Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/3113

 PUBLIC LAW 109–162—JAN. 5, 2006

119 STAT. 3095

Years 2006 through 2009, shall be deemed to be a reference to section 505(a) of this Act as amended by the Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009.’’; and (C) by inserting after section 500 the following new sections: ‘‘SEC. 501. DESCRIPTION.

42 USC 3751.

‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available to carry out this subpart, the Attorney General may, in accordance with the formula established under section 505, make grants to States and units of local government, for use by the State or unit of local government to provide additional personnel, equipment, supplies, contractual support, training, technical assistance, and information systems for criminal justice, including for any one or more of the following programs: ‘‘(A) Law enforcement programs. ‘‘(B) Prosecution and court programs. ‘‘(C) Prevention and education programs. ‘‘(D) Corrections and community corrections programs. ‘‘(E) Drug treatment and enforcement programs. ‘‘(F) Planning, evaluation, and technology improvement programs. ‘‘(G) Crime victim and witness programs (other than compensation). ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Paragraph (1) shall be construed to ensure that a grant under that paragraph may be used for any purpose for which a grant was authorized to be used under either or both of the programs specified in section 500(b), as those programs were in effect immediately before the enactment of this paragraph. ‘‘(b) CONTRACTS AND SUBAWARDS.—A State or unit of local government may, in using a grant under this subpart for purposes authorized by subsection (a), use all or a portion of that grant to contract with or make one or more subawards to one or more— ‘‘(1) neighborhood or community-based organizations that are private and nonprofit; ‘‘(2) units of local government; or ‘‘(3) tribal governments. ‘‘(c) PROGRAM ASSESSMENT COMPONENT; WAIVER.— ‘‘(1) Each program funded under this subpart shall contain a program assessment component, developed pursuant to guidelines established by the Attorney General, in coordination with the National Institute of Justice. ‘‘(2) The Attorney General may waive the requirement of paragraph (1) with respect to a program if, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the program is not of sufficient size to justify a full program assessment. ‘‘(d) PROHIBITED USES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds provided under this subpart may be used, directly or indirectly, to provide any of the following matters: ‘‘(1) Any security enhancements or any equipment to any nongovernmental entity that is not engaged in criminal justice or public safety. ‘‘(2) Unless the Attorney General certifies that extraordinary and exigent circumstances exist that make the use of

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

07:21 Oct 30, 2006

Jkt 039194

PO 00003

Frm 00563

Fmt 6580

Sfmt 6581

E:\PUBLAW\PUBL003.119

APPS06

PsN: PUBL003

�