“To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include certain reporting to the uniform crime reporting program.”
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This section establishes hate crime reporting requirements for eligibility under the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program for covered jurisdictions (i.e., units of local government with populations over 100,000 requesting grants). (As background, the JAG program allocates formula grants to states—60% directly and 40% to localities—for criminal justice purposes such as law enforcement, prosecution, courts, and corrections, based on population and violent crime rates with a 0.25% state minimum.) (1) Beginning not later than three years after enactment, the Attorney General must evaluate covered jurisdictions' credible reporting of hate crimes (i.e., acts under the Hate Crime Statistics Act or 18 U.S.C. §§ 241, 245, 247, 249) using FBI data, deeming reporting non-credible if a jurisdiction fails to report data or reports zero incidents; (2) non-credibly reporting covered jurisdictions are ineligible for JAG allocations unless the Attorney General certifies significant community public education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes (e.g., progress toward comprehensive reporting, adoption of hate crime policies and standardized systems, establishment of specialized units or liaisons, or regular public meetings and forums); and (3) requires the Attorney General to annually publish on the DOJ website a report listing jurisdictions certified under the exception.