Sec. 61001. Funding for community-based violence intervention initiatives
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Attorney General for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031, for the purposes described in subsection (b). The Attorney General, acting through the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs, the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, shall use amounts appropriated by subsection (a)— to award competitive grants or contracts to units of local government, States, Indian Tribes, nonprofit community-based organizations, victim services providers, or other entities as determined by the Attorney General, to support evidence-informed intervention strategies to reduce community violence; to support training, technical assistance, research, evaluation, and data collection on strategies to effectively reduce community violence and ensure public safety; and to support research, evaluation, and data collection on the differing impact of community violence on demographic categories.
All expenditures made pursuant to subsection
(a)shall be made on or before September 30, 2031.