Expansion of program purpose areas under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program

Section 501(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10152(a)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (H)— (A) by striking and corrections programs and inserting, corrections, and diversion and rehabilitation programs; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: implemented at any phase of the criminal justice process (including pre-arrest and pre-trial); and (2) by adding at the end the following: (I) Specialty courts and judicial intervention programs, including restorative justice programs focusing on victim-involvement or community-based resolutions..