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 123STA T .58 3 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11, 2 0 0 9(whic h s h al l be b ytr a n s f er , f o r p ro g ra m sa d ministered by the O ffice of Ju stice P rograms )— ( 1 ) $25, 0 00,000 is for the matching grant program for armor v ests for law enforcement officers, as authori z ed by section 2501 of title I ofthe1 968A ct
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d, T hat $1,500,000 is transferred directly to the N ational Institute of S tandards and Technology ’ s Office of L aw E nforcement Standards from the C ommunity Oriented Policing Services Office for research, testing, and evaluation programs: Provided fu r th er , That sec - tion 2501(f) of part Y oftitleIofthe1968Act( 4 2 U. S.C. 37 96 l l(f)), is amended by inserting at the end the following: ‘ ‘(3) WAIVER .—The D irector may waive in whole or in part, the match re q uirement of paragraph (1) in the case of fiscal hardship, as determined by the Director.’’ (2) $39,500,000 is for grants to entities described in section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Act, to address public safety and methamphetamine manufacturing, sale, and use in hot spots as authorized by section 754 of Public Law 109 – 177, and for other anti-methamphetamine-related activities: Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, $34,500,000 shall be used for the pro j ects, and in the amounts, specified in the e x plana- tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); (3) $187,000,000 is for a law enforcement technologies and interoperable communications program, and related law enforcement and public safety equipment: Provided, That within the amounts appropriated, $185,500,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the explana- tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); (4) $25,000,000 is for offender re-entry programs, as author- ized under section 101 and 211 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199), of which $15,000,000 is for grants for adult and juvenile offender state and local reentry demonstration projects, and $10,000,000 is for grants for men- toring and transitional services; (5) $10,000,000 is for grants to assist States and tribal governments as authorized by the NICS Improvements Amend- ments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–180); (6) $10,000,000 is for grants to upgrade criminal records, as authorized under the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 14601); (7) $156,000,000 is for DNA related and forensic programs and activities as follows: (A) $151,000,000 for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other local, state, and F ed- eral forensic activities including the purposes of section 2 of the DNA Analysis B ac k log Elimination Act of 2000 (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog G rant Program); and (B) $5,000,000 for the purposes described in the K irk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Program (Public Law 108–405, section 412); (8) $20,000,000 is for improving tribal law enforcement, including equipment and training; (9) $15,000,000 is for programs to reduce gun crime and gang violence; (10) $4,000,000 is for training and technical assistance;