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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1300
To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization
Act of 2018, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL3, 2025
Mr. C
ORNYN(for himself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. TILLIS, Mrs.
F
ISCHER, Mr. HAWLEY, and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To reauthorize the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant
Program Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Safe Neighbor-4
hoods Reauthorization Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
(1) Launched in 2001, the Project Safe Neigh-8
borhoods program is a nationwide initiative that 9
brings together Federal, State, local, and Tribal law 10
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enforcement officials, prosecutors, community lead-1
ers, and other stakeholders to identify the most 2
pressing crime problems in a community and work 3
collaboratively to address those problems. 4
(2) The Project Safe Neighborhoods program— 5
(A) operates in all 94 Federal judicial dis-6
tricts throughout the 50 States and territories 7
of the United States; and 8
(B) implements 4 key components to suc-9
cessfully reduce violent crime in communities, 10
including community engagement, prevention 11
and intervention, focused and strategic enforce-12
ment, and accountability. 13
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION. 14
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the Project Safe 15
Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 16
(34 U.S.C. 60701) is amended— 17
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 18
(3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; 19
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-20
designated, the following: 21
‘‘(1) the term ‘crime analyst’ means an indi-22
vidual employed by a law enforcement agency for the 23
purpose of separating information into key compo-24
nents and contributing to plans of action to under-25
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stand, mitigate, and neutralize criminal threats;’’; 1
and 2
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as so re-3
designated, the following: 4
‘‘(3) the term ‘law enforcement assistant’ 5
means an individual employed by a law enforcement 6
agency or a prosecuting agency for the purpose of 7
aiding law enforcement officers in investigative or 8
administrative duties;’’. 9
(b) U
SE OFFUNDS.—Section 4(b) of the Project 10
Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 11
2018 (34 U.S.C. 60703(b)) is amended— 12
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 13
end; 14
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 15
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 16
(3) by adding at the end the following: 17
‘‘(5) hiring crime analysts to assist with violent 18
crime reduction efforts; 19
‘‘(6) the cost of overtime for law enforcement 20
officers, prosecutors, and law enforcement assistants 21
that assist with the Program; and 22
‘‘(7) purchasing, implementing, and using tech-23
nology to assist with violent crime reduction ef-24
forts.’’. 25
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(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 1
6 of the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Au-2
thorization Act of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 60705) is amended 3
by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2019 through 2021’’ and insert-4
ing ‘‘fiscal years 2026 through 2030’’. 5
SEC. 4. TASK FORCE SUPPORT. 6
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This section may be cited as the 7
‘‘Officer Ella Grace French and Sergeant Jim Smith Task 8
Force Support Act of 2025’’. 9
(b) A
MENDMENT.—Section 4(b) of the Project Safe 10
Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 11
(34 U.S.C. 60703(b)), as amended by section 3(b), is 12
amended— 13
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 14
end; 15
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at 16
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 17
(3) by adding at the end the following: 18
‘‘(8) support for multi-jurisdictional task 19
forces.’’. 20
SEC. 5. TRANSPARENCY. 21
Not less frequently than annually, the Attorney Gen-22
eral shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of 23
the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 24
House of Representatives a report that details, for each 25
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area in which the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block 1
Grant Program operates and with respect to the 1-year 2
period preceding the date of the report— 3
(1) how the area spent funds under the Project 4
Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program; 5
(2) the community outreach efforts performed 6
in the area; and 7
(3) the number and a description of the violent 8
crime offenses committed in the area, including mur-9
der, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and 10
aggravated assault. 11
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