Sec. 4. Fighting vagrancy on America’s streets
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The Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and the Secretary of Transportation shall each conduct an assessment of the discretionary grant programs administered by the respective Secretary and determine whether priority for such grants may be given to grantees in States and municipalities that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, actively meet the following criteria: Establish, implement, or enforce Federal and State prohibitions on illicit drug use in public places.
Establish, implement, or enforce Federal and State prohibitions on urban camping and loitering. Establish, implement, or enforce Federal and State prohibitions on urban squatting. Enforce, and where necessary, adopt standards that address unhoused individuals, through assisted outpatient treatment or by moving such individuals into treatment centers or other appropriate facilities through the use of civil commitment or other available means. Substantially implement and comply with the registration and notification requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ( 34 U.S.C. 20901 et seq. ), particularly with respect to sex offenders who are required to register and who have no fixed address, including by adequately mapping and checking the location of unhoused individuals who are sex offenders.
The Attorney General shall— ensure that unhoused individuals arrested for Federal crimes are evaluated, consistent with section 4248 of title 18, United States Code, to determine whether they are sexually dangerous persons and if appropriate, certified accordingly for civil commitment; take all necessary steps to ensure the availability of funds under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program under the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 ( 34 U.S.C. 50101 et seq. ) to support, consistent with the requirements under such Program, encampment removal efforts in areas for which public safety is at risk and State and local resources are inadequate; assess Federal resources to determine whether they may be directed toward ensuring, to the extent permitted by law, that detainees with serious mental illness are not released into the public because of a lack of forensic bed capacity at appropriate local, State, and Federal jails or hospitals; and enhance requirements that prisons and residential reentry centers that are under the authority of the Attorney General or receive funding from the Attorney General require in-custody housing release plans and, to the maximum extent practicable, require individuals to comply.
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