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[CITE: 42USC14151]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
             SUBCHAPTER IX--STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
           Part C--Improved Training and Technical Automation
 
Sec. 14151. Improved training and technical automation


(a) Grants

                           (1) In general

        The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of 
    appropriations, make grants to State, Indian tribal, and local 
    criminal justice agencies and to nonprofit organizations for the 
    purposes of improving criminal justice agency efficiency through 
    computerized automation and technological improvements.

                        (2) Types of programs

        Grants under this section may include programs to--
            (A) increase use of mobile digital terminals;
            (B) improve communications systems, such as computer-aided 
        dispatch and incident reporting systems;
            (C) accomplish paper-flow reduction;
            (D) establish or improve ballistics identification programs;
            (E) increase the application of automated fingerprint 
        identification systems and their communications on an interstate 
        and intrastate basis; and
            (F) improve computerized collection of criminal records.

                             (3) Funding

        No funds under this part may be used to implement any 
    cryptographic or digital telephony programs.

(b) Training and investigative assistance

                           (1) In general

        The Attorney General shall, subject to the availability of 
    appropriations--
            (A) expand and improve investigative and managerial training 
        courses for State, Indian tribal, and local law enforcement 
        agencies; and
            (B) develop and implement, on a pilot basis with no more 
        than 10 participating cities, an intelligent information system 
        that gathers, integrates, organizes, and analyzes information in 
        active support of investigations by Federal, State, and local 
        law enforcement agencies of violent serial crimes.

                    (2) Improvement of facilities

        The improvement described in subsection (a) of this section 
    shall include improvements of the training facilities of the Federal 
    Bureau of Investigation Academy at Quantico, Virginia.

                 (3) Intelligent information system

        The intelligent information system described in paragraph (1)(B) 
    shall be developed and implemented by the Federal Bureau of 
    Investigation and shall utilize the resources of the Violent 
    Criminal Apprehension Program.

(c) Authorization of appropriations

    There are authorized to be appropriated--
        (1) to carry out subsection (a) of this section--
            (A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            (B) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (C) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            (D) $23,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            (E) $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.\1\
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        (2) to carry out subsection (b)(1) of this section--
            (A) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
            (B) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;
            (C) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;
            (D) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and
            (E) $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; and

        (3) to carry out subsection (b)(2) of this section--
            $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1996.

(d) Definitions

    In this section--
        ``Indian tribe'' means a tribe, band, pueblo, nation, or other 
    organized group or community of Indians, including an Alaska Native 
    village (as defined in or established under the Alaska Native Claims 
    Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),\2\ that is recognized as 
    eligible for the special programs and services provided by the 
    United States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
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        ``State'' means a State, the District of Columbia, the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
    Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin 
    Islands.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title XXI, Sec. 210501, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
2072.)

                       References in Text

    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in subsec. (d), 
is Pub. L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 14214 of this title.
