Byrne Grant Funding and Funding Available for the Adam Walsh Act for 2009-2010

3-8-2010 National:

What follows are the bills passed by the 111th Congress which appropriated money for the Byrne Grant Fund. In total $2,775,000,000 for the years 2009-2010. How it is determined what portion goes for each state is unknown to me, but 2.775 billion has been made available through the following bills.

Further, a review of the following bills will also show that, there are funds available for use by the Adam Walsh Act. Now while Congress has not passed the SPECIFIC appropriations bill for the Adam Walsh Act (HR 1422) -which would fund it through 2014-, Congress has provided funding for it through other means.

One has to wonder why so many folks in Congress would allow the Adam Walsh Act (more specifically the SORNA portion) to continue when it has done nothing to PREVENT crime. TRACKING is not PREVENTION! Neither is manhandling of registrants through other failed ideas (Don't live here or there, don't go here or there, can't work here, or here, or here, tracking with GPS, restricting them on Halloween, excessive mandatory prison sentences, failing to give judges discretion with offenders, civil commitment with programs that have unrealistic goals (actually a pretext for perpetual incarceration), etc.)

Does anyone also wonder why Congress has ignored TREATMENT?

eAdvocate

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The American Reinvestment Act (HR 1):
Title II COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES

OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS: STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’, 1,200,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968 (‘‘1968 Act’’), (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), to remain available until September 30, 2010.

Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (HR 1105):

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); and other programs; $1,328,500,000, to remain available until expended as follows:

(1) $546,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act, (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which $5,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice in assisting units of local government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement, $2,000,000 is for a program to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout the intelligence process, $7,000,000 is to reimburse State and local law enforcement for security and related costs, including overtime, associated with the extraordinary security required to protect the President-elect during the Presidential transition period; and $20,000,000 is to reimburse State and local governments for extraordinary costs associated with the 2009 Presidential Inauguration;

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (HR 3288):

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); and other programs; $1,534,768,000, to remain available until expended as follows—

(1) $519,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act, (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, as amended, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which $5,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice in assisting units of local government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new technologies for use by law enforcement, and $3,000,000 is for a program to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training and training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout the intelligence process;

Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes (HR 2847):

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–164); the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–162); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–248); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199); and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); and other programs; $1,159,000,000, to remain available until expended as follows:

(1) $510,000,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 Act, (except that section 1001(c), and the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of the 1968 Act, shall not apply for purposes of this Act), of which $5,000,000 is for use by the National Institute of Justice in assisting units of local government to identify, select, develop, modernize, and purchase new tech nologies for use by law enforcement, $2,000,000 is for a program to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including anti-terrorism training and training to ensure that constitutional rights, civil liberties, civil rights, and privacy interests are protected throughout the intelligence process, $10,000,000 is to support the Nationwide Pegasus Program in coordination with the National Sheriff’s Association, for rural and non-urban law enforcement databases and connectivity to enhance information sharing technology capacity, and $10,000,000 is for implementation of a student loan repayment assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public Law 110–315;