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House Report 108-010 - MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2003, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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WEED AND SEED PROGRAM FUND

The conference agreement includes $58,925,000 for the Weed and Seed program.

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

The conference agreement includes $928,912,000 for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The conference agreement provides funding under this account as follows:

COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES

[Dollars in thousands]

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                                         Amount 

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 Public Safety and Community Policing:          

Law Enforcement Hiring/Overtime        $200,000 

Training and Technical Assistance        20,662 

Tribal Law Enforcement                   35,000 

Police Corps                             15,000 

Methamphetamine Enforcement & Clean-up   57,132 

Bulletproof Vests                        25,444 

Subtotal, Public Safety and Community   353,238 

 Crime-Fighting Technologies:                   

Law Enforcement Technology Program      189,954 

Interoperability                         20,000 

 (Transfer to the BJA)                  (3,000) 

 (Transfer to NIST--OLES)               (5,000) 

Crime Identification Technology Act      69,075 

 (Safe Schools Technology)             (17,000) 

National Criminal History Improvement    40,000 

Crime Laboratory Improvement Program     40,538 

DNA Backlog Elimination                  41,000 

Subtotal, Crime-Fighting Technologies   400,567 

 Prosecution Assistance:                        

Southwest Border Prosecutors             40,000 

Gun Violence Reduction Program           45,000 

Subtotal, Prosecution Assistance         85,000 

 Community Crime Prevention:                    

Police Integrity                         16,963 

Offender Reentry                         14,934 

School Safety Initiatives                15,210 

Project Sentry                           10,000 

Subtotal, Community Crime Prevention     57,107 

Management and Administration            33,000 

Total, Community Policing Services      928,912 

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COPS Hiring Program.--The conference agreement includes $200,000,000 for the hiring of law enforcement officers, including school resource officers, to prevent acts of terrorism, and other violent and drug-related crimes. The budget request did not include any funding for this purpose. Through its knowledge of the local communities and interaction with citizens, local law enforcement plays a critical role in preventing and detecting terrorism and sharing this information with State and Federal law enforcement. The conferees also recognize that while local law enforcement responsibilities have expanded to include counterterrorism since September 11th, daily crime prevention and law enforcement duties must still be performed. Further, the conferees recognize that it is local law enforcement's role to respond to citizen concerns and alleviate fears related to terrorism and other violent crimes. The conferees expect the COPS Program Office to ensure the appropriate emphasis on law enforcement's role in combating terrorism, violence, and drug crime, and securing our nation's schools.

In addition, the conference agreement makes 30 percent of the funding available for law enforcement overtime costs for training and the prevention of acts of terrorism and other violent and drug-related crimes. The conferees feel that the cities of New York, NY, Detroit, MI and Wayne County, MI may be eligible under this program for anti-terrorism efforts.

The conferees also recognize that State and local law enforcement agencies depend on technology and communications equipment to perform their jobs safely and effectively. Therefore, the conference agreement includes language for a new communications technology grant program under the COPS Crime-Fighting Technologies section of this report.

Within the level of funding provided, the conferees expect the COPS office to provide training to assist school resource officers in preventing terrorist acts aimed at schools. The officers will be trained in non-intrusive defensive measures to reduce the vulnerability of schools to terrorist attacks and offensive measures to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. The conferees direct that a report be provided to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act to include a spending plan for this effort and the hiring and overtime effort described above.

Police Corps.--The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for the Police Corps program. The conferees understand that sufficient prior year unobligated balances exist to allow the program to maintain at least its current level. The conference agreement includes bill language, as requested, providing that funding agreements shall include the

funding for outyear program costs of new recruits. This language is necessary to prevent the program from incurring unfunded future liabilities as new recruits enter the program.

The conferees understand that in fiscal year 2002 there were 22 States training recruits in the Police Corps programs. Within the available funding, including carryover balances, OJP is expected to fund additional programs as more State programs meet OJP program criteria. The conferees understand that Public Law 107-273 authorizes increased payments for scholarships, educational reimbursements, and stipends for trainees. However, the Administration's budget request did not include additional funding to accommodate these increased costs. Therefore, in order to ensure there are sufficient resources to fund additional training programs, the conference agreement directs OJP to continue to provide payments at the levels authorized in fiscal year 2002. In addition, the conference agreement directs OJP to standardize the funding provided for recruit training and require State matching funds for training costs. The conference agreement directs OJP to submit a Police Corps financial plan no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.

The conferees expect OJP to work with State Police Corps programs to ensure these programs are providing effective and up-to-date terrorism prevention and response training. The conferees also recognizes that every State will not implement a Police Corps program and that the vast majority of law enforcement training will not be performed in Police Corps programs. The conferees direct OJP to submit a report no later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, describing how successful Police Corps training techniques can be incorporated in State and local law enforcement academies in order to maximize the number of recruits that receive this advanced training. The report shall also describe OJP's efforts to incorporate terrorism prevention and response training into the Police Corps program and discuss the feasibility of establishing regional Police Corps training centers.

Indian Country.--The conference agreement includes $35,000,000 to be used to improve law enforcement capabilities on Indian lands and native villages, both for hiring uniformed officers, including village public safety officers, and for the purchase of equipment and training for new and existing officers. The conferees recommend that five percent of these funds be provided directly to tribal judicial systems to assist Tribal courts with the increased caseload associated with the increased arrests as a result of the additional funds for tribal law enforcement.

Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean-Up.--The conference agreement includes $57,132,000 for State and local law enforcement programs to combat methamphetamine production and distribution, to target drug `hot spots,' and to remove and dispose of hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs.

Within the amount provided, the conference agreement includes $20,000,000 to reimburse the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for assistance to State and local law enforcement for proper removal and disposal of hazardous materials at clandestine methamphetamine labs.

In addition, within the amount provided, the conferees expect the COPS Program Office, in consultation with DEA, to examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations on its intentions for each proposal:

$415,000 for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Control to properly train and equip officers for operations involving clandestine methamphetamine labs;

$150,000 for the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to train rural law enforcement officers in the issues of safety, investigation, and evidence collection related to methamphetamine production;

$1,500,000 for the Indiana State Police to combat the production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine;

$500,000 to the Nebraska State Patrol for a Methamphetamine Drug Use Enforcement and Research Program. Funding is provided for drug treatment, enforcement enhancements, and laboratory enhancements;

$3,000,000 for the continuation of the Washington State Methamphetamine Program;

$2,200,000 for the Sioux City, Iowa Regional Methamphetamine Training Center, to provide training to officers from eight states;

$500,000 for the Minot State University, ND, rural methamphetamine project;

$800,000 for the Meth Laboratory Eradication Program located in the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, Narcotics Section;

$500,000 for the Virginia State Police to assist their efforts in combating methamphetamine;

$100,000 for the Tangipahoa Tri-Parish Meth Task Force for clean-up and equipment;

$750,000 for Marshal, Cullman, Walker and Etowah Counties, AL for methamphetamine initiatives;

$300,000 for the South Central Missouri Drug Task Force;

$300,000 for the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force;

$125,000 for Cowley County, KS Sheriff's Department for methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;

$125,000 for Butler County, KS Sheriff's Department for methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;

$125,000 for Montgomery County and Independence, KS Police Department for methamphetamine clean-up and enforcement;

$1,000,000 for the Methamphetamine Task Force in East Tennessee, to fight the spread of meth labs in this region;

$500,000 for the Arkansas Methamphetamine Law Enforcement Initiative, including the Arkansas State Crime Lab, and the Arkansas State Crime Lab to combat methamphetamine abuse;

$4,000,000 for the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement, for the California Methamphetamine Strategy (CALMS);

$250,000 for the Oklahoma City Police Department for a Methamphetaimine/Drug Hot Spots Initiative;

$250,000 for Polk County, FL Sheriff's Department to combat methamphetamine production, distribution, and abuse;

$750,000 for the Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force in Madisonville, KY;

$250,000 for Lincoln County, OR for methamphetamine intervention and enforcement;

$400,000 for Marion County, OR for methamphetamine surveillance, search, and seizure training and equipment;

$100,000 for the Jackson County, AL Sheriff's Office Methamphetamine Enforcement Program;

$525,000 for the Lee County, SC, Sheriff's Department methamphetamine program;

$500,000 for the Orangeburg County, SC Sheriff's Department to fight methamphetamine;

$505,000 for the Cherokee Nation Methamphetamine Enforcement and Biohazard Disposal Program in Tahlequah, OK;

$600,000 for the Jackson County, IL Sheriff's Department to establish a methamphetamine lab dismantling project;

$500,000 for Tennessee's 13th Judicial District Drug Task Force to combat methamphetamine production;

$500,000 for personnel, training, and equipment under the Arizona Methamphetamine Initiative;

$1,000,000 for the Iowa Crime Free Rural State Program;

$1,000,000 for the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy to combat the spread of methamphetamine in east central counties through intelligence gathering, enforcement, and lab clean up operations;

$4,000,000 for Hawaii County, Hawaii to carry out enforcement, prosecution, and cleanup activities associated with the manufacture, use, and distribution of methamphetamine;

$250,000 for the Jackson County, Mississippi Sheriff's Department to combat methamphetamine;

$200,000 to Marion County, Oregon for its Meth Lab Surveillance and Eradication project, which will provide law enforcement with training, equipment, and an improved communications system;

$750,000 for the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to combat methamphetamine and to train officers on the proper recognition, collection, removal, and destruction of methamphetamine;

$1,000,000 for the Missouri Drug Eradication Initiative;

$1,500,000 for MoSmart. Funding is to assist sheriffs and rural drug task forces in combating methamphetamine production, use, and distribution by providing needed equipment, training, and lab clean up resources;

$1,000,000 to the Central Utah Narcotics Task Force for the Sevier Region Methamphetamine Project;

$500,000 for the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy to combat the spread of methamphetamine in south central Iowa through intelligence gathering, enforcement, and lab clean-up operations;

$500,000 to the Vermont Department of Public Safety to support the Vermont Drug Task Force;

$1,400,000 for the Wisconsin Methampetamine Law Enforcement Initiative;

COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Program.--The conference agreement provides $20,000,000 for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Interoperable Communications Technology program. This program should be designed and implemented by the COPS Office, in coordination with the National Institute of Justice's Advanced Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement (AGILE) program and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA). The conferees seek to utilize the expertise of all three organizations so as to create a grant program that is highly responsive to the immediate needs of the State and local law enforcement community.

This program should address the critical need of law enforcement to improve cross-jurisdictional communication and information sharing. The conferees direct the COPS Office to develop and submit to the Committee, no later than 60 days after the implementation of this Act, proposed guidelines for the program. In addition, this program should be coordinated with other Federal grant programs designed to address communications interoperability, so as to develop a comprehensive strategy for improving the current state of public safety communications systems. Consistent with the COPS Office's existing grant programs, the COPS Interoperable Communications Technology program should include a 25 percent match requirement.

The conferees understand and support the need for minimum standards for law enforcement communications technology. Therefore, within the amount provided, the conferees direct that $5,000,000 be transferred to the National Institute of Standards and Technology to continue the efforts of the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) regarding the development of a comprehensive suite of minimum standards for law enforcement communications. In addition, to continue the research and development of improved communications technologies, the conferees direct that within the amounts provided, $3,000,000 is to enhance the current program level for NIJ's AGILE program.

Law Enforcement Technology Program.--The conference agreement includes $189,954,000 for the COPS Law Enforcement Technology Program for the continued development of technologies, communications equipment, and automated systems to assist State and local law enforcement agencies. The conferees realize that a large portion of the projects funded under this account are for enhanced communications systems. The conferees expect that, wherever feasible, voice/data communications equipment purchased with funds from this account be incorporated into an intra- or inter-jurisdictional strategy for communications interoperability among Federal, State, and local public safety first responders.

Within the amounts provided under this account, grants should be provided for the following:

$5,000,000 to I-Safe America for internet safety education for grades K-12 to prevent child predation on the internet;

$7,100,000 for the Southwest Border Anti-Drug Information System of which $3,500,000 is to go to the State of Idaho;

$1,000,000 for the Downriver Mutual Aid Data Network for an 800mhz digital communications system;

$500,000 to the Sandy City, Utah Police Department for an automated records storage and communications system to operate in conjunction with the court system;

$3,000,000 for Law Enforcement On-Line (LEO) information system which provides criminal justice information to law enforcement agencies throughout the country;

$3,000,000 for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Police Department to purchase and install mobile digital radios in its squad cars, and to increase public access to data through GIS crime-mapping and other technologies;

$1,000,000 for the County of Bergen, New Jersey to implement a multi-agency radio communications system that will provide interoperability capability across all agencies and integrate the operations of the Bergen County government;

$1,000,000 for the New Castle County, Delaware Police Department for a new records management system, additional computers and software, and surveillance equipment;

$350,000 for the City of Huntsville, Alabama to upgrade computer systems in police headquarters and district stations;

$1,000,000 for Project Hoosier SAFE-T, a statewide emergency response and telecommunications project;

$800,000 to the Rockdale County, Georgia Sheriff's Office to purchase mobile data computers and in-car video systems;

$5,000,000 for the Stark County Sheriff's Department, OH for a law enforcement communications system;

$2,500,000 for the Regional Law Enforcement Technology Program in KY;

$4,000,000 for the Simulated Prison Environment Crisis Aversion Tools for programs in Alabama, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania;

$100,000 for Loudoun County, VA for a court automation modernization project;

$200,000 for a New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission;

$100,000 for the St. Tammany Parish, LA Sheriff's Office for law enforcement technologies;

$50,000 for the Slidell, LA Police Department for technologies to increase information sharing;

$50,000 for the Jefferson Parish, LA Sheriff's Office for law enforcement technologies;

$50,000 for the Harahan, LA Police Department for systems to assist in the investigating, responding to and preventing crimes;

$219,000 for the Virginia Sheriff's Association Terrorist Information Network;

$3,000,000 for the Center for Criminal Justice Technology;

$1,250,000 for the San Diego County, CA Sheriff's Department for automation infrastructure improvements;

$1,500,000 for Morris County, NJ for police communications and law enforcement technologies;

$765,000 for video cameras for Virginia law enforcement vehicles in the jurisdictions of: $100,000 for Henry County, $100,000 for Pittsylvania County, $40,000 for Franklin County, $40,000 for Mecklenburg County, $40,000 for Halifax County, $40,000 for Campbell County, $25,000 for Appomattox County, $25,000 for Charlotte County, $25,000 for Lunenburg County, $25,000 for Brunswick County, $100,000 for Albermarle County, $25,000 for Bedford County, $25,000 for Cumberland County, $25,000 for Prince Edward County, $25,000 for Buckingham County, $25,000 for Nelson County, $25,000 for Greene County, $25,000 for Fluvanna County, $15,000 for the City of Bedford, and $15,000 for the Town of Rocky Mount;

$155,000 for mobile data terminals for the Albermarle County, VA Police Department ($50,000) and the cities of Charlottesville VA ($40,000), Danville, VA ($40,000), and Martinsville, VA ($25,000);

$50,000 for Pickaway County, OH Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technologies;

$500,000 for Putnam County, IL Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technologies;

$750,000 for the City of Peoria, IL Police Department for law enforcement technologies;

$800,000 for the East Valley Community Justice Center;

$250,000 for the Redlands Police Department, CA for law enforcement technologies;

$500,000 for the City of Louisville, KY for in-car video systems and mobile data terminals;

$100,000 for the Shivley, KY Police Department for in-car video systems, mobile data terminals, and video surveillance equipment;

$5,000 for the Jeffersontown, KY Police Department for law enforcement technologies;

$500,000 for the Onondaga, NY Sheriff's Office for law enforcement technologies;

$200,000 for the City of Syracuse, NY Police Department for law enforcement equipment and technologies;

$1,100,000 for the National Training and Information Center (NTIC);

$1,000,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a facial recognition program;

$1,000,000 for the City of Largo, FL Police Department for laptops/mobile data terminals in vehicles;

$1,000,000 for the Florida Department of Corrections for a system to electronically monitor criminal probationers and link their location to crime events;

$500,000 for the Hanover County, VA Sheriff's Office for communications upgrades;

$250,000 for the City of Winston-Salem, NC for mobile data terminals;

$250,000 for the Riverside, CA Police Department for technology enhancements;

$72,000 for the Lewis County, WV Sheriff's Department for an upgraded records management system and an automated dispatching system;

$900,000 for the Concord, NC Police Department for a records management project;

$100,000 for DuPage County, IL for a geographic information system;

$500,000 for Cobb County, GA Sheriff's Department for a multi-level law enforcement technology system;

$87,000 for McHenry County, IL for equipment for the McHenry Sheriff's Training Facility;

$60,000 for the Vernon Parish, LA Sheriff's Office for law enforcement technologies;

$200,000 for the Woodland, CA Police Department for law enforcement equipment and technologies;

$150,000 for in-car video cameras and an integrated records management system for the York, PA police department;

$250,000 for the Orange County, Sheriff's Department of Santa Ana, CA for mobile data terminals;

$350,000 for the City of Fort Wayne, IN Police Department for in-car video cameras and mobile data terminals;

$500,000 for the Lafourche Parish, LA Sheriff's Department for investigative equipment;

$1,500,000 for the Maryland State Police Department for a police vehicle technology system;

$3,000,000 for the State of California for the California Anti-Terrorism Information Center;

$600,000 for the Indianapolis, IN Police Department to upgrade mobile data terminals;

$845,000 for the Williamson County, TX Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technology and training equipment;

$250,000 for Gladstone, OR for a public safety communications system upgrade;

$1,000,000 for the Texas State University System to develop an integrated training and information-sharing network to enhance criminal information;

$70,000 for the City of Harstelle, AL Police Department for technology and equipment enhancements;

$50,000 for the City of Rogersville, AL Police Department for equipment and technology upgrades;

$50,000 for the Limestone County, AL Sheriff's Office for law enforcement technology and equipment upgrades;

$750,000 for the East Providence, RI Police Department for technology upgrade initiatives;

$300,000 for the Lincoln, RI Police Department for technology upgrade initiatives;

$500,000 for the Woonsocket, RI Police Department for technology upgrade initiatives;

$2,000,000 for the Los Angeles, CA County Sheriff's office for a training equipment;

$600,000 for the Arkansas Crime Information Center for phase II of the JailNet system;

$250,000 for the Williamsburg County, SC Sheriff's Office to implement a communications network;

$600,000 for the City of Toledo, OH for technology upgrades and enhancements for three district police stations;

$867,000 for the Arlington County, VA Police Department to obtain Mobile Data Terminals and upgrade its records management system;

$300,000 for the Fitchburg, MA Police Department for online booking/laser technology;

$1,500,000 for the Phoenix, AZ police department for law enforcement equipment including laptop replacements;

$550,000 for Avondale, AZ for a new police data retrieval and records management system;

$100,000 for Lake County, IN to enhance the Law Enforcement Management System;

$600,000 for Porter County, IN to install a Tiburon integrated public safety computer system;

$350,000 for the City of New Bedford, MA Police Department for technology upgrades;

$500,000 for Broward County, FL for technological security improvements at Port Everglades, FL;

$1,000,000 for Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA for law enforcement and first responder technologies;

$1,000,000 for the Cities of Bayamon and Guaynabo, PR for law enforcement technologies;

$1,000,000 for the Puerto Rico Police Department to purchase portable radios;

$400,000 for the Suffolk County, NY Police Department for enhancements and additions to existing communications systems;

$35,000 for the Eastchester, NY Police Department for in-car technologies;

$50,000 for the City of Rialto, CA for anti-terrorist technology;

$1,000,000 for the Bayonne, NJ Police Department for radio system replacement;

$500,000 for the City of Elizabeth, NJ to equip a Communication Command Center;

$500,000 for the City of Hoboken, NJ to upgrade a radio communication system;

$250,000 for the Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff's Department for a mobile communications system;

$250,000 for Orange County, CA for Mobile Data Terminals;

$111,000 for the San Louis County, CA Sheriff's Department for law enforcement technologies;

$250,000 for the Government of the Virgin Islands to obtain high technology crime fighting equipment;

$200,000 for the Denver, CO public safety intelligent integration project;

$500,000 for the seamless emergency communications network for the Imperial Valley Emergency Communications Agency;

$200,000 for the City of Houston, TX to implement the Enhanced Video Imaging Initiative;

$500,000 for the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement's Internet Project;

$250,000 for the Beaverton, OR Police Dept. Identity Theft program;

$1,000,000 for the City of New York, NY to equip a new police laboratory;

$200,000 for the Borough of Tinton Falls in Monmouth County, NJ for law enforcement and emergency communications upgrades;

$50,000 for the Borough of Frenchtown, NJ Police Department for in-car video cameras;

$100,000 for the City of Jackson, TN to purchase and install Mobile Data Terminals in police cars;

$3,000,000 for Tucson, AZ for public safety communications upgrades, of which $1,000,000 shall be for Cochise County;

$1,000,000 for Harris County, TX for a 911 emergency network;

$1,000,000 for Placer County, CA for public safety communications upgrades;

$500,000 for the City of Roseville, CA to improve communications among public safety agencies;

$750,000 for the City of Springfield, OH for communications upgrades;

$170,000 for Delaware County, NY for a communications system upgrade study;

$250,000 for the DuPage County, IL Emergency Operations Center for equipment upgrades;

$157,000 for the City of Rancho Cucamonga, CA for an emergency communications program;

$350,000 for the City of Upland, CA communications and technology upgrades;

$500,000 for Washington County, MD for a multi-jurisdictional radio communications system;

$2,000,000 for Greene County, MO for interoperable communications system for first responders;

$250,000 for Warren Township, NJ for emergency communications equipment;

$500,000 for Glades County, FL for emergency communications equipment;

$1,000,000 for the City of Chesapeake, VA public safety departments for a computer aided dispatch system;

$500,000 for Imperial County, CA for the development of an inter-agency emergency communications system;

$500,000 for Sevier County, TN for interagency communications equipment;

$500,000 for Hennepin and Caver counties, MN for a regional public safety communications system;

$250,000 for North Hempstead, NY Department of Public Safety for communications upgrades;

$500,000 for Kenosha, WI to modernize communications capabilities between police, fire and public safety agencies;

$1,000,000 for the City of Virginia Beach, VA to upgrade technology and infrastructure at the city's emergency communications and operations center;

$500,000 for Stamford, CT to upgrade emergency response infrastructure;

$500,000 for Franklin County, PA Emergency Management Agency for communications equipment;

$1,000,000 for the Colorado Division of Information Technologies for a seamless State-wide wireless communications system;

$500,000 for Pasco County, FL to upgrade communications equipment;

$500,000 for LaSalle County, IL for a county-wide public safety communications system;

$1,000,000 for the County of Salt Lake, UT for consolidation of the 911 dispatch system;

$750,000 for the City of Abilene, TX for purchase of emergency response and public safety communications equipment;

$500,000 for the State of Alabama for a statewide homeland defense network;

$860,000 for Matteson, IL for a SouthCom Combined Dispatch Center;

$978,000 for the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association in East Hazel Crest, IL for a pilot joint dispatch center and regional law enforcement technology center;

$2,000,000 for City of Detroit, MI, homeland security technology and training needs;

$1,500,000 for the Twin Cities, MN area for communications radios for the Metro Radio Board;

$500,000 for the city of Madison, WI to create a consolidated 911 Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System;

$1,000,000 for the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Corporation to establish a regional first responder communications system;

$250,000 for the Los Angeles County, CA Sheriff's Department for a mobile communications system;

$250,000 for the City of Belmont, CA to upgrade emergency communications technology;

$176,000 for Center Line, MI to upgrade records and dispatch system;

$250,000 for the Southwest Central Dispatch in Illinois for equipment upgrades;

$250,000 for the Lumber River Council of Governments in North Carolina for a critical incident communication system;

$1,000,000 to the City of Owensboro, Kentucky and Daviess County, Kentucky to implement an improved emergency responder and 911 operations system;

$250,000 to the City of Flint, Michigan for upgrades to its 911 emergency response system;

$500,000 for the Abilene, Texas Police Department to upgrade and expand the emergency response and communications network;

$2,000,000 to the State of Alaska to build statewide shared multi-agency communications network;

$1,500,000 for the Alaska Department of Public Safety to upgrade its communications systems;

$100,000 for the Brooklyn, Ohio Police Department to purchase a computer aided dispatch system and mobile data terminals;

$500,000 for Brown County, South Dakota to replace radio equipment, modernize the telephone infrastructure, and purchase computer-aided dispatch technology for the county's Regional Communications Center;

$1,310,000 to the City of Jackson, Mississippi for the public safety automated technologies system;

$300,000 for South Dakota's Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to modernize its current court system by upgrading computer systems and acquiring court service processors;

$200,000 to the Choctaw County, Alabama Emergency Management Agency for a Emergency Warning Notification System;

$1,400,000 for the City of Cincinnati, Ohio to implement a record management system;

$750,000 to the City of Seattle, Washington for digital video surveillance cameras;

$2,000,000 to the City of Oceanside, California to upgrade the public safety radio system;

$30,000 to the Charter Township of Mt. Morris, Michigan for closed circuit video camera technology;

$7,500,000 for a grant to the Southeastern Law Enforcement Technology Center's Coastal Plain Police Communications initiative for regional law enforcement communications equipment. The state capitol of Columbia should be given due consideration in this year's implementation;

$250,000 to the Columbia, Mississippi Police Department for technology;

$3,000,000 for the Consolidated Advanced Technologies for Law Enforcement (CAT lab) Program;

$910,000 for the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska for equipment and technology enhancements at the Juneau Dispatch and Evidence Center;

$300,000 for the City and Borough of Ketchikan, Alaska for an Emergency and 911 Dispatch system;

$3,000,000 to Montgomery County, Maryland to establish an integrated criminal justice information system;

$1,500,000 for the Rockville, Maryland Police Department to upgrade communications, records management, and emergency services systems;

$750,000 to the City of Wasilla, Alaska for a regional dispatch center;

$800,000 for the City of Jackson, Tennessee to install mobile data terminals in police vehicles;

$1,000,000 to the City of Memphis, Tennessee to install a regional law enforcement communications system;

$350,000 for Cowlitz County, Washington to replace its emergency response radio system;

$950,000 to George Mason University in Virginia for equipment for the Critical Infrastructure Protection Project (CIPP);

$150,000 for Curry County, Oregon to fund upgrades and repairs needed to maintain the integrity of the communications system;

Up to $3,000,000 for the acquisition or lease and installation of dashboard mounted cameras for State and local law enforcement on patrol. One camera may be used in each vehicle, which is used primarily for patrols. These cameras are only to be used by State and local law enforcement on patrol;

$1,500,000 for the Delaware State Police to upgrade communications and video capabilities, purchase a real-time x-ray machine, and portable receivers;

$250,000 to the City and County of Denver, Colorado for an intelligent emergency service dispatch system;

$1,000,000 for the City of Des Moines, Iowa to develop a regional geographic information system that will enhance homeland defense and emergency response capabilities;

$500,000 to Eau Claire County, Wisconsin's Police Communications Project for a computer aided dispatch and records management system;

$2,250,000 for the Montana Public Safety Services Office to acquire enhanced 9-1-1 communications technology;

$810,000 for Hamilton County, Ohio to replace and upgrade the current dispatch system;

$2,500,000 to the Harrison County, Mississippi Sheriff's Department for the Public Safety Automated Systems project;

$400,000 to the Indianapolis, Indiana Police Department to upgrade the existing laptop computer system to a wireless land area network;

$850,000 to the National Center for Victims of Crime INFOLINK Program;

$500,000 for Jefferson County, Alabama to upgrade the public safety radio system and improve interoperability;

$1,000,000 to the Johnson County, Kansas Sheriff's Department for a computer-aided dispatch system;

$200,000 for the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island to acquire mobile data computers, a video surveillance system for police headquarters, and an automated telephone system;

$1,000,000 to the State of Kansas for the Public Safety Communications Network;

$25,000 to Bath and Menifee Counties in Kentucky for the purchase of law enforcement equipment;

$60,000 to the Rowan County, Kentucky Sheriff's Office and the Morehead Police Department for the purchase of radar units, mobile cameras, communications equipment, a records management system, and other investigative equipment;

$95,000 for Leake County, Mississippi for police technology and equipment;

$1,500,000 for the Louisiana Commission on Law for a Statewide Technology Coordination Project;

$1,500,000 to the City of Madison, Wisconsin Police Department's Consolidated Communications Project for new hardware, software, data conversion, training, and project administration;

$1,000,000 to the Maine State Police for a new voice and data communications system;

$2,250,000 for Minnehaha County, South Dakota to upgrade its existing communications system and to link with the new State of South Dakota Radio System;

$250,000 to the Madisonville, Kentucky Police Department for mobile data terminals;

$20,000 to Moody County, South Dakota for upgrades to the emergency response communications system;

$750,000 to the Town of Mountain Village, Colorado for a regional public safety communications system;

$4,750,000 to the Pegasus Research Foundation, Inc., in coordination with the National Sheriff's Association for a multi-state information system that will enable local law enforcement agencies to share important criminal justice information;

$200,000 to the Kenton County, Kentucky Sheriff's Office for communications system improvements;

$400,000 to the New Hampshire Department of Public Safety to provide equipment and technology to ten small law enforcement agencies throughout New Hampshire;

$750,000 for the New Jersey Marine Police Patrol for technology upgrades.

$300,000 to the Newago County Office of Administration for the acquisition of an 800-mhz digital communications system;

$500,000 to the New Hampshire Police Standards and Training Facility to purchase technology and equipment for training recruits;

$300,000 for the Billings, Montana Police Department for vehicle enhancements, including automatic vehicle locators, in-car report writing modules, and mobile roaming technology;

$515,000 for the Lubbock, Texas Police Department to purchase mobile data terminals and related software;

$500,000 for the County of Passaic, New Jersey for the purchase of a trunked radio system;

$1,500,000 for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety to provide comprehensive radio and data communications capabilities for all emergency response agencies units in Oklahoma;

$200,000 for the Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky Public Safety Communications System to study requirements and develop a plan to implement a common interoperable voice and data communications system for public safety organizations in the metropolitan area;

$200,000 to the City of Santa Rosa, California for radio communications and emergency response systems upgrades;

$1,500,000 to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol for the development and implementation of an interoperable Voice Trunking Network (VTN) real-time voice communication system throughout the state;

$300,000 to REJIS for the establishment of a computer information system to serve the St. Louis Region;

$2,000,000 for the Montana Sheriff's & Peace Officers Association for a reverse 9-1-1 system which will allow State and local officials to distribute emergency information to citizens over their phone lines using auto-dialing technologies;

$750,000 to San Miguel County, New Mexico Emergency Services for a county wide communications system;

$850,000 to Simpson County, Mississippi for a public safety automated technologies system;

$1,500,000 for South Dakota's Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Association to acquire communications equipment, computers, and other crime-fighting technologies;

$2,000,000 for a grant for the Southeastern Law Enforcement Technology Center to partner with SPAWAR System Center Charleston to advance research and development into software radio technology;

$750,000 to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety for a statewide public safety communications system;

$1,000,000 to Wake County, North Carolina's Department of Public Safety and Emergency Management for technology infrastructure improvements for law enforcement vehicles;

$200,000 for the Pike County, Illinois Sheriff's Department to upgrade law enforcement technologies and modernize equipment;

$50,000 for the City of West Point, Kentucky for the purchase of law enforcement equipment;

$1,500,000 for the training of village public safety officers and small village police offices and acquisition of equipment and technologies;

$250,000 to the Warren County, Mississippi Sheriff's Department for technology enhancements;

$125,000 for the Wilkinson County, Mississippi Sheriff's Department for police technology and equipment;

$1,000,000 for the Wilmington, Delaware Police Department to purchase equipment and technologies;

$300,000 to the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in Douglas, Wyoming for technology upgrades.

Crime Identification Technology Act- The conference agreement includes $69,075,000 to be used and distributed pursuant to the Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998, Public Law 105-251. Under that Act, eligible uses of the funds are (1) upgrading criminal history and criminal justice record systems; (2) improvement of criminal justice identification systems, including fingerprint-based systems; (3) promoting compatibility and integration of national, State, and local systems for criminal justice purposes, firearms eligibility determinations, identification of sexual offenders, identification of domestic violence offenders, and background checks for other authorized purposes; (4) capturing information for statistical and research purposes; (5) multijurisdictional, multiagency communications systems; and (6) improvement of capabilities of forensic sciences, including DNA.

Within the overall amounts recommended, the conferees expect OJP to examine each of the following proposals, to provide grants if warranted, and to submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations its intentions for each proposal:

$250,000 for Pennsylvania's Cross Current Corporation Criminal Justice County Integration Project;

$1,500,000 to the Great Cities Universities Coalition in Georgia for criminal justice data gathering and analysis;

$500,000 to the City of Montrose, Colorado for a records management system and related technology to interface with the public safety communications system;

$1,000,000 for Whatcom County, Washington's Multi-Jurisdictional Criminal Justice Data Integration Project to develop and implement an integrated county-wide communications system;

$2,000,000 for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation to purchase Live-Scan machines for use by Ohio law enforcement agencies;

$200,000 for Henderson County, NC for COPLINK;

$1,000,000 for Harris County, TX Regional AFIS project;

$500,000 for San Bernardino, CA for an electronic crime report filing system;

$1,000,000 for San Bernardino, CA Sheriff's Department, for the SECURES gunshot detection system project;

$1,500,000 for Pinellas County, FL for a laptop interoperability project;

$3,000,000 for the National Forensics Science Technology Center in Largo, FL;

$1,000,000 for the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC), for the Jail Booking and Reporting System;

$1,000,000 for the Bi-County Police Information Network in Benton and Franklin Counties, WA;

$250,000 for the Mecklenburg County, NC Criminal Justice Information System project;

$500,000 for the Jefferson County, AL Sheriff's Department for an Identification Based Information System;

$4,000,000 for the Cyber Science Laboratory for developing advanced electronic crime and computer forensics technology for law enforcement;

$250,000 for the King County, WA Sheriff's Office for electronic records and DNA testing;

$500,000 for Ventura County, CA for an integrated justice information system;

$20,000 for Madison Village, OH for a records management system;

$250,000 for Sacramento County, CA Sheriff's Department for records management and communications systems;

$250,000 for the State of Illinois for a fingerprint identification system;

$1,500,000 for St. Louis County, MO, to upgrade and enhance criminal ID technologies for police and sheriff's offices;

$150,000 to the Douglas County Sheriff's Department, Douglas County, WI to upgrade and expand the regional crime information system;

$25,000 for the City of Philadelphia, PA, for an electronic fingerprint scanner to connect to state-wide information;

$750,000 for the North Carolina State Attorney General, for a Computer Forensics Initiative;

$1,700,000 for Hennepin County, MN for an integrated criminal database system;

$400,000 for the City of New York to collect and provide digital identification evidence to support domestic violence cases;

$40,000 for the Eastchester, NY Police Department for an electronic fingerprinting ID system;

$650,000 for the City of Portland, OR Police Department for the IBIS system;

$100,000 for Wagoner County, OK for the Sex Crime Offender Registration Enforcement (SCORE) program;

$500,000 for development of the San Diego Police Department's Criminal Records Management System;

$750,000 for Lane County/Springfield/Eugene, OR for law enforcement area information records system;

$500,000 to the Arkansas Crime Information Center and the Arkansas Sheriff's Association for Phase II of the JailNet project;

$1,000,000 to the Arkansas State Police for an automated fingerprint identification system;

$500,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department for an automatic finger print identification system (AFIS);

$400,000 for a Centralized Sex Offender Registry Program for the State of Colorado;

$1,000,000 for CJIS WareNET to connect all state law enforcement agencies into one information database;

$250,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department for a consolidated records management system;

$2,000,000 for the Alaska Criminal Justice Information System to integrate federal, state, and local criminal records along with social service and other records. It expects the system design to include the capability to provide background checks on potential child care workers for child care providers and families with the permission of the job applicant. The State should consult with the National Instant Check System for technical expertise;

$7,250,000 for the South Carolina Judicial Department to purchase equipment for the integration of the case docket system into a state-of-the-art comprehensive database to be shared between the court system and law enforcement;

$1,000,000 to the Vermont Department of Public Safety for the Criminal Justice Integration System Project;

$1,000,000 to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for the integrated criminal justice information system titled CriMNet;

$100,000 to the Ogden City, Utah Police Department for a facial recognition system;

$250,000 to the City of Gulfport, Mississippi for the Gulfport Critical Incident Response Technologies;

$1,000,000 to the Missouri Office of the State Court Administrator for computer upgrades and modernizations of the juvenile court system;

$450,000 to implement a Louisiana Statewide Sex Offender Database;

$800,000 for the Low Country Information Technology Improvement Project;

$250,000 for the Offenders' Unified Tracking for Rehabilitation, Enforcement, Assistance, and Community Health (OUTREACH) program at the University of Pennsylvania Lee Center of Criminology;

$2,800,000 for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to obtain equipment, convert existing databases and integrate systems for accurate and rapid processing of information to support identifications for criminal and civil purposes;

$250,000 to the South Bend, Indiana Police Department for the purchase of an automated fingerprint imaging system (AFIS);

$500,000 for the Syracuse University Cross-Information Language Retrieval system to assist law enforcement in the search and analysis of foreign Internet document databases;

$1,800,000 to upgrade automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) in Hawaii;

$850,000 for the University of Southern Mississippi for crime identification technology training;

Crime Laboratory Improvement Program- The conference agreement includes $40,538,000 for the crime laboratory improvement program.

DNA Backlog Elimination- The conference agreement includes $41,000,000 to reduce the DNA sample backlog including the testing of date rape kits. Within this amount, $5,000,000 is available for Paul Coverdell Forensics Sciences Improvement grants.

Within the overall amounts recommended for the Crime Laboratory Improvement and DNA Backlog Elimination Programs, the OJP should examine each of the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, and submit a report to the Committees on its intentions for each proposal:

$1,250,000 for the Florida Gulf Coast University for DNA testing center to help train students to work in DNA laboratories;

$1,500,000 for the Commonwealth of Virginia to enhance existing state forensics laboratory capabilities for analysis and training;

$1,500,000 for the Northeast Regional Forensic Institute in Albany, NY;

$500,000 for the Northern Illinois Police Crime Laboratory for forensic science equipment;

$2,000,000 for the State of Maryland and the City of Baltimore DNA Labs to be evenly divided among each;

$3,000,000 for the Iowa State University Midwest Forensics Science Center;

$2,000,000 for the New Jersey State Police for forensics equipment;

$250,000 for the DuPage County, IL Crime Laboratory;

$500,000 for the Center for Forensic Service in Indian Country in Arizona;

$500,000 for the City of Whittier, CA for forensic science equipment;

$2,000,000 for the Department of Justice of the State of California for the Integrated Laboratory Information Management System;

$1,500,000 for the Indiana State Police for the Forensic DNA Analysis Unit to address the backlog;

$500,000 for the Institute for Forensic Imaging at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis;

$30,000 for Williamson County, TX for equipment to analyze both finger and palm prints;

$750,000 for the Forensic Science Center at California State University, Los Angeles;

$1,000,000 for Phoenix, AZ to expand the crime lab's DNA capabilities;

$350,000 for the City of New York, NY to develop a forensic evidence collection training program;

$250,000 for the Sacramento County, CA Sheriff's Department to modernize its data infrastructure;

$250,000 to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for the Allegheny County Forensics Laboratory for improvements;

$142,900 to the Broome County, New York Government Security Division for a computer and video forensics laboratory;

$1,500,000 to establish the Metropolitan Forensic Science Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico which will serve law enforcement agencies involved in Indian Country;

$800,000 for the Central Piedmont Community College Forensics Lab in North Carolina;

$400,000 for the Birmingham Police Department to improve and update their forensic laboratory;

$400,000 for the Forensics Laboratory at East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania to assist Pennsylvania's law enforcement community by expediting the processing of the state's DNA backlog;

$500,000 to the Indiana State Police, Laboratory Division for personnel, equipment, supplies, and contractual needs in order to meet the increased demands on the DNA Analysis Unit;

$400,000 to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation for lab equipment and an information management system to track evidence;

$3,000,000 for the Marshall University (MU) Forensic Science Program in West Virginia;

$750,000 for the Mississippi Crime Lab to improve the state's capability to analyze DNA evidence;

$800,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation for improvements to its Forensic Science Lab;

$500,000 to the Pikes Peak Metro Crime Lab in Colorado for renovations necessary to meet the demand for DNA analysis services;

$1,500,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for equipment to support a federal and state collaboration of investigators and forensics experts to solve high technology crimes through one center;

$2,500,000 to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for continued funding to support the growing state and local law enforcement needs in the only full service forensic laboratory in South Carolina;

$970,000 to the Southeast Missouri Crime Lab for modernizations and equipment;

$250,000 to Texas Tech University for the Southwest Institute for Forensic Sciences;

$4,000,000 for the West Virginia University (WVU) Forensic Identification Program;

Southwest Border Prosecutions- The conference agreement includes $40,000,000 for assistance to State and local prosecutors located along the Southwest border, including the integration and automation of court management systems. This program will provide financial assistance to Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California for the State and local costs associated with the handling and processing of drug and alien cases referred from Federal arrests. If additional funding is required for this program, the Committees on Appropriations will consider a reprogramming request under section 605 of this Act.

Offender Reentry- The conference agreement includes $14,934,000 for the law enforcement costs related to establishing offender reentry programs. Offender reentry programs establish partnerships among institutional corrections, community corrections, social services programs, community policing, and community leaders to prepare for the successful return of inmates to their home neighborhoods. The amount recommended is provided to fund law enforcement participation and coordination of offender reentry programs. The conferees are pleased that the OJP is working in collaboration with the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education in the execution of this program. The conferees encourage OJP to expand its collaboration with these departments to coordinate the resources provided by multiple agencies of the Federal government to address the needs of local communities.

Safe Schools Initiative- The conference agreement includes $15,210,000 for programs aimed at preventing violence in public schools, and to support the assignment of officers to work in collaboration with schools and community-based organizations to address the threat of terrorism, crime, disorder, gangs, and drug activities.

Within the amount provided, the COPS office should examine each of the following proposals, provide grants if warranted, and submit a report to the Committees on its intentions for each proposal:

$500,000 for the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) `Stop the Violence' program;

$350,000 for the Virginia Attorney General's Office for Class Action and other educational programs in Virginia's schools;

$125,000 for the Rappahannock County, VA Sheriff's Office for a school resource officer program;

$125,000 for the Town of Stanley, VA Sheriff's Office for a school resource officer program;

$500,000 for the Learning for Life program;

$1,000,000 for Wichita, KS for a school safety program in Wichita Public Schools;

$250,000 for the Pinellas County, FL Police Athletic League;

$500,000 for Palm Beach County, FL School District for security upgrades;

$125,000 for the Ashland County, WI Sheriff's Department for school resource officer program;

$560,000 for Rock in Prevention;

$250,000 for development and implementation of youth mentor programs for the Barrington Police Athletic League;

$500,000 for School District of Philadelphia for school violence prevention;

$500,000 for Toledo, OH Public School's Beacon Academy to serve as an alternative to suspension;

$500,000 for Operation Quality Time;

$1,000,000 for District 29 of Southeast Queens in New York, NY, for a Dial-Up system to strengthen home-school-community communication;

$500,000 for the Anaheim, CA Police Department for their School Gang Officers Division;

$150,000 for the City of Rialto, CA for the Police Activities League program;

$500,000 for the Alaska Community in Schools Mentoring Program;

$1,000,000 for the Police Athletic League of New Jersey to implement a short term residential summer camp program for youth;

$850,000 for the East Orange Police Athletics League to provide services and programs, including parenting classes, computer training, GED preparation, mentoring and recreational programs;

$1,000,000 for Wisconsin's Families & Schools Together (FAST) Prevention Program to provide services to at-risk youth;

$60,000 for Washington County, Oregon's Hillsboro Boys and Girls Club Gang Prevention Program which is a targeted outreach program to deter young people from gang involvement;

$400,000 for the New Mexico Police Athletic League to continue the statewide Law enforcement and Professional Business Volunteer Technology and Mentoring program and to expand its program to assist at-risk youth to 14 additional sites;

$1,300,000 for the University of Montana to facilitate a statewide community based curriculum development initiative that promotes responsible behavior and reduces youth violence in schools and communities;

$100,000 for the Jefferson County, Illinois Sheriff's Office and Hamilton-Jefferson County Regional Office of Education to implement a safe schools program;

$500,000 for New Mexico's School Security Technology and Resource Center (SSTAR) to provide public schools with physical security assessments, to test existing school security systems, and to implement tailored security plans;

$1,500,000 to provide community-based, cost-effective alternative programs for juveniles who are, have been or may be subject to compulsory care, supervision or incarceration in public or private institutions in several states including South Carolina;

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