall assume the obligation to repay a student loan, by direct payments on behalf of a borrower to the holder of such loan, in accordance with subsection (d), for any borrower who—

  (1) is employed as a prosecutor or public defender; and

  (2) is not in default on a loan for which the borrower seeks forgiveness.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(d)(1)(B)

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  (B) if the borrower is involuntarily separated from employment on account of misconduct, or voluntarily separates from employment, before the end of the period specified in the agreement, the borrower will repay the Attorney General the amount of any benefits received by such employee under this section;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(d)(1)(C)

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  (C) if the borrower is required to repay an amount to the Attorney General under subparagraph (B) and fails to repay such amount, a sum equal to that amount shall be recoverable by the Federal Government from the employee (or such employee’s estate, if applicable) by such methods as are provided by law for the recovery of amounts owed to the Federal Government;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(d)(1)(D)

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  (D) the Attorney General may waive, in whole or in part, a right of recovery under this subsection if it is shown that recovery would be against equity and good conscience or against the public interest; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(d)(1)(E)

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  (E) the Attorney General shall make student loan payments under this section for the period of the agreement, subject to the availability of appropriations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(d)(3)(A)

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  (A) Student loan repayments made by the Attorney General under this section shall be made subject to such terms, limitations, or conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the borrower and the Attorney General in an agreement under paragraph (1), except that the amount paid by the Attorney General under this section shall not exceed—

  (i) $10,000 for any borrower in any calendar year; or

  (ii) an aggregate total of $60,000 in the case of any borrower.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(d)(3)(B)

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  (B) Nothing in this section shall authorize the Attorney General to pay any amount to reimburse a borrower for any repayments made by such borrower prior to the date on which the Attorney General entered into an agreement with the borrower under this subsection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(e)(1)

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  (1) On completion of the required period of service under an agreement under subsection (d), the borrower and the Attorney General may, subject to paragraph (2), enter into an additional agreement in accordance with subsection (d).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(f)(1)

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  (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall provide repayment benefits under this section—

  (A) giving priority to borrowers who have the least ability to repay their loans, except that the Attorney General shall determine a fair allocation of repayment benefits among prosecutors and public defenders, and among employing entities nationwide; and

  (B) subject to the availability of appropriations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(f)(1)(A)

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  (A) giving priority to borrowers who have the least ability to repay their loans, except that the Attorney General shall determine a fair allocation of repayment benefits among prosecutors and public defenders, and among employing entities nationwide; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(f)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall give priority in providing repayment benefits under this section in any fiscal year to a borrower who—

  (A) received repayment benefits under this section during the preceding fiscal year; and

  (B) has completed less than three years of the first required period of service specified for the borrower in an agreement entered into under subsection (d).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10671(g)

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  (g) The Attorney General is authorized to issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10691(a)(1)

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  (1) From amounts made available to carry out this subchapter, the Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, Indian tribal governments, other public and private entities, and multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for activities specified in paragraph (2).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10692(a)(1)

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  (1) From amounts made available to carry out this subchapter, the Attorney General may make grants to units of local government, Indian tribal governments, correctional facilities, other public and private entities, and multijurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for activities specified in paragraph (2).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10701(a)

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  (a) From amounts made available to carry out this subchapter, the Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes, for use by the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe to provide services primarily relating to opioid abuse, including for any one or more of the following:

  (1) Developing, implementing, or expanding a treatment alternative to incarceration program, which may include—

  (A) prebooking or postbooking components, which may include the activities described in subchapter XXIX or XXXIII of this chapter;

  (B) training for criminal justice agency personnel on substance use disorders and co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders;

  (C) a mental health court, including the activities described in subchapter XXI of this chapter;

  (D) a drug court, including the activities described in subchapter XXX of this chapter;

  (E) a veterans treatment court program, including the activities described in subsection (i) of section 10651 of this title;

  (F) a focus on parents whose incarceration could result in their children entering the child welfare system;

  (G) a community-based substance use diversion program sponsored by a law enforcement agency; and

  (H) a pilot program for rural areas to implement community response programs that focus on reducing opioid overdose deaths, which may include presenting alternatives to incarceration, as described in subsection (f).

  (2) In the case of a State, facilitating or enhancing planning and collaboration between State criminal justice agencies and State substance abuse agencies in order to more efficiently and effectively carry out activities or services described in any paragraph of this subsection that address problems related to opioid abuse.

  (3) Providing training and resources for first responders on carrying and administering an opioid overdose reversal drug or device approved or cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, and purchasing such a drug or device for first responders who have received such training to so carry and administer.

  (4) Locating or investigating illicit activities related to the unlawful distribution of opioids.

  (5) Developing, implementing, or expanding a medication-assisted treatment program used or operated by a criminal justice agency, which may include training criminal justice agency personnel on medication-assisted treatment, and carrying out the activities described in subchapter XVIII of this chapter.

  (6) In the case of a State, developing, implementing, or expanding a prescription drug monitoring program to collect and analyze data related to the prescribing of schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances through a centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for interoperability and data sharing with each other such program in each other State, and with any interstate entity that shares information between such programs.

  (7) Developing, implementing, or expanding a program to prevent and address opioid abuse by juveniles.

  (8) Developing, implementing, or expanding a program (which may include demonstration projects) to utilize technology that provides a secure container for prescription drugs that would prevent or deter individuals, particularly adolescents, from gaining access to opioid medications that are lawfully prescribed for other individuals.

  (9) Developing, implementing, or expanding a prescription drug take-back program.

  (10) Developing, implementing, or expanding an integrated and comprehensive opioid abuse response program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10701(c)(1)

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  (1) Each program funded under this subchapter shall contain a program assessment component, developed pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General, in coordination with the National Institute of Justice.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10701(c)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a program if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the program is not of sufficient size to justify a full program assessment.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10701(e)

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  (e) The period of a grant made under this subchapter may not be longer than 4 years, except that renewals and extensions beyond that period may be granted at the discretion of the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10701(f)(1)

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  (1) The pilot program described under this subsection shall make grants to rural areas to implement community response programs to reduce opioid overdose deaths. Grants issued under this subsection shall be jointly operated by units of local government, in collaboration with public safety and public health agencies or public safety, public health and behavioral health collaborations. A community response program under this subsection shall identify gaps in community prevention, treatment, and recovery services for individuals who encounter the criminal justice system and shall establish treatment protocols to address identified shortcomings. The Attorney General, through the Office of Justice Programs, shall increase the amount provided as a grant under this section for a pilot program by no more than five percent for each of the two years following certification by the Attorney General of the submission of data by the rural area on the prescribing of schedules II, III, and IV controlled substances to a prescription drug monitoring program, or any other centralized database administered by an authorized State agency, which includes tracking the dispensation of such substances, and providing for interoperability and data sharing with each other such program (including an electronic health records system) in each other State, and with any interstate entity that shares information between such programs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10702

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  To request a grant under this subchapter, the chief executive officer of a State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time and in such form as the Attorney General may require. Such application shall include the following:
• 34 U.S.C. § 10702(2)

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  (2) An assurance that, for each fiscal year covered by an application, the applicant shall maintain and report such data, records, and information (programmatic and financial) as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10702(3)

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  (3) A certification, made in a form acceptable to the Attorney General and executed by the chief executive officer of the applicant (or by another officer of the applicant, if qualified under regulations promulgated by the Attorney General), that—

  (A) the activities or services to be funded by the grant meet all the requirements of this subchapter;

  (B) all the information contained in the application is correct;

  (C) there has been appropriate coordination with affected agencies; and

  (D) the applicant will comply with all provisions of this subchapter and all other applicable Federal laws.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10703

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  The Attorney General shall not finally disapprove any application (or any amendment to that application) submitted under this subchapter without first affording the applicant reasonable notice of any deficiencies in the application and an opportunity for correction of any such deficiencies and reconsideration.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10704

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  In awarding grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall distribute funds in a manner that—
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)

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  (b) All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this subchapter shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:

  (A) In this paragraph, the term “unresolved audit finding” means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months after the date on which the final audit report is issued.

  (B) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after July 22, 2016, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants awarded by the Attorney General under this subchapter to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.

  (C) A recipient of grant funds under this subchapter that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this subchapter during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A).

  (D) In awarding grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this subchapter.

  (E) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this subchapter during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.

  (A) For purposes of this paragraph and the grant programs under this subchapter, the term “nonprofit organization” means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.

  (B) A nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26 may not—

  (i) be party to a contract entered into under section 10701(b) of this title; or

  (ii) receive a subaward under section 10701(b) of this title.

  (C) Each nonprofit organization that receives a subaward or is party to a contract entered into under section 10701(b) of this title and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose, in the application for such contract or subaward, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.

  (A) No amounts made available to the Attorney General under this subchapter may be used by the Attorney General, or by any State, unit of local government, or entity awarded a grant, subaward, or contract under this subchapter, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Attorney General, unless the head of the relevant agency, bureau, or program office provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host or support the conference.

  (B) Written authorization under subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment.

  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees an annual report on all conference expenditures approved by the Attorney General under this paragraph.

  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after July 22, 2016, the Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all audits issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and

  (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(1)(B)

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  (B) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after July 22, 2016, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants awarded by the Attorney General under this subchapter to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(1)(D)

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  (D) In awarding grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(1)(E)

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  (E) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this subchapter during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(2)(C)

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  (C) Each nonprofit organization that receives a subaward or is party to a contract entered into under section 10701(b) of this title and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose, in the application for such contract or subaward, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(3)(A)

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  (A) No amounts made available to the Attorney General under this subchapter may be used by the Attorney General, or by any State, unit of local government, or entity awarded a grant, subaward, or contract under this subchapter, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Attorney General, unless the head of the relevant agency, bureau, or program office provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host or support the conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(3)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees an annual report on all conference expenditures approved by the Attorney General under this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(4)

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  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after July 22, 2016, the Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all audits issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and

  (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(b)(4)(A)(i)

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  (i) all audits issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(c)(1)

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  (1) Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded under this subchapter by the Attorney General to determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(c)(2)

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  (2) If the Attorney General awards duplicate grants under this subchapter to the same applicant for the same purpose, the Attorney General shall submit to the applicable committees a report that includes—

  (A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded under this subchapter, including the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and

  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10706(c)(2)(B)

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  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10707(1)

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  (1) Not later than 5 years after July 22, 2016, the Attorney General shall complete an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program under part LL of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 [34 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.] administered by the Department of Justice based upon the information reported under paragraph (4).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10707(2)

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  (2) Not later than 3 years after July 22, 2016, the Attorney General shall complete an interim evaluation assessing the nature and extent of the incidence of opioid abuse and illegal opioid distribution in the United States.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10707(3)

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  (3) Not later than 180 days after July 22, 2016, the Attorney General shall identify outcomes that are to be achieved by activities funded by the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program and the metrics by which the achievement of such outcomes shall be determined.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10707(4)

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  (4) The Attorney General shall require grantees under the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program (and those receiving subawards under section 3021(b) of part LL of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 [34 U.S.C. 10701(b)]) to collect and annually report to the Department of Justice data based upon the metrics identified under paragraph (3).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10707(5)(A)

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  (A) The Attorney General shall, not later than 30 days after completion of the requirement under paragraph (3), publish the outcomes and metrics identified under that paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10707(6)

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  (6) For purposes of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the Attorney General shall—

  (A) enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences; or

  (B) enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with an entity that is not an agency of the Federal Government, and is qualified to conduct and evaluate research pertaining to opioid use and abuse, and draw conclusions about overall opioid use and abuse on the basis of that research.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10723(8)

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  (8) Any other programs specified by the Attorney General as furthering the purposes of this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10741(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may carry out a grant program under which the Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, territories, Indian Tribes, and other public and private entities to—

  (1) evaluate methods to improve academic and vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities;

  (2) identify, and make recommendations to the Attorney General regarding, best practices relating to academic and vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities, based on the evaluation under paragraph (1);

  (3) improve the academic and vocational education programs (including technology career training) available to offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities; and

  (4) implement methods to improve academic and vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities consistent with the best practices identified in subsection (c).
• 34 U.S.C. § 10741(a)(2)

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  (2) identify, and make recommendations to the Attorney General regarding, best practices relating to academic and vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities, based on the evaluation under paragraph (1);
• 34 U.S.C. § 10741(b)

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  (b) To be eligible for a grant under this subchapter, a State or other entity described in subsection (a) shall submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and manner, at such time, and accompanied by such information as the Attorney General specifies.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10741(c)

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  (c) Not later than 180 days after December 21, 2018, the Attorney General shall identify and publish best practices relating to academic and vocational education for offenders in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities. The best practices shall consider the evaluations performed and recommendations made under grants made under subsection (a) before December 21, 2018.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10741(d)

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  (d) Not later than 90 days after the last day of the final fiscal year of a grant under this subchapter, each entity described in subsection (a) receiving such a grant shall submit to the Attorney General a detailed report of the progress made by the entity using such grant, to permit the Attorney General to evaluate and improve academic and vocational education methods carried out with grants under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10751(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants under this subchapter to States, Indian Tribes, units of local government, and community-based nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing clinical services for people with serious mental illness and substance use disorders that establish treatment, suicide prevention, and continuity of recovery in the community upon release from the correctional facility.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10751(b)(1)(D)

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  (D) participating in data collection activities specified by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10751(b)(2)(D)

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  (D) participating in data collection activities specified by the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 10751(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to ensure that serious mental illness treatment and recovery support services provided under this grant program incorporate evidence-based approaches that facilitate long-term engagement in recovery services and supports.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10752(a)

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  (a) To request a grant under this subchapter, the chief executive of a State, Indian Tribe, unit of local government, or community-based non-profit organization shall submit an application to the Attorney General—

  (1) in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require;

  (2) that includes assurances that Federal funds received under this subchapter shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be available for activities funded under this subchapter; and

  (3) that describes the coordination between State, Tribal, or local criminal and juvenile justice agencies, mental health agencies and community-based behavioral health providers, preliminary qualified offenders, and family and community members in—

  (A) program design;

  (B) program implementation; and

  (C) training on crisis response, medication adherence, and continuity of recovery in the community.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10752(a)(1)

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  (1) in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require;
• 34 U.S.C. § 10752(b)(1)

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  (1) In awarding grants under this subchapter, the Attorney General shall give preference to a State, Indian Tribe, unit of local government, or community-based nonprofit organization that ensures that individuals who participate in a program, funded by a grant under this subchapter will be provided with continuity of care, in accordance with paragraph (2), in a community care provider program upon release from a correctional facility and adopt policies that focus on programming, strategies, and educational components for reducing recidivism and probation violations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10753(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall make a grant under section 10751 of this title to carry out the projects described in the application submitted under section 10752 of this title upon determining that—

  (1) the application is consistent with the requirements of this subchapter; and

  (2) before the approval of the application, the Attorney General has made an affirmative finding in writing that the proposed project has been reviewed in accordance with this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10753(a)(2)

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  (2) before the approval of the application, the Attorney General has made an affirmative finding in writing that the proposed project has been reviewed in accordance with this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10753(b)

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  (b) Each application submitted under section 10752 of this title shall be considered approved, in whole or in part, by the Attorney General not later than 90 days after first received, unless the Attorney General informs the applicant of specific reasons for disapproval.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10753(d)

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  (d) The Attorney General may not disapprove any application without first affording the applicant reasonable notice and an opportunity for reconsideration.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10754

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  Each State, Indian Tribe, unit of local government, or community-based nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this subchapter shall submit to the Attorney General an evaluation not later than 1 year after receipt of the grant in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 10755

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  Subject to the availability of appropriations, for purposes of carrying out this subchapter, the Attorney General is authorized to award not more than $10,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Department of Justice for these purposes for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11103(18)

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  (18) for purposes of subchapter II, the term “Indian tribe” means—

  (A) a federally recognized Indian tribe; or

  (B) an Alaskan Native organization;

  that has a law enforcement function, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the Attorney General;
• 34 U.S.C. § 11111(a)

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  (a) There is hereby established an Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (hereinafter in this division¹ referred to as the “Office”) within the Department of Justice under the general authority of the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11111(b)

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  (b) The Office shall be headed by an Administrator (hereinafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Administrator”) appointed by the President from among individuals who have had experience in juvenile justice programs. The Administrator is authorized to prescribe regulations consistent with this chapter to award, administer, modify, extend, terminate, monitor, evaluate, reject, or deny all grants and contracts from, and applications for, funds made available under this subchapter. The Administrator shall have the same reporting relationship with the Attorney General as the directors of other offices and bureaus within the Office of Justice Programs have.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11111(c)

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  (c) There shall be in the Office a Deputy Administrator who shall be appointed by the Attorney General. The Deputy Administrator shall perform such functions as the Administrator may from time to time assign or delegate and shall act as the Administrator during the absence or disability of the Administrator.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11114(b)(1)

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  (1) advise the President through the Attorney General as to all matters relating to federally assisted juvenile delinquency programs and Federal policies regarding juvenile delinquency;
• 34 U.S.C. § 11116(a)(1)

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  (1) There is hereby established, as an independent organization in the executive branch of the Federal Government a Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention composed of the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, such other officers of Federal agencies who hold significant decisionmaking authority as the President may designate, and individuals appointed under paragraph (2).
• 34 U.S.C. § 11116(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall serve as Chairman of the Council. The Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention shall serve as Vice Chairman of the Council. The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence of the Chairman.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11162(h)

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  (h) The Attorney General, acting through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Office of Justice Programs in consultation with entities in the profession, shall provide directly, or through grants or contracts, training and technical assistance to enhance the capacity of State and local courts, judges, and related judicial personnel to—

  (1) improve the lives of children currently involved in or at risk of being involved in the juvenile court system; and

  (2) carry out the requirements of this chapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11162(i)

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  (i) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall provide guidance to States relating to existing options for school food authorities in the States to apply for reimbursement for free or reduced price lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) for juveniles who are incarcerated and would, if not incarcerated, be eligible for free or reduced price lunches under that Act.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11182(a)

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  (a) The Office shall be administered by the Administrator under the general authority of the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11182(b)(1)

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  (1) any reference to the Office of Justice Programs in such sections shall be deemed to be a reference to the Assistant Attorney General who heads the Office of Justice Programs; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 11182(c)(1)

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  (1) any reference to the Attorney General, the Assistant Attorney General who heads the Office of Justice Programs, the Director of the National Institute of Justice, the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, or the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance shall be deemed to be a reference to the Administrator;
• 34 U.S.C. § 11241(1)

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  (1) in conjunction with the Attorney General, shall coordinate the activities of agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services with activities under any other Federal juvenile crime control, prevention, and juvenile offender accountability program and with the activities of other Federal entities;
• 34 U.S.C. § 11296(3)

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  (3) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this subchapter during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall—

  (A) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (B) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11296(5)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General shall not award a grant under any grant program described in this subchapter to a nonprofit organization that holds money in off-shore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11296(5)(C)

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  (C) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this subchapter and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations under section 53.4958–6 of title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness of the compensation for its officers, directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11296(6)(A)

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  (A) No amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subchapter may be used to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 unless the Deputy Attorney General or the appropriate Assistant Attorney General, Director, or principal deputy director as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host a conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11296(6)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved by operation of this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11296(7)(B)

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  (B) If the Attorney General determines that any recipient of a grant under this subchapter has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) require the grant recipient to repay the grant in full; and

  (ii) prohibit the grant recipient from receiving another grant under this subchapter for not less than 5 years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(1)(C)

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  (C) Not later than 180 days after December 21, 2018, the Attorney General shall submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress a report on the estimated amount of formula grant funds disbursed by the agency since fiscal year 2010 that did not meet the requirements for awards of formula grants to States under subchapter II.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(2)(C)

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  (C) The Attorney General shall make the summary of each review conducted under this section available on the website of the Department of Justice, subject to redaction as the Attorney General determines necessary to protect classified and other sensitive information.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(2)(F)

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  (F) If a State or an Indian Tribe is awarded a grant under this chapter (excluding subchapter IV) during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the recipient is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (D), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the general fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the general fund under clause (i) from the grantee that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(4)(A)

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  (A) No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this chapter may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or organization awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this chapter, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available to the Department of Justice, unless the Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host a conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(4)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(5)(B)

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  (B) If the Attorney General determines that any recipient of a grant made using amounts authorized to be appropriated under this chapter has violated subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) require the recipient to repay the grant in full; and

  (ii) prohibit the recipient to receive another grant under this chapter for not less than 5 years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(6)

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  (6) Beginning in the 1st fiscal year that begins after the effective date of this section, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification that—

  (A) all audits issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under paragraph (2) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (B) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (2)(D) have been issued;

  (C) all reimbursements required under paragraph (2)(F)(i) have been made; and

  (D) includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (2) during the then preceding fiscal year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(b)(6)(A)

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  (A) all audits issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice under paragraph (2) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(c)(1)

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  (1) Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this chapter, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded under this chapter to determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(c)(2)

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  (2) If the Attorney General awards duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same purpose¹ the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives a report that includes—

  (A) a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and

  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicative grant.
• 34 U.S.C. § 11322(c)(2)(B)

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  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicative grant.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12102(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall provide Violent Offender Incarceration grants under section 12103 of this title and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive grants under section 12104 of this title to eligible States—

  (1) to build or expand correctional facilities to increase the bed capacity for the confinement of persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime or adjudicated delinquent for an act which if committed by an adult, would be a part 1 violent crime;

  (2) to build or expand temporary or permanent correctional facilities, including facilities on military bases, prison barges, and boot camps, for the confinement of convicted nonviolent offenders and criminal aliens, for the purpose of freeing suitable existing prison space for the confinement of persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime;

  (3) to build or expand jails; and

  (4) to carry out any activity referred to in section 10631(b) of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12102(c)

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  (c) Notwithstanding the eligibility requirements of section 12104 of this title, a State that certifies to the Attorney General that, as of April 26, 1996, such State has enacted legislation in reliance on this part, as enacted on September 13, 1994, and would in fact qualify under those provisions, shall be eligible to receive a grant for fiscal year 1996 as though such State qualifies under section 12104 of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12103(a)

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  (a) To be eligible to receive a minimum grant under this section, a State shall submit an application to the Attorney General that provides assurances that the State has implemented, or will implement, correctional policies and programs, including truth-in-sentencing laws that ensure that violent offenders serve a substantial portion of the sentences imposed, that are designed to provide sufficiently severe punishment for violent offenders, including violent juvenile offenders, and that the prison time served is appropriately related to the determination that the inmate is a violent offender and for a period of time deemed necessary to protect the public.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12104(a)

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  (a) To be eligible to receive a grant award under this section, a State shall submit an application to the Attorney General that demonstrates that—

  (A) such State has implemented truth-in-sentencing laws that—

  (i) require persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime to serve not less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed (without counting time not actually served, such as administrative or statutory incentives for good behavior); or

  (ii) result in persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime serving on average not less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed (without counting time not actually served, such as administrative or statutory incentives for good behavior);

  (B) such State has truth-in-sentencing laws that have been enacted, but not yet implemented, that require such State, not later than 3 years after such State submits an application to the Attorney General, to provide that persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime serve not less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed (without counting time not actually served, such as administrative or statutory incentives for good behavior); or

  (C) in the case of a State that on April 26, 1996, practices indeterminate sentencing with regard to any part 1 violent crime—

  (i) persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime on average serve not less than 85 percent of the prison term established under the State’s sentencing and release guidelines; or

  (ii) persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime on average serve not less than 85 percent of the maximum prison term allowed under the sentence imposed by the court (not counting time not actually served such as administrative or statutory incentives for good behavior); and

  (2) such State has provided assurances that it will follow guidelines established by the Attorney General in reporting, on a quarterly basis, information regarding the death of any person who is in the process of arrest, is en route to be incarcerated, or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, State prison, or other local or State correctional facility (including any juvenile facility) that, at a minimum, includes—

  (A) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the deceased;

  (B) the date, time, and location of death; and

  (C) a brief description of the circumstances surrounding the death.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12104(a)(1)(B)

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  (B) such State has truth-in-sentencing laws that have been enacted, but not yet implemented, that require such State, not later than 3 years after such State submits an application to the Attorney General, to provide that persons convicted of a part 1 violent crime serve not less than 85 percent of the sentence imposed (without counting time not actually served, such as administrative or statutory incentives for good behavior); or
• 34 U.S.C. § 12104(a)(2)

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  (2) such State has provided assurances that it will follow guidelines established by the Attorney General in reporting, on a quarterly basis, information regarding the death of any person who is in the process of arrest, is en route to be incarcerated, or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, State prison, or other local or State correctional facility (including any juvenile facility) that, at a minimum, includes—

  (A) the name, gender, race, ethnicity, and age of the deceased;

  (B) the date, time, and location of death; and

  (C) a brief description of the circumstances surrounding the death.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12105(b)(3)

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  (3) providing ombudsmen to monitor the treatment of juveniles who are detained or serving sentences under the jurisdiction of an adult criminal court in adult facilities, consistent with guidelines issued by the Assistant Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12105(c)

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  (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if a State, or unit of local government located in a State that otherwise meets the requirements of section 12103 or 12104 of this title, certifies to the Attorney General that exigent circumstances exist that require the State to expend funds to build or expand facilities to confine juvenile offenders other than juvenile offenders adjudicated delinquent for an act which, if committed by an adult, would be a part 1 violent crime, the State may use funds received under this part to build or expand juvenile correctional facilities or pretrial detention facilities for juvenile offenders.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12105(e)

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  (e) For purposes of this part, “part 1 violent crime” means a part 1 violent crime as defined in section 12101(3)¹ of this title, or a crime in a reasonably comparable class of serious violent crimes as approved by the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12106(c)

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  (c) If data regarding part 1 violent crimes in any State is substantially inaccurate or is unavailable for the 3 years preceding the year in which the determination is made, the Attorney General shall utilize the best available comparable data regarding the number of violent crimes for the previous year for the State for the purposes of allocation of funds under this part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12106(d)

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  (d) In determining the amount of funds that States organized as a regional compact may receive, the Attorney General shall first apply the formula in either subsection (a) or (b) and (c) of this section to each member State of the compact. The States organized as a regional compact may receive the sum of the amounts so determined.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12107(a)

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  (a) A State that receives funds under this part shall use accounting, audit, and fiscal procedures that conform to guidelines prescribed by the Attorney General, and shall ensure that any funds used to carry out the programs under section 12102(a) of this title shall represent the best value for the State governments at the lowest possible cost and employ the best available technology.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12107(b)

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  (b) The administrative provisions of sections 10221 and 10222 of this title shall apply to the Attorney General under this part in the same manner that such provisions apply to the officials listed in such sections.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12108(a)(2)(A)

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  (A) Of the amounts remaining after the allocation of funds for the purposes set forth under sections 12110, 12111, and 12109 of this title, the Attorney General shall, from amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year, distribute 50 percent for incarceration grants under section 12103 of this title, and 50 percent for incentive grants under section 12104 of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12108(a)(2)(B)

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  (B) The Attorney General shall distribute minimum amounts allocated for section 12103(a) of this title to an eligible State not later than 30 days after receiving an application that demonstrates that such State qualifies for a Violent Offender Incarceration grant under section 12103 of this title or a Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive grant under section 12104 of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12108(b)(3)

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  (3) Not more than 3 percent of the funds that remain available after carrying out sections 12109, 12110, and 12111 of this title shall be available to the Attorney General for purposes of—

  (A) administration;

  (B) research and evaluation, including assessment of the effect on public safety and other effects of the expansion of correctional capacity and sentencing reforms implemented pursuant to this part;

  (C) technical assistance relating to the use of grant funds, and development and implementation of sentencing reforms implemented pursuant to this part; and

  (D) data collection and improvement of information systems relating to the confinement of violent offenders and other sentencing and correctional matters.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12109(a)

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  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, of amounts made available to the Attorney General to carry out programs relating to offender incarceration, the Attorney General shall reserve $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12109(b)(1)

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  (1) From the amounts reserved under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall provide grants—

  (A) to Indian tribes for purposes of—

  (i) construction and maintenance of jails on Indian land for the incarceration of offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction;

  (ii) entering into contracts with private entities to increase the efficiency of the construction of tribal jails; and

  (iii) developing and implementing alternatives to incarceration in tribal jails;

  (B) to Indian tribes for the construction of tribal justice centers that combine tribal police, courts, and corrections services to address violations of tribal civil and criminal laws;

  (C) to consortia of Indian tribes for purposes of constructing and operating regional detention centers on Indian land for long-term incarceration of offenders subject to tribal jurisdiction, as the applicable consortium determines to be appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12109(b)(2)

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  (2) in¹ providing grants under this subsection, the Attorney General shall take into consideration applicable—

  (A) reservation crime rates;

  (B) annual tribal court convictions; and

  (C) bed space needs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12109(c)

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  (c) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an Indian tribe or consortium of Indian tribes, as applicable, shall submit to the Attorney General an application in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may by regulation require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12109(d)

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  (d) Not later than 1 year after July 29, 2010, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation with tribal leaders, tribal law enforcement officers, and tribal corrections officials, shall submit to Congress a long-term plan to address incarceration in Indian country, including—

  (1) a description of proposed activities for—

  (A) construction, operation, and maintenance of juvenile (in accordance with section 2453(a)(3) of title 25) and adult detention facilities (including regional facilities) in Indian country;

  (B) contracting with State and local detention centers, on approval of the affected tribal governments; and

  (C) alternatives to incarceration, developed in cooperation with tribal court systems;

  (2) an assessment and consideration of the construction of Federal detention facilities in Indian country; and

  (3) any other alternatives as the Attorney General, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation with Indian tribes, determines to be necessary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12109(d)(3)

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  (3) any other alternatives as the Attorney General, in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and in consultation with Indian tribes, determines to be necessary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12110(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall make a payment to each State which is eligible under section 1252(j)¹ of title 8 in such amount as is determined under section 1252(j)¹ of title 8, and for which payment is not made to such State for such fiscal year under such section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12110(d)

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  (d) Not later than May 15, 1999, the Attorney General shall submit a report to the Congress which contains the recommendation of the Attorney General concerning the extension of the program under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12111(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make payments to States and units of local government for the purposes authorized in section 4013 of title 18.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12112

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  Beginning on October 1, 1996, and each subsequent July 1 thereafter, the Attorney General shall report to the Congress on the implementation of this part, including a report on the eligibility of the States under sections 12103 and 12104 of this title, and the distribution and use of funds under this part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(b)

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  (b) Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Attorney General hereunder, in this section:

  (1) The term “dangerous sexual offense” means any offense under State law for conduct that would constitute an offense under chapter 109A of title 18 had the conduct occurred in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison.

  (2) The term “murder” has the meaning given the term in part I of the Uniform Crime Reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

  (3) The term “rape” has the meaning given the term in part I of the Uniform Crime Reports of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(c)(1)

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  (1) Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Attorney General hereunder, in any case in which a criminal-records-reporting State convicts an individual of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense, who has a prior conviction for any one of those offenses in a State described in paragraph (3), it may, under subsection (d), apply to the Attorney General for $10,000, for its related apprehension and prosecution costs, and $22,500 per year (up to a maximum of 5 years), for its related incarceration costs with both amounts for costs adjusted annually for the rate of inflation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(c)(2)

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  (2) Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Attorney General hereunder, in any case in which a criminal-records-reporting State convicts an individual of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense, who has a prior conviction for any one or more of those offenses in more than one other State described in paragraph (3), it may, under subsection (d), apply to the Attorney General for $10,000, for its related apprehension and prosecution costs, and $22,500 per year (up to a maximum of 5 years), for its related incarceration costs with both amounts for costs adjusted annually for the rate of inflation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(c)(3)

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  (3) Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Attorney General hereunder, a State is described in this paragraph unless—

  (A) the term of imprisonment imposed by the State on the individual described in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, was not less than the average term of imprisonment imposed for that offense in all States; or

  (B) with respect to the individual described in paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, the individual had served not less than 85 percent of the term of imprisonment to which that individual was sentenced for the prior offense.

  For purposes of subparagraph (B), in a State that has indeterminate sentencing, the term of imprisonment to which that individual was sentenced for the prior offense shall be based on the lower of the range of sentences.
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  (d) In order to receive an amount under subsection (c), the chief executive of a State shall submit to the Attorney General an application, in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require, which shall include a certification that the State has convicted an individual of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense, who has a prior conviction for one of those offenses in another State.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(e)(1)

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  (1) Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Attorney General hereunder, any amount under subsection (c) shall be derived by reducing the amount of Federal law enforcement assistance funds received by the State pursuant to section 10156 of this title that convicted such individual of the prior offense before the distribution of the funds to the State. No amount described under this section shall be subject to section 3335(b) or 6503(d) of title 31¹
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(e)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General, in consultation with the chief executive of the State that convicted such individual of the prior offense, shall establish a payment schedule.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(g)

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  (g) Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the Attorney General hereunder, this section does not apply if the individual convicted of murder, rape, or a dangerous sexual offense has been released from prison upon the reversal of a conviction for an offense described in subsection (c) and subsequently been convicted for an offense described in subsection (c).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(h)

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  (h) The Attorney General shall—

  (1) conduct a study evaluating the implementation of this section; and

  (2) not later than October 1, 2006, submit to Congress a report on the results of that study.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(i)(1)

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  (1) Beginning with calendar year 2002, and each calendar year thereafter, the Attorney General shall collect and maintain information relating to, with respect to each State (where practicable)—

  (A) the number of convictions during that calendar year for—

  (i) any dangerous sexual offense;

  (ii) rape; and

  (iii) murder; and

  (B) the number of convictions described in subparagraph (A) that constitute second or subsequent convictions of the defendant of an offense described in that subparagraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12113(i)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall submit to Congress—

  (A) a report, by not later than 6 months after January 5, 2006, that provides national estimates of the nature and extent of recidivism (with an emphasis on interstate recidivism) by State inmates convicted of murder, rape, and dangerous sexual offenses;

  (B) a report, by not later than October 1, 2007, and October 1 of each year thereafter, that provides statistical analysis and criminal history profiles of interstate recidivists identified in any State applications under this section; and

  (C) reports, at regular intervals not to exceed every five years, that include the information described in paragraph (1).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12122(a)

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  (a) In the administration of each grant program funded by appropriations authorized by this Act or by an amendment made by this Act, the Attorney General shall encourage—

  (1) innovative methods for the low-cost construction of facilities to be constructed, converted, or expanded and the low-cost operation of such facilities and the reduction of administrative costs and overhead expenses; and

  (2) the use of surplus Federal property.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12122(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General may make an assessment of the cost efficiency and utility of using modular, prefabricated, precast, and pre-engineered construction components and designs for housing nonviolent criminals.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12123(a)

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  (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General shall jointly conduct a study of all military installations selected before September 13, 1994, to be closed pursuant to a base closure law for the purpose of evaluating the suitability of any of these installations, or portions of these installations, for conversion into Federal prison facilities. As part of the study, the Secretary and the Attorney General shall identify the military installations so evaluated that are most suitable for conversion into Federal prison facilities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12123(b)

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  (b) In evaluating the suitability of a military installation for conversion into a Federal prison facility, the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney General shall consider the estimated cost to convert the installation into a prison facility and such other factors as the Secretary and the Attorney General consider to be appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12123(d)(1)

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  (1) In determining where to locate any new Federal prison facility, and in accordance with the Department of Justice’s duty to review and identify a use for any portion of an installation closed pursuant to title II of the Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100–526) and the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of Public Law 101–510), the Attorney General shall—

  (A) consider whether using any portion of a military installation closed or scheduled to be closed in the region pursuant to a base closure law provides a cost-effective alternative to the purchase of real property or construction of new prison facilities;

  (B) consider whether such use is consistent with a reutilization and redevelopment plan; and

  (C) give consideration to any installation located in a rural area the closure of which will have a substantial adverse impact on the economy of the local communities and on the ability of the communities to sustain an economic recovery from such closure.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12123(d)(2)

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  (2) With regard to paragraph (1)(B), consent must be obtained from the local re-use authority for the military installation, recognized and funded by the Secretary of Defense, before the Attorney General may proceed with plans for the design or construction of a prison at the installation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12123(d)(3)

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  (3) Before proceeding with plans for the design or construction of a Federal prison, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report explaining the basis of the decision on where to locate the new prison facility.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12123(d)(4)

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  (4) If the Attorney General decides not to utilize any portion of a closed military installation or an installation scheduled to be closed for locating a prison, the report shall include an analysis of why installations in the region, the use of which as a prison would be consistent with a reutilization and redevelopment plan, does not provide a cost-effective alternative to the purchase of real property or construction of new prison facilities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12124(c)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall establish within the Department of Justice an Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement. The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12124(c)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall carry out this subsection not later than 6 months after September 13, 1994.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12124(d)

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  (d) The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall—

  (1) assist in coordinating the activities of the Federal Bonding Program of the Department of Labor, the activities of the Department of Labor related to the certification of eligibility for targeted jobs credits under section 51 of title 26 with respect to ex-offenders, and any other correctional job training or placement program of the Department of Justice or Department of Labor;

  (2) provide technical assistance to State and local employment and training agencies that—

  (A) receive financial assistance under this Act; or

  (B) receive financial assistance through other programs carried out by the Department of Justice or Department of Labor, for activities related to the development of employability;

  (3) prepare and implement the use of special staff training materials, and methods, for developing the staff competencies needed by State and local agencies to assist incarcerated persons and ex-offenders in gaining marketable occupational skills and job placement;

  (4) prepare and submit to Congress an annual report on the activities of the Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement, and the status of correctional job training or placement programs in the United States;

  (5) cooperate with other Federal agencies carrying out correctional job training or placement programs to ensure coordination of such programs throughout the United States;

  (6) consult with, and provide outreach to—

  (A) State job training coordinating councils, administrative entities, and private industry councils, with respect to programs carried out under this Act; and

  (B) other State and local officials, with respect to other employment or training programs carried out by the Department of Justice or Department of Labor;

  (7) collect from States information on the training accomplishments and employment outcomes of a sample of incarcerated persons and ex-offenders who were served by employment or training programs carried out, or that receive financial assistance through programs carried out, by the Department of Justice or Department of Labor; and

  (A) collect from States and local governments information on the development and implementation of correctional job training or placement programs; and

  (B) disseminate such information, as appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12131(a)(1)(A)

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  (A) shall include the Attorney General, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 12141(a)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may award grants to not more than 15 chronic high intensive crime areas to develop comprehensive model crime prevention programs that—

  (A) involve and utilize a broad spectrum of community resources, including nonprofit community organizations, law enforcement organizations, and appropriate State and Federal agencies, including the State educational agencies;

  (B) attempt to relieve conditions that encourage crime; and

  (C) provide meaningful and lasting alternatives to involvement in crime.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12141(a)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may consult with the Ounce of Prevention Council in awarding grants under paragraph (1).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12141(b)

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  (b) In awarding grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give priority to proposals that—

  (1) are innovative in approach to the prevention of crime in a specific area;

  (2) vary in approach to ensure that comparisons of different models may be made; and

  (3) coordinate crime prevention programs funded under this program with other existing Federal programs to address the overall needs of communities that benefit from grants received under this subchapter.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12142(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall issue and publish in the Federal Register guidelines that describe suggested purposes for which funds under approved programs may be used.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12142(c)

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  (c) In disbursing funds under this part, the Attorney General shall ensure the distribution of awards equitably on a geographic basis, including urban and rural areas of varying population and geographic size.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12144(1)

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  (1) prepare and submit to the Attorney General an application in such form, at such time, and in accordance with such procedures, as the Attorney General shall establish; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 12145

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  Not later than December 31, 1998, the Attorney General shall prepare and submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House and Senate an evaluation of the model programs developed under this part and make recommendations regarding the implementation of a national crime prevention program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12146

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  In this part—
• 34 U.S.C. § 12161

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  (a) Short title
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(a)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may make grants to qualified community organizations to assist in meeting the costs of qualified programs which are designed to recruit and retain applicants to police departments.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(a)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may consult with the Ounce of Prevention Council in making grants under paragraph (1).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(d)

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  (d) To qualify for a grant under subsection (a), a qualified organization shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form as the Attorney General may prescribe. Such application shall—

  (1) include documentation from the applicant showing—

  (A) the need for the grant;

  (B) the intended use of grant funds;

  (C) expected results from the use of grant funds; and

  (D) demographic characteristics of the population to be served, including age, disability, race, ethnicity, and languages used; and

  (2) contain assurances satisfactory to the Attorney General that the program for which a grant is made will meet the applicable requirements of the program guidelines prescribed by the Attorney General under subsection (i).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(d)(2)

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  (2) contain assurances satisfactory to the Attorney General that the program for which a grant is made will meet the applicable requirements of the program guidelines prescribed by the Attorney General under subsection (i).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(e)

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  (e) Not later than 60 days after the date that an application for a grant under subsection (a) is received, the Attorney General shall consult with the police department which will be involved with the applicant and shall—

  (1) approve the application and disburse the grant funds applied for; or

  (2) disapprove the application and inform the applicant that the application is not approved and provide the applicant with the reasons for the disapproval.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(f)

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  (f) The Attorney General shall disburse funds under a grant under subsection (a) in accordance with regulations of the Attorney General which shall ensure—

  (1) priority is given to applications for areas and organizations with the greatest showing of need;

  (2) that grant funds are equitably distributed on a geographic basis; and

  (3) the needs of underserved populations are recognized and addressed.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(h)(1)

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  (1) For each year of a grant period for a grant under subsection (a), the recipient of the grant shall file a performance report with the Attorney General explaining the activities carried out with the funds received and assessing the effectiveness of such activities in meeting the purpose of the recipient’s qualified program.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(h)(3)

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  (3) The Attorney General shall suspend the funding of a grant, pending compliance, if the recipient of the grant does not file the report required by this subsection or uses the grant for a purpose not authorized by this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12171(i)

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  (i) The Attorney General shall, by regulation, prescribe guidelines on content and results for programs receiving a grant under subsection (a). Such guidelines shall be designed to establish programs which will be effective in training individuals to enter instructional programs for police departments and shall include requirements for—

  (1) individuals providing recruiting services;

  (2) individuals providing tutorials and other academic assistance programs;

  (3) individuals providing retention services; and

  (4) the content and duration of recruitment, retention, and counseling programs and the means and devices used to publicize such programs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12221(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants to State, Indian tribal, or local prosecutors for the purpose of supporting the creation or expansion of community-based justice programs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12221(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General may consult with the Ounce of Prevention Council in making grants under subsection (a).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12222

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  Grants made by the Attorney General under this section shall be used—
• 34 U.S.C. § 12223(a)

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  (a) In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this part¹ for any fiscal year, a State, Indian tribal, or local prosecutor, in conjunction with the chief executive officer of the jurisdiction in which the program will be placed, shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12223(b)(4)

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  (4) statistical information in such form and containing such information that the Attorney General may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12224(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall use not more than 5 percent of the funds available under this program for the purposes of administration and technical assistance.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12224(b)(1)

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  (1) the Attorney General determines that the funds made available to the recipient during the previous years were used in a manner required under the approved application; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 12224(b)(2)

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  (2) the Attorney General determines that an additional grant is necessary to implement the community prosecution program described in the comprehensive plan required by section 12223 of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12225

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  The Attorney General shall consider the following facts in awarding grants:
• 34 U.S.C. § 12225(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall attempt, to the extent practicable, to achieve an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12226(a)

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  (a) State and local prosecutors that receive funds under this part shall submit to the Attorney General a report not later than March 1 of each year that describes progress achieved in carrying out the plan described under section 12223(c) of this title.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12226(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a report by October 1 of each year in which grants are made available under this part which shall contain a detailed statement regarding grant awards, activities of grant recipients, a compilation of statistical information submitted by applicants, and an evaluation of programs established under this part.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12251(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants, on a competitive basis, to States to carry out in accordance with this part family unity demonstration projects that enable eligible offenders to live in community correctional facilities with their children.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12251(b)

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  (b) For the purpose of making grants under subsection (a), the Attorney General shall give preference to a State that includes in the application required by section 12252 of this title assurances that if the State receives a grant—

  (1) both the State corrections agency and the State health and human services agency will participate substantially in, and cooperate closely in all aspects of, the development and operation of the family unity demonstration project for which such a grant is requested;

  (2) boards made up of community members, including residents, local businesses, corrections officials, former prisoners, child development professionals, educators, and maternal and child health professionals will be established to advise the State regarding the operation of such project;

  (3) the State has in effect a policy that provides for the placement of all prisoners, whenever possible, in correctional facilities for which they qualify that are located closest to their respective family homes;

  (4) unless the Attorney General determines that a longer timeline is appropriate in a particular case, the State will implement the project not later than 180 days after receiving a grant under subsection (a) and will expend all of the grant during a 1-year period;

  (5) the State has the capacity to continue implementing a community correctional facility beyond the funding period to ensure the continuity of the work;

  (6) unless the Attorney General determines that a different process for selecting participants in a project is desirable, the State will—

  (A) give written notice to a prisoner, not later than 30 days after the State first receives a grant under subsection (a) or 30 days after the prisoner is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 7 years (whichever is later), of the proposed or current operation of the project;

  (B) accept at any time at which the project is in operation an application by a prisoner to participate in the project if, at the time of application, the remainder of the prisoner’s sentence exceeds 180 days;

  (C) review applications by prisoners in the sequence in which the State receives such applications; and

  (D) not more than 50 days after reviewing such applications approve or disapprove the application; and

  (7) for the purposes of selecting eligible offenders to participate in such project, the State has authorized State courts to sentence an eligible offender directly to a community correctional facility, provided that the court gives assurances that the offender would have otherwise served a term of imprisonment.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12251(b)(4)

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  (4) unless the Attorney General determines that a longer timeline is appropriate in a particular case, the State will implement the project not later than 180 days after receiving a grant under subsection (a) and will expend all of the grant during a 1-year period;
• 34 U.S.C. § 12251(b)(6)

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  (6) unless the Attorney General determines that a different process for selecting participants in a project is desirable, the State will—

  (A) give written notice to a prisoner, not later than 30 days after the State first receives a grant under subsection (a) or 30 days after the prisoner is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than 7 years (whichever is later), of the proposed or current operation of the project;

  (B) accept at any time at which the project is in operation an application by a prisoner to participate in the project if, at the time of application, the remainder of the prisoner’s sentence exceeds 180 days;

  (C) review applications by prisoners in the sequence in which the State receives such applications; and

  (D) not more than 50 days after reviewing such applications approve or disapprove the application; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 12251(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall make grants under subsection (a) on a competitive basis, based on such criteria as the Attorney General shall issue by rule and taking into account the preferences described in subsection (b).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12252

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  To be eligible to receive a grant under section 12251 of this title, a State shall submit to the Attorney General an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Attorney General reasonably may require by rule.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12253(a)

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  (a) A State that receives a grant under this subpart¹ shall, not later than 90 days after the 1-year period in which the grant is required to be expended, submit a report to the Attorney General regarding the family unity demonstration project for which the grant was expended.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12261(a)

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  (a) With the funds available to carry out this part for the benefit of Federal prisoners, the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, shall select eligible prisoners to live in community correctional facilities with their children.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12261(b)

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  (b) In implementing this part,¹ the Attorney General may enter into contracts with appropriate public or private agencies to provide housing, sustenance, services, and supervision of inmates eligible for placement in community correctional facilities under this part.¹
• 34 U.S.C. § 12261(c)

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  (c) At the discretion of the Attorney General, Federal participants may be placed in State projects as defined in subpart 1. For such participants, the Attorney General shall, with funds available under section 13883(b)(2)¹ of title 42, reimburse the State for all project costs related to the Federal participant’s placement, including administrative costs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12262

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  For the purpose of placing Federal participants in a family unity demonstration project under section 12261 of this title, the Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding the development and operation of the project.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12271(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institute of Corrections, shall develop and disseminate to appropriate entities, including State, Indian tribal, and local correctional institutions and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis among inmates of correctional institutions and persons held in holding facilities operated by or under contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12271(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall ensure that prisons in the Federal prison system and holding facilities operated by or under contract with the Immigration and Naturalization Service comply with the guidelines described in subsection (a).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12271(c)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall make grants to State, Indian tribal, and local correction authorities and public health authorities to assist in establishing and operating programs for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and followup care of tuberculosis among inmates of correctional institutions.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12281(a)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall establish not less than 50 Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) projects, to be located in communities across the country, in addition to the number of projects currently funded.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12281(a)(2)

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  (2) Communities identified for such GREAT projects shall be selected by the Attorney General on the basis of gang-related activity in that particular community.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12281(a)(3)

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  (3) The Attorney General shall make available not less than $800,000 per project, subject to the availability of appropriations, and such funds shall be allocated—

  (A) 50 percent to the affected State and local law enforcement and prevention organizations participating in such projects; and

  (B) 50 percent to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Department of Justice for salaries, expenses, and associated administrative costs for operating and overseeing such projects.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(a)(46)

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  (46) The term “underserved populations” means populations who face barriers in accessing and using victim services, and includes populations underserved because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, underserved racial and ethnic populations, populations underserved because of special needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any other population determined to be underserved by the Attorney General or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(1)(B)(i)

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  (i) petitions for a waiver of any match condition imposed by the Attorney General or the Secretaries of Health and Human Services or Housing and Urban Development; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(1)(B)(ii)

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  (ii) whose petition for waiver is determined by the Attorney General or the Secretaries of Health and Human Services or Housing and Urban Development to have adequately demonstrated the financial need of the petitioning entity.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(2)(F)

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  (F) Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the Attorney General from disclosing grant activities authorized in this Act to the chairman and ranking members of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate exercising Congressional oversight authority. All disclosures shall protect confidentiality and omit personally identifying information, including location information about individuals.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(13)(C)

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  (C) The authority of the Attorney General and the Office of Justice Programs to enforce this paragraph shall be the same as it is under section 10228 of this title.²
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)

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  (15) All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this Act shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:

  (i) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act,² and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under this Act to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.

  (ii) In this paragraph, the term “unresolved audit finding” means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is issued.

  (iii) A recipient of grant funds under this Act that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall be eligible to receive prompt, individualized technical assistance to resolve the audit finding and to prevent future findings, for a period not to exceed the following 2 fiscal years.

  (iv) In awarding grants under this Act, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible entities that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years prior to submitting an application for a grant under this Act.

  (v) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall—

  (I) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (II) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.

  (i) For purposes of this paragraph and the grant programs described in this Act, the term “nonprofit organization” means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.

  (ii) The Attorney General may not award a grant under any grant program described in this Act to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.

  (iii) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under a grant program described in this Act and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subsection available for public inspection.

  (i) No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this Act may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or organization awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this Act, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $100,000 in Department funds, unless the Director or Principal Deputy Director of the Office on Violence Against Women or the Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host a conference.

  (ii) Written approval under clause (i) shall include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the cost of all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and any entertainment.

  (iii) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all approved conference expenditures referenced in this paragraph.

  (D) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act,² the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification that—

  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under subparagraph (A)(iii) have been issued;

  (iii) all reimbursements required under subparagraph (A)(v) have been made; and

  (iv) includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under subparagraph (A) from the previous year.
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  (iv) In awarding grants under this Act, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible entities that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years prior to submitting an application for a grant under this Act.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)(A)(v)

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  (v) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this Act during the 2-fiscal-year period in which the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph (2), the Attorney General shall—

  (I) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (II) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)(B)(ii)

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  (ii) The Attorney General may not award a grant under any grant program described in this Act to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)(B)(iii)

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  (iii) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under a grant program described in this Act and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subsection available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)(C)(i)

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  (i) No amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Justice under this Act may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or organization awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this Act, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $100,000 in Department funds, unless the Director or Principal Deputy Director of the Office on Violence Against Women or the Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as the Deputy Attorney General may designate, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host a conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)(C)(iii)

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  (iii) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all approved conference expenditures referenced in this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)(D)

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  (D) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act,² the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification that—

  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under subparagraph (A)(iii) have been issued;

  (iii) all reimbursements required under subparagraph (A)(v) have been made; and

  (iv) includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under subparagraph (A) from the previous year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12291(b)(15)(D)(i)

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  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
• 34 U.S.C. § 12311(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, after consultation with victim advocates and individuals who have expertise in treating sex offenders, shall establish criteria and develop training programs to assist probation and parole officers and other personnel who work with released sex offenders in the areas of—

  (1) case management;

  (2) supervision; and

  (3) relapse prevention.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12311(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that training programs developed under subsection (a) are available in geographically diverse locations throughout the country.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12312(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall—

  (1) study and evaluate the manner in which the States have taken measures to protect the confidentiality of communications between sexual assault or domestic violence victims and their therapists or trained counselors;

  (2) develop model legislation that will provide the maximum protection possible for the confidentiality of such communications, within any applicable constitutional limits, taking into account the following factors:

  (A) the danger that counseling programs for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence will be unable to achieve their goal of helping victims recover from the trauma associated with these crimes if there is no assurance that the records of the counseling sessions will be kept confidential;

  (B) consideration of the appropriateness of an absolute privilege for communications between victims of sexual assault or domestic violence and their therapists or trained counselors, in light of the likelihood that such an absolute privilege will provide the maximum guarantee of confidentiality but also in light of the possibility that such an absolute privilege may be held to violate the rights of criminal defendants under the Federal or State constitutions by denying them the opportunity to obtain exculpatory evidence and present it at trial; and

  (C) consideration of what limitations on the disclosure of confidential communications between victims of these crimes and their counselors, short of an absolute privilege, are most likely to ensure that the counseling programs will not be undermined, and specifically whether no such disclosure should be allowed unless, at a minimum, there has been a particularized showing by a criminal defendant of a compelling need for records of such communications, and adequate procedural safeguards are in place to prevent unnecessary or damaging disclosures; and

  (3) prepare and disseminate to State authorities the findings made and model legislation developed as a result of the study and evaluation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12312(b)

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  (b) Not later than the date that is 1 year after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General shall report to the Congress—

  (1) the findings of the study and the model legislation required by this section; and

  (2) recommendations based on the findings on the need for and appropriateness of further action by the Federal Government.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12313

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  The Attorney General shall compile information regarding sex offender treatment programs and ensure that information regarding community treatment programs in the community into which a convicted sex offender is released is made available to each person serving a sentence of imprisonment in a Federal penal or correctional institution for a commission of an offense under chapter 109A of title 18 or for the commission of a similar offense, including halfway houses and psychiatric institutions.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12331(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall request the National Academy of Sciences, through its National Research Council, to enter into a contract to develop a research agenda to increase the understanding and control of violence against women, including rape and domestic violence. In furtherance of the contract, the National Academy shall convene a panel of nationally recognized experts on violence against women, in the fields of law, medicine, criminal justice, and direct services to victims and experts on domestic violence in diverse, ethnic, social, and language minority communities and the social sciences. In setting the agenda, the Academy shall focus primarily on preventive, educative, social, and legal strategies, including addressing the needs of underserved populations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12331(b)

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  (b) If the National Academy of Sciences declines to conduct the study and develop a research agenda, it shall recommend a nonprofit private entity that is qualified to conduct such a study. In that case, the Attorney General shall carry out subsection (a) through the nonprofit private entity recommended by the Academy. In either case, whether the study is conducted by the National Academy of Sciences or by the nonprofit group it recommends, the funds for the contract shall be made available from sums appropriated for the conduct of research by the National Institute of Justice.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12331(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall ensure that no later than 1 year after September 13, 1994, the study required under subsection (a) is completed and a report describing the findings made is submitted to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12332(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall study and report to the States and to Congress on how the States may collect centralized databases on the incidence of sexual and domestic violence offenses within a State.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12332(b)

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  (b) In conducting its study, the Attorney General shall consult persons expert in the collection of criminal justice data, State statistical administrators, law enforcement personnel, and nonprofit nongovernmental agencies that provide direct services to victims of domestic violence. The final report shall set forth the views of the persons consulted on the recommendations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12332(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall ensure that no later than 1 year after September 13, 1994, the study required under subsection (a) is completed and a report describing the findings made is submitted to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12341(b)

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  (b) The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (referred to in this section as the “Director”), may award grants to States, Indian tribes, local governments, and nonprofit, public or private entities, including tribal nonprofit organizations, to carry out programs serving rural areas or rural communities that address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by—

  (1) implementing, expanding, and establishing cooperative efforts and projects among law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim service providers, and other related parties to investigate and prosecute incidents of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including developing multidisciplinary teams focusing on high risk cases with the goal of preventing domestic and dating violence homicides;

  (2) providing treatment, counseling, advocacy, legal assistance, and other long-term and short-term victim and population specific services to adult and minor victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking in rural communities, including assistance in immigration matters;

  (3) working in cooperation with the community to develop education and prevention strategies directed toward such issues; and

  (4) developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs addressing sexual assault, including sexual assault forensic examiner programs, Sexual Assault Response Teams, law enforcement training, and programs addressing rape kit backlogs;

  (5) developing programs and strategies that focus on the specific needs of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking who reside in remote rural and geographically isolated areas, including addressing the challenges posed by the lack of access to quality forensic sexual assault examinations by trained health care providers, shelters, and victims services, and limited law enforcement resources and training, and providing training and resources to Community Health Aides involved in the delivery of Indian Health Service programs.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12351(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, acting in consultation with the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Health and Human Services, shall award grants under this section to States, units of local government, Indian tribes, and other organizations, including domestic violence and sexual assault victim service providers, domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, other nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations, population-specific organizations, or community-based and culturally specific organizations, that have a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking (referred to in this section as the “recipient”) to carry out programs to provide assistance to minors, adults, and their dependents—

  (1) who are homeless, or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of a situation of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; and

  (2) for whom emergency shelter services or other crisis intervention services are unavailable or insufficient.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12351(d)(1)

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  (1) Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12351(d)(2)(C)

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  (C) provide such additional assurances as the Attorney General determines to be essential to ensure compliance with the requirements of this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12351(e)(1)

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  (1) A recipient of a grant under this section shall annually prepare and submit to the Attorney General a report describing—

  (A) the number of minors, adults, and dependents assisted under this section; and

  (B) the types of housing assistance and support services provided under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12351(f)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General, with the Director of the Violence Against Women Office, shall prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a compilation of the information contained in the report submitted under subsection (e) of this section not later than 1 month after the end of each even-numbered fiscal year.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12351(f)(2)

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  (2) In order to coordinate efforts to assist the victims of domestic violence, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Director of the Violence Against Women Office, shall transmit a copy of the report submitted under paragraph (1) to—

  (A) the Office of Community Planning and Development at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and

  (B) the Office of Women’s Health at the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12392(b)

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  (b) Not later than January 1, 1997, the Attorney General shall establish and implement a program that—

  (1) studies the linkage between statutory rape and teenage pregnancy, particularly by predatory older men committing repeat offenses; and

  (2) educates State and local criminal law enforcement officials on the prevention and prosecution of statutory rape, focusing in particular on the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses, and any links to teenage pregnancy.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12392(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall ensure that the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women initiative addresses the issue of statutory rape, particularly the commission of statutory rape by predatory older men committing repeat offenses.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12401(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General is authorized to provide grants to States and units of local government to improve and implement processes for entering data regarding stalking and domestic violence into local, State, and national crime information databases.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12403

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  An application for a grant under this part shall be submitted in such form and manner, and contain such information, as the Attorney General may prescribe. In addition, applications shall include documentation showing—
• 34 U.S.C. § 12404

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  Not later than 90 days after the receipt of an application under this part, the Attorney General shall either provide grant funds or shall inform the applicant why grant funds are not being provided.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12405

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  The Attorney General may provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the purposes of this part, and may provide for the evaluation of programs that receive funds under this part, in addition to any evaluation requirements that the Attorney General may prescribe for grantees. The technical assistance, training, and evaluations authorized by this section may be carried out directly by the Attorney General, or through contracts or other arrangements with other entities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12408

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  Not later than 2 years after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General, in accordance with the States, shall compile data regarding domestic violence and intimidation (including stalking) as part of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12409

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  Each even-numbered fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to the Congress a biennial report that provides information concerning the incidence of stalking and domestic violence, and evaluates the effectiveness of State antistalking efforts and legislation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12421

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  The Attorney General shall make grants to eligible entities in accordance with the following:
• 34 U.S.C. § 12421(1)(C)

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  (C) The Attorney General may waive 1 or more of the activities described in subparagraph (A) upon making a determination that the activity would duplicate services available in the community.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12421(3)

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  (3) In making grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to proposals providing services to culturally specific and underserved populations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12431(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with national nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations whose primary expertise is in domestic violence, shall establish a task force to coordinate research on domestic violence and to report to Congress on any overlapping or duplication of efforts on domestic violence issues. The task force shall be comprised of representatives from all Federal agencies that fund such research.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12441

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  The Attorney General, through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, may award grants under this part to States, Indian tribes, territories, or local agencies or nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations to ensure that personally identifying information of adult, youth, and child victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, and dating violence shall not be released or disclosed to the detriment of such victimized persons.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12451(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, working in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education, shall award grants to enhance the safety of youth and children who are victims of, or exposed to, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or sex trafficking and prevent future violence.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12451(h)

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  (h) The Attorney General shall prioritize grant applications under this section that coordinate with prevention programs in the community.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12463(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Education, is authorized to award grants for the purpose of preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by focusing on men and youth as leaders and influencers of social norms.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12463(d)(3)

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  (3) In selecting grant recipients under this section, the Attorney General shall give preference to applicants that—

  (A) include outcome-based evaluation;

  (B) identify any other community, school, or State-based efforts that are working on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking prevention and explain how the grantee or partnership will add value, coordinate with other programs, and not duplicate existing efforts; and

  (C) include a focus on the unmet needs of underserved populations.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12464(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General may make grants to States, units of local government, courts (including juvenile courts), Indian tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, legal services providers, and victim services providers to improve the response of all aspects of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, or in cases involving allegations of child sexual abuse.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12464(c)(1)

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  (1) In making grants for purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (b), the Attorney General shall consider—

  (A) the number of families to be served by the proposed programs and services;

  (B) the extent to which the proposed programs and services serve underserved populations;

  (C) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates cooperation and collaboration with nonprofit, nongovernmental entities in the local community with demonstrated histories of effective work on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including State or tribal domestic violence coalitions, State or tribal sexual assault coalitions, local shelters, and programs for domestic violence and sexual assault victims; and

  (D) the extent to which the applicant demonstrates coordination and collaboration with State, tribal, and local court systems, including mechanisms for communication and referral.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12464(c)(2)

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  (2) In making grants under subsection (b)(8) the Attorney General shall take into account the extent to which the grantee has expertise addressing the judicial system’s handling of family violence, child custody, child abuse and neglect, adoption, foster care, supervised visitation, divorce, and parentage.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12464(d)

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  (d) The Attorney General may make a grant under this section to an applicant that—

  (1) demonstrates expertise in the areas of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or child sexual abuse, as appropriate;

  (2) ensures that any fees charged to individuals for use of supervised visitation programs and services are based on the income of those individuals, unless otherwise provided by court order;

  (3) for a court-based program, certifies that victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking are not charged fees or any other costs related to the filing, petitioning, modifying, issuance, registration, enforcement, withdrawal, or dismissal of matters relating to the domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking;

  (4) demonstrates that adequate security measures, including adequate facilities, procedures, and personnel capable of preventing violence, and adequate standards are, or will be, in place (including the development of protocols or policies to ensure that confidential information is not shared with courts, law enforcement agencies, or child welfare agencies unless necessary to ensure the safety of any child or adult using the services of a program funded under this section), if the applicant proposes to operate supervised visitation programs and services or safe visitation exchange;

  (5) certifies that the organizational policies of the applicant do not require mediation or counseling involving offenders and victims being physically present in the same place, in cases where domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking is alleged;

  (6) certifies that any person providing legal assistance through a program funded under this section has completed or will complete training on domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, including child sexual abuse, and related legal issues; and

  (7) certifies that any person providing custody evaluation or guardian ad litem services through a program funded under this section has completed or will complete training developed with input from and in collaboration with a tribal, State, territorial, or local domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victim service provider or coalition on the dynamics of domestic violence and sexual assault, including child sexual abuse, that includes training on how to review evidence of past abuse and the use of evidenced-based theories to make recommendations on custody and visitation.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12475(b)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women of the Department of Justice (“Director”), and in consultation with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (“Secretary”), and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administration for Children, Youth and Families (“ACYF”), shall award grants and contracts for not less than 2 years to eligible grantees to promote the full and equal access to and use of housing by adult and youth victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12475(b)(3)

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  (3) The Attorney General shall award grants and contracts under this section on a competitive basis.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12475(c)(2)(E)

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  (E) its policies and practices will be in compliance with those described in this paragraph within the later of 1 year or a period selected by the Attorney General in consultation with the Secretary and ACYF.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12475(d)

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  (d) Each eligible entity seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such a time, in such a manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12475(h)

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  (h) Up to 12 percent of the amount appropriated under subsection (g) for each fiscal year shall be used by the Attorney General for technical assistance costs under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12494(c)

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  (c) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Attorney General shall implement and enforce this subpart consistent with, and in a manner that provides, the rights and remedies provided for in title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12495(d)

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  (d) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Attorney General shall implement and enforce this subpart consistent with, and in a manner that provides, the same rights and remedies as those provided for in title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12501(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, may award a grant to an eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entity or tribal organization, in order to provide for the establishment and operation of a national resource center on workplace responses to assist victims of domestic and sexual violence and sexual harassment. The resource center shall provide information and assistance to employers, labor organizations, and victim service providers to aid in their efforts to develop and implement responses to such violence.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12501(b)

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  (b) To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity or organization shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require, including—

  (1) information that demonstrates that the entity or organization has nationally recognized expertise in the area of domestic or sexual violence;

  (2) a plan to maximize, to the extent practicable, outreach to employers (including private companies, public entities such as public institutions of higher education and State and local governments, and employers with fewer than 20 employees) and labor organizations described in subsection (a) concerning developing and implementing workplace responses to assist victims of domestic or sexual violence; and

  (3) a plan for developing materials and training for materials for employers that address the needs of employees in cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sexual harassment impacting the workplace, including the needs of underserved communities, which materials shall include a website with resources for employers with fewer than 20 employees, including live training materials.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(b)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall award grants to States and territories to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of rape crisis centers and other nongovernmental or tribal programs and projects to assist individuals who have been victimized by sexual assault, without regard to the age of the individual.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(b)(3)(A)

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  (A) Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time and in such manner as the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(b)(3)(B)(iv)

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  (iv) meet other such requirements as the Attorney General reasonably determines are necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(b)(4)

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  (4) The Attorney General shall allocate to each State (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) not less than 1.50 percent of the total amount appropriated in a fiscal year for grants under this section, except that the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall each be allocated 0.5 percent of the total appropriations. The remaining funds shall be allotted to each State and each territory in an amount that bears the same ratio to such remaining funds as the population of such State and such territory bears to the population of all the States and the territories.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(c)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall award grants to eligible entities to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of culturally specific intervention and related assistance for victims of sexual assault.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(c)(3)

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  (3) The Attorney General shall award grants under this section on a competitive basis.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(c)(4)

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  (4) The Attorney General shall not use more than 2.5 percent of funds appropriated under this subsection in any year for administration, monitoring, and evaluation of grants made available under this subsection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(c)(5)

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  (5) The Attorney General shall make grants under this section for a period of no less than 2 fiscal years.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(c)(6)

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  (6) The Attorney General shall provide technical assistance to recipients of grants under this subsection by entering into a cooperative agreement or contract with a national, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization or organizations whose primary focus and expertise is in addressing sexual assault within culturally specific communities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(c)(7)

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  (7) Each entity receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit a report to the Attorney General that describes the activities carried out with such grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(d)(1)(A)

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  (A) The Attorney General shall award grants to State, territorial, and tribal sexual assault coalitions to assist in supporting the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of such coalitions.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(d)(3)(B)

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  (B) the remaining funds shall be available for grants to State and territorial coalitions, and the Attorney General shall allocate an amount equal to ¹⁄₅₆ of the amounts so appropriated to each of those State and territorial coalitions.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(d)(4)

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  (4) Each eligible entity desiring a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General determines to be essential to carry out the purposes of this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(e)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General may award grants to Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and nonprofit tribal organizations for the operation of sexual assault programs or projects in Indian tribal lands and Alaska Native villages to support the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of programs and projects to assist those victimized by sexual assault.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12511(f)(2)(A)

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  (A) not more than 2.5 percent shall be used by the Attorney General for evaluation, monitoring, and other administrative costs under this section;
• 34 U.S.C. § 12512(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), shall establish a joint working group (referred to in this section as the “Working Group”) to develop, coordinate, and disseminate best practices regarding the care and treatment of sexual assault survivors and the preservation of forensic evidence.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12512(c)

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  (c) The Working Group shall be composed of governmental or nongovernmental agency heads at the discretion of the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12512(e)

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  (e) Not later than 2 years after October 7, 2016, the Working Group shall submit to the Attorney General, the Secretary, and Congress a report containing the findings and recommended actions of the Working Group.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12513(a)(1)

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  (1) the term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General, acting through the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women;
• 34 U.S.C. § 12513(b)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities to collaborate with their mandatory partners to carry out the demonstration program under this section by implementing evidence-based or promising investigative policies and practices to incorporate trauma-informed, victim-centered techniques designed to—

  (A) prevent re-traumatization of the victim;

  (B) ensure that covered individuals use evidence-based practices to respond to and investigate cases of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking;

  (C) improve communication between victims and law enforcement officers in an effort to increase the likelihood of the successful investigation and prosecution of the reported crime in a manner that protects the victim to the greatest extent possible;

  (D) increase collaboration among stakeholders who are part of the coordinated community response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and

  (E) evaluate the effectiveness of the training process and content.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12513(b)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General shall award grants under this section to multiple eligible entities for use in a variety of settings and communities, including—

  (A) urban, suburban, Tribal, remote, and rural areas;

  (B) college campuses; or

  (C) traditionally underserved communities.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12513(d)(1)(A)

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  (A) The Attorney General shall identify trainings for law enforcement officers, in existence as of the date on which the Attorney General begins to solicit applications for grants under this section, that—

  (i) employ a trauma-informed, victim-centered approach to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and

  (ii) focus on the fundamentals of—

  (I) trauma responses;

  (II) the impact of trauma on victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; and

  (III) techniques for effectively investigating domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12513(d)(2)

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  (2) In carrying out paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall consult with the Director of the Office for Victims of Crime in order to seek input from and cultivate consensus among outside practitioners and other stakeholders through facilitated discussions and focus groups on best practices in the field of trauma-informed, victim-centered care for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12513(e)

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  (e) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Justice, shall require each eligible entity that receives a grant under this section to identify a research partner, preferably a local research partner, to—

  (1) design a system for generating and collecting the appropriate data to facilitate an independent process or impact evaluation of the use of the grant funds;

  (2) periodically conduct an evaluation described in paragraph (1); and

  (3) periodically make publicly available, during the grant period—

  (A) preliminary results of the evaluations conducted under paragraph (2); and

  (B) recommendations for improving the use of the grant funds.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12513(f)

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  (f) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to carry out this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12523(c)(1)

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  (1) A request for a declaration designating an area to be a violent crime or drug emergency area shall be made, in writing, by the chief executive officer of a State or local government, respectively (or in the case of the District of Columbia, the mayor), and shall be forwarded to the Attorney General in such form as the Attorney General may by regulation require. One or more cities, counties, States, or the District of Columbia may submit a joint request for designation as a major violent crime or drug emergency area under this subsection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12523(f)

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  (f) The Attorney General shall review a request submitted pursuant to this section, and the President shall decide whether to declare a violent crime or drug emergency area, within 30 days after receiving the request.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12523(i)

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  (i) Not later than 120 days after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General shall issue regulations to implement this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12523(j)

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  (j) Nothing in this section shall diminish or detract from existing authority possessed by the President or Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12532(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General (or the Attorney General’s designee), in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s designee), shall develop a national strategy to coordinate gang-related investigations by Federal law enforcement agencies.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12532(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall prepare a report on national gang violence outlining the strategy developed under subsection (a) to be submitted to the President and Congress by January 1, 1996.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12541(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Governors, mayors, and chief executive officers of State and local law enforcement agencies, may establish a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force in judicial districts that encompass significant rural lands. Assets seized as a result of investigations initiated by a Rural Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force and forfeited under Federal law shall be used, consistent with the guidelines on equitable sharing established by the Attorney General and of the Secretary of the Treasury, primarily to enhance the operations of the task force and its participating State and local law enforcement agencies.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12541(b)

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  (b) The Task Forces¹ established under subsection (a) shall be carried out under policies and procedures established by the Attorney General. The Attorney General may deputize State and local law enforcement officers and may cross-designate up to 100 Federal law enforcement officers, when necessary to undertake investigations pursuant to section 873(a) of title 21 or offenses punishable by a term of imprisonment of 10 years or more under title 18. The task forces—

  (1) shall include representatives from—

  (A) State and local law enforcement agencies;

  (B) the office of the United States Attorney for the judicial district; and

  (C) the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the United States Marshals Service; and

  (2) may include representatives of other Federal law enforcement agencies, such as the United States Customs Service, United States Park Police, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and Bureau of Land Management.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12553

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  There is established in the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, an Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12591(c)(3)

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  (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Attorney General shall make available to the Director of the National Institute of Justice during the first fiscal year in which funds are distributed under this subtitle up to $250,000 from the funds available under part X of Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 [34 U.S.C. 10511 et seq.] to carry out this subsection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12592(d)(1)(A)(ii)

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  (ii) on the basis of an arrest under the authority of the United States, if the Attorney General receives, for each charge against the person on the basis of which the analysis was or could have been included in the index, a certified copy of a final court order establishing that such charge has been dismissed or has resulted in an acquittal or that no charge was filed within the applicable time period.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12601(b)

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  (b) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of paragraph (1)¹ has occurred, the Attorney General, for or in the name of the United States, may in a civil action obtain appropriate equitable and declaratory relief to eliminate the pattern or practice.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12602(a)

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  (a) The Attorney General shall, through appropriate means, acquire data about the use of excessive force by law enforcement officers.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12602(c)

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  (c) The Attorney General shall publish an annual summary of the data acquired under this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12611(a)

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  (a) Not later than 180 days after September 13, 1994, the Attorney General shall develop, in cooperation with the States, a national voluntary motor vehicle theft prevention program (in this section referred to as the “program”) under which—

  (1) the owner of a motor vehicle may voluntarily sign a consent form with a participating State or locality in which the motor vehicle owner—

  (A) states that the vehicle is not normally operated under certain specified conditions; and

  (B) agrees to—

  (i) display program decals or devices on the owner’s vehicle; and

  (ii) permit law enforcement officials in any State to stop the motor vehicle and take reasonable steps to determine whether the vehicle is being operated by or with the permission of the owner, if the vehicle is being operated under the specified conditions; and

  (2) participating States and localities authorize law enforcement officials in the State or locality to stop motor vehicles displaying program decals or devices under specified conditions and take reasonable steps to determine whether the vehicle is being operated by or with the permission of the owner.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12611(c)(4)

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  (4) include any additional information that the Attorney General may reasonably require.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12611(d)(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General shall promulgate rules establishing the conditions under which participating motor vehicles may be authorized to be stopped under this section. These conditions may not be based on race, creed, color, national origin, gender, or age. These conditions may include—

  (A) the operation of the vehicle during certain hours of the day; or

  (B) the operation of the vehicle under other circumstances that would provide a sufficient basis for establishing a reasonable suspicion that the vehicle was not being operated by the owner, or with the consent of the owner.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12611(d)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General may establish more than one set of conditions under which participating motor vehicles may be stopped. If more than one set of conditions is established, a separate consent form and a separate design for program decals or devices shall be established for each set of conditions. The Attorney General may choose to satisfy the requirement of a separate design for program decals or devices under this paragraph by the use of a design color that is clearly distinguishable from other design colors.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12611(e)(2)(B)

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  (B) be in a prominent format to be determined by the Attorney General; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 12611(g)

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  (g) The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(a)

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  (a) Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice Assistance and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services—

  (1) shall award competitive grants to health care agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, or public safety agencies and nonprofit organizations to assist such entities in planning, designing, establishing, or operating locally based, proactive programs to prevent wandering and locate missing individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments, including programs that—

  (A) provide prevention and response information, including online training resources, and referrals to families or guardians of such individuals who, due to their condition, wander from a safe environment;

  (B) provide education and training, including online training resources, to first responders, school personnel, clinicians, and the public in order to—

  (i) increase the safety and reduce the incidence of wandering of persons, who, due to their dementia or developmental disabilities, may wander from safe environments;

  (ii) facilitate the rescue and recovery of individuals who, due to their dementia or developmental disabilities, wander from safe environments; and

  (iii) recognize and respond to and appropriately interact with endangered missing individuals with dementia or developmental disabilities who, due to their condition, wander from safe environments;

  (C) provide prevention and response training and emergency protocols for school administrators, staff, and families or guardians of individuals with dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, to help reduce the risk of wandering by such individuals; and

  (D) develop, operate, or enhance a notification or communications systems for alerts, advisories, or dissemination of other information for the recovery of missing individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or with developmental disabilities, such as autism; and

  (2) shall award grants to health care agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, or public safety agencies to assist such agencies in designing, establishing, and operating locative tracking technology programs for individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or children with developmental disabilities, such as autism, who have wandered from safe environments.
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  (b) To be eligible to receive a competitive grant under subsection (a), an agency or organization shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Attorney General may require, including, at a minimum, an assurance that the agency or organization will obtain and use assistance from private nonprofit organizations to support the program. The Attorney General shall periodically solicit applications for grants under this section by publishing a request for applications in the Federal Register and by posting such a request on the website of the Department of Justice.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(c)

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  (c) In awarding grants under subsection (a)(1), the Attorney General shall give preference to law enforcement or public safety agencies that partner with nonprofit organizations that appropriately use person-centered plans minimizing restrictive interventions and that have a direct link to individuals, and families of individuals, with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism.
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  (e) All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this section shall be subject to the following accountability provisions:

  (A) In this paragraph, the term “unresolved audit finding” means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is issued.

  (B) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after March 23, 2018, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.

  (C) A recipient of grant funds under this section that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A).

  (D) In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section.

  (E) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.

  (A) For purposes of this paragraph and the grant programs under this section, the term “nonprofit organization” means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such title.

  (B) The Attorney General may not award a grant under this section to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.

  (C) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.

  (A) No amounts made available to the Department of Justice under this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this section, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of the relevant agency or department,¹ provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference.

  (B) Written approval under subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment.

  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.

  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after March 23, 2018, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and

  (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
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  (D) In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section.
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  (E) If an entity is awarded grant funds under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall—

  (i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and

  (ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds.
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  (B) The Attorney General may not award a grant under this section to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of title 26.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(e)(2)(C)

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  (C) Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(e)(3)(A)

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  (A) No amounts made available to the Department of Justice under this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this section, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of the relevant agency or department,¹ provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(e)(3)(C)

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  (C) The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(e)(4)

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  (4) Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after March 23, 2018, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification—

  (A) indicating whether—

  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;

  (ii) all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and

  (iii) all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and

  (B) that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph (1) from the previous year.
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  (i) all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph (1) have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director;
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  (1) Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded by the Attorney General to determine if grant awards are or have been awarded for a similar purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(f)(2)

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  (2) If the Attorney General awards grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes—

  (A) a list of all such grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any such grants awarded; and

  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded multiple grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12621(f)(2)(B)

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  (B) the reason the Attorney General awarded multiple grants to the same applicant for a similar purpose.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12622

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  Not later than 2 years after March 23, 2018, and every year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on the Missing Americans Alert Program, as amended by subsection (a), which shall address—
• 34 U.S.C. § 12623(a)(1)

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  (1) Not later than 180 days after March 23, 2018, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and leading research, advocacy, self-advocacy, and service organizations, shall establish standards and best practices relating to the use of non-invasive and non-permanent tracking technology, where a guardian or parent has determined that a non-invasive and non-permanent tracking device is the least restrictive alternative, to locate individuals as described in subsection (a)(2) of section 12621 of this title, as added by this Act.
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  (2) In establishing the standards and best practices required under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall—

  (A) determine—

  (i) the criteria used to determine which individuals would benefit from the use of a tracking device;

  (ii) the criteria used to determine who should have direct access to the tracking system; and

  (iii) which non-invasive and non-permanent types of tracking devices can be used in compliance with the standards and best practices; and

  (B) establish standards and best practices the Attorney General determines are necessary to the administration of a tracking system, including procedures to—

  (i) safeguard the privacy of the data used by the tracking device such that—

  (I) access to the data is restricted to law enforcement and health agencies determined necessary by the Attorney General; and

  (II) collection, use, and retention of the data is solely for the purpose of preventing injury to or death of the individual wearing the tracking device;

  (ii) establish criteria to determine whether use of the tracking device is the least restrictive alternative in order to prevent risk of injury or death before issuing the tracking device, including the previous consideration of less restrictive alternatives;

  (iii) provide training for law enforcement agencies to recognize signs of abuse during interactions with applicants for tracking devices;

  (iv) protect the civil rights and liberties of the individuals who use tracking devices, including their rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.);

  (v) establish a complaint and investigation process to address—

  (I) incidents of noncompliance by recipients of grants under subsection (a)(2) of section 12621 of this title, as added by this Act, with the best practices established by the Attorney General or other applicable law; and

  (II) use of a tracking device over the objection of an individual; and

  (vi) determine the role that State agencies should have in the administration of a tracking system.
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  (B) establish standards and best practices the Attorney General determines are necessary to the administration of a tracking system, including procedures to—

  (i) safeguard the privacy of the data used by the tracking device such that—

  (I) access to the data is restricted to law enforcement and health agencies determined necessary by the Attorney General; and

  (II) collection, use, and retention of the data is solely for the purpose of preventing injury to or death of the individual wearing the tracking device;

  (ii) establish criteria to determine whether use of the tracking device is the least restrictive alternative in order to prevent risk of injury or death before issuing the tracking device, including the previous consideration of less restrictive alternatives;

  (iii) provide training for law enforcement agencies to recognize signs of abuse during interactions with applicants for tracking devices;

  (iv) protect the civil rights and liberties of the individuals who use tracking devices, including their rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.);

  (v) establish a complaint and investigation process to address—

  (I) incidents of noncompliance by recipients of grants under subsection (a)(2) of section 12621 of this title, as added by this Act, with the best practices established by the Attorney General or other applicable law; and

  (II) use of a tracking device over the objection of an individual; and

  (vi) determine the role that State agencies should have in the administration of a tracking system.
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  (I) access to the data is restricted to law enforcement and health agencies determined necessary by the Attorney General; and
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  (I) incidents of noncompliance by recipients of grants under subsection (a)(2) of section 12621 of this title, as added by this Act, with the best practices established by the Attorney General or other applicable law; and
• 34 U.S.C. § 12623(a)(3)

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  (3) The standards and best practices established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall take effect 90 days after publication of such standards and practices by the Attorney General.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12623(b)(1)

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  (1) Each entity that receives a grant under subsection (a)(2) of section 12621 of this title, as added by this Act, shall comply with any standards and best practices relating to the use of tracking devices established by the Attorney General in accordance with subsection (a).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12623(b)(2)

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  (2) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall determine whether an entity that receives a grant under subsection (a)(2) of section 12621 of this title, as added by this Act, acts in compliance with the standards and best practices described in paragraph (1).
• 34 U.S.C. § 12623(c)

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  (c) The standards and best practices established by the Attorney General under subsection (a) shall apply only to the grant programs authorized under subsection (a)(2) of section 12621 of this title, as added by this Act.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12641(1)

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  (1) The Attorney General is authorized to convene a law enforcement task force in Hawaii to facilitate the prosecution of violations of Federal laws, and laws of the State of Hawaii, relating to the wrongful conveyance, sale, or introduction of nonindigenous plant and animal species.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12641(2)(A)(ix)

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  (ix) the office of the Attorney General of the State of Hawaii;
• 34 U.S.C. § 12641(2)(A)(xii)

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  (xii) such other individuals as the Attorney General deems appropriate.
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  (B) The Attorney General shall, to the extent practicable, select individuals to serve on the task force who have experience with the enforcement of laws relating to the wrongful conveyance, sale, or introduction of nonindigenous plant and animal species.
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  (4) The task force shall report to the Attorney General, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and to the Committee on the Judiciary and Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary, Committee on Agriculture, and Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives on—

  (A) the progress of its enforcement efforts; and

  (B) the adequacy of existing Federal laws and laws of the State of Hawaii that relate to the introduction of nonindigenous plant and animal species.

  Thereafter, the task force shall make such reports as the task force deems appropriate.
• 34 U.S.C. § 12642

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  The Attorney General shall consult with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in establishing and carrying out the substance abuse treatment and prevention components of the programs authorized under this Act, to assure coordination of programs, eliminate duplication of efforts and enhance the effectiveness of such services.