<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CRIME IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1998 </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s101" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10101">34 U.S.C. 10101 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading> <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998</inline></shortTitle>”.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s40301">34 U.S.C. 40301</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE IDENTIFICATION, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subject to the availability of amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Office of Justice Programs relying principally on the expertise of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall make a grant to each State, in a manner consistent with the national criminal history improvement program, which shall be used by the State, in conjunction with units of local government, State and local courts, other States, or combinations thereof, to establish or upgrade an integrated approach to develop information and identification technologies and systems to—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">upgrade criminal history and criminal justice record systems, including systems operated by law enforcement agencies and courts;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">improve criminal justice identification;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">promote compatibility and integration of national, State, and local systems for—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">criminal justice purposes;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">firearms eligibility determinations;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identification of all individuals who have been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year<ref style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref" idref="ID15A8D0DF44744C8B90CAC64C53951766" class="footnoteRef">1</ref></content><footnote id="ID15A8D0DF44744C8B90CAC64C53951766" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">1</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">So in law. There is no punctuation at the end of paragraph (3)(C). There probably should be a semicolon.</p></footnote> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identification of sexual offenders;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/E" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identification of domestic violence offenders; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/F" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">background checks for other authorized purposes unrelated to criminal justice; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">capture information for statistical and research purposes to improve the administration of criminal justice.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Use of Grant Amounts.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Grants under this section may be used for programs to establish, develop, update, or upgrade—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">State centralized, automated, adult and juvenile criminal history record information systems, including arrest and disposition reporting;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">automated fingerprint identification systems that are compatible with standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and interoperable with the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">finger imaging, live scan, and other automated systems to digitize fingerprints and to communicate prints in a manner that is compatible with standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and interoperable with systems operated by States and by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">programs and systems to facilitate full participation in the Interstate Identification Index of the National Crime Information Center;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">systems to facilitate full participation in any compact relating to the Interstate Identification Index of the National Crime Information Center;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/6" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">systems to facilitate full participation in the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901(b)) for firearms eligibility determinations, including through increased efforts to pre-validate the contents of felony conviction records and domestic violence records to expedite eligibility determinations, and measures and resources necessary to establish and achieve compliance with an implementation plan under section 107 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/7" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">integrated criminal justice information systems to manage and communicate criminal justice information among law enforcement agencies, courts, prosecutors, and corrections agencies;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/8" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">noncriminal history record information systems relevant to firearms eligibility determinations for availability and accessibility to the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note);</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/9" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">court-based criminal justice information systems that promote—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/9/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">reporting of dispositions to central State repositories and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/9/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">compatibility with, and integration of, court systems with other criminal justice information systems;</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/10" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ballistics identification and information programs that are compatible and integrated with the National Integrated Ballistics Network (NIBN);</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/11" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="11">(11) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the capabilities of forensic science programs and medical examiner programs related to the administration of criminal justice, including programs leading to accreditation or certification of individuals or departments, agencies, or laboratories, and programs relating to the identification and analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/12" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="12">(12) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">sexual offender identification and registration systems;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/13" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="13">(13) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">domestic violence offender identification and information systems;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/14" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="14">(14) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">programs for fingerprint-supported background checks capability for noncriminal justice purposes, including youth service employees and volunteers and other individuals in positions of responsibility, if authorized by Federal or State law and administered by a government agency;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/15" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="15">(15) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">criminal justice information systems with a capacity to provide statistical and research products including incident-based reporting systems that are compatible with the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and uniform crime reports;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/16" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="16">(16) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">multiagency, multijurisdictional communications systems among the States to share routine and emergency information among Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/17" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="17">(17) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the capability of the criminal justice system to deliver timely, accurate, and complete criminal history record information to child welfare agencies, organizations, and programs that are engaged in the assessment of risk and other activities related to the protection of children, including protection against child sexual abuse, and placement of children in foster care; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/18" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="18">(18) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">notwithstanding subsection (c), antiterrorism purposes as they relate to any other uses under this section or for other antiterrorism programs.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Assurances.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall provide assurances to the Attorney General that the State has the capability to contribute pertinent information to the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Information sharing.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Such assurances shall include a provision that ensures that a statewide strategy for information sharing systems is underway, or will be initiated, to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on integration of all criminal justice components, law enforcement, courts, prosecution, corrections, and probation and parole. The strategy shall be prepared after consultation with State and local officials with emphasis on the recommendation of officials whose duty it is to oversee, plan, and implement integrated information technology systems, and shall contain—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a definition and analysis of “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">integration</quotedText>” in the State and localities developing integrated information sharing systems;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an assessment of the criminal justice resources being devoted to information technology;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Federal, State, regional, and local information technology coordination requirements;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an assurance that the individuals who developed the grant application took into consideration the needs of all branches of the State Government and specifically sought the advice of the chief of the highest court of the State with respect to the application;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/E" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">State and local resource needs;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/F" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the establishment of statewide priorities for planning and implementation of information technology systems; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/G" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="G">(G) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a plan for coordinating the programs funded under this title with other federally funded information technology programs, including directly funded local programs such as the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program and the M.O.R.E. program established pursuant to part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Matching Funds.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Federal share of a grant received under this title may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a program or proposal funded under this title unless the State has achieved compliance with an implementation plan under section 107 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 or the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this subsection.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authorization of Appropriations.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for eachof fiscal years 2018 through 2022.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitations.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Of the amount made available to carry out this section in any fiscal year—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">not more than 3 percent may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative expenses;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">not more than 5 percent may be used for technical assistance, training and evaluations, and studies commissioned by Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice (through discretionary grants or otherwise) in furtherance of the purposes of this section; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Attorney General shall ensure the amounts are distributed on an equitable geographic basis.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/f" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Grants to Indian Tribes.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Attorney General may use amounts made available under this section to make grants to Indian tribes for use in accordance with this section.</content> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> </subsection> </section>

AN ACTTo provide for the improvement of interstate criminal justice identification, information, communications, and forensics. * * * * * * * <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CRIME IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1998 </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s101" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s10101">34 U.S.C. 10101 note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">SHORT TITLE. </heading> <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle style="-uslm-dtd:quote"><inline style="-uslm-dtd:short-title">Crime Identification Technology Act of 1998</inline></shortTitle>”.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t34/s40301">34 U.S.C. 40301</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">STATE GRANT PROGRAM FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE IDENTIFICATION, INFORMATION, AND COMMUNICATION. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Subject to the availability of amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Office of Justice Programs relying principally on the expertise of the Bureau of Justice Statistics shall make a grant to each State, in a manner consistent with the national criminal history improvement program, which shall be used by the State, in conjunction with units of local government, State and local courts, other States, or combinations thereof, to establish or upgrade an integrated approach to develop information and identification technologies and systems to—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">upgrade criminal history and criminal justice record systems, including systems operated by law enforcement agencies and courts;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">improve criminal justice identification;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">promote compatibility and integration of national, State, and local systems for—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">criminal justice purposes;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">firearms eligibility determinations;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identification of all individuals who have been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year<ref style="-uslm-dtd:footnote-ref" idref="ID15A8D0DF44744C8B90CAC64C53951766" class="footnoteRef">1</ref></content><footnote id="ID15A8D0DF44744C8B90CAC64C53951766" style="-uslm-dtd:footnote"><sup style="-uslm-dtd:superscript">1</sup><p style="-uslm-dtd:para; margin-left:1em">So in law. There is no punctuation at the end of paragraph (3)(C). There probably should be a semicolon.</p></footnote> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identification of sexual offenders;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/E" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">identification of domestic violence offenders; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/3/F" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">background checks for other authorized purposes unrelated to criminal justice; and</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/a/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">capture information for statistical and research purposes to improve the administration of criminal justice.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Use of Grant Amounts.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Grants under this section may be used for programs to establish, develop, update, or upgrade—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">State centralized, automated, adult and juvenile criminal history record information systems, including arrest and disposition reporting;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">automated fingerprint identification systems that are compatible with standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and interoperable with the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">finger imaging, live scan, and other automated systems to digitize fingerprints and to communicate prints in a manner that is compatible with standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and interoperable with systems operated by States and by the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">programs and systems to facilitate full participation in the Interstate Identification Index of the National Crime Information Center;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">systems to facilitate full participation in any compact relating to the Interstate Identification Index of the National Crime Information Center;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/6" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">systems to facilitate full participation in the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 40901(b)) for firearms eligibility determinations, including through increased efforts to pre-validate the contents of felony conviction records and domestic violence records to expedite eligibility determinations, and measures and resources necessary to establish and achieve compliance with an implementation plan under section 107 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/7" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">integrated criminal justice information systems to manage and communicate criminal justice information among law enforcement agencies, courts, prosecutors, and corrections agencies;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/8" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">noncriminal history record information systems relevant to firearms eligibility determinations for availability and accessibility to the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note);</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/9" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">court-based criminal justice information systems that promote—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/9/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">reporting of dispositions to central State repositories and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/9/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">compatibility with, and integration of, court systems with other criminal justice information systems;</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/10" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ballistics identification and information programs that are compatible and integrated with the National Integrated Ballistics Network (NIBN);</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/11" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="11">(11) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the capabilities of forensic science programs and medical examiner programs related to the administration of criminal justice, including programs leading to accreditation or certification of individuals or departments, agencies, or laboratories, and programs relating to the identification and analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/12" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="12">(12) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">sexual offender identification and registration systems;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/13" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="13">(13) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">domestic violence offender identification and information systems;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/14" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="14">(14) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">programs for fingerprint-supported background checks capability for noncriminal justice purposes, including youth service employees and volunteers and other individuals in positions of responsibility, if authorized by Federal or State law and administered by a government agency;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/15" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="15">(15) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">criminal justice information systems with a capacity to provide statistical and research products including incident-based reporting systems that are compatible with the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and uniform crime reports;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/16" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="16">(16) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">multiagency, multijurisdictional communications systems among the States to share routine and emergency information among Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/17" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="17">(17) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the capability of the criminal justice system to deliver timely, accurate, and complete criminal history record information to child welfare agencies, organizations, and programs that are engaged in the assessment of risk and other activities related to the protection of children, including protection against child sexual abuse, and placement of children in foster care; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/b/18" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="18">(18) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">notwithstanding subsection (c), antiterrorism purposes as they relate to any other uses under this section or for other antiterrorism programs.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Assurances.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall provide assurances to the Attorney General that the State has the capability to contribute pertinent information to the national instant criminal background check system established under section 103(b) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (18 U.S.C. 922 note).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Information sharing.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Such assurances shall include a provision that ensures that a statewide strategy for information sharing systems is underway, or will be initiated, to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on integration of all criminal justice components, law enforcement, courts, prosecution, corrections, and probation and parole. The strategy shall be prepared after consultation with State and local officials with emphasis on the recommendation of officials whose duty it is to oversee, plan, and implement integrated information technology systems, and shall contain—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a definition and analysis of “<quotedText style="-uslm-dtd:quote">integration</quotedText>” in the State and localities developing integrated information sharing systems;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an assessment of the criminal justice resources being devoted to information technology;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Federal, State, regional, and local information technology coordination requirements;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">an assurance that the individuals who developed the grant application took into consideration the needs of all branches of the State Government and specifically sought the advice of the chief of the highest court of the State with respect to the application;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/E" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">State and local resource needs;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/F" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the establishment of statewide priorities for planning and implementation of information technology systems; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/c/2/G" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="G">(G) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a plan for coordinating the programs funded under this title with other federally funded information technology programs, including directly funded local programs such as the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program and the M.O.R.E. program established pursuant to part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Matching Funds.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Federal share of a grant received under this title may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a program or proposal funded under this title unless the State has achieved compliance with an implementation plan under section 107 of the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 or the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this subsection.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Authorization of Appropriations.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In general.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for eachof fiscal years 2018 through 2022.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitations.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">Of the amount made available to carry out this section in any fiscal year—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">not more than 3 percent may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative expenses;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">not more than 5 percent may be used for technical assistance, training and evaluations, and studies commissioned by Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice (through discretionary grants or otherwise) in furtherance of the purposes of this section; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/e/2/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the Attorney General shall ensure the amounts are distributed on an equitable geographic basis.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/105/251/tI/s102/f" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Grants to Indian Tribes.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Attorney General may use amounts made available under this section to make grants to Indian tribes for use in accordance with this section.</content> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> </subsection> </section>