PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 116 STAT. 1797 "SEC. 2955. APPLICATIONS. 42 USC 3797u-4. "To request funds under this part, the chief executive or the chief justice of a State or the chief executive or judge of a unit of local government or Indian tribal government, or the chief judge of a State court or the judge of a local court or Indian tribal court shall submit an application to the Attorney General in such form and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require. "SEC. 2956. FEDERAL SHARE. 42 USC 3797u-5. "(a) IN GENERAL. —The Federal share of a grant made under this part may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the program described in the application submitted under section 2955 for the fiscal year for which the program receives assistance under this part, unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirement of a matching contribution under this section. "(b) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.— In-kind contributions may constitute a portion of the non-Federal share of a grant. "SEC. 2957. DISTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATION. 42 USC 3797u-6. "(a) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.— The Attorney General shall ensure that, to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution of grant awards is made. "(b) MINIMUM ALLOCATION.— Unless all eligible applications submitted by any State or unit of local government within such State for a grant under this part have been funded, such State, together with grantees within the State (other than Indian tribes), shall be allocated in each fiscal year under this part not less than 0.50 percent of the total amount appropriated in the fiscal year for grants pursuant to this part. "SEC. 2958. REPORT. 42 USC 3797u-7. "A State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local government that receives funds under this part during a fiscal year shall submit to the Attorney General a description and an evaluation report on a date specified by the Attorney General regarding the effectiveness of this part. "SEC. 2959. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, AND EVALUATION. 42 USC 3797u-8. "(a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. —The Attorney General may provide technical assistance and training in furtherance of the purposes of this part. "(b) EVALUATIONS.— In addition to any evaluation requirements that may be prescribed for grantees (including uniform data collection standards and reporting requirements), the Attorney General shall carry out or make arrangements for evaluations of programs that receive support under this part. "(c) ADMINISTRATION.— The technical assistance, training, and evaluations authorized by this section may be carried out directly by the Attorney General, in collaboration with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or through grants, contracts, or other cooperative arrangements with other entities.". (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of contents of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.) is amended by inserting after the matter relating to part DD the following:
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