[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 237 (Monday, December 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63724-63725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30456]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Bureau of Justice Assistance

[OJP(BJA)-1343]


Announcement of the Availability of the State Criminal Alien 
Assistance Program for FY 2002

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 (BJA) State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) 
funding for FY 2002.

DATES: Applicant account registration through an Internet-based system 
begins on January 3, 2002 and continues until February 1, 2002. 
Submission of applications begins on January 3, 2002 and continues 
until February 1, 2002.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For SCAAP program guidance and 
technical assistance, please log on to the Bureau of Justice Assistance 
Home Page at: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA and select ``SCAAP'' or call 
the Office of Justice Programs Grants Management System Hotline at 1-
888-549-9901, Option #4. For general information about online 
application procedures for other 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 general 
government for costs incurred for the imprisonment of undocumented 
criminal aliens, who are charged or convicted of one felony or two 
misdemeanor offenses. Potential applicants may no longer submit hard 
copy application forms and diskettes. For FY 2002, state and local 
governments apply for payment via a paperless, electronic, end-to-end 
distributive, Internet-based web-site application. BJA anticipates 
providing over 490 payments of varying amounts from a FY2002 funding 
total of approximately $550 million.
    Potential applicants with questions should call the Office of 
Justice Programs Grants Management System

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Hotline at 1-888-549-9901, Option #4. For access to program guidance 
and the online application, connect to http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA and 
select ``SCAAP''

    Dated: December 5, 2001.
Richard R. Nedelkoff,
Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-30456 Filed 12-7-01; 8:45 am]
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