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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1726
5	5	To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization
6	6	Act of 2018, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	FEBRUARY27, 2025
9	9	Mr. N
10	10	EGUSE(for himself, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. CORREA, Mr. BACON, Mrs.
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12	12	CBATH, Mr. FRY, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Ms. LEEof Florida, Mr.
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14	14	VEY, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was re-
15	15	ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant
18	18	Program Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
22	22	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Safe Neighbor-4
23	23	hoods Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5
24	24	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
25	25	Congress finds the following: 7
26	26	(1) Launched in 2001, the Project Safe Neigh-8
27	27	borhoods program is a nationwide initiative that 9
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31	31	brings together Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 1
32	32	enforcement officials, prosecutors, community lead-2
33	33	ers, and other stakeholders to identify the most 3
34	34	pressing crime problems in a community and work 4
35	35	collaboratively to address those problems. 5
36	36	(2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 6
37	37	(A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis-7
38	38	tricts throughout the 50 States and territories 8
39	39	of the United States; and 9
40	40	(B) implements 4 key components to suc-10
41	41	cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 11
42	42	including community engagement, prevention 12
43	43	and intervention, focused and strategic enforce-13
44	44	ment, and accountability. 14
45	45	SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 15
46	46	(a) D
47	47	EFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Project Safe 16
48	48	Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 17
49	49	(34 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 18
50	50	(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 19
51	51	(3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; 20
52	52	(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-21
53	53	designated, the following: 22
54	54	‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi-23
55	55	vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 24
56	56	purpose of separating information into key compo-25
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60	60	nents and contributing to plans of action to under-1
61	61	stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 2
62	62	and 3
63	63	(3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re-4
64	64	designated, the following: 5
65	65	‘‘(3) the term ‘law enforcement assistant’ 6
66	66	means an individual employed by a law enforcement 7
67	67	agency or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of 8
68	68	aiding law enforcement officers in investigative or 9
69	69	administrative duties;’’. 10
70	70	(b) U
71	71	SE OFFUNDS.—Section 4(b) of the Project 11
72	72	Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 12
73	73	2018 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)) is amended— 13
74	74	(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 14
75	75	end; 15
76	76	(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 16
77	77	the end and inserting a semicolon; and 17
78	78	(3) by adding at the end the following: 18
79	79	‘‘(5) hiring crime analysts to assist with violent 19
80	80	crime reduction efforts; 20
81	81	‘‘(6) the cost of overtime for law enforcement 21
82	82	officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants 22
83	83	that assist with the Program; and 23
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87	87	‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech-1
88	88	nology to assist with violent crime reduction ef-2
89	89	forts.’’. 3
90	90	(c) A
91	91	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 4
92	92	6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Au-5
93	93	thorization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended 6
94	94	by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and insert-7
95	95	ing ‘‘fiscal years 2026 through 2030’’. 8
96	96	SEC. 4. TASK FORCE SUPPORT. 9
97	97	(a) S
98	98	HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 10
99	99	‘‘Officer Ella Grace French and Sergeant Jim Smith Task 11
100	100	Force Support Act of 2025’’. 12
101	101	(b) A
102	102	MENDMENT.—Section 4(b) of the Project Safe 13
103	103	Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 14
104	104	(34 U.S.C. 60703(b)), as amended by section 3(b), is 15
105	105	amended— 16
106	106	(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 17
107	107	end; 18
108	108	(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 19
109	109	the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 20
110	110	(3) by adding at the end the following: 21
111	111	‘‘(8) support for multi-jurisdictional task 22
112	112	forces.’’. 23
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116	116	SEC. 5. TRANSPARENCY. 1
117	117	Not less frequently than annually, the Attorney Gen-2
118	118	eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 3
119	119	the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 4
120	120	House of Representatives a report that details, for each 5
121	121	area in which the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block 6
122	122	Grant Program operates and with respect to the 1-year 7
123	123	period preceding the date of the report— 8
124	124	(1) how the area spent funds under the Project 9
125	125	Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program; 10
126	126	(2) the community outreach efforts performed 11
127	127	in the area; and 12
128	128	(3) the number and a description of the violent 13
129	129	crime offenses committed in the area, including mur-14
130	130	der, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and 15
131	131	aggravated assault. 16
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