§ 30305. Grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities
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(a)Grants authorized From amounts made available for grants under this section, the Attorney General shall make grants to States to assist those States in ensuring that budgetary circumstances (such as reduced State and local spending on prisons) do not compromise efforts to protect inmates (particularly from prison rape) and to safeguard the communities to which inmates return. The purpose of grants under this section shall be to provide funds for personnel, training, technical assistance, data collection, and equipment to prevent and prosecute prisoner rape.
(b)Use of grant amounts Amounts received by a grantee under this section may be used by the grantee, directly or through subgrants, only for one or more of the following activities:
(1)Protecting inmates Protecting inmates by—
(A)undertaking efforts to more effectively prevent prison rape;
(B)investigating incidents of prison rape; or
(C)prosecuting incidents of prison rape.
(2)Safeguarding communities Safeguarding communities by—
(A)making available, to officials of State and local governments who are considering reductions to prison budgets, training and technical assistance in successful methods for moderating the growth of prison populations without compromising public safety, including successful methods used by other jurisdictions;
(B)developing and utilizing analyses of prison populations and risk assessment instruments that will improve State and local governments’ understanding of risks to the community regarding release of inmates in the prison population;
(C)preparing maps demonstrating the concentration, on a community-by-community basis, of inmates who have been released, to facilitate the efficient and effective—
(i)deployment of law enforcement resources (including probation and parole resources); and
(ii)delivery of services (such as job training and substance abuse treatment) to those released inmates;
(D)promoting collaborative efforts, among officials of State and local governments and leaders of appropriate communities, to understand and address the effects on a community of the presence of a disproportionate number of released inmates in that community; or
(E)developing policies and programs that reduce spending on prisons by effectively reducing rates of parole and probation revocation without compromising public safety.
(c)Grant requirements
(1)Period A grant under this section shall be made for a period of not more than 2 years.
(2)Maximum The amount of a grant under this section may not exceed $1,000,000.
(3)Matching The Federal share of a grant under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of the project described in the application submitted under subsection
(d)for the fiscal year for which the grant was made under this section.
(d)Applications
(1)In general To request a grant under this section, the chief executive of a State shall submit an application to the Attorney General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Attorney General may require.
(2)Contents Each application required by paragraph
(1)shall—
(i)include the certification of the chief executive that the State receiving such grant has adopted all national prison rape standards that, as of the date on which the application was submitted, have been promulgated under this chapter; or
(ii)demonstrate to the Attorney General, in such manner as the Attorney General shall require, that the State receiving such grant is actively working to adopt and achieve full compliance with the national prison rape standards described in clause (i);
(B)specify with particularity the preventative, prosecutorial, or administrative activities to be undertaken by the State with the amounts received under the grant; and
(C)in the case of an application for a grant for one or more activities specified in paragraph
(2)of subsection (b)—
(i)review the extent of the budgetary circumstances affecting the State generally and describe how those circumstances relate to the State’s prisons;
(ii)describe the rate of growth of the State’s prison population over the preceding 10 years and explain why the State may have difficulty sustaining that rate of growth; and
(iii)explain the extent to which officials (including law enforcement officials) of State and local governments and victims of crime will be consulted regarding decisions whether, or how, to moderate the growth of the State’s prison population.
(e)Reports by grantee
(1)In general The Attorney General shall require each grantee to submit, not later than 90 days after the end of the period for which the grant was made under this section, a report on the activities carried out under the grant. The report shall identify and describe those activities and shall contain an evaluation of the effect of those activities on—
(A)the number of incidents of prison rape, and the grantee’s response to such incidents; and
(B)the safety of the prisons, and the safety of the communities in which released inmates are present.
(2)Dissemination The Attorney General shall ensure that each report submitted under paragraph
(1)is made available under the national clearinghouse established under section 30304 of this title.
(f)State defined In this section, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(g)Authorization of appropriations
(1)In general There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2010.
(2)Limitation Of amounts made available for grants under this section, not less than 50 percent shall be available only for activities specified in paragraph
(1)of subsection (b).
(Pub. L. 108–79, § 6, Sept. 4, 2003, 117 Stat. 978; Pub. L. 114–324, § 7(1), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1951.)
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- Public Law 116-260Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
- Public Law 117-328Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
- Public Law 117-103Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
- Public Law 116-93Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
- Public Law 119-74Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
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- Public Law 116–260Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes
- Public Law 116–93Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes
- Public Law 117–328Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for providing emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine, and for other purposes
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- Sec. 213Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal years 2017 through 2020 for the following programs, waive the following requirements:
- Sec. 799DFor necessary expenses for salary and related costs associated with Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection Services activities pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 136a(6), and in addition to any other funds made available for this purpose, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $635,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, to offset the loss resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of quarantine and inspection fees collected pursuant to sections 2508 and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a): * Provided*, That amounts made available in this section shall be treated as funds collected by fees authorized under sections 2508 and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a) for purposes of section 421(f) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231(f)): * Provided further*, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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- Pub. L. 108–79, § 6
- 117 Stat. 978
- Pub. L. 114–324, § 7(1)
- 130 Stat. 1951
- Pub. L. 114–324
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