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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaafkq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22416 Updated February 1, 2008 CRS Report for Congress Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program: Legislative and Funding History Nathan James Analyst in Crime Policy Domestic Social Policy Division Summary The Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-162) combined the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance (Byme Grant) programs and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) program into the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. JAG funds are distributed to states using a formula that closely approximates the way funds were distributed under the Byrne Formula Grant program and LLEBG. P.L. 109-162 also consolidated the 28 program purpose areas under the Byrne Formula Grant program and the 7 LLEBG program purpose areas into 6 program purpose areas. Funding for local law enforcement through the Byrne Grant programs and LLEBG remained fairly steady from their inception in 1996 through FY2003. However, funding for local law enforcement under these programs, and more recently, the JAG program, decreased each fiscal year between FY2003 and FY2006. Funding for local law enforcement through JAG and the Byrne Discretionary Grant program increased in FY2007 compared with FY2006. Funding for JAG and the Byrne Discretionary Grant program decreased in FY2008 compared with FY2007. Background Historically, crime control has been the responsibility of local and state governments, with little involvement from the federal government. However, as crime became more rampant in the United States, the federal government increased its support for domestic crime control by creating a series of grant programs designed to assist state and local law enforcement. Over a period of 20 years, Congress passed five major anticrime bills and increased appropriations for federal assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies.! Congress created the Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law See for example, the Crime Control Act of 1984 (P.L. 98-473); the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of (continued...) Congressional Research Service we The Library of Congress Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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