Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa Criminal Justice Support Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa Criminal Justice Support Act is a narrow grant-eligibility and drafting fix. It amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act definition of State by replacing language around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. In practical terms, the bill is aimed at making territorial criminal justice agencies easier to treat as eligible State-level recipients or participants for Justice Department public-safety grant programs administered under that statute, while giving federal grant administrators cleaner statutory text to apply.
Who Benefits and How
Northern Mariana Islands criminal justice agencies benefit from clearer treatment in federal public-safety grant eligibility language. American Samoa criminal justice agencies benefit if the corrected territorial definition supports access to the same criminal justice support framework. Territorial police departments benefit from reduced statutory ambiguity when applying for Justice Department assistance. Justice Department grant administrators benefit from cleaner statutory language for territorial applications.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Office of Justice Programs staff must apply the revised State definition when screening territorial grant applicants. Congressional public-safety committees must monitor whether the drafting fix actually resolves territorial access issues. Federal taxpayers fund any additional criminal justice support reaching territorial agencies under the corrected eligibility language. Territorial grant managers still must meet application, reporting, and compliance obligations attached to federal assistance.
Key Provisions
- Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act definition of State.
- Provides cleaner statutory treatment for Northern Mariana Islands criminal justice support.
- Provides a territorial eligibility framework relevant to American Samoa public-safety support.
- Requires Justice Department grant staff to apply the corrected definition in covered programs.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act definition of State to clean up territorial eligibility language for Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa criminal justice support.
Key Policy Areas
Criminal Justice, Territories, Federal Grants
Primary Purpose
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act definition of State to clean up territorial eligibility language for Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa criminal justice support.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Northern Mariana Islands criminal justice agencies
- American Samoa criminal justice agencies
- Territorial police departments
- Justice Department grant administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Office of Justice Programs staff
- Congressional public-safety committees
- Federal taxpayers
- Territorial grant managers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. King-Hinds (for herself and Mrs. Radewagen) introduced the following …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
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