123STA T . 31 4 1 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 2 0 0 9‘ ‘ We e dan d S eed ’ ’ , ‘‘ Juv en il eJu st i c e Prog ra m s’’, and ‘‘ C ommunit yO riented Policing Services’’ —(1)Up to 3 percent o f funds made availa b letot h e Office of Justice Programs for grants or reimbursement may be used to provide training and technical assistance
and ( 2 ) Up to 1 percent of funds made available to such Office for formula grants under such headings may be used for research or statistical purposes by the N ational I nstitute of Justice or the B ureau of Justice Statistics, pursuant to, respec - tively, sections 2 0 1 and 202, and sections 301 and 302 of title I of Public L a w9 0 – 3 5 1 . S EC .21 6 . T he A ttorney G eneral may, upon re q uest by a grantee and based upon a determination of fiscal hardship, waive the requirements of paragraph (1) of section 29 7 6(g) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 196 8 ( 4 2 U.S.C. 3797w(g)(1)) with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act ma k ing appropriations for fiscal years 2009 and 2010 for Adult and Juvenile Offender State and Local R eentry D emonstration Pro j ects author- i z ed under part F F of such Act of 1968. SEC. 217. Section 5759 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking subsection (e). SEC. 218. (a) The Attorney General shall submit quarterly reports to the Inspector General of the Department of Justice regarding the costs and contracting procedures relating to each conference held by the Department of Justice during fiscal year 2010 for which the cost to the Government was more than $ 20,000. (b) E ach report submitted under subsection (a) shall include, for each conference described in that subsection held during the applicable quarter— (1) a description of the subject of and number of partici- pants attending that conference; (2) a detailed statement of the costs to the Government relating to that conference, including— (A) the cost of any food or beverages; (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; and (C) a discussion of the methodology used to determine which costs relate to that conference; and (3) a description of the contracting procedures relating to that conference, including— (A) whether contracts were awarded on a competitive basis for that conference; and (B) a discussion of any cost comparison conducted by the Department of Justice in evaluating potential contrac- tors for that conference. SEC. 219. (a) Subchapter I V of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
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‘ §5761.Foreignla ng u age p ro f i c ienc y pay a w ar ds for th e Federal B ureau of I n v estigation ‘‘The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation may, under regulations prescribed by the Director, pay a cash award of up to 10 percent of basic pay to any Bureau employee who maintains proficiency in a language or languages critical to the mission or who uses one or more foreign languages in the perform- ance of official duties.’’. Regulations.5USC 5 761 . D ea d lines. Re p o r ts. Deter m ination. W ai v er aut h orit y .
