Sec. 4. Grants
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The Attorney General may award grants to applicants to— purchase a chemical screening device; and train personnel to use, and interpret data collected by, a chemical screening device. The chief law enforcement officer of an applicant shall submit to the Attorney General an application that— shall include— a statement describing the need for a chemical screening device in the jurisdiction of the applicant; and a certification— of the number of chemical screening devices the applicant owns or possesses; that not less than 1 employee of the applicant will be trained to— use any chemical screening device purchased using grant funds; and interpret data collected by any chemical screening device purchased using grant funds; and that the applicant will make any chemical screening device purchased using grant funds reasonably available to test a covered substance seized by a law enforcement agency near the jurisdiction of the applicant; and in addition to the information required under subparagraph (A), may, at the option of the applicant, include— information relating to— the process used by the applicant to identify a covered substance seized by the applicant, including— the approximate average amount of time required for the applicant to identify a covered substance; and as of the date of the application, the number of cases in which the applicant is awaiting identification of a covered substance; any documented case of a law enforcement officer, first responder, or treating medical personnel in the jurisdiction of the applicant who has suffered an accidental drug overdose caused by exposure to a covered substance while in the line of duty; any chemical screening device the applicant will purchase using grant funds, including the estimated cost of the chemical screening device; and any estimated costs relating to training personnel of the applicant to use a chemical screening device purchased using grant funds; and data relating to— the approximate amount of covered substances seized by the applicant during the 2-year period ending on the date of the application, categorized by the type of covered substance seized; and the approximate number of covered substance overdoses in the jurisdiction of the applicant that the applicant investigated or responded to during the 2-year period ending on the date of the application, categorized by fatal and nonfatal overdoses.
Two or more law enforcement agencies, including law enforcement agencies located in different States, that have jurisdiction over areas that are geographically contiguous may submit a joint application for a grant under this section that includes— for each law enforcement agency— all information required under paragraph (1)(A); and any optional information described in paragraph (1)(B) that each law enforcement agency chooses to include; a plan for the sharing of any chemical screening devices purchased or training provided using grant funds; and a certification that not less than 1 employee of each law enforcement agency will be trained to— use any chemical screening device purchased using grant funds; and interpret data collected by any chemical screening device purchased using grant funds.
Law enforcement agencies submitting a joint application under subparagraph
(A)shall— be considered as 1 applicant; and select the chief law enforcement officer of one of the law enforcement agencies to submit the joint application. Grant funds shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, State, local, and tribal funds made available to any applicant for any of the purposes described in subsection (a). Not more than 3 percent of any grant made under this section may be used for administrative costs. For each year during which grant funds are used, the recipient shall submit to the Attorney General a report containing— a summary of any activity carried out using grant funds; an assessment of whether each activity described in subparagraph
(A)is meeting the needs described in subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) that the applicant identified in the application submitted under subsection (b); and any other information relevant to the purpose of this Act that the Attorney General may determine appropriate. For the purpose of an audit by the Attorney General of the receipt and use of grant funds, a recipient shall— keep— any record relating to the receipt and use of grant funds; and any other record as the Attorney General may require; and make the records described in subparagraph
(A)available to the Attorney General upon request by the Attorney General.