Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/1225

 PUBLIC LAW 96-157—DEC. 27, 1979

93 STAT. 1193

research, demonstration, or evaluation have been shown to be effective or innovative and to have a Ukely beneficial impact on criminal justice. Such national priorities may include programs and projects designated to improve the comprehensive planning and coordination of State and local criminal justice activities. Priorities established under this subsection shall be considered priorities for a period of time determined by such Director and Administrator jointly but not to exceed three years from the time of such determination except in cases of recipients for which State or local budgetary restraints prevent assumption of costs of priority projects. Such priorities shall be designated according to such criteria, and on such terms and conditions, as such Director and such Administrator jointly may determine. "(b) Such Director and such Administrator shall jointly annually request the National Institute of Justice, the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, State and local governments, and other appropriate public and private agencies to suggest national priority programs and projects. Such Director and such Administrator shall jointly then, pursuant to regulations such Director and such Administrator jointly promulgate annually, publish proposed national priority programs and projects pursuant to this part and invite and encourage public comment concerning such priorities. Such priority programs and projects shall not be established or modified until such Director and such Administrator jointly have provided at least sixty days advance notice for public comment and shall encourage and invite recommendations and opinion concerning such priorities from appropriate agencies and officials of State and units of local government. After considering any comments submitted during such period of time, such Director and such Administrator jointly shall establish priority programs and projects for that year (and determine whether existing priority programs and projects should be modified). Such Director and such Administrator shall jointly publish in the Federal Register the priority programs and projects established pursuant to this part prior to the beginning of fiscal year 1981 and each fiscal year thereafter for which appropriations will be available to carry out the program. In the event of a disagreement by such Director and such Administrator as to the exercise of joint functions under this section, the Attorney General shall resolve such disagreement.

Proposed national priority programs, invitation of public comment.

Publication in Federal Register.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

"SEC. 504. (a) No grant may be made pursuant to this part unless an application has been submitted to the Administration in which the applicant— "(1) identifies the priority program to be funded and describes how funds allocated pursuant to this part and pursuant to part D will be expended to carry out the priority program; "(2) describes specificsdly what percentages of funds allocated for the upcoming year pursuant to part D will be spent on priority programs and projects pursuant to this part; "(3) describes specifically the priority programs and projects for which funds are to be allocated pursuant to part D for the upcoming fiscal year; "(4) describes what percentage of part D funds were expended on national priority projects during the preceding fiscal year; and "(5) describes specifically the priority programs and projects for which funds were allocated pursuant to part D during the preceding fiscal year and the amount of such allocation.

42 USC 3754.

Ante, p. 1179.

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