Sec. 306. Establishment of the safe neighborhoods and schools fund
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There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ). Amounts in the Fund shall be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year carrying out this section and shall be considered general fund revenues which may be appropriated pursuant to Article I of the Constitution of the United States. On or before July 31, 2016, and on or before July 31 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Attorney General shall calculate the savings that accrued from the implementation of this title during the fiscal year ending June 30, as compared to the fiscal year preceding the date of enactment of this Act.
The calculation shall be final and shall not be adjusted for any subsequent changes in the underlying data. In making the calculation required under subparagraph (A), the Attorney General shall use actual data or best available estimates where actual data is not available. Not later than August 1 of each fiscal year, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a certification of the results of the calculation required under subparagraph (A). Before August 15, 2016, and before August 15 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer, out of any amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Fund an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount calculated for that fiscal year under paragraph (1).
Amounts transferred to the Fund under subparagraph (A)— shall be used exclusively for the purposes of this section; and shall not be subject to appropriation or transfer by Congress for any other purpose. Amounts transferred to the Fund under subparagraph
(A)shall remain available until expended without regard to fiscal year. Not later than August 15 of each fiscal year beginning in 2016, of the total amount transferred to the Fund for the fiscal year— 30 percent shall be made available to the Secretary of Education, to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at improving outcomes for public school pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime; 20 percent shall be transferred to the Crime Victims Fund, for grants to trauma recovery centers to provide services to victims of crime; and 50 percent shall be made available to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, acting through the Federal Reentry/Drug Court program, for grants to public agencies aimed at supporting mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, and diversion programs for people in the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on programs that reduce recidivism of people convicted of less serious crimes, such as those covered by this measure, and those who have substance abuse and mental health problems. For each program described in paragraph (1), the agency responsible for administering the program may not spend more than 5 percent of the amounts made available to the agency from the Fund on an annual basis for administrative costs. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act and once every 2 years thereafter, the Attorney General shall— conduct an audit of the grant programs described in paragraph
(1)to ensure the amounts are disbursed and expended solely according to this section; and report the findings of the audit conducted under subparagraph
(A)to the relevant committees of Congress. Any costs incurred by the Attorney General in connection with the administration of the Fund, including the costs of the calculation and the audit required, shall be deducted from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund before the funds are allocated under paragraph (1). Any amounts made available under grant programs described in paragraph
(1)shall be used to supplement State or local funds for the same purpose and shall not supplant such State or local funds. Nothing in this section shall be construed to obligate an agency to provide programs or levels of service described in this section above the level for which funding has been provided under this section.