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Current Funding

Current Solicitations Updated April 15, 2010

Funding sources ranging from congressional appropriations to homeland security. All sources are date sensitive and subject to change.

2010 Funding Appropriations: Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3288) - Updated December 16, 2009

On December 16, 2009 President Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3288) which provided funding for FY 2010 Commerce, Justice and State Appropriations in Division B of the Act. The following is a summary of the Department of Justice funding levels within  the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 3288) that may be of use to your agency is procuring funds for new technology.

State and Local Law Enforcement:

• Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - The JAG program will receive $519 million. Of this, the following is earmarked:
  • $5 million 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
  • $3 million to improve State and local law enforcement intelligence capabilities including antiterrorism training
  • $40 million for competitive grants to improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to assist victims of crime (other than compensation);
  • $50 million for assistance to Indian tribes 
  • $20 million for economic, high technology and Internet crime prevention grants
  • $35 million for Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants

• Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program - The COPS program will receive $791.6 million some of which is earmarked for the following:
  • $170.2 million for a law enforcement technologies and interoperable communications program, and related law enforcement and public safety equipment
  • $40 million for improving tribal law enforcement, including equipment and training
  • $161 million for DNA related and forensic programs and activities, of which-
    • $151 million shall be available for a DNA analysis and capacity enhancement program and for other local, State, and Federal forensic activities including the purposes of section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000                       

Combined these two primary funding sources for law enforcement will receive $1.3 billion for FY 2010.

For a full list of funding provided to law enforcement programs and further details of the H.R. 3288 Appropriations Bill, check the Library of Congress webpage at: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app10.html

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