Building up infrastructure for local departments grant program

(a) Grant program Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by adding at the end the following: PP Building Up Infrastructure for Local Departments Grant Program 3061. Grant authorization The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to State and local law enforcement agencies that serve jurisdictions with fewer than 50,000 residents for use in accordance with section 3062. 3062. Use of funds (a) In general Funds made available to a State or local law enforcement agency under this part shall be used for a project to modify, upgrade, or construct a facility of the law enforcement agency, which project shall have a substantial nexus to— (1) the improvement of the provision of emergency services; (2) the training and development of law enforcement officers; (3) the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers; (4) community engagement; or (5) the improvement of community safety. (b) Clarification A portion of a project to modify, upgrade, or construct a facility of a law enforcement agency that does not have a substantial nexus to any of paragraphs (1) through (5), such portion may not use funds made available under this part. 3063. Application The head of a State or local law enforcement agency seeking a grant under this part shall submit to the Attorney General at such time and containing such information as the Attorney General may reasonably require, including an estimate of the cost of the project for which the grant will be used, as well as a demonstration of financial need for the grant. 3064. Duties of Attorney General (a) Guidance Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this part, the Attorney General shall issue guidance to carry out the grant program under this part. (b) Distribution of information The Attorney General shall distribute information about the grant program under this part to eligible State and local law enforcement agencies. (c) Equitable distribution In awarding grants under this part, the Attorney General shall ensure, to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution among the regions of the United States. (d) Report On the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this part, and biannually thereafter until the date that is 6 years after the date of enactment of this part, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report on the grant program under this part. 3065. Grant amount A grant under this part may not exceed $4,000,000. 3066. Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Attorney General to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028.. (b) Reports (1) Attorney General The Attorney General shall periodically conduct and publish a study of the met and unmet construction and renovation needs of a national sample of law enforcement agencies. Such study may be conducted as a supplement to the Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics program operated by the Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2) GAO Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study that examines the sufficiency of existing capital infrastructure of law enforcement agencies that serve jurisdictions with fewer than 50,000 residents, including the met and unmet construction and renovation needs of such law enforcement agencies. Such report shall include projections relating to such needs over the following periods: (A) One to five years. (B) Five to ten years. (C) More than ten years.