Sec. 3. Grant program with respect to violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish a grant program (in this Act referred to as the Program ) within the Office of Justice Programs to establish, implement, and administer violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods. In carrying out the Program, the Attorney General may award a grant to an eligible recipient that submits an application for the Program. Grants awarded under the Program shall be awarded to a State, Tribal, or local law enforcement agency or prosecuting office, or a group of agencies or offices, and may be used for an eligible project under subsection (e).
A law enforcement agency applying to receive a grant under the Program 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. Grant funds awarded under the Program shall be used to improve clearance rates for homicides and non-fatal shootings by— ensuring the retention of detectives currently assigned to investigate homicides and non-fatal shootings; hiring additional detectives to investigate homicides and non-fatal shootings; training detectives in policies and procedures determined to improve detectives’ ability to effectively investigate and solve homicides and non-fatal shootings; training police personnel to address the needs of victims and family members from homicides and non-fatal shootings; hiring additional patrol officers to replace officers who have been transferred to detective; acquiring, upgrading, or replacing investigative or evidence processing technology or equipment; hiring additional evidence processing personnel; ensuring personnel responsible for evidence processing have sufficient resources and training; hiring and training of personnel to analyze violent crime, specifically with regards to the use of intelligence information of criminal networks and the potential for retaliation among gangs or groups, and the geographic trends among homicides and shootings; ensuring victim services and personnel are sufficiently funded, staffed, and trained; ensuring victims and family members of homicides and non-fatal shootings have access to resources, including— convenient mental health treatment and grief counseling; funeral and burial expenses; relocation expenses; emergency shelter; emergency transportation; and lost wage assistance; developing competitive and evidence-based programs to improve homicide and non-fatal shooting clearance rates; or developing best practices for improving access to and acceptance of victim services, including those that promote medical and psychological wellness, ongoing counseling, legal advice, and financial compensation.
The Federal share of the cost of a project assisted with a grant under the Program shall not exceed 100 percent if the grant is awarded on or before the date of December 31, 2032. The Federal share of the cost of a project assisted with a grant under the Program shall not exceed 50 percent if such grant is awarded after December 31, 2032. Not later than 365 days after receiving a grant under the Program, an eligible recipient shall submit to the Attorney General a report on the Program, including— the number of homicide and non-fatal shooting detectives hired by the grantee; the number of evidence processing personnel hired by the grantee; any training provided to existing or newly hired homicide and non-fatal shooting detectives designed to assist in the solving of crimes and improve clearance rates; any new evidence processing technology or equipment or any upgrades to existing evidence technology or equipment; any training provided to evidence processing personnel to improve outcomes and capacity; and data regarding clearance rates for homicides and non-fatal shootings and crime trends from within each jurisdiction in which grant funds were provided.
Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every two years thereafter, the National Institute of Justice shall conduct an evaluation of the practices deployed by grant recipients to identify policies and procedures that have successfully improved clearance rates for homicides and non-fatal shootings. Not later than 30 days after completion of the evaluation under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall submit to Congress a report including— the results of the evaluation conducted by the National Institute of Justice; and information reported by each eligible entity under subsection (i).
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Program $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2032. 10 percent of each appropriation made under paragraph
(1)shall be awarded to a Tribal law enforcement agency or prosecuting office, or a group of such agencies or offices. In this section, the term law enforcement agency means a public agency charged with policing functions, including any of its component bureaus (such as governmental victim services programs or Village Public Safety Officers), including those referred to in subparagraphs
(B)and
(C)of section 2(10) of the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act ( 25 U.S.C. 2801(10)(B)(C) ), as amended by section 203(b) of the Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments ( Public Law 111–211 ).
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Grant program with respect to violent incident clearance and technological investigative methods
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