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PUBLIC LAW 105-251—OCT. 9, 1998 112 STAT. 1873 with State and local officials with emphasis on the recommendation of officials whose duty it is to oversee, plan, and implement integrated information technology systems, and shall contain— (A) a definition and analysis of "integration" in the State and localities developing integrated information sharing systems; (B) an assessment of the criminal justice resources being devoted to information technology; (C) Federal, State, regional, and local information technology coordination requirements; (D) an assurance that the individuals who developed the grant application took into consideration the needs of all branches of the State Government and specifically sought the advice of the chief of the highest court of the State with respect to the application; (E) State and local resource needs; (F) the establishment of statewide priorities for planning and implementation of information technology systems; and (G) a plan for coordinating the programs funded under this title with other federally funded information technology programs, including directly funded local programs such as the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program (described under the heading "Violent Crime Reduction Programs, State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance" of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-119)) and the M.O.R.E. program established pursuant to part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. (d) MATCHING FUNDS. —The Federal share of a grant received under this title may not exceed 90 percent of the costs of a program or proposal funded under this title unless the Attorney General waives, wholly or in part, the requirements of this subsection. (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL. —There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2003. (2) LIMITATIONS. —Of the amount made available to carry out this section in any fiscal year— (A) not more than 3 percent may be used by the Attorney General for salaries and administrative expenses; (B) not more than 5 percent may be used for technical assistance, training and evaluations, and studies commissioned by Bureau of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice (through discretionary grants or otherwise) in furtherance of the purposes of this section; (C) not less than 20 percent shall be used by the Attorney General for the purposes described in paragraph (11) of subsection (b); and (D) the Attorney General shall ensure the amounts are distributed on an equitable geographic basis. (f) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Attorney General may use amounts made available under this section to make grants to Indian tribes for use in accordance with this section.