[Federal Register: June 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 113)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Bureau of Justice Assistance
[OJP (BJA)-1322]
Announcement of the Availability of the State Criminal Alien
Assistance Program for FY 2001
AGENCY: Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
Justice.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation.
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SUMMARY: Announcement of the availability of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance (BJA) State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP)
funding for FY2001.
DATES: Applicant account registration through a new Internet-based
system begins on June 5, 2001 and continues until July 2, 2001.
Submission of applications begins on June 5, 2001 and ends on July 16,
2001.
ADDRESSES: Bureau of Justice Assistance, 810 Seventh Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20531.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For SCAAP program guidance and
technical assistance, please log on to the Bureau of Justice Assistance
Home Page at: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA and select ``SCAAP'' or call
the Office of Justice Programs Grants Management System Hotline at 1-
888-549-9901, Option #4. For general information about on-line
application procedures for other solicitations, please call the U.S.
Department of Justice Response Center at 1-800-421-6770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
This action is authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968, Sections 201-03, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 3721-
23 (1994).
Background
SCAAP provides Federal assistance to state and local governments
for costs incurred for the imprisonment of undocumented criminal
aliens, who are charged or convicted of one felony or two misdemeanor
offenses. Potential applicants may no longer submit hard copy
application forms and diskettes. For FY2001, state and local
governments apply for payment via a paperless, electronic, end-to-end
distributive, Internet-based web-site application. BJA anticipates
providing over 420 payments of varying amounts from a FY2001 funding
total of $551,000,000.
Potential applicants with questions should call the Office of
Justice Programs Grants Management System Hotline at 1-888-549-9901,
Option #4. For access to program guidance and the on-line application,
connect to http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA and select ``SCAAP.''
Richard Ward,
Acting Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-14684 Filed 6-11-01; 8:45 am]