[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 112 (Friday, June 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36723-36724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14530]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Justice Assistance

[OJP (BJA)--1278]


Announcement of the Availability of the State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program for FY2000

AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, 
Justice.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) funding for 
FY2000.

DATES: Applications for payments may be made through a new Internet-
based system beginning Thursday, June 1, 2000 and continuing until 
Monday, July 17, 2000.

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ADDRESSES: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 810 Seventh Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20531.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program guidance and technical 
assistance, please log on to the Office of Justice Programs Home Page 
at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov and select ``Funding Opportunities'' and 
then ``SCAAP,'' or call the Office of Justice Programs Grants 
Management System Hotline at 1-888-549-9901. For general information 
about on-line application procedures for solicitations, please call the 
U.S. Department of Justice Response Center 1-800-421-6770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, Sections 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3721-23 
(1994).

Background

    SCAAP provides Federal assistance to states and units of local 
government for costs incurred for the imprisonment of undocumented 
criminal aliens who are convicted of felony or misdemeanor offenses. 
Potential applicants no longer may submit hard copy application forms 
and diskettes. For FY2000, state and local governments apply for 
payment via a paperless, electronic, end-to-end distributive, Internet-
based web-site. BJA anticipates providing over 390 payments of varying 
amounts from a FY2000 funding total of $585,000,000.
    Potential applicants with questions should call the U.S. Department 
of Justice Response Center at 1-800-421-6770 or the Office of Justice 
Programs Grants Management System Hotline at 1-888-549-9901. For access 
to program guidance and the on-line application, connect to http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov and select ``Funding Opportunities'' and then 
``SCAAP.''

Nancy E. Gist,
Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-14530 Filed 6-8-00; 8:45 am]
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