“A bill 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 a requirement, effective not later than three years after enactment, for the Attorney General to evaluate whether covered jurisdictions (i.e., units of local government with populations exceeding 100,000 that request grants under this subpart) credibly report hate crimes to the FBI using data under the Hate Crimes Statistics Act (34 U.S.C. 41305), including whether they failed to report data or reported zero incidents in a year. A covered jurisdiction found not credibly reporting for a year is ineligible for an allocation under this section (i.e., Byrne Justice Assistance Grant formula funds, which support state and local criminal justice activities such as law enforcement and prosecution) for the following fiscal year, unless the Attorney General certifies that it conducted significant community public education and awareness initiatives on hate crimes (e.g., adopting hate crime reporting policies and systems, establishing specialized units or liaisons, or holding regular public meetings or forums). (Thus, the provision conditions a portion of local Byrne JAG funding—allocated as 40% of state shares under subsection (b)(2), with states passing most to localities under subsection (c)(2)—on hate crime reporting.) The Attorney General must annually publish an online report identifying certified jurisdictions.