(a) In general The Director may make grants as provided in section
10603 (c)(1)(A) of this title to State, tribal, and local prosecutors offices, law enforcement agencies, courts, jails, and correctional institutions, and to qualified public or private entities, to develop and implement state-of-the-art systems for notifying victims of crime of important dates and developments relating to the criminal proceedings at issue in a timely and efficient manner, provided that the jurisdiction has laws substantially equivalent to the provisions of chapter
237 of title
18.
(b) Integration of systems
Systems developed and implemented under this section may be integrated with existing case management systems operated by the recipient of the grant.
(c) Authorization of appropriations In addition to funds made available under section
10601 (d) of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; and
(2) $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
(d) False Claims Act Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts collected pursuant to sections
3729 through
3731 of title
31 (commonly known as the False Claims Act) may be used for grants under this section, subject to appropriation.
