317-22 Auto Theft Prevention Act Legislative Text.pdf

2 Office of Community Oriented Policing Services of the De-1 partment of Justice shall establish an auto theft preven-2 tion grant program (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Pro-3 gram’’) to provide funding to State law enforcement agen-4 cies and local law enforcement agencies to combat auto5 theft and stolen vehicle trafficking.6 (b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The Director shall make7 grants under the Program to the Attorney General of each8 State, with the amount awarded determined by prioritizing9 States with a higher rate of auto thefts as determined by10 an equal weighting of the—11 (1) rate of auto thefts faced by the State in the12 year prior to the date of enactment of this Act; and13 (2) percentage increase in auto thefts between14 the year that is three years prior to the date of the15 enactment of this Act and the year prior to the date16 of the enactment of this Act.17 (c) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—18 (1) LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.—19 The Attorney General of a State shall make at least20 50 percent of a grant awarded under subsection (b)21 available as competitive subgrants to local law en-22 forcement agencies to combat auto theft, with the23 amount awarded determined by prioritizing localities24 VerDate Nov 24 2008 12:10 Oct 13, 2022 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\AMGILLEY\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\SHERNJ_16 October 13, 2022 (12:10 p.m.) G:\M\17\SHERNJ\SHERNJ_168.XML g:\V\E\101322\E101322.009.xml (854415|9)